In studio: Lee, Jody Macgregor, Razor and Candi Payne.
Finally, the gaping void between Soccer and Demolition Derby has been filled with the release of Psyonix’s Rocket League (PS4/PC). Card Hunter (PC) is a careful blend of the collectible card game (CCG) and a tabletop board game.
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ZEDGAMES – Episode 68
25/05/2011
Presented by DJ LAME & RAZOR
This week:
DJ Lame and Razor spoke about E3 and what we’re looking forward to seeing there, including:
Star Wars: Old Republic
Street Fighter X Tekken
Gears Of War 3
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Mass Effect 3
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
GTA5
Saints Row 3
Mario 3DS
The Last Guardian
Battlefield 3
Batman: Arkham City
Assassins Creed: Revelations
Nintendo’s Project Café
1. BITIUM RIBBON – Day of the Tentacle Theme
2. OH! DEE – Contra Hard Corps
3. KEITH APICARY – Dreamcast 2 Song
4.TURBUJUR KAKU – Everybody Kombat Now
5: TUGBOAT – Remix Medley #1
6: TI – What U Know About NES? (Twister Beats Remix)
The week in Gaming:
The Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O-Connor has released a draft set of guidelines for an R18+ rating for videogames. These guidelines have been distributed to Attorneys General of each state ahead of the SCAG meeting in July.
A games collector from Thailand is selling his collection of every Final Fantasy game ever released across every console for $15,000. The collection is made up of over 70 games, some of which are extremely rare.
PSN store will not be back online today as recently advised by Sony. Instead, it appears the original prediction of the end of May will be the case.
Trion Worlds have announced that a free cross server character transfer will be available for new MMO RIFT. They are hoping this will normalise server populations.
The PSN is finally back online in Australia! While not all services have been restored (most notably Playstation Store), multiplayer gaming is now fully functional. Today Sony’s President and CEO, Kaz Hirai presented the following video statement.
Video courtesy of IGN.
ZEDGAMES – Episode 66
11 May 2011
Presented by DJ LAME & RAZOR
This week: DJ Lame and Razor presented commentary on the week’s gaming news.
1. BITMUCH – Rastafari Anthem
2. MARTIN LEUNG – Tetris (Live)
3. RUBIJAQ – Dust
4. ADRIAN HOLOVATY – Mario 2 Theme Gypsy Jazz Style
5. JIMMY WONG – Mario Theme Acapella
6. GROUNDISLAVA – Planetary Destroyer
7. AFRICA HI-TECH – Gangslap
8. DAY OF THE TENTACLE S/TRACK – Opening Theme
Sony are now blaming hacker organisation Anonymous for the PSN breach which compromised the personal details of nearly 80 million users. Sony claim that files that were left deliberately on the server as a calling card contain the message “We Are Legion” which is Anonymous’s slogan. This comes after members of Anonymous denied involvement in the breach, which is the biggest intrusion of private information in history.
Capcom’s senior vice president has written on the company’s forums that the PSN outage has cost the company hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars in lost revenue.
Sony have announced that the majority of services will be back online from 31 May. Thet are implementing a Welcome Back program to compensate PSN users for the lost time which includes a month of Playstation Plus, PSN’s premium service, as well as other free content. Existing Playstation Plus customers will receive further benefits.
An MMO based on the Marvel universe has been announced for release sometime this year. The game is based on the animated Super hero Squad license and will allow players to play as their favourite Marvel Heroes. At this stage the game is called Super Hero Squad Online and it is reported that there will be no monthly subscription fee.
Valve have implemented a video replay feature into Team Fortress 2. Players can now save replays of their previous life and view the action from any angle, including POV’s of everyone on the server. The content is also fully editable. Creative TF2 players are encouraged to enter the SAXXY AWARDS, which are open until the 19th of May and features categories like “Most Inventive Kill”, “Most Pwnage” and “Best Cinematography”.
The next installment in the Assassin’s Creed franchise is called Revelations and scheduled for release this November. Ezio will return for the final time, though rather than being set in renaissance Italy, the adventure is shifting to the Middle Eastern setting of the original game. Gameplay trailers are expected at this years E3.
Mass Effect 3, previously scheduled for release late this year, has been pushed back to Quarter 1 2012.
Brink, a game best described as a hybrid of Mirror’s Edge and Team Fortress 2, launches tomorrow. For those who are eager to try out the game early, The Mana Bar is hosting a preview event tonight until midnight.
It’s been reported that the Australian release of The Witcher 2 has been edited to fall under the MA15+ rating. The edited content has to do with a scene in which the player is granted the option to accept sex as a reward. This option has been removed from the Australian version. The Witcher 2 is scheduled for release on 17 May.
Blizzard has dropped a hint that public Beta testing for DIABLO 3 will begin in Quarter 3 this
year. At this stage we don’t have a release date, but this news makes an early 2012 release seem likely.
Bungie, developers of the popular HALO franchise have stated that they will not be presenting material at E3 this year. This years conference is happening from the 7-9 of June, with Nintendo hoping to steal the show by showing off its next generation console.
EB Games have announced that they will be presenting a new annual games expo to be held at the Gold Coast Convention and Entertainment Centre. EB Games Expo, will be held this year on October 15 and 16 and feature presentations from EA and Ubisoft with more likely to be confirmed. The event is open to the public and tickets start at 29.95, with VIP passes also available for 99.95.
Blizzard have announced that World of Warcraft subscriber numbers have dipped to a mere 11.4 million. This is down from its peak of 12 million at around the release of the Cataclysm expansion. Blizzard executives are planning on speeding up content delivery to regain market share.
Valve have released the beta version of Portal 2’s authoring tools, allowing users to create their own levels and puzzles. Check the official Portal 2 site for more info: thinkwithportals.com
ZEDGAMES – EPISODE 65
4 May 2011.
Presented by: DJ LAME, LEE & RAZOR
This week:
We discussed the ongoing PSN saga; R18+ updates; the importance of DLC in the games industry.
1. TAKADA – Let’s Fight a Boss (No More Heroes)
2. COMPUTER ROCKERS – Return of the Computer Rockers
3. DIBIASE – Circuit Breakin’
4. YMCK – Magical 8-Bit Tour
5. LENNERTVANDJK – Contra
No dead hookers were harmed during the making of this program…
Well the PSN debacle has been receiving widespread media attention, mainly due to the fact that the personal details of 77 million users have apparently fallen into the hands of hackers.
8 days into the outage and I have only today received an email from Sony detailing the fact that my details have been accessed by hackers.
There has been a class-action lawsuit filed against Sony, who have reportedly enlisted aid of the FBI to help determine the identity of the mysterious uber-hacker.
Things keep going from bad to worse for Sony, who may suffer heavy financial losses from this episode, not to mention the loss of trust from customers.
While it is unclear if credit card information has been accessed, PSN users would be wise to keep an eye on their transaction records and consider changing passwords.
The PSN outage means that all online games, the PS store, PS home, PS3 Steam and almost all online functionality of the PS3 and PSP has been disabled, though users can still access the internet through browsers.
Sony have not released a date when the network will be back online, though it has been rumoured it will be down for at least another week.
PSN users worldwide have found themselves unable to log in or access any online features.
A statement from Sony:
“While we are investigating the cause of the Network outage, we wanted to alert you that it may be a full day or two before we’re able to get the service completely back up and running. Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter.”
Hacker group Anonymous – who earlier this year hacked the PSN causing downtime – have been vocal about their non-involvement with Sony’s current technical problems. “”For once, we didn’t do it” began a statement from the group.