General gaming news

[Shojin]

Yeah the flashes, Move would fuck up too. Kinect has 2 cameras instead of one, one being infrared, but I'm not sure how flashes affect infrared.

Still a PR nightmare, they should have known that shit would happen and restricted flash photography during the live demonstration.

[Charismatic]

Works fine with flash photography (which may mean that was not the reason for the failure in the last video) in this one but fails in a different way.

[Merovingian]

Didnt want to make a new thread so i have a quick question... How do you guys remove the stickers(used by gamestop) from Used game? bought a couple of them 2 weeks ago and tried to get sticker off but they leave like an ugly glue stain.

[Kaisha]

Didnt want to make a new thread so i have a quick question... How do you guys remove the stickers(used by gamestop) from Used game? bought a couple of them 2 weeks ago and tried to get sticker off but they leave like an ugly glue stain.

Here's a thread I made nearly a year ago asking the same thing:
http://www.bluegartr.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84943

[Shojin]

Just a heads up, Gamescom starts tomorrow. EA press conference is tomorrow and sill start at 10am EST. Can watch the stream here when it happens: http://live-event.ea.com/gamescom/live/

[Shojin]

Sony conference is about to start at Gamescom. Dunno if there is a video stream available but multiple sites are text live blogging it.

[Kuya]

Where do i go for this liveblogness? Also, is SE going to present too?

[Shojin]

Kotaku/1UP/VG247 etc. Pick your poison.

Oh, found a ghetto stream from a phone someone is doing.
http://qik.com/video/10824064 lol

EDIT: Nevermind, that video feed quickly died. Actually looks like it was just a video.

[Kuya]

Alright, thanks, brojin.

[Kiarax]

1up got some butthurt fag in the comments and it still hasn't even started yet. I love the internet.
Edit: Dude has an FFXI profile picture too. WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED.

[Shojin]

the ghetto stream is back and live http://qik.com/video/10824464

[Shojin]

[OzzofAsura]

Until a firmware update...

[Kaisha]

I envy those with two PS3s (one for modded, one for legit) and unlimited bandwidth to download the 15gb+ games.....

If this whole thing is legit and not some fancy scam using video playback on the monitor, all I can say is that I hope it isn't possible at all for them to play online with workarounds. Last thing the PS3 needs are people playing multiplayer with trainers and hacks applied to their games.

[Kiarax]

Online is possible already with it apparently. Probably change in the future when Sony throws out some sort of prevention for it. And it's not just a matter of downloading games, you can rent or borrow games and back them up off the disc.

[OzzofAsura]

Hope this gets canned fast. Nothing kills a game faster than cheaters. Better believe people will be cheating at the first given opportunity.

[6souls]

Deathspank part 2 coming Sept 21st (PSN)/22nd (XBLA)

What? Another DeathSpank game already? Featuring the trademark humor found in the original, Thongs of Virtue centers on DeathSpank’s journey through a massive war-torn land; explore the North Pole and the high seas to locate six mystical thongs to bring peace and harmony to the universe. DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue (T.O.V.) will be available for download on PlayStation®Network on September 21, 2010 for $14.99 and Xbox LIVE® Arcade on September 22, 2010 for 1200 Microsoft Points

DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue is coming to PSN on September 21st and XBLA on September 22nd.

http://www.deathspank.com/wp-content...08/dsWeb22.png

http://www.deathspank.com/home-tov

[Insanecyclone]

LOADS OF MUNNI

MUNNI MUNNI MUNNI
http://kotaku.com/5625516/xbox-live-...ing-november-1

Xbox Live Gold subscribers might want to renew before November 1, when the price of a yearly subscription to the service jumps $10 in North America.

According to a post on Major Nelson's blog, after eight years' of Xbox Live at the $50 a year price point, the service is finally seeing a price hike. Starting on November 1, a year Gold subscription to Xbox Live will run $59.99, versus the current price of $49.99. One month subscriptions will jump from $7.99 to $9.99, while three month subs will rise from $19.99 to $24.99.

Other regions will be seeing increases as well. In the UK the price of one month will jump from 4.99 GPB to 5.99 GPB. The price of a month in Canada rises a dollar to $9.99. Finally, a year subscription in Mexico rises from 499 to 599 pesos.

Microsoft is running a special deal right now for North American customers, allowing them to lock in a year at $39.99, $20 less than the new rate. For details, visit the deal website.

Jesse Divnich with industry analyst EEDAR sent out a statement accompanying the news, insuring consumers that $60 is still "an incredible value."

"When originally launched in 2002, a Gold subscription cost the same as an AAA video game, $49.99. When taking into account for inflation ($50 in 2002 is roughly $60 in 2010) and the additional services available to Gold subscribers in 2010, such as ESPN, Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, Last.fm and Video Kinect, a $10 price increase still represents an incredible value to consumers"

Whether or not $60 a year is an incredible value is ultimately up to consumers. What say you, consumers?

[Doombear]

Got that email this morning from Microsoft. My subscription won't renew until March or so. I am just wondering if I can grab that year for 39.99 and not pay $60 until March of 2012... or what exactly.

This makes sense to me with the addition of ESPN and Hulu I suppose (and Kinect but... meh to that), and if there is some goddamned soccer coverage on the ESPN for 360 (La Liga please...) then it will make me happy to pay $10 more a year.

[BRP]

Console war mode: Stupid shit. Not worth it to begin with.