“It’s all about the software and gameplay… If those can be enhanced in a meaningful way by peripherals, then you ought to go down that path. If it isn’t [enhancing gameplay] or it’s not an incremental value add then you don’t do it.” – Scott Guthrie, MTV Games general manager
I’m glad that someone is showing some restraint when it comes to peripherals because Activision sure isn’t. I’m still waiting for them to announce Grand Piano Hero, then we will all have plastic baby grand pianos in our living rooms.
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“It’s still too early to tell you everything about the game,” says Suda, “but firstly we’re going to have more than one playable character – as the scenario unfolds, Shinobu and Henry will become playable and will bring their own styles and cool factor”.
This info comes from EDGE and should be considered a rumor. Spoiler alert, highlight the blank spot to read who the playable characters are.
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Free New Game Content Coming by Early August; Button Controls Included In Additional Summer Update
July 7, 2009 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today its initial Downloadable Content (DLC) plan for Fight Night Round 4. Recently named the Game Critic Awards “Best Sports Game of E3 2009”, Fight Night Round 4 has been winning over reviewers since its release on June 23rd.
The first DLC pack, which will be available for free to both Xbox 360® and Playstation®3 users by early August, will include a new training gym, new gameplay sliders, as well as a host of new equipment that can be used for outfitting boxers. Xbox 360 users will also receive an exclusive alternate version of Sugar Ray Leonard in their first DLC pack, courtesy of Pizza Hut.
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“[A games-on-demand service] is not something we have planned, just because the size of the games is massive… With Blu-ray we can put up to 50GB on a dual-layer disc, while Xbox 360 is still on a 9GB media. So technically it’s possible, but I think the issue would be ‘do you want to download 40 gigs and keep that on your hard drive?’. I think there’s great opportunity there in the future, and it’s something we’ll always look at, but for the time being it’s not a direction we’re going in.” – Eric Lempel, SCEA PSN director
He left out the part where if Sony did push for a full games-on-demand service GameStop would most likely threaten to cut back or stop selling Sony’s products in retaliation.
Digital downloads are a huge threat to brick and motor businesses, and the hardware manufactures need to keep them happy in order to sell consoles. I don’t think we are going to see any mass digital services for consoles pop up until the traditional retail stores figure out a way to get a piece of the action.
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Age of Conan TM celebrates one year of massive improvements, former players invited to come back and play for FREE!
Players can log back in for free and experience a new and improved Conan A year of massive improvements have made Age of Conan TM better than ever New website live that explains how the game has improved since launch.
Durham, USA – July 8th, 2009 – Funcom is proud to announce the launch of the first re-evaluation campaign for its best-selling MMO ‘Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures’. Anyone with a previously active account can now reactivate and play for two weeks – completely free of charge and with no strings attached. With the slew of massive updates and improvements done to the game since launch, Funcom is eager to let players experience what the press have already dubbed “the second coming of Conan”.
The list of additions, changes and improvements are many, and a new website that aims to inform press and gamers everywhere about how ‘Age of Conan’ has improved since launch is now live.
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