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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2600 on: January 15, 2011, 11:58:39 AM »

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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2602 on: January 18, 2011, 12:10:51 PM »

Niiiice.  Valve is really nailing what digital distribution can do that a disc can't.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2603 on: January 18, 2011, 06:52:16 PM »

These are things that they've been talking about doing for years, trying to unite their products on Steam and other platforms through various means, including the Steamcloud storage. I'm just surprised they got Sony to sign on. I wonder if your saves are compatible between platforms. That would be a fucking coup.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2604 on: January 19, 2011, 06:48:44 AM »

From what i understand, the saves do carry over.

I think Valve is trying to put pressure on microsoft so they change their policies

Said policies caused the xbox version of l4d2 to JUST receive a patch that the pc got months ago (MS requires that every patch go though their certification process, which is incredibly slow and doesn't even stop buggy patches from being released)

Other devs have complained about these same policies too

Team Meat has tweeted many times to fans asking where the fuck a 360 patch was saying that the patch was DONE but MS was just sitting on it
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2605 on: January 19, 2011, 07:06:59 AM »

Indie developers really get the dick on that score. I know Monday Night Combat is coming to PC at least half because their balance patches, essential in an online shooter, were going for months without being released because they're at the back of some fucking certification line, with big developers cutting in front of them all the time. It's bullshit and everyone smells it. Meanwhile, over on Steam, you push a patch and it goes live that day. Now, Valve isn't going to stop you from breaking your own game, but by all accounts neither is Microsoft, and at least Valve is prompt about it.

I don't think Valve is specifically trying to put pressure on Microsoft though, because this is stuff they've been talking about since Steam was first discussed openly in, like, 2001, and of course Steam launched in 2004, before the 360 came out. They're not out for Microsoft, they're out to change the way games are distributed and supported, period.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2606 on: January 19, 2011, 09:48:58 AM »

Monday Night Combat

they semi-bypassed MS's bullshit actually

instead of releasing patches they change variables on their servers

obviously this doesn't work for making extreme changes but it does let them change some things

better explanation of how they still can make small tweaks
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2607 on: January 19, 2011, 10:04:04 AM »

Yeah, but there were a lot of major changes they kept promising regarding overall class balance that was stuck in the pipes for months. Shit like that can sink an indie. Obviously not in this case, but it's endemic of the cert process used by XBL.

Again though, I don't think Valve gives a fuck about that except insofar as it directly effects them, which, given that they're Valve, and their box copies are published by EA, they aren't that drastically effected. This is just another step in what they've been talking about for years.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2608 on: January 19, 2011, 10:44:40 AM »

The 3DS is out March 27.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2609 on: January 19, 2011, 12:10:47 PM »

For $250.

Friend Codes now tied to the system, rather than each game.

DSiWare carries over.

Nintendo Funbucks is out, actual cash is in for the store.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2610 on: January 19, 2011, 02:06:46 PM »

From what i understand, the saves do carry over.

PC/Mac, at least; not sure about console.

Friend Codes now tied to the system, rather than each game.

Yeah, that's what they said about the Wii.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2611 on: January 19, 2011, 07:26:16 PM »

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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2612 on: January 21, 2011, 07:12:12 PM »

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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2613 on: January 23, 2011, 07:41:34 PM »

 DNF is going to have compitition from Bulletstorm in the juvenile humor depertment.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2614 on: January 26, 2011, 02:03:55 AM »

And I don't think it's going to be any competition to Bulletstorm's gameplay.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2615 on: January 26, 2011, 02:48:21 AM »

And I don't think it's going to be any competition to Bulletstorm's gameplay.
Bulletstorm is absolutely crazy and amazing. The multiplayer sounds like it would be a blast. Is anyone else gonna get it?
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2616 on: January 26, 2011, 02:50:04 AM »

I certainly am, and most people I talk to seem interested. People know a stupid good time when they see it.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2617 on: January 26, 2011, 05:49:27 AM »

DNF is going to have compitition from Bulletstorm in the juvenile humor depertment.

And I don't think it's going to be any competition to Bulletstorm's gameplay.

Well, DNF does have something Bulletstorm doesn't: tits. So, know.

Tits.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2618 on: January 26, 2011, 08:01:45 AM »

 But does DNF let you grapple a monster into a giant fly-trap to get munched before shooting it in the balls for MEGA POINTS?!
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #2619 on: January 26, 2011, 08:48:47 AM »

Knowing Duke? There's a good chance to yes.
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