MMO News Roundup - 1.10.09
Posted by HCG Dreadsorrow | Filed under MMO News Roundup, News
OK, this first one concerns not just MMOs, but games in general. Did you think he was gone just because he was disbarred in Florida? Nope! Yeah folks, the giant prick himself, Jack Thompson, is back. This time he’s moved to Utah in an effort to attack the video game industry yet again. Click here to read the article on GamePolitics. Why is this turd allowed to walk around among normal people? And shouldn’t these people he’s consorting with be off somewhere contributing money to deny American citizens their civil rights or something?
Allakhazam.com, while at the CES 2009 scored a very nice interview with the people behind DC Universe Online. After watching the video, I am going to bless this title with a promotion. Previously I had declared this title to be “Definite Crap”, but now I elevate it to the status of “Maybe I Will Try It”. But then again, this is SOE, so nothing is certain. Click here to watch the video. My honest opinions are that the action looks fast and fun. The graphics look very nice. Playing with a gamepad is VERY nice. The running animations are f*****g stupid, so you dev people need to fix that, seriously. However, DC Universe has now become a game worth watching.
Been watching the coverage of the CES 2009 show? Well then you might have caught sight of this little beauty; The 64GB SDXC card will soon offer users “holy crap” amounts of storage on an itty-bitty little memory card. The added bonus is that the data transfer rates are now so fast, that installing the clients of your favorite MMOs, then carrying the card with you and playing it off of whatever computer you can get your hands on is now a real possibility. Click here to read Massively’s nice writeup on it. Remember the good old days with the those giant floppy discs that you would cut a notch in the side so that you could flip it over and double your storage capacity? How about that cassette deck storage drive for the Commodore Vic-20? Well, check this out.
Tags: DC Universe, Jack Thompson, MMO, MMO News Roundup, MMORPG, SOE
HCG Musashi’s Review - Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe
Posted by HCG Musashi | Filed under Reviews
I’ve always had somewhat of a love-hate relationship with the Mortal Kombat series. While the first two releases were a welcome alternative the the much-copied Street Fighter template, Mortal Kombat 3 marked the beginning of some very bad times for the series that would stretch throughout the years up to and including Mortal Kombat Armageddon.
That being said, I was fairly sceptical when Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe was announced. Even with the promises of a totally built-from-scratch fighting engine and improved character development, I couldn’t help but expect a next-gen hunk of rehashed bad ideas. Despite all the impressive screen shots and gameplay videos, I kept my excitement in check; nothing but a sit-down with the final build was going to allow to form an opinion.
Now that I’ve sat down and shared some quality time with MK vs. DC, I can finally say that finally, Midway has come through on some long-awaited promises…
Tags: DC Universe, MK vs DC, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe
MMO News Roundup and some long overdue rants about stupid assholes.
Posted by HCG Dreadsorrow | Filed under News, Rants
I’m such a lazy piece of crap that I have a backlog of game news to share. So instead of writing proper posts, I will just vomit out a bunch of links and soundbite commentary in a clumsy effort of actual work.
Stargate Worlds - Interview
Videogamer.com has a delicious interview with Dan Elggren on the Stargate Worlds design team. Chock full of yummy news, here is the interview: Part 1 Part 2
Tags: DC Universe, Editorials, Jack Thompson, MMO, MMO News Roundup, MMORPG, News, Rants, Stargate Worlds, Stupid people, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft
Final roster for Mortal Kombat vs. DC announced - Let the fanboy debates begin!
Posted by HCG Musashi | Filed under News
Midway announced today the final four characters that will be appearing in the upcoming cross-over fighter, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Shao Kahn, Darkseid, Baraka and Lex Luthor have all made the cut (Lex probably bribed his way in - turd).
I’m guessing various post-boards about MK vs DC are gonna heat up. Expect to see “why wasn’t Ermac included! FTW!!” or “Holy $hit! - Lex Luthor? he’s the suXXorz!” (pardon the generalizations - I’m sure the actual posts will be much, much, more eloquent).
With the roster finally…umm…finalized, it’s now only a matter of waiting ’till November 11th to see if MK vs. DC lives up to the hype…
Tags: Character List, DC, DC Universe, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, News
MMO News Roundup- Lots of References to Shit
Posted by HCG Dreadsorrow | Filed under News
DC Universe Online E3 2008 Video
Here is the E3 video of DC Universe Online.
Tags: DC Universe, E3 2008, Flagship Studios, MMO News Roundup, News, Warhammer Online
