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First 13 Original Xbox Games Announced for Xbox One Compatibility

Metal Gear Survive will come out on February 18, 2018.

A lot of Metal Gear fans are NOT happy with this game at all.

Microsoft Finally Kills Off Xbox's Kinect

I feel like this wasnt meant to last forever, especially with the PSMove dying off because neither Microsoft nor Sony could really compete with Nintendo when it came to motion controls on the Wii.

Metal Gear Survive needs a constant internet connection to be played.

EA Games tried this with Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Wars. If they couldn't get away with this, then neither can Konami.

A live action Contra movie and TV series has been announced by Konami.

If they make this like a 1980's action movie, then I have faith in this. To be honest, I have more faith int his then I do with the one Metal Gear Solid movie that Sony's making.

I've been obsessively playing Super Mario Odyssey on my Switch lately. Such a good game! If only I was actually good at platformers though...

EA has hit a historic new low.

Their response to a complaint about Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is now the most downvoted comment in the history of Reddit.

Here's that wonderful comment with over 394,000 dislikes.




Let's not forget about pricy microtransactions either.

@Rhedosaurus wrote:

EA has hit a historic new low.

Their response to a complaint about Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is now the most downvoted comment in the history of Reddit.

Here's that wonderful comment with over 394,000 dislikes.




Let's not forget about pricy microtransactions either.

Was that before or after they announced you had to spend 80 hours to unlock Luke and Darth Vader?

@Sickle_Claw wrote:

@Rhedosaurus wrote:

EA has hit a historic new low.

Their response to a complaint about Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is now the most downvoted comment in the history of Reddit.

Here's that wonderful comment with over 394,000 dislikes.




Let's not forget about pricy microtransactions either.

Was that before or after they announced you had to spend 80 hours to unlock Luke and Darth Vader?

From what I can tell, it's after. And here's the best part, before it reached over 394,000 dislikes, it got 280,000 downvotes in under 24 hours.

Somebody wrote about EA's PR strategy.

Basically, they screw over customers less while finding ways to make their outrage obsolete at the same time.

And the dislikes have grown to over 656,000.

I wonder if it will reach 1 million dislikes.

Here's the trailer for the Rampage movie.

It looks like all those downvotes on Reddit, which is now over 676,000 downvotes, and an effect after all.

EA has temporarily removed all the microtransactions.

Oh, and they are under investigation in Belgium.

Not only did Disney force EA to stop the microtransactions-at least for now-but they were so pissed off about the whole thing, that they indirectly threatened to pull the Star Wars video game publishing rights.

@Rhedosaurus wrote:

Not only did Disney force EA to stop the microtransactions-at least for now-but they were so pissed off about the whole thing, that they indirectly threatened to pull the Star Wars video game publishing rights.

I hope they do, but the funny thing is that Lucasfilm was complicit in the entire thing most likely. The claim is that Lucasfilm thought star cards was a cool idea.

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The mode would have focused on teamwork and squad composition, and — more importantly — it would have favored cosmetic items like hero costumes in its loot boxes over perks and weapons. Most of these ideas were dropped from Battlefront II due, at least in part, to a request from Disney’s Star Wars division Lucasfilm.

EA is not the only villain here.

https://venturebeat.com/2017/11/17/star-wars-battlefront-ii-almost-had-way-more-overwatch-style-hero-skins/

@Troyal1 wrote:

@Rhedosaurus wrote:

Not only did Disney force EA to stop the microtransactions-at least for now-but they were so pissed off about the whole thing, that they indirectly threatened to pull the Star Wars video game publishing rights.

I hope they do, but the funny thing is that Lucasfilm was complicit in the entire thing most likely. The claim is that Lucasfilm thought star cards was a cool idea.

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The mode would have focused on teamwork and squad composition, and — more importantly — it would have favored cosmetic items like hero costumes in its loot boxes over perks and weapons. Most of these ideas were dropped from Battlefront II due, at least in part, to a request from Disney’s Star Wars division Lucasfilm.

EA is not the only villain here.

https://venturebeat.com/2017/11/17/star-wars-battlefront-ii-almost-had-way-more-overwatch-style-hero-skins/

It makes you wonder why LucasArt/Kathleen Kennedy did that. It looks like she's getting more clueless by the month.

Somebody posted a MASSIVE leak about Devil May Cry 5.

The controversy about Battlefront 2 has cost EA over $3 billion in stock prices.

And sales are underperforming.

The Game Awards were last night and here are the results

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2017/12/07/the-game-awards-2017-is-over-here-39-s-what-won-and-what-happened.aspx


Trending Gamer - Dr. Disrespect (PlayerUnknown's Battleground Streamer)
Best Score/Music - Nier Automata (PlayStation 4, PC)
Best Mobile Game - Monument valley 2 (iOS, Android)
Best Sports/Racing Game - Forza Motorsports 7 (Xbox One, PC)
Best VR/AR Game - Reisident Evil 7: BIOHAZARD (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Best Handheld Game - Metroid: Samus Returns (3DS)
Best Narrative - What Remains of Edith Finch (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Best Action Game - Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Best Art Direction - Cuphead (Xbox One, PC)

Industry Icon Award - Carol Shaw
Best RPG - Persona 5 (PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4)
Best Strategy Game - Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (Switch)
Most Anticipated Game - The Last of Us Part II (PlayStation 4)
Best Family Game - Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)
Best Debut Indie Game - Cuphead (Xbox One, PC)
Best Ongoing Game - Overwatch (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Best Esports Game - Overwatch (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Best Esports Player - Faker

Best Audio Design: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PlayStation 4, PC)
Best Student Game - Level-Squared
Games For Impact - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PlayStation 4, PC)
Best Performance - Melina Juergens for Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PlayStation 4, PC)
Best Fighting Game - Injustice 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Best Game Direction - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Action Adventure - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Game of the Year - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Capcom Brings Street Fighter 1, 2, 3, And Alpha To Modern Consoles, Steam In One Collection
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2017/12/10/every-version-of-street-fighter-1-2-3-and-alpha-is-coming-to-ps4-in-one-collection.aspx

HYPE

It looks like the backlash over Battlefront 2 hurt EA more then we thought it did.

EA's Battlefront 2 woes grow even more.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has lowered its price target and profit forecasts.

And the game is STILL underperforming.

World Health Organization Draft Recognizes Gaming Addiction
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2017/12/27/world-health-organization-draft-recognizes-gaming-addiction.aspx

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The World Health Organization, the health arm of the United Nations, has included a recognition of gaming addiction in their newest internal classification of diseases revision.

That classification, or the ICD-11, is due out in 2018 and the current draft points to prioritization of gaming above all else and impaired control over the act as behavior indicating an addiction. 

“The behavior pattern is of sufficient severity to result in significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational, or other important areas of functioning,” reads the current WHO draft. “The gaming behavior and other features are normally evident over a period of at least 12 months in order for a diagnosis to be assigned, although the required duration may be shortened if all diagnostic requirements are met and symptoms are severe.”

Official recognition means that it's likely official diagnoses are likely not far down the line.

We need gaming addiction to be officially recognized now?

@Dead2009 wrote:

World Health Organization Draft Recognizes Gaming Addiction
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2017/12/27/world-health-organization-draft-recognizes-gaming-addiction.aspx

Quote :

The World Health Organization, the health arm of the United Nations, has included a recognition of gaming addiction in their newest internal classification of diseases revision.

That classification, or the ICD-11, is due out in 2018 and the current draft points to prioritization of gaming above all else and impaired control over the act as behavior indicating an addiction. 

“The behavior pattern is of sufficient severity to result in significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational, or other important areas of functioning,” reads the current WHO draft. “The gaming behavior and other features are normally evident over a period of at least 12 months in order for a diagnosis to be assigned, although the required duration may be shortened if all diagnostic requirements are met and symptoms are severe.”

Official recognition means that it's likely official diagnoses are likely not far down the line.

We need gaming addiction to be officially recognized now?

While I'm not against talking about this, we need to focus on the opioid epidemic instead. This is far more serious.

Yeah, I can tell you opioid and methamphetamine use is far more concerning and just about as prevalent.

@Saurillian wrote:

Yeah, I can tell you opioid and methamphetamine use is far more concerning and just about as prevalent.

I know all too well. Two of my friends died from opioid overdose. The first one was in 2009 via possible suicide and the other one was in 2014 via accidental overdose.

Capcom teased a new Dino Crisis game.

I grew up with the original on Dreamcast and fell in love with this franchise! In fact, it is one of the main inspirations for the game I'm making. I would love a 4th Dino Crisis, or even a remaster, and would back it in a heartbeat!

Rumor: Microsoft Introducing New Achievement System To Xbox One

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2018/01/09/rumor-microsoft-introducing-new-achievement-system-to-xbox-one.aspx

Hello everyone, someone here plays Killing Floor 2?

Can we just petition to minimalize cut scenes to an absolute maximum of five minutes? I'm here to play a game not watch a movie.

John Cena might star in a Duke Nukem movie.

Sorry, but John Cena has been a babyface for so long, that it's just not possible to believe him as Duke.