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Rare joins Twitter

The once-secretive British dev jumps deep into the community with an unrestrained Twitter feed.

Xbox Avatars Shoe5440d ago

Now all they need to do is join the AAA title club...

Seriously Rare, get it together! Great games have been, uh... "rare" from you guys.

The Biased Gamer5440d ago (Edited 5440d ago )

Ahemm... You're definitely doing it wrong.

Microsoft is a circus and Rare is a pack of clowns, everything they dish out are jokes!

The Xbox Empire5440d ago

I can't wait to see what Rare is cooking up. They've been working on a couple of games for a while now...hopefully a little Killer Instinct.

beans5440d ago

I'm going to be a little bit disappointed if it's not K3 for the simple fact that it's the one game there fanbase has been asking for.

Freak of Nature5440d ago (Edited 5440d ago )

I can see it being a "Natal based KI3"...The fan base seem to be really behind a new gen KI...

However for me,I think Rare should bring the Donkey Kong Country/Banjo/Conker style genre to us.Be it new gen sequels or new IP's within the act/adv/platformer genres...I think their strength is in this genre....

If they bring a KI3 or PD2,I think they will be from good to very good,but they will not stand up to the top fighters,or the big name shooters like Halo,Killzone 2,Gears,Modern warfare etc,etc.....They will fall in the tier just below.

But with quirky/stylistic caricature/toon based action/platformers they can stand out,and the 360 needs something,anything in this genre that has a chance of being something special,and rare is the dev house that can do it for them.

They need to go all out,and not just settle for "good enough",they need to strive to be the best if at all possible,retool,look to innovate,create a new game mechanic,twist,advancement in the genre...

Possibly a KI3 natal based game,a new platformer IP with the old Rare charm and style,and a old IP like Conker,Kameo 2 or Banjo threeie with a new gen paint job....

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The clandestine underworld of Game Boy demakes

Video Gamer writes: "There's a rogue underworld of devs operating clandestinely, still creating Game Boy games. We've spoken to one of them."

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Telltale shares new images from The Wolf Among Us 2, release 2024

The long-awaited sequel to the 2013 narrative adventure is currently expected out sometime in 2024.

BlackOni20d ago

Oh hell yeah! I feel like this was one hell of an underrated game, and I'm glad to see that a part 2 is coming.

jznrpg20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

This was my favorite Telltale game. I’m definitely going to play this. Hopefully it has less jank than the Telltale games had. I didn’t think it would happen but I’m happy it’s coming

gold_drake20d ago

right? it was sooo good, cant wait for part 2

BlackCountryBob20d ago

Great, loved the first game and happy a sequel is coming but after such a lengthy development, are Telltale gonna be releasing it episodic with non specific time delays between episodes? If it is episodic, they need to have a full set of dates laid out for every episode so we know what we are getting & when like Resident Evil Revelations 2 did, buying episode 1 and not knowing when the rest will come is just unacceptable in 2024.

CobraKai20d ago

I always loved Telltale games. They were like those old choose your own adventures books.

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Gamers seek legal win that would stop devs from rendering online games unplayable

The organizer of "Stop Killing Games" hopes to get France and other governments to examine the legality of live service shutdowns. Scott has launched a new website, Stop Killing Games, to rally opposition to the games industry's "assault on both consumer rights and preservation of media," as he puts it.

-Foxtrot34d ago (Edited 34d ago )

Should probably get them to implement offline mode when it comes to games you can play single player

It's shitty playing something solo and having to be connect despite being offline within the game.

It's worse when you get the games which can't be paused, I remember the doorbell going during a huge fight in Monster Hunter World, it took me ages but realised you couldn't pause. I ended up getting slaughtered after spending so long almost killing it.

Yi-Long33d ago

Driveclub is one of my favourite games of all-time, but once Sony killed it, it's barely playable in offline; Leaderboards are obviously gone so one of the things I liked to do most in the game, Time-attack, is now pretty pointless, and every race you start there's a red text on thr screen telling you you're offline.

There honestky was no need to keep the offline so integrated with the online stuff, and it's made me wary of other games which are now 'always online'.

purple10134d ago

should do what gran truismo on ps54 did, after severs shut, they unlock everything in the campaign to be played offline

there's no need for anti-cheat 'always online' which was always their excuse, thats and updating gamer progression

neutralgamer199233d ago

I didn’t know that. That’s awesome

Jingsing33d ago

and put out a physical version at the end, it is extra money for them at the end of the day.

blacktiger33d ago

Ppl get confused about this lawsuit, this guy has a point, if you don't want to pay for server cause no one is playing that's fine, at least make it PVP, that isn't hard and people paid for the game. So there for it shouldn't be unplayable. Offline is not what he's fighting for but that would be single player. He just fighting for PVP as to dedicated if you going to take it down.

I agree with this one! I hope he wins!

SimpleSlave33d ago

"Offline is not what he's fighting for but that would be single player. "

Always Online does include fully fledged Single Player Campaigns as well. And that's why I think The Crew is being used; The Precedent that covers it all.

Games like The Division 1 and 2 also have Single Player Campaigns, and Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a fully fledged Single Player game but always Online. Which mean that unless uBeSawft patches them they will all cease to exist once uBeSawft pulls the plug.

Again, I think this is why The Crew is being used as the precedent, because it covers all the Online Only bases; Not just the usual Multiplayer PvE and PvP like an MMO or Shooters and their Servers, but also actual Single Player Campaigns that are sadly always online.

Inverno33d ago

Should pin this to let it be on top for a while. This sort of stuff should get some good amount of attention, could actually make some good change in the industry.

HyperMoused33d ago

SP games yes, MP games, its a question of whos maintaing the servers etc and keeing them online.

blackblades33d ago

PvP games it should work. I remember playing black ops offline with AI opponents but of course its funner with real and AI bots. I know some games are server base but I imagine if hard work put in to it that, it can work offline.

PRIMORDUS33d ago

At least on the PC side I say if a company doesn't want to support a game anymore just give it to the fans. They will keep it alive for years and years. Like UT2004 for example you can still play it today, or BF1942. For any SP games I just torrent and keep it forever if they pull the plug. 😊

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