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15 years ago today (October 26th 2000) the PlayStation 2 was released in the US. So we here at The Gamers Talk, thought it would be fun to take a look back at some of the greatest PlayStation 2 Commercials!
First let's start with some of the best PlayStation 2 Commercials
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Get yourself ready for that PlayStation Tan..
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99 Red Balloons.. Go by?
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I think I'm turning Japanese?! I really think so..
Now we get to the weird and creepy side of things!
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Huh.. Day Z was all over a PS2?!
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I have no words..
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Um.. yeah the third place to play..
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Not today bro!
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I'll be back.. looking for a puzzle piece.
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Wait? What!
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It's like the Safari Zone in real life.. Quick throw a rock!
And last but not least
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The PlayStation 9!
So there you go. Sony had some pretty weird and memorable commercials for the PlayStation 2 and well I'm still not sure what the heck number 6 and number 11 are about.. I do know I need to work on my PlayStation tan.
Thanks for talking the time out of your Monday to read and watch we hope you enjoyed. Let us know what your favorite one was and what was your favorite PS2 Game? @TgTPodcast
That's right folks it's that time of year again. Time for our annual 24 hour live stream on Twitch.tv/thegamerstalk .
This year we are going through the Child’s Play charity organization, that helps buy kids in need toys and other stuff. Our goal this year is $500! I know we can do this!
What is Child’s Play?!
"Since 2003, they have set up and organized Child’s Play, a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in there network of over 70 hospitals worldwide. Over the years, you as a community have answered the call and come together to raise millions of dollars."
"Child’s Play works in two ways. With the help of hospital staff, we set up gift wish lists full of video games, toys, books, and other fun stuff for kids. By clicking on a hospital location on our map, you can view that hospital’s wish list and send a gift."
"Child’s Play also receives cash donations throughout the year. With those cash donations, we purchase new consoles, peripherals, games, and more for hospitals and therapy facilities. These donations allow for children to enjoy age-appropriate entertainment, interact with their peers, friends, and family, and can provide vital distraction from an otherwise generally unpleasant experience."
Next up was Ubisoft! and they delivered! They started the show with this
1.)South Park: The Fractured but Whole
From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes South Park: The Fractured but Whole, a sequel to 2014’s award-winning South Park: The Stick of Truth. Players will once again assume the role of the New Kid, and join South Park favorites Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman in a new hilarious and outrageous RPG adventure.
Players will delve into the crime-ridden underbelly of South Park with Coon and Friends. This dedicated group of crime fighters was formed by Eric Cartman whose superhero alter-ego, The Coon, is half man, half raccoon. As the New Kid, players will join Mysterion, Toolshed, Human Kite, Mosquito, Mint Berry Crunch and a host of others to battle the forces of evil while Coon strives to make his team the most beloved superheroes in history.
2.) Ubisoft reviles a new IP called For Honor
Ubisoft Montreal has revealed its next big new game. Revealed during the Ubisoft E3 2015 press conference, For Honor is a melee-only combat game focusing on brutal battles between three factions: vikings, knights, and samurai. For Honor is coming to Xbox One, PS4, and PC in 2016.
Straight from E3 2015 watch the first multiplayer gameplay trailer of For Honor, a fast-paced competitive experience mixing skill, strategy and team play with visceral melee combat. Choose among three warrior legacies: Samurai, Vikings or Knights. In the heat of battle, coordination and communication within your band of warriors will make all the difference as you support allies, capture control points, and slaughter
3.)Ubisoft has announced the first expansion for The Crew.
Ubisoft has announced the first expansion for The Crew, titled Wild Row, will be available on November 17.
4.) Anno 2205
Anno 2205™ – The beloved city-builder game takes off into space!
Raise your city, develop your resources, and race to space! Anno’s masterful economic gameplay is back, taking strategic city-building simulation to new heights in the biggest Anno ever. Secure the prosperity of your people by controlling multiple locations on Earth and on the moon.
5.) Ubisoft officially announced Just Dance 2016
During its E3 press conference today, Ubisoft officially announced Just Dance 2016 for Wii U, Wii, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, and PS3. You can register for a free demo here.
Coming October 20, Just Dance 2016 uses a free app "that turns your smartphone into a controller that scores your dance moves" for those without visual detection devices.Additionally, Ubisoft announced Just Dance Unlimited, a subscription service for Xbox One, Wii U, and PS4.
Also they had Jason Derulo singing and nobody had a clue who he was hahaha.
6.) Rainbow Six Siege (Beta and Terrohunt)
A new threat has been confirmed in our world: the White Masks. They are highly lethal and indiscriminate of age, religion, or nationality. To stop this organization, Agent Six is delivering a clear mission: to recruit the best operators from around the world. Team Rainbow must stand ready
7.) Tom Clancy’s The Division releases March 8, 2016
Tom Clancy’s The Division releases March 8, 2016. Be the first to play The Division by clicking here to sign up for the beta http://bit.ly/1L7Bg1M
Discover the Dark Zone. Deep in the heart of Manhattan this dangerous section of the city is full of rare and valuable loot, but getting that loot won’t be easy. In the Dark Zone it’s every agent for himself as you’ll have to keep an eye out for enemy factions as well as other Division Agents.
8.) Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Assassins’ Creed Syndicate tells the story of Jacob Frye and his quest to seize control of London’s criminal underground. Watch as he leads his gang—The Rooks—in a frantic fight through the city, traversing the rooftops, streets, and even a speeding train to take down a rival gang that is cruelly exploiting the people of London.
Introducing Assassin’s Creed Syndicate gameplay, the newest game in the Assassin’s Creed saga. Join gangster assassin Jacob Frye as he races through the streets of London in the midst of the Industrial Revolution to take down rival street gangs and bring justice to a city choked by corruption and greed.
9.) Ghost Recon: Wildlands!
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands is the first military shooter set in a massive and responsive open world, entirely playable in 4 player co-op or solo. Coming to PS4, Xbox ONE and PC.
Bolivia, a few years from now. The country has become the largest cocaine producer in the world. The Santa Blanca drug cartel has turned the country into a narco-state, leading to lawlessness, injustice, and violence. The Ghosts, an elite US Special Forces team, is sent behind enemy lines to wreak havoc and take down the cartel.
While last year's FIFA 15 was available for Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita, it looks like this year's iteration of the soccer game won't be going handheld. There's also no sign of a Wii or Wii U version.
The company announced this week that the game will be released on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC on Sept. 22. 3DS and Vita versions have been a staple of FIFA for the last four iterations, back to FIFA 12. Prior to that, the game was always released on PSP and DS, back to FIFA 05.
"With regards to FIFA 16 there isn't a Vita or 3DS version," an EA representative told PocketGamer. "We don't have any further detail on the mobile version but will be sure to share with you when we hear more."
EA's press materials make no mention of a Wii version either. This year will be the first without a Wii version since the Wii was launched. Last year's game was not released on Wii U, but did appear on Wii.
Unless EA changes its plans, this will be the first FIFA to be unavailable on any Nintendo platform, since FIFA 2001, released in 2000. Polygon has contacted EA for confirmation.
Earlier this week EA announced that professional soccer players from the women's game will appear in FIFA for the first time.
"We have always set ourselves a big goal for Dead Island 2: to create the sequel that takes Dead Island to the next level," said Deep Silver in a Twitlonger post. "We have been looking at the game long and hard, and we have decided we didn't reach that goal we set out to achieve quite yet. This is why we have decided to delay Dead Island 2 to 2016."
Deep Silver announced Dead Island 2 during Sony's E3 2014 press briefing, and said at the time that it planned to release the game in spring 2015. Last month, Deep Silver delayed another one of its big 2015 games, Homefront: The Revolution, into next year.
"Right now we are focusing purely on development, and we will have more info to share at a later stage," Deep Silver said today. "We know that our fans will be disappointed by this news, but by giving Dead Island 2 more time we are confident that everyone will get a better game to play as a result."
Dead Island 2 will be the fifth entry in Deep Silver's Dead Island franchise, and the first to be made by Yager Development, the studio behind Spec Ops: The Line and the upcoming Dreadnought. Dead Island 2 is in development on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One.
A Call Of Duty Campaign Unlike Anything Before It:
Co-Op Campaign: Treyarch elevates the Call of Duty social gaming experience by delivering a campaign with the ability to play cooperatively with up to four players online, using the same battle-tested network infrastructure and social systems that support its world-class Multiplayer and Zombies game modes.
Cinematic Arena-Style Play: Designed for co-op and re-playability, players encounter all the epic cinematic gameplay moments Call of Duty is known for delivering as well as new open-area arena-style gameplay elements designed to allow players to approach the game with a different strategy each time they play.
Character Progression: And now, every player is completely customizable: from weapons and load outs, to abilities and outfits, all with full progression systems and a personalized armory to show off accomplishments, providing a constantly-evolving campaign experience. Prepare For A Leveled-Up Multiplayer:
New Movement System: With Black Ops III, Treyarch premieres a new momentum-based chained-movement system, allowing players to fluidly move through the environment with finesse, using controlled thrust jumps, slides, and mantling abilities in a multitude of combinations, all while maintaining complete control over your weapon at all times.
Tailored Map Design: Maps are designed from the ground-up for the new movement system, allowing players to be successful with traditional movement, as well as advanced tactics and maneuvers.
Specialist Characters: Black Ops III multiplayer also introduces the new Specialist character system, which allows players to rank up and master each specific character's battle-hardened capabilities and weapons. With this addition to Traditional and Weapons XP progressions systems, Black Ops III multiplayer gives players three different ways to rank up. Fight The Undead In An All-New Horror Story:
All-New Narrative: No Treyarch title would be complete without its signature Zombies offering - a full-game experience with its own distinct story line right out of the box.
XP Progression System: Black Ops III Zombies is the most immersive and ambitious Call of Duty® Zombies to date, with a full XP-based progression system for players that adds depth and re-playability to the engaging gameplay Zombies fans have come to expect.
Do you like helping charities? Do you like Dead Island? Do you happen to need a 20 foot shipping container? Well then you're in luck!! The creators of Dead Island Deep Silver are doing a charity auction over on eBay! starting at $736.31 us. DESCRIPTION BELOW
Externally the container has small holes in the side and front door where the TV’s were mounted. The panel at the back of the container (Opposite end to the double doors) has a 600x800x600 hole cut into it with a wooden door. This was where a box was built to house a generator to run the electrics for the game. (Generator is not included)
It has its own front door, desk, lights, draws, bed and other cool stuff! It can be used as a portable office. You could even have a lay down when work gets too tough or ponder over your days achievements as you lean against the fireplace surround.
Some of the items such as the timer, encyclopaedias and TV’s were rented so will not be included in the sale. If you are unsure please message us first to check. Never assume, that just makes an ass out of you and me!
· Use it to ship your items all over the world! (sale does not include ship or world)
· Place it on a building site and do office stuff whilst everyone else does the real work
· Place it in your garden and use it as an awesome massive shed!
· Put it on a nice street and tell everyone you’ve got yourself a new pad in posh town!
Our container has been filled with various celebrity’s including the lovely Lucy Collette (she laid on our bed!), the cast from TOWIE, Dane Bowers, Scott Robinson, Damien O’brien, Chucky Venn from EastEnders and many more! You too could join this elite group who have ventured inside this stunning container!
If you look closely you can still see Dane Bowers footprints on our plush carpet, but I don’t want to be buggin you about stuff like that!
CHARITY
We're a nice bunch here so all the money you spend on this container will be donated by us to the Special Effect charity which you can find out more about here. http://www.specialeffect.org.uk/
IMPORTANT STUFF As you can see from the images the container has electrics in that are NOT certified. If you wish to use them it will be your own responsibility to check that they are safe to use and we hold no responsibility for them.
Greetings to the PlayStation community! Hideaki Itsuno of Capcom here. As you may know, Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition is set to release in the summer of 2015, some seven years after the launch of the original game back in January 2008 to a positive reception from fans of the series. The original Devil May Cry 4 was actually Capcom’s very first title for PS3.
This year Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition will make its way to PlayStation 4 with new modes, gameplay and visual improvements, and the largest roster of playable characters in any Devil May Cry game to date.
One of the biggest new attractions in Special Edition is that you will be able to play as Vergil, who has proven to be an extraordinarily popular character amongst fans. For his appearance in Special Edition, we’ve used his Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening Special Edition rendition as a gameplay foundation, and added in elements of his DmC rendition to create the definitive version of the character.
We’ve also added in a brand new “Concentration” mechanic, which complements Vergil’s signature “iaijutsu” fighting style, making his attacks grow stronger and stronger the more calmly and flawlessly he fights. Additionally, the “Grim Trick” ability, which allows Vergil to teleport using his “Sword Illusions,” makes for an action experience that will feel new and distinctly different from that of Nero or Dante.
We also decided that we wanted to make Lady and Trish playable for the Special Edition. On top of the already playable Nero and Dante from the original game, this makes for a total of five playable characters in the game.
Lady, who is a playable character for the first time in the series, has a fighting style that is conceptually quite different from that of the other DMC4 characters, with a special emphasis on firearms. Lady’s focus on long-range fighting will feel like a completely different way to take on the action.
When playing as Trish, you will see that she does away with weapon switching, and instead makes skillful use of the Sparda sword in a variety of ways that require the use of relatively few buttons. This again makes for a play style that will feel distinctly different from anything you’ve seen in the game until now.
“Legendary Dark Knight Mode,”a feature we were previously unable to include in the PS3 version, will be added to the game. This mode pits players against a tremendous number of enemies. Players will have to adjust their fighting style to adapt, making for a fresh gameplay experience for even long-time fans.
The game will also feature a plethora of new costumes, which are fully compatible with in-game cutscenes, bringing a fresh look to scenes some fans may have seen before.
It’s a great honor to be able to bring Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition to PS4. Stay tuned for more information, and please look forward to a fun game with tons of content this summer, whether you’re a stylish seven-year veteran or a newcomer to the series.
Telltale has released the first batch of screenshots for Game of Thrones: Episode 3 - The Sword in the Darkness.
The screenshots, which you can see below, confirm what we suspected after the teaser image released earlier in the week - Dragons will indeed be part of the episode.
Alongside Drogon, other images show Cersei Lannister in the throne room and Tyrion being arrested, hinting at what's to come. The inclusion of Jon and Gared at the wall, along with a number of the Night's Watch kneeling before a Heart Tree lends credence to the theory we may be spending a lot of time at the wall in this episode, especially given the title.
Sony has announced God of War III Remastered will be hitting PS4 on July 14,
"Celebrate 10 years of God of War as we bring God of War 3 Remastered to PlayStation 4 this July 14, 2015.
One of the most critically acclaimed games of the last generation, God of War III, has been remastered for the PlayStation 4 system, marking the debut of Kratos on PS4. God of War III Remastered brings the epic battles and carnage to life with stunning graphics, 1080p gameplay targeting 60FPS, and an elaborate plot that once again sees Kratos at the center of destruction as he seeks revenge against the Gods who have betrayed him."
The maker of Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, which has long resisted any suggestions that it put its games on smartphones and tablets, said today that it would team with DeNA, one of Japan’s leading mobile game companies, to create games using its popular franchises for mobile devices. The two companies will enter into a capital alliance that will see Nintendo acquire 10 percent of DeNA’s outstanding stock for about 22 billion yen and DeNA acquire 1.24 percent of Nintendo’s stock for approximately the same amount.
“Nintendo has decided to utilize smart devices aggressively,” said Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata in a joint presentation with DeNA earlier today. “Now that smart devices have grown to become the window for so many people to personally connect with society, it would be a waste not to use these devices.”
“We are challenging ourselves to redefine what ‘Nintendo platforms’ mean,” Iwata said.
Iwata did not specify which games or franchises might be headed to smart devices. A Super Mario endless runner? Zelda Crush Saga? Nintendo’s chief didn’t say, but he did rule out a specific category of games: Nintendo will not, as so many publishers have, simply port its existing classic game software to phones.
“There are significant differences in the controls, strengths and weaknesses between the controllers for dedicated game systems and the touchscreens of smart devices,” he said. “We have no intention at all to port existing game titles for dedicated game platforms to smart devices because if we cannot provide our consumers with the best possible play experiences, it would just ruin the value of Nintendo’s IP.”
Although Iwata, in the presentation, pointed out the current weakness of Nintendo’s sales of dedicated game devices like Wii U and 3DS, he said the company remains committed to producing game hardware. To that end, he announced that Nintendo has a “dedicated game platform with a brand-new concept under the development codename ‘NX'” that it will discuss next year.
Nintendo and DeNA will also partner to create a customer membership program that will span all devices, to replace the company’s Club Nintendo customer loyalty program that it wound down earlier this year.
“I believe teaming up with Nintendo is the best possible strategy to achieve growth in DeNA’s core business of mobile gaming,” said DeNA president and CEO Isao Moriyasu. “I grew up playing Nintendo games, and I’m already excited that I will soon be able to play Nintendo IP games on smart devices.”
Nintendo and DeNA are now planning the development of an online membership service accessible from smart devices, Windows PC and Nintendo systems. The membership service is slated to hit later this fall.
Joe Montana, the legendary NFL quarterback, is once again lending his name to a football video game. Called Joe Montana Football 16, the game is in development in Unreal Engine 4, announced Montana on Twitter today.
The tweet contains a screenshot bearing the Unreal Engine 4 logo. Along with the image, Montana said, "It just got Unreal," and mentioned the Unreal Engine Twitter account along with the hashtag #joemontanafootball16.
Montana, 58, has been teasing Joe Montana Football 16 since July 2014, when he tweeted artwork of himself in a generic football jersey with the hashtags #joemontanafootball16 and #youvewaitedlongenough. He followed that up in October with a video of himself recording motion capture, along with his in-game model mapped to the motion capture, tagged with #morethanarosterupdate and #montana16. The former hashtag refers to a common derisive refrain among gamers: the idea of annualized sports games as nothing more than "roster updates."
Today's screenshot makes Joe Montana Football 16 look like a game that lacks official licensing from the NFL and the NFL Players Association — in other words, it does not appear to contain real NFL teams or current NFL players. There's no word yet on developers, publishers or platforms for Montana 16, but being an unlicensed product would open up the game to being released on consoles, like 2010's Backbreaker.
Electronic Arts maintains licensing agreements with the NFL and NFLPA, exclusive contracts that prevent any other publishers from making console games with real NFL teams or players. An unlicensed game could feature Montana because the NFLPA deal only covers active NFL players; licensing for retired athletes is handled separately. In that manner, Montana appeared with nearly 240 former NFL athletes in 2007's All-Pro Football 2K8, the first (and to date, only) football game from 2K Sports after EA secured its original exclusive contracts in 2004 for the Madden NFL series.
Montana, who played for the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs over a 16-year career from 1979 to 1994, previously starred in a series of football video games published by Sega in the early 1990s. The franchise began with 1990's Joe Montana Football on the Sega Master System, Genesis and MS-DOS, and concluded in 1994 with NFL '95.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata confirmed today the company is developing a new next-generation hardware concept known for now as "The NX."
Iwata revealed the news of the upcoming "dedicated game system" during a media event today, which also saw the announcement of a partnership with Japanese mobile games company DeNA.
"Nintendo, together with DeNA, will jointly develop a new membership service which encompasses the existing Nintendo 3DS and Wii U systems, the new hardware system with a brand-new concept, NX, and smart devices and PCs, and Nintendo will be the primary party to operate this new membership service," Iwata said through official translation.
"As proof that Nintendo maintains strong enthusiasm for the dedicated game system business, let me confirm that Nintendo is currently developing a dedicated game platform with a brand-new concept under the development codename 'NX,'" he added. "It is too early to elaborate on the details of this project, but we hope to share more information with you next year."
EA Sports' golf franchise returns this June as Rory McIlroy PGA Tour, handing the franchise's mantle to the reigning No. 1-ranked golfer after a 16-year run with Tiger Woods, publisher Electronic Arts announced today.
The game will launch on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. EA Sports announced few other details about the game — no specific release date, number of courses or other real-life golfers licensed to appear in the game. A news release touted the usefulness of the Frostbite engine, which drives titles such as the Battlefield series, to rendering the scenic environment of a golf course on new-generation consoles for the first time.
Frostbite's presence also means there will be no loading times between holes, a major inconvenience of the series on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. That's because the entire course can now be rendered all at once, instead of hole-by-hole.
The hole-by-hole limitations of past games also meant tighter restrictions on out-of-bounds shots than at their courses in real life. On the Xbox 360 and PS3, shanking a drive into a theoretically playable area outside of what the game had rendered would still be treated as an out-of-bounds shot (with the one-stroke penalty). Now you'll be allowed to make a recovery shot, at least.
The old Tiger Woods PGA Tour series spanned 1998-2013. In 2013, EA Sports parted ways with the 39-year-old star and put the series on a one-year hiatus. Significantly, Rory McIlroy PGA Tour is not numbered, which de-commits it to publishing annually.
McIlroy, 25, won both the British Open and the PGA Championship in 2014 (with wins at the U.S. Open in 2011 and the PGA in 2012).
This year's game was announced as EA Sports PGA Tour back at E3 2014, in a stage presentation that showed outlandish fantasy courses in addition to true-to-life gameplay.
No mention was made of courses that will be present in Rory McIlroy, though EA Sports did include two screenshots of TPC Sawgrass, which has long been in the game's lineup. A news release also broadly promised "the most realistic representations of (gamers') favorite locales."
Notably, that means no mention yet of Augusta National, whose Masters Tournament tees off April 9. Augusta National's inclusion starting in 2011 re-energized the series and focused its appeal more to the world's most famous golf courses and less on its famous golfers. The last edition included 44 courses, 20 in the main edition and the others available as downloadable content.
The June release window also returns the series to a more familiar release date; it had launched in March in 2011, 2012 and 2013 to capture interest in The Masters. Previous editions had launched in late spring or early summer.
Update: It appears that Rich Lerner and Frank Nobilo, of The Golf Channel, will replace Jim Nantz and David Feherty as the series' commentary team. Augusta National more or less required that Nantz, the longtime voice of The Masters, be made the series' announcer (replacing Scott Van Pelt of ESPN) when it signed on in 2011.
With Nantz gone from the series, and the title releasing more than a month after The Masters, it now raises an uncomfortable question whether North America's most famous golf course will return to the game.
Respawn founder and CEO Vince Zampella has confirmed Titanfall 2 is in development and will be released on multiple platforms PS4 and Xbox One.
Speaking to IGN ahead of tonight's BAFTA Game Awards, Zampella, whose title is nominated in three categories, acknowledged the game's existence for the first time.
"I guess EA announced a sequel, so I could play coy and pretend I don't know anything about it, or… yeah. So we're working on a sequel. No official name yet, but we're working on that. That's the main focus but we're starting up a second team and doing some smaller stuff too. Small, exploratory, taking it slow! It'll be multiplatform."
It seems the decision the broaden the game's horizons in terms of platform was never in doubt. When asked whether or not the team wishes they could change anything about the original product, Respawn COO Dusty Welch said, "Platform for me comes to mind right away." Though Zampella then explained, "Well, we needed that, though. We couldn't do the game," Dusty clarified the exclusivity was always a business decision rather than anything else.
"If we could do it though?" he said. "It would have been prohibitive to do that - we definitely made the right choices for the right reasons - but if you're saying what would we have liked to have done? The opportunity to be multiplatform could have made it even more significant for us.
When it came to what we should expect from the next game in the series, the duo's lips were sealed, but they did promise to expand the lore. As for whether we should expect to see a single-player component, it's still not clear.
"I wouldn't have done it differently," Zampella said when reflecting upon the original's multiplayer-only approach. "We set out to do it and it was one of our goals. I mean it obviously prohibits a certain group of people playing the game, and as content creators you want to get into as many peoples's hands as possible. We put some single-player elements in there though, and tried to mix it up. Maybe we could have mixed things up a bit better because some people blew right by it and didn't even see it because there was so much action happening around it. It's tough, because if you hit people over the head with it it becomes intrusive, and there are people who don't want or care about it. Where does the needle fall? I think it takes a while to figure that out and we haven't figured it out yet."
One thing Zampella was keen to think about changing was the DLC model for the future, citing Evolve's commitment to keeping the community united via free maps for all as the ideal way forward.
"I think that's a fantastic way to do it," he said. "I think having the maps like that in packs, it does split the community and it makes it harder for matchmaking, it's messy. Yeah. I don't know we won't do it again, I can't say that for sure, but the idea would be to do something different."
"So here’s a little bit about the game itself. In Dragon Quest Heroes, the protagonists must rise up against insurmountable odds, challenging swarms of enemies and conquering gigantic monsters in an exhilarating action game. Filled with characters and monsters designed by world-renowned artist Akira Toriyama, Dragon Quest Heroes is brought to PS4 in beautiful HD."
"Both Yuji Horii, the general director and creator of Dragon Quest, and Koichi Sugiyama, the composer closely tied to the series since its first installment, are closely involved in bringing this title to life."
"Furthermore, ω-Force (Omega Force) from KOEI TECMO, the team that has created numerous popular action game series, is taking part in its development.
Dragon Quest Heroes is a game that Dragon Quest fans and gamers with all kinds of interests will enjoy." Sony said more info will be coming in the months ahead
For all your Dragon Quest Heroes news stay here with The Gamers Talk.
~Rick
Turtle Rock Studios already revealed plans for Evolve's monstrous amount of downloadable content prior to the game's launch, but even that doesn't include the more than $130 worth of skins and cosmetic items up for sale.
The game's Xbox One DLC hub spans four pages and includes 44 items that can be purchased a la carte. A quick breakdown: 24 are priced at $1.99, nine priced at $2.99, eight priced at $4.99 and three priced at $6.99 for a total of $135.56.
None of that is included in the game's season pass or the DLC associated with it. With the $24.99 Evolve Season Pass, players gain access to three skins exclusive to the pack and four new hunters. Hunters will be available individually upon release for $7.49 each.
The regular edition of Evolve, which includes only the game, rings in at $59.99. Players who purchase the Digital Deluxe edition for $79.99 also get access to the season pass.
Last month, following criticism in the face of copious amounts of DLC, Turtle Rock co-founder Phil Robb said the content amounts to "options, nothing more." Turtle Rock previously said that it will release any future DLC maps and game modes for free to prevent splitting the community.
Spotify and PlayStation are teaming up to deliver a new service called PlayStation Music, which will come to PlayStation Network this spring.
The new service will close down PlayStation's old offering, Music Unlimited, on March 29. PlayStation users may then link their accounts to Spotify and play its free, ad-supported streaming music or its $10-per-month premium service that runs ad-free and is playable offline.
Eric Lempel, the vice president for Sony Network Entertainment, announced the partnership on PlayStation blog, mentioning that Spotify's music will be playable in the background of other gaming sessions. More features will be announced later.
The service will be available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and Sony's Xperia smartphones and tablets. No mention was made of PlayStation Vita.
Music Unlimited currently is available in 19 countries, and it will shut down March 29. "Nearly all" of those 19 countries will be in the 41 markets where PlayStation Music will launch. A specific launch date was not given; Lempel said it would happen "this spring."
Current Music Unlimited subscribers will receive a free month of access from Feb. 28 to March 29.
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