Sunday, December 18, 2011

News Roundup: 18 December 2011


Last news update before Christmas!  And with that comes one last plea for those of you who can to donate to Child's Play!  A few stories after the jump.  It's mostly quiet as we head into the Holiday Week, but come January, it all picks back up!  Have a great week, everyone!


What the Hell is This Nonsense?
I...What?  No...

This is awful. I have my hopes about this game, but some of the music is pretty terrible.  The one above is apparently the music for a chocobo mid-boss/hunt thing.  The first below is the new Lake Bresha Theme and is 90s terri-bad.  The second below is one of the good ones, proving it's not all ear-rapingly awful, just mostly.

"Can't stop, won't stop!" ...noooooo!

Lightning's Theme



Well, alright then. While I am for publishers and studios getting a piece of the pie, this is a pretty radical thought. (via Eurogamer)


Hmmm...could be interesting

Yep...kinda. As seen in the video linked in the title, someone has a mod that allows people to play Skyrim together. It's still super early, and requires players to re-write config files (do so at your own risk). The video in the link shows it off. It's pretty funny: no animations and eveyone appears in their underware. Yep, this is why I play Online games...lots of half-naked folk running/jumping about. (via Kotaku)


She really loved Star Wars: Galaxies

Well, one Star Wars era ended on 15 December and another begins 20 December. The successful MMO Star Wars: Galaxies finally shut down after 8 years of Original Trilogy awesomeness. It's replacement (though Lucas Arts and EA aren't calling it that) starts up it's own run next week when Star Wars: The Old Republic launches. The new MMO is set hundreds of years before the original, so expect plenty of new adventures. Cheers, Galaxies. Rest in Peace.

Skyrim Gets Much Needed Cheese Shout

Hehe!  So much cheese!

Yep, you read that right.  A shout that brings you too many cheese wheels to be allowed.  Though, I would argue that one cannot ever have enough cheese wheels.  I think this would be an amazing way to take out a dragon.  Don't you?  The Cheese Shout video is in the link, the other one is just fun with cheese summons.  (via Game Informer)

Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition = WTF?

I don't think anyone saw this coming...

When the folks behind Pokemon announced that there would be a new game coming soon, most sane folks assumed Pokemon: Grey (or whatever you'd call the special edition of White and Black).  But, we'd all be totally wrong.  Wronger than anyone has been before, in fact!  What we get instead is Pokemon mashed up with insanely deep/realistic strategy-sim Nobunaga's Ambition.  While this getting released in the United States is just about absolute zero, it is for the region-free DS.  Maybe worth an import?  Maybe... (via Joystiq)

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