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Capcom najavljuje NOVI apdejt za Street Fighter IV, koji će se zvati "Ultra" i imaće nov elikov,e nove stejdževe, novi balans...

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/13/capcom-announces-a-new-street-fighter

Sad bez zezanja, Street Fighter IV sam u raznim inkarnacijama do sada kupio pet ili šest puta (ne mogu sad da se setim da li sam ga kupio na steamu...). I oni hoće JOŠ???

Trideset godina kasnije i Lords of Midnight je portovan i na Windows i nabavljiv sa sajta igre za četiri i po evra:

http://sites.fastspring.com/chillihuggersoftware/product/thelordsofmidnight

Eh... uzećemo, naravno.

Udarimo još jednu recku na listu studija koje je electronic Arts ubio:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-07-12-spellforce-dev-ea-phenomic-shuts-down

QuoteAs part of EA's realignment in recent weeks, we have announced internally a small adjustment to some development staff to better focus our teams against priority growth areas,

Lepo je znati da to što si dobio nogu u dupe neko u vrhu korporacije percipira kao "small adjustment".

Inače, neko je dole u komentarima postovao izjavu Satorua Iwate (Nintendovog predsednika) koju vredi odštampati i staviti na zid:

QuoteRegarding why we have not reduced the number of the personnel, it is true that our business has its ups and downs every few years, and of course, our ideal situation is to make a profit even in the low periods, return these profits to investors and maintain a high share price. I believe we should continue working toward this ideal. If we reduce the number of employees for better short-term financial results, however, employee morale will decrease, and I sincerely doubt employees who fear that they may be laid off will be able to develop software titles that could impress people around the world. - Iwata

Čisto da se vidi koliko je Xbox One reputacija i dalje pogana, na Evo turniru je studio Double Helix predstavljao novu inkarnaciju igre Killer Instinct - igre koja će biti Xbox One ekskluziva i "free to play" utoliko što ćete za dž dobiti jedan lik (i to svi isti) a ostali se kupuju. Naravno, Killer Instinct i nije nikad bio vrhunska  igra, ali ne samo da strim igre bio zatrpan komentarima da se ovo sranje skloni i da se pusti Marvel vs. Capcom, nego je i masa na samom turniru skandirala "Marvel! Marvel!" i na kraju vikala UAAA kad je pomenut Xbox One... Ludilo.

http://gaminrealm.com/2013/07/14/killer-instinct-and-xbox-one-get-boo/

QuoteDuring the Killer Instinct presentation at EVO 2013, the game was met with a pretty negative reception. Following the Injustice: Gods Among Us Finals, Madcatz and Double Helix came out on stage to do a 3-match presentation of the new and upcoming Killer Instinct game for the Xbox One.
And it wasn't pretty.
First, I was personally watching the Twitch stream and reading the comments in the chatbox. There were around 98,000 people watching the KI presentation at the time (remember, this is during the EVO Finals), and I can accurately report that mostly (think 95%) everyone in there was tearing the game apart. Comments such as "Get this s*** off the stream" and  "Nobody cares, show Marvel!" and "This looks terrible" were prevalent. Most viewers were blatnatly not impressed. The viewers were also not convinced that the commentators were genuine about their hype, and also felt that the matches were scripted.
Secondly, even worse, the attendees at EVO started chanting "Marvel! Marvel! Marvel!" in the crowd. Translation: "We don't care for this, get off the stage." I felt pretty bad for the guys from Double Helix, as it was clear that they heard the chants but had to ignore them and continue their commentary over the game.
And last but not least, after the presentation was over and they were wrapping it up with some details, they dropped that forbidden name: "Xbox One". The crowd was instantly outraged and boos ensued for quite a long stretch of time. You could tell on the look on the presenters' faces that they were clearly embarrassed, and you couldn't help but to feel for them.
It was really something to watch this all go down live, but it just goes to show just how much damage Microsoft has down to the Xbox One's image, and I feel that an actually good game may be getting battered because of it.
UPDATE: Someone of you were doubting my words. There's a now a video posted on YouTube showing the booing ensuing when the Xbox One and Microsoft are mentioned. Now you can see the validation of my claim.

Prvi deo gaming made me intervjua sa Čarlijem Brukerom na RPS-u:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/07/15/gaming-made-me-charlie-brooker-part-1/

Quote from: Meho Krljic on 14-07-2013, 14:02:05
Neće tako brzo, ne zadržavaj proverbijalni dah.

Čito sam da izlazi u avgustu, al' more bit da otaljavaju 

Da, pa, videćemo, Windows verzija još nema potvrđen nikakav datum.

Pošto mac ne može sve sam, evo da podsetim da je DotA2 izašla iz beta verzije i sad je gold. Eurogamer je dao Quinnsu da napiše rivju i naravno da zvuči kao kad bi Aca Lukas pisao rivju za kokain. Oh, moram se, moram se uzdržati!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finale ovogodišnjeg EVO turnirea u Street Fighter IV je izvrsno za gledanje. Xian igra sa Genom i... baš se iskazuje:

Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition - Evo 2013 Grand Finals

U moru zombi igara u kome se davimo poslednjih godina, State of Decay deluje kao interesantna diverzija. Ova u ovom trenutku XBLA ekskluziva je konačno potvrđena za PC, "do kraja godine".

Tinejdžer posle srednje škole seo i radio i radio i radio i napravio dvadesetpetočasovni mod za Skajrim koji je ful igra za sebe, ima voice acting, muziku i tako to... A šta ste vi uradili za poslednjih godinu dana?

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-07-17-hey-bethesda-this-19yo-spent-2000-hours-making-a-25-hour-skyrim-mod

Hot dem. Rayman legends izgleda sve boljije i boljije:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-07-17-what-the-delays-done-for-rayman-legends

Whoa. Capcom je na Komik Konu najavio novi naslov u klasičnom serijalu Strider!!!!!!! I igra ne izgleda rđavo:

Strider 2014 - Debut Trailer | Comic Con 2013

E, sad, nažalost, pravi je Double Helix, studio poznat po plaćeničkom mentalitetu više nego po dobrim igrama. Ali hajde, možda bude...

Vrlo highbrow intervju sa Šinđijem Mikamijem na Jurogejmeru

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-07-19-meeting-mikami

Ah, kako se slažem sa Džejmsom Portnauom ovde:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/a-little-bit-of-yesterday

Keza McDonnald kaže da je Pikmin 3 prilično dobar. 

Hmmm, Treasure i Capcom zajednički prave igru Gaist Crusher koja treba da bude neka vrsta naučnofantastične/ mecha varijacije na Monster Hunter. Normalno, ovo bi bio razlog za raskalašno slavlje, ali, trejler ne izgleda baš impresivno:

N3DS『ガイストクラッシャー』プロモーション映像(1)

Kako novi Valveov trading cards sistem radi i zašto je dobar za sve nas:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/23/why-steam-trading-cards-embarrass-microsoft-and-sony

IGN intervjuiše neke bitnije indi developere da pokaže da, iako je ovo zlatno doba indi igara, ekonomska realnost nije nužno ružičasta

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/23/the-harsh-reality-of-indie-game-success

Tu su svi koje očekujete: Kasavin, MekMilen, Blou, Čen.. Šteta što nema Soderstroma koji je nakon što je Hotline Miami postigao sjajan uspeh na Steamu i dalje bio bez dinara a i pored toga na Piratebayju objašnjavao ljudima kako da pokrenu igru...

Quote from: Meho Krljic on 24-07-2013, 11:13:56
IGN intervjuiše neke bitnije indi developere da pokaže da, iako je ovo zlatno doba indi igara, ekonomska realnost nije nužno ružičasta

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/23/the-harsh-reality-of-indie-game-success

Tu su svi koje očekujete: Kasavin, MekMilen, Blou, Čen.. Šteta što nema Soderstroma koji je nakon što je Hotline Miami postigao sjajan uspeh na Steamu i dalje bio bez dinara a i pored toga na Piratebayju objašnjavao ljudima kako da pokrenu igru...

Da, depresivan text. Bas onako... depresivan. 

Dobro, nije toliko strašno, od svih njih samo je Čen sa izuzetno uspešnom igrom ostao bez dinara zarade, ali on je ipak imao iza sebe first party izdavača koji mu je finansirao razvoj i sad ima u portfoliju najprodavaniju PSN igru ikad. Ovi ostali su uglavnom napravili pare, Kasavin dovoljno da može da se ide dalje, MekMilen i Blou dovoljno da se sad mogu smatrati dobrostojećim građanima koji mogu da biraju da rade sasvim riskantne projekte poput Mewgenics i The Witness.

Pa i ovaj kako se zvaše fala bogu pravi Hotline Miami 2. Lično, jedva čekam da mu dam novce za nj.

Pravi, pravi. Ja Soderstroma mnogo volim i, da, sa guštom sam mu dao pare, nekoliko puta, poklanjajući HLM kome god sam pomislio da bi se mogao dopasti. I posle sam kupio i PS3/ Vita verziju koja je, kako sam već argumentogvao DO JAJA.

Jebote, koliko ima divnih ljudi na ovom svetu, samo se toga setimo tek povremeno. Evo, pošto sam zimus kupio Teleglitch direktno od proizvođača (i bio oduševljen igrom, i poklanjao je i svašta), sada mi se odužuju time što mi poklanjaju Steam ključ za Die More edition igre. Stvarno prelepo. Ohrabrujem sve koji do sada nisu probali ovaj JEBENI akcioni roguelike (koji je kao top-down Doom, recimo) da pohrle ka Steamu.

Majkrosoft u još jednom dobrodošlom okretu za 180 stepeni najavljuje da će nezavisni studiji moći da sami publikuju igre na Xbox One. To je, kako već rekoh ranije, dobro za sve nas jer će podstaći konkurenciju.

Ovo su dobre vesti:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/07/25/wot-i-think-shadowrun-returns/

Mislim da ću ga kupiti. 

IGNov rivju u suštini kaže da je sama igra dosta siromašna i, eh, kratka, ali da je potencijal za dobre modove u budućnosti ogroman. Sad ću da pročitam Eurogamerov i RPSov rivju da promislim o kupovini...

Grrr i RPS i Eurogamer pišu hvalospeve... Moraću da je kupim, a danas sam već dao deset dolara za Broforce 

Znam da nas svi živi sajtovi smaraju nonstop pisanijima o Kikstarteru, ali ipak, mislim da je lepo i ljucki da ovde pomenem nekoliko projekata koje podržavam a koji su trenutno u procesu prikupljanja sredstava. Neki od njih su već premašili metu, neki se još trude, ali svi su, mislim, vredni pažnje i interesovanja:

Liege

Liege je potezna taktička RPG igra koju pravi John Rhee i mene je pridobio ne samo sjajnim koncept artom nego i ubedljivim trejlerima plus dobrom pričom. Čovek pominje Final Fantasy tactics, Suikoden i generalno cilj mu je da napravi modernu varijaciju na klasične konzolne 16bitne RPGove. Apdejti u kojima je ominjao ozbiljne narativne ambicije i odličan borbeni sistem su cementirali moje poverenje. Rhee ispada i divan čovek jer igru pravi i za PS4, Vitu i Wii U (obezbedio je sredstva za ove mete) i daće mi sve verzije kad igra bude gotova. Ima još manje od tri dana do kraja Kikstarter kampanje, pa ko želi, eto mu.


Warmachine Tactics

Ovo je baš ono što i ime kazuje, taktička, potezna igra smeštena u Warmachine univerzum koga pasionirani igrači igara na tabli dobro poznaju, štuju i vole. To se i vidi po činjenici da iako ima još dve nedelje do kraja kampanje, igra je već skoro duplirala zacrtanu metu i trenutno ima više od milijun dolara u pledževima. (pomoglo je i što je Kris Avelon hajpovao igru putem Project Eternity apdejta) Dakle, ne pominjem je jer joj je potreban lajf suport nego jer mislim da svako ko voli poštenu taktičku igru ovde može za malo para da dođe do nečeg, nadam se, sjajnog. Autori pominju Final Fantasy tactics, Valkyria Chronicles i XCOM kao reference što je, dakako, ohrabrujuće. Mislim, ni sam ne znam koliko sam XCOM-olikih i FFT-olikih igara bekovao na kikstarteru, ali ova deluje kao da će imati i solidne produkcione kvalitete.

Tangiers

E, ovde je već situacija malo alarmantnija. Mislim, Tangiers ima još 18 dana do kraja kampanje i prebacio je polovinu mete, ali statistike na kikstarteru nas uče da igre koje su uspešne gro svog novca naprave u prvih par dana i poslednjih nekoliko sati. Tangiers ima daleko blažu krivu prihoda, a držim da je stvar u tome da autor, Alex Harvey, nije ime sa reputacijom u industriji, ne poznaje novinare itd. i, generalno, nije sjajan u promociji svoje igre (na primer, nema ni link za Fejsbuk stranu na KS strani), iako projekat zvuči FENOMENALNO. Eurogamer je, svaka čast Džefriju Matulefu, pre jedno mesec dana pisao o ovoj igri (možda sam je i ja negde pomenuo na ovom topiku) i već tada je bilo jasno da se radi o arty ambiciji, jer je igra inspirisana "Balardom, dadaistima i ranom indastrijal muzikom", plus vizuelni dizajn je izvrstan, ali kroz Kikstarter apdejte, Harvi vrlo ozbiljno priča o šunjalačkoj mehanici igre i to zvuči dobro. Ja uopšte nisam siguran da za bednih 35 tisuća funti koje Harvi traži za igru može da se napravi sve ovo što je nabrojao u "features" sekciji, ali želim da verujem da je u pitanju genije dizajna. Pa vi vidite.

Whoa. Znam da će zvučati bizarno, ali Activision uskoro postaje nezavisna kompanija:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/26/activision-buys-back-583-billion-stake-from-vivendi

A Nil Gejmn priprema svoju prvu igru:

http://www.whohauntsneil.com/welcome/

Neil Gaiman Presents: Wayward Manor

Članak o eSportu u Americi, čisto da se vide razmere i tako to:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/25/the-rise-of-esports-in-america

Tom Bramwell intervjuiše Toma Francisa, apropo igre Gunpoint. Sjajno!

Mada, u interesu balansa, kad već pominjem Kikstarter, treba pomenuti i ovakve horor priče:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-07-26-kickstarter-game-raises-USD122k-then-gets-canned-after-13-months

Dakle, čovek tražio 35k dolara, dobio više nego trostruku sumu, potrošio sve i otkazao projekat 

Potrosio na kurve!

Pa na šta drugo u Portlandu i mogu da odu pare?

Quote from: Meho Krljic on 26-07-2013, 11:47:30
Tom Bramwell intervjuiše Toma Francisa, apropo igre Gunpoint. Sjajno!

Podsetimo se onih davnih vremena kada Fransis nije bio bogat. Pre tri meseca:

I am now an independent game developer for three months

A pošto se Activision-Blizzard otcepio od Vivendija, bacio sam pogled na divnu biografiju ovog čoveka:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Kotick

Nisam znao da je u slobodno vreme i direktor Koka-kole. 

http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/28/4565558/eve-online-biggest-space-battle-in-history

Er... Phil Fish je otkazao rad na Fez II i onda još dodao da mu je pun kuras svega i da napušta gejming generalno. Kaže da su ga mnogo maltretirali...


Veliko je zlo taj twitter.

Zanimljiv spisak na IGN-u:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/26/the-architects-video-gamings-auteurs

Mehmete, vidje li ti ovo:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/07/29/wot-i-think-experiment-12/

Quote from: Father Jape on 29-07-2013, 06:38:35
http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/28/4565558/eve-online-biggest-space-battle-in-history

Quote from: Father Jape on 30-07-2013, 11:28:58
Mehmete, vidje li ti ovo:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/07/29/wot-i-think-experiment-12/

Video sam, bilo je pomenuto i na Jurogejmeru. Ali nisam imao vremena.

Quote from: Meho Krljic on 29-07-2013, 11:03:52
Er... Phil Fish je otkazao rad na Fez II i onda još dodao da mu je pun kuras svega i da napušta gejming generalno. Kaže da su ga mnogo maltretirali...


Veliko je zlo taj twitter.

Evo malo bekgraunda:
http://kotaku.com/twitter-blowup-leads-to-sudden-cancellation-of-fez-ii-934548588

Taj Velšanin, Marcus Beer, kritikovao je Fisha u emisiji, a Fish mu je, budući tanke kože, tvitovao da ode da s' ubije i odatle je krenulo.

EDIT: Kreće od drugog minuta
http://www.gametrailers.com/full-episodes/roj70m/invisible-walls-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink

Ovo je Paradoxu divan potez:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/07/30/for-the-glory-eu-iv-contains-ck-ii-save-game-converter/

Quote from: Father Jape on 30-07-2013, 15:32:12

Quote from: Meho Krljic on 29-07-2013, 11:03:52
Er... Phil Fish je otkazao rad na Fez II i onda još dodao da mu je pun kuras svega i da napušta gejming generalno. Kaže da su ga mnogo maltretirali...


Veliko je zlo taj twitter.

Evo malo bekgraunda:
http://kotaku.com/twitter-blowup-leads-to-sudden-cancellation-of-fez-ii-934548588

Taj Velšanin, Marcus Beer, kritikovao je Fisha u emisiji, a Fish mu je, budući tanke kože, tvitovao da ode da s' ubije i odatle je krenulo.

EDIT: Kreće od drugog minuta
http://www.gametrailers.com/full-episodes/roj70m/invisible-walls-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink

Taraba se zgušnjava: Klifi Bi piše otvoreno pismo Filu Fišu:


http://dudehugespeaks.tumblr.com/post/56805389679/dynamite-fishing-an-open-letter-to-phil-fish

Quote
Dynamite Fishing: An Open Letter to Phil Fish Dear Phil,
We've hung out a few times and enjoyed some beverages and rather animated conversations together. I don't know you that well outside of those interactions. I found Fez to be refreshing in a chic retro way (you were doing that style before many others, which is a tiny bit hipster, sorry!) and the fact that you were so much of the project reminds me of myself in the Jazz Jackrabbit era. Waking up every day (or in some instances, the early afternoon) to sit right back down and stare at that PC as you paint your own mystery, pixel by pixel, line of code after line of code can wear you down. Not to mention the sheer magnitude of legal bullshit involved in running your own legitimate business as well as whatever the heck was going on with your old partner in Indie Game: The Movie.
I also know that, when it comes to any form of journalism, be it a profile piece or a reality TV show or documentary the viewer or consumer only sees what the author wants them to see, through their often very skewed lens. I've said before that I identified with your frustration at PAX showing off your baby for the first time. That pressure is only amplified when Pajot and crew are sticking a camera in your face. Any grown person might act strange under that pressure.
Right before the Beer-Twitter explosion I saw that you acquired your Oculus Rift and your tweets about it were extremely exciting. I could only imagine what talented, nutty Phil would craft for a device that I believe in so much that I put my own fucking money into it. (There's your disclaimer.) I'd like to think that I know a good thing when I see it in life.
Read this fantastic article on Giant Bomb on your situation and the internet in general. I personally have been called every name in the book. Even back in, what, 1999 when I made a website about scanning cats on a flatbed scanner (look it up, folks, I exploited cats online before it was cool!) I got hate mail that was insane. Someone telling me that I should have "died in a gas chamber" (assuming my last name is of Polish/Jewish heritage; only half right.)
My first time being flamed online happened when I was 15 on a BBS the summer my father died suddenly from heart issues. I was learning how to code and I wrote a simple screen saver; one of those dancing multi colored lines programs. I released it to a BBS and someone anonymously posted "Your dead father could have coded something better." I was furious, hurt, and I replied with an implied death threat. The website called my house and I got in trouble for the comment, but the damage was done. I went back to mowing my neighbor's two acre lawn with his shitty push mower for ten bucks and Bionic Commando.
My skin started to thicken, as did my resolve to do something with my life.
Never underestimate the intestinal fortitude of the anonymous loser hiding behind a monitor and his or her ability to sling vitriol at someone who willingly puts themselves out there. The fact of the matter, Phil, is that you were trending worldwide on Twitter. How many game developers can say that? Does no one realize that while you may seem somewhat unstable at times you also have Andy Kaufman as your Twitter AVI? (Kids, google Andy, and suddenly Phil might just make more sense to you. Or watch "Man On The Moon.")
Never forget that the internet can be a fantastic thing, but it can also be fantastically dumb. Reddit is a wonderful community for finding out funny memes or random facts until they falsely accuse someone of being the Boston Bomber or go out of their way to protect the r/creepshots loser. And never forget that the Internet can be one big game of telephone amplified by anonymous myopic monkeys jamming on keyboards who are so angry about their meatball sandwich.
(How do you think I feel when my wife reads a tweet to her that says "come sit on my face" or "you are a bitch"?)
Someone on Twitter asked me how to deal with haters. I have some experience on the subject for well over 20 years now. Blow says you can't ignore it because by the time you've read the words it's too late. The key with the idiots is to outwit them because the idiot uses hate (and poor spelling/grammar) because the idiot does not know how to be witty. Watch what people like Ricky Gervais and Patton Oswalt do on Twitter. Heck, like him or not, even Piers Morgan is pretty good at fending them off.
Every idiot that you outwit wins you five times the fans and that much more respect.
The other key is to absorb all of that hate into one big fireball of motivation inside of your belly and then pour all of that energy into your work until you can unleash one big giant motherfucking HADOKEN upon the community that wins awards and sells millions and then the haters will truly be eating a giant bushel of dicks as you roll in a pile of money, acclaim, and community love.
You don't owe a damned thing to any gaming journalist. We've seen the rise of many "Rush Limbaughs" in the gaming industry, people who do videos or podcasts digging a finger into an open wound that gets the gaming community going because, hits. You DO owe a great product to your community, something I hope you'll resume doing some time in the near future. The industry needs people like you to speak with their hearts before their brains because I'm tired of hearing the PR approved appropriate response. I'm tired of games that feel like they've been developed by focus groups or clueless executives going "Hey that Call of Duty is big, we need one of those!"
Besides, at the end of the day, that cycle of community feedback and crafting that big fireball is entirely too addictive.
Come back, Phil. We miss you already. Maybe I'll be right behind you, returning with Adamantium skin.
-Cliff

Odlično pismo.

A dobar je i tekst na giantbombu koga je Klifi linkovao u tekstu: http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/so-fez-ii/1100-4700/

Inače u drugim vestima, ju laki laki bastrds, Guacamelee! dolazi na Steam!!!!!!!

Guacamelee! je, da podsetim, metroidvania sa lučador tematikom i odličnim borbenim sistemom koja je do nedavno bila PS3/PSV ekskluziva. Nahvalio sam je onomad.

Uzgred, juče se pojavio prvi DLC paket za Bioshock Infinite: Clash in the Clouds. Kolko se sećam, četiri i pol evra je.

QuoteClash in the Clouds, a combat-focused set of challenges spread across Columbia, is available starting today on Steam, PSN and Xbox 360 and costs $5 for anyone who doesn't own the Season Pass. Clash in the Clouds includes four challenge maps (The Ops Zeal, Duke & Dimwit Theater, Raven's Dome and Emporia Arcade), each of which contains 15 waves of enemies. Each wave includes a Blue Ribbon Challenge with a unique, difficult objective, and leaderboards will track your scores on each map and allow you to compare with friends.
Clash in the Clouds also includes the Columbian Archaelogical Society, an in-game museum players can explore to view character models, concept art, behind-the-scenes videos and more. Players will also be able to access new Voxophones and Kinetoscopes that provide additional insight into Columbia's lore.

Ostali DLCovi će imati priču, dešavaće se u raptureu (pre pada) i Elizabeth će u njima biti igriv lik. Detalji:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/30/bioshock-infinite-challenge-maps-out-today-story-dlc-soon