Episode 81 - It’s Halo Day!
The Overseas Connection brings in some young blood to fill in the empty seat as CPM1976 is still m.i.a. (code for playing pretend baby). Join Murphys Law, Skulduggerer, Chin Chinny, and new comer Vartell as we hold video game court on this holy day known as Halo Reach Release. We do cover other games, game news, new releases, what we are playing and feed back from the community too.
Topics Covered this week:
What mode are you looking forward to most in Halo Reach?
Top 10 U.K. Software Sales for the week
Top 10 PS3 games according to IGN.
PSN+ Betas are extra exclusive.
Supreme Court case on violent video games heats up.
Dedicated Servers are in for Black Ops…but you gotta pay.
Assassins Creed Brotherhood Beta delayed.
August NPD’s come in.
Trials HD boasts 1 million sold on XBLA.
EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.
How do composers make the iconic music tracks from games that we love? And just what makes them so memorable?
Twitter is blowing up right now
All games coming to PlayStation
Next Xbox will have steam
Next Xbox niche and only for “gamers who want it” (it’s a really powerful pc or a steam deck type portable, or both)
Today Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson provided a look into his ideas for the use of generative AI in the company's development processes.
EA is still a shady shitty company even with or without the help of Skynet. All they will use AI for is new ways to milk loot boxes and come up with the same sports title with a different year on the label. They are one company I truly do hate with a passion. They single handedly ruined some great franchise with their death touch. ME, Dead Space, Alice Returns, Dante's Inferno.
EA layoffs followed by 'Generative AI to Drive Monetization'
I knew it. Wonder what AI salary looks like? Nothing.
And take away creativity, and people's jobs as we've been seeing. Got it.
No thanks. I want my games created by people, not AI.
EA doesn't want to lose their title of worst gaming company ever, always trying their best to remain the champs!
What's sad is that they have so much potential to be a decent publisher.
SSX Tricky / SSX 3
Def Jam Vendetta / Fight for New York
NBA Street
NFL Steet
Mirror's Edge
Bad Company
Burnout 3 / 4 / 5
Remember when EA used to be awesome? It's all over with now. Unpolished, if not out-right broken games these days. Endless monetization and gambling in their sports games, and let's not forget wasting hours of your life trying to unlock characters or equipment using "surprise boxes!"