This is
Unreal
Epic Games has shown
off images of their Unreal Engine 4 that
they intend to use on next gen systems, if Microsoft
& Sony manage to produce strong
enough hardware. The engine sounds very promising;
however it is hard to believe it is already complete when we never got to see
the full, Samaritan level, power of UE3. I'm glad to hear that it will cut development
costs since I was concerned about how much more expensive it would be for them
in the next generation and how that might stifle creativity in favor of
continuing established franchises that are guaranteed to sell. They will still
probably charge us more though. However, to be honest I don't want games to
ever get to the point where they look and feel real while playing, like what
they claim to be hoping for a few generations from now, because then I couldn't
stomach something like Gears of War
and if I could, I would be disturbed and far to desensitized. To read about the engine and view some images
follow the link below.
Single
player MMO
The Elder Scrolls
MMO’s
main quest line will be a completely single player experience, which is a bold
move for a game that is supposed to be massively multiplayer. Personally one of the reasons I don't like MMOs is because I don't want to quest
with a group of random people. So as
long as the combat and story can compete with a standard single player RPG this sounds like a good way to give
me the experience I look for in RPGs
and offer a way to introduce me to the multiplayer aspect of it, if I choose to
do side quests. I agree with others that this is a mistake if they are aiming
for MMO players, but since they have
such a massive audience of single player gamers I think that they are doing
this in an attempt to transition them to an MMO
under the assumption that they don’t already play the genre. I think it will help them attract gamers
outside of those who play WOW & SWTOR and give them a lot of players in
the beginning, but unless they go free-to-play once people beat the single
player there will probably be a massive drop off in users.
Tekken Tag
Tournament 2 character DLC
There is now a trailer for Tekken Tag 2 featuring 4 new playable characters
that will most likely be released about a month or two after the game, since
the characters are going to be available at launch if you pre-order it. Now you might remember that just last month I wrote about how one of Tekken’s
producers said that there would not be any paid DLC characters in Tekken Tag
2 because it goes against their design philosophy and to his credit this
downloadable character pack will be free to all players whenever it is made available. I really like that they are doing this and I
hope more developers will try to support their fans with additional content
rather than nickel & diming us all the time.
Capcom &
on disk DLC
Capcom
has been getting a lot of grief for months now from fans that are complaining
about the company’s liberal use of on-disk DLC. For instance in Street Fighter X Tekken there are 12 characters on the disk that
will cost an additional $20 and can only be bought once the Vita version is released. Disk-locked content is obviously BS and the
fact that Capcom has pulled this
stunt more than once is cause for people to get upset and demand a change, as
they have already done. Due to the
outcry Capcom has now stated that
they will be reviewing their disk-locked content strategy and begin to look at
other options if it will please fans.
The only problem with this is that it will take time for them to make a
decision and hopefully do away with disk-locked content, which means that some
of their games that were designed with it in mind may not have the time to be
changed. Resident Evil 6 comes out this October and will be Capcom’s biggest game of the year;
hopefully disk-locked content won’t be something that holds it back.
DMC release
date
The latest instalment in the Devil May Cry franchise has gotten its
release date, January 15th 2013.
I really thought this game would come out this year, but apparently I
was wrong. Luckily by next year Capcom should be done with disk-locked
content, so we won’t have to worry about that.
I’m pretty excited to see more of it at E3 and maybe finally get a firm understanding of the game’s story.
Halo 4
limited Edition
343
Industries has revealed details regarding their collector’s edition for Halo 4.
I thought I had given up on collector’s edition but after hearing about this
one I think I may just have to buy it.
The collector’s edition includes: early access to 6 specializations, which I guess are sort of like loadouts that you unlock through
experience points, a packet with details about the new Spartan IVs and UNSC
weapons, Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
Special Edition, which takes the miniseries that will air online and extends
it with behind the scenes footage, an in game armour skin & Assault Rifle skin, an exclusive in-game
emblem, an Avatar prop as well as a Spartan IV armour set for your Avatar and finally what every
multiplayer shooter should include in its collector’s edition yet none have,
maps. You don’t get the maps from the start
because that would be weird, but when the first 3 map packs are released you
will have access to them without having to pay any more money. That is access to 9 maps plus a bunch of
other stuff for $100.
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