The General Pooter Games Thread.

[Wolfshade]

That would be too expensive!

[Wolfshade]

[url]http://www.mapstd.com/[/url]

What do you get when you combine google maps and a tower defense game

[Wolfshade]

SimCity offering a free 4 hour trial.

As you might expect, the SimCity free trial offer comes with a few strings attached. It's limited to the single-player mode in the Cape Trinity and Reflection Atoll regions, and only provides two save slots. It's also exclusive to the PC—haha, Mac people—and can only be played once per Origin account and per PC: If there are multiple Origin users sharing a single PC, only one will be able to score the freebie.

The trial period is good for just four hours of play, starting from the first time the game is launched, and once it's over, it's over.

[Kirsten]

Rise of the Tomb Raider to be an Xbox One exclusive...

[url]http://tombraider.tumblr.com/post/94529480860/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-update[/url]

[Learn2Eel]

Rise of the Tomb Raider to be an Xbox One exclusive...

[url]http://tombraider.tumblr.com/post/94529480860/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-update[/url]

They confirmed it is a timed exclusive. If it actually was fully exclusive that would be big news, as it is they are just going to have staggered sales as everyone else will just wait for it to release on other platforms.
The real big news of the event was that Sony stealth revealed a new Silent Hill called "Silent Hills", they introduced it as "PT" from a fake studio. Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro are the writers/directors/producers/whatever. Kojima and Sony pulled off one of the best trolls in a games conference ever. [URL="http://au.ign.com/articles/2014/08/13/hideo-kojima-and-guillermo-del-toro-are-teaming-up-for-a-new-silent-hill"]Link for the details.[/URL]

I watched both conferences and both were pretty "meh" compared to the E3 showings. 10 million PS4s sold is unsurprising, Microsoft didn't really announce anything new, Sony announced mostly new indie titles with the exceptions being Silent Hills (PT) and the re-reveal of Until Dawn. Quantum Break gameplay was amazing, Sony spent less time on gameplay footage and more on just trailers and weird stuff (Metal Gear Solid 5 boxes). I'd rate both conferences about the same, hard to complain about so many new games from Sony and all the cool Halo/Quantum Break footage Microsoft showed. As a proud owner of both a PS4 and Xbox One I'm pretty happy with the showings. I think Tokyo Game Show should be interesting as Sony will likely market the crap out of Bloodborne and possibly show off some more Kingdom Hearts 3/Final Fantasy 15 footage if Square Enix decide to pop up. If the Last Guardian exists it is either going to appear there or at the next E3. Hopefully Microsoft shows off Scalebound and maybe a new Japanese exclusive but I wouldn't bet on either unfortunately, they don't really give a hoot about the Japanese home console space.



Bloodborne gameplay, and some screenshots plus a gif. This is deservedly one of the most hyped next-gen games out there and the pick for Neogaf. For those interested, you can choose to be male or female and facial customization is present.

[Kirsten]

They confirmed it is a timed exclusive. If it actually was fully exclusive that would be big news

it was announced as a full exclusive, and still was at the point I went to bed.

[url]http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2014/08/13/xboxs-phil-spencer-responds-tomb-raider-exclusivity-questions[/url]

[Psychosplodge]

Knew it'd be timed, the publishers can't afford to cut of marketshare like that these days if the reports of development costs are true.

[eldargal]

Really pissed off with MS over making Rise of the Tomb Raider exclusive, especially since as far as we know it will probably only go to the PS4 eventually, not PC. Sure as hell wouldn't buy an Xbox now, TR has always been available on PC.

[Psychosplodge]

It'll appear on steam eventually.

[eldargal]

It better.><