We’ve updated our post on the PlayStation 4’s used games DRM policy. Sony says that they won’t allow online passes to be used to restrict the functionality of used games. The post has been updated to reflect this clarification.
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Mass Effect Meets Star Wars in an Epic Sci-Fi Mashup
I’ve probably been a bit too cynical about all the goings on at E3 this year but it’s hard not to be given proper gameplay innovations are few and far between. If I hear about another second screen experience or the power of the cloud, I’m going to start pulling my hair out.
So to cheer me up, I’m going to show you one of my favourite Mass Effect mashups. DeviantArt user Zarnala has put together a few epic mashup pictures of Star Wars and Mass Effect.
Share this:
E3 2013: Killer Instinct Reboot is Free-to-Play with Only One Free Character
How do you kill the momentum of a fighting franchise being revived on next-generation hardware? You announce that it’s free-to-play and that gamers will be so hosed on micro-transactions that they can only play one character unless they want to buy more characters.
Share this:
E3 2013: Ubisoft Does What They Do Best – New IPs
Last but certainly not least on our roundup of Monday’s E3 press events is Ubisoft. While Ubisoft isn’t the biggest publisher on the block, to their credit, they are very willing to take risks with new IPs and new gameplay ideas. It may hurt them in the grand scheme of sales but it does earn them a lot of credit.
Share this:
E3 2013: PlayStation 4 Won’t Allow Online Passes (Updated)
UPDATE: Scott Rohde, software product development boss for Sony Worldwide Studios America, has spoken to Gamasutra and explicitly said that “we’re not going to allow online pass.” DRM was off, then on, now off again. The title of the article has been updated to reflect this new information with the original article following.
Share this:
E3 2013: Nintendo Trends Upward but is Still Missing the Killer App
Coming into E3, many people were considering a move to the Wii U as it was the only console that was confirmed to not be actively battling its consumer’s rights. Then Sony came out on Monday night and destroyed everything that the Xbox One stood for.
Nintendo has a lot to gain at E3 this year despite not being there. That relied on Sony falling flat on its face. They were very prepared for that with a line-up of the expected first-party franchises and a third-party sizzle reel. The problem was that they were missing the big guns that were needed to pit them strongly against the PlayStation 4.
Share this:
Comic Book Pull List for June 12, 2013
It’s a good week to be a Superman fan, the new Superman reboot Man of Steel is in theatres this weekend and there’s no possible way that it can be worse the Superman Return. There’s also a new Superman comic series that debuts this week after last week’s new series. This one is Superman Unchained #1 and is the first of my picks of the week.
If you’re looking from something from Marvel, you should check out Wolverine and the X-Men #31. The series is a bit hit and miss but it’s hits are big hits. And now for something a bit different. Dark Horse has a new series based on My Chemical Romance’s latest album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, with The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #1. That’s the first time I remember seeing a comic series based on an album.
Share this:
Survive, if you can, The Walking Dead: 400 Days
Telltale Games has some more zombie survival action from their award-winning epic The Walking Dead: Season One in the upcoming DLC 400 Days. The DLC covers the stories of five new characters as they try to survive the first 400 days of the zombie apocalypse. You can play these stories in any order and the decisions you make will affect the story going forward. Basically, it’s the same Telltale The Walking Dead you love with a new cast of characters. Maybe this is even a teaser for Season Two? Probably not. They’ll probably all end up dead.
The Walking Dead: 400 Days will be available this summer for all the same platforms as The Walking Dead: Season One with the addition of PlayStation Vita which will be getting its own port of the game complete with 400 Days.
Share this:
Building (Critical) Consensus: State of Decay
Just after implying yesterday that we’ve been inundated with generic zombie games, we get an indie game that does the opposite of The Last of Us. While TLoU is about the story, the characters and the approach to how you play, Undead Labs’ State of Decay is an unabashed zombie survival horror.
The presentation of State of Decay might not be perfect but the depth of the gameplay and combination of the various gameplay mechanics make this one of the best zombie games ever made. It’s just too bad that it’s an XBLA exclusive. I’d love to try this on PC.
Share this:
E3 2013: Sony Wins the Next Generation in June
Sony had one simple mission heading into their 2013 E3 press conference: Don’t screw it up! Microsoft handed Sony an absolute gift at every turn from the Xbox One’s DRM to privacy issues to used games to rentals to the price.
Not only did Sony not screw up their press conference, they committed the video game console equivalent to homicide. Sony played the Rains of Castamere live on stage and slew the Xbox One in a bloody and violent way that saw them destroy Microsoft’s next-generation challenger in every way possible. Even George R.R. Martin was shocked at the carnage.
et geekera 