Topic: Game News Dump (Read 297761 times)

Büge · « **Reply #2600 on:** January 15, 2011, 11:58:39 AM »

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/01/14/the-sounds-of-skyrim.aspx

CENTURION SPHERES

MAX VON SYDOW

SHOUT MAGIC

Saturn · « **Reply #2601 on:** January 18, 2011, 06:46:08 AM »

PS3 version of portal 2 not only has Crossplatform play, buying it also gets you the PC/Mac version

Thad · « **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.

Bal · « **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.

Saturn · « **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

Bal · « **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.

Saturn · « **Reply #2606 on:** January 19, 2011, 09:48:58 AM »

Quote from: Bal on January 19, 2011, 07:06:59 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

Bal · « **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.

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #2608 on:** January 19, 2011, 10:44:40 AM »

The 3DS is out March 27.

A² · « **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.