Welcome to Planet Gamecast, the official podcast of PlanetXbox360.com. Join show hosts Zach, Taylor, Ryan and Alex as they discuss the latest and greatest within the videogame industry.
Question of the Week: Most underrated console of all time?
Hot Topic - Multiplayer in games. Should it be tacked on to single player games? Do multiplayer-centric games like Call of Duty even need a campaign?
News:
Rage will Span 3 Discs on 360
Arkham City Goes Gold
No Enslaved Sequel in the Works
Neversoft Developing FPS Title
Casual Friendly Hero Mode Coming to Ninja Gaiden 3
BF3 Pre-orders reach 1.5 Million
Half-Life 2 Ep 3 Hinted at in Dota 2 Client Code
Dead Space 3 Outed
Crytek Developing Homefront Sequel
Deux Ex DLC approx 5 hours
Listener Questions - Tweet your questions to Alex @a_charlez and we'll answer your question in the next episode!
There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.
I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.
But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.
One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.
EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.
Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.
EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.
What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.
"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."
Yep, EA is disgusting.
EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.