Out of 100 fights, Glass Joe only won a single match. Now we know who that one guy was.
Mike Tyson -- I SUCKED AT PUNCH-OUT ... Couldn't Even beat Glass Joe [TMZ via NeoGAF]
Mojang boss Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has welcomed Microsoft’s move to turn every Xbox One into a devkit, describing it as a “wonderful idea”.
Microsoft confirmed earlier this week that it will allow developers to publish their own titles on Xbox One, while also revealing that every Xbox One can be used for development.
“I think it’s a wonderful idea to have the actual box be the dev kits,” Notch told us. “This makes is easier for both the developer and for Microsoft, and presumably they could make it a lot cheaper since they’d only sell unlock codes. I realize there are other factors at play here, though, like a perceived need to make sure only ‘legitimate’ developers get access to it, so a monetary barrier might still be in place.”
Notch’s optimism tallies with those of the other developers we’ve spoken to on this subject – you can read their thoughts here.
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Remember that amazing Mega Man Board Game that was revealed a short while back? Now it has an official Facebook page, promising updates and info very soon. While we don't know a whole lot right now, due to the first Facebook update, it looks like the Archie comics may be an inspiration, or the main art style focus.
It seems like everyone other than Capcom is ready to honor the Blue Bomber's legacy these days. Collectors, ready your credit cards!
Mega Man The Board Game [Facebook via Mega Man Network]
Today a handful of interesting looking mobile games were released and instead of doing a bunch of posts, I figured I'd just round them all up. Well, at least the most interesting looking ones that were in our tips box today.
I've been wanting to do more mobile coverage for the site in general, so this is as good as an excuse as any! Would you like to see more mobile coverage like this? Rounding up the best/most interesting titles on a semi-regular basis? We'll still give certain games special attention like we've always have, but sometimes it's easier to digest an onslaught of new releases like this.
Does Teleglitch still qualify for roguelike status if you always know what’s going to happen? You can be horrifyingly sure when you step out of your character’s ramshackle bunker at the start of each mission that there’ll be hordes of monsters outside and just enough equipment scattered about the place with which to survive them. You just don’t know how many of them, where they are, or where you’re supposed to go. Teleglitch’s randomisation isn’t there to throw up unexpected treats or shocking surprises; it’s there to scramble each runthrough just enough to leave you nervously unprepared.
Beyond your starting point are the innards of a woozily pixellated, grungy toned research facility, where jagged, aliased walls veer around you as your character shifts point of view and the screen separates distortedly when you fire. There’s an effective contrast here between the high-concept looks and the minimalist audio design. Your character might be a stark little cluster of pixels, but his footsteps echo through the corridors believably enough.
What follows is a life-or-death scavenger hunt. Survival means crafting more efficient and deadly weapons from the junk scattered about the facility, a process that also sees you uncovering the familiar saga of military-industrial abuses that led to the base becoming overrun with rogue AIs and monsters. It’s the crisp, high-stakes combat against these monstrosities that keeps Teleglitch so fraught and engaging, with survival often hinging on luring groups together for a single, explosive kill. Atmospheric, tense, and sometimes unfairly hard, Test3′s roguelike is another welcome entry in a resurgent genre.
Teleglitch is out now on PC.
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The first details of the Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies downloadable content plans have been revealed, in Japan at least. The Special Chapter: Turnabout Return DLC is the one I'm looking forward to as it will bridge the gap between Apollo Justice and Dual Destinies, focusing on Phoenix's first case after being allowed to practice law again. The case? Phoenix is hired by a trainer that dresses like a pirate to defend her orca against a murder charge in court. Rated M for Mature!
Players can also expect a costume pack for Phoenix that will give him his suit from the original Ace Attorney games, plus an outfit for Apollo and Athena. This will be free until August 15, after which it'll cost 150 Yen. There will also be three additional deduction quizzes releasing on August 1, August 8, and August 15, with each of them running for 150 yen.
DLC Content [Capcom Japan, via Siliconera]
Rejoice, soccer fans! Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 will be out on September 24 in North, Central, and South America. I'm not one for sports games typically, but I do want to see how PES 2014 performs thanks to it being the first game to utilize the new FOX Engine from Konami. That Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain trailer blew my mind at E3, so I wonder how good this soccer game will look.
For all of you fans of the series, there's six new gameplay improvements you should be on the lookout for. TrueBall Tech gives greater control over players and the ball, Motion Animation Stability System simulates better bodily contact, Heart gives you mental attributes that can affect gameplay, PES ID replicates play styles, Team Play gives you variety in tactics with other players, and The Core faithfully recreates stadiums and other things.
The Yawhg is coming, and you’ve got six weeks of carousing in which to ready for it. There’s a tension in Damian Sommer and Emily Carroll’s artisan blend of life sim and adventure title: you know calamity is coming, but your characters do not. So will you min-max stats in order to best prepare for the coming horrors? Or relax, attend the palace ball and drink away your days?
As in life, the latter option generates the best stories. Each turn in The Yawhg lets you attend one of eight locations where you can perform one of two tasks (fighting crime in the slum, for instance, or pickpocketing its downtrodden inhabitants). You’re awarded stats that reflect the nature of your choice, but each day ends with a randomised event, usually involving a second decision, that can tug your character in unexpected directions. All that physique you’ve built up crime fighting won’t be much use if you contract a muscle-wasting case of vampirism, after all.
The Yawhg is a surprisingly social game. Try to shepherd too many characters at once and you lose your sense of attachment, yet play with company and your stories will cross in unexpected ways – the leeches one player accidentally releases from the hospital ward, for instance, turn up in the palace garden’s fountain later on. Sommer’s stories, meanwhile, blend dark fantasy scenarios with encounters built around the nuances of social mores, while Carroll’s art depicts both with initially cheerful, colourful but subtly off-kilter art.
It only takes a couple of playthroughs for events to start recurring, and that severely diminishes The Yawhg’s spell, but it can’t take away the charm with which Carrol and Sommer’s game weaves together fairy tales.
The Yawhg is out now on PC.
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Call Of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard has bought out Vivendi’s share of the business for $5.83 billion.
At the same time, an investor group led by Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick and co-chairman Brian Kelly bought 172 million Activision Blizzard shares from Vivendi for $2.34 billion.
It all means that Activision is now fully independent of media group Vivendi, with the majority of the company’s shares owned by the public. Vivendi does, however, retain 83 million shares, or 12 per cent of the company. The investor group led by Kotick and Kelly, ASAC II LP, will now own a 24.9 per cent stake. The Activision execs personally committed $100 million combined to their part of the buyout, says the statement confirming the move.
“We should emerge even stronger – an independent company with a best-in-class franchise portfolio and the focus and flexibility to drive long-term shareholder value and expand our leadership position as one of the world’s most important entertainment companies,” said CEO Bobby Kotick. “The transactions announced today will allow us to take advantage of attractive financing markets while still retaining more than $3 billion cash on hand to preserve financial stability.”
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Don't litter, scumbag.
Award-winning author Neil Gaiman, perhaps known as much for his graphic novels (Sandman) as his novels (American Gods, Coraline), is branching into videogames with the help of The Odd Gentleman, makers of the excellent The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom .
Wayward Manor , more or less an adventure game, pits you as a ghost attempting to clear the spooky, Gothic manor of its colorful cast of inhabitants during the Roaring Twenties. The game's website introduces the cast and is generally fun to explore. From there you can also pre-order the game, which is slated to drop this fall, with a few extra incentives for those with loose wallets. It's like Kickstarter prize tiers, but the game is happening regardless.
$10 gets you a digital copy of the game and things get more extravagant from there. For 10 grand you'll get a spooky dinner with Neil Gaiman himself, while $200 nabs you an invite to an LA launch party for the game. There's good enough art and design sense here to make the higher tiers quite inviting, and if the whimsical, fun, haunting track from Gaiman's introductory video is any indication, the music will be great, too. This has become a matter of how much I want to spend.
Yes, no gameplay has been shown, but the production values, neat art style, and talent involved already have me sold. I love P.B Winterbottom's whimsical, The Cabinet of Dr. Cagliari style; its homage, its depth, its artistry. Pairing the team that made that with Neil Gaiman, who clearly knows his way around penning a tale, is about as perfect a match as you could ask for. I'm excited for a jaunt through the whimsical macabre. Are you?
