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[SolidSnakex]

GAF Weekend is over. Back to what matters! :/
http://softrockhallelujah.blogspot.com/2007/10/alive.html

:lol @ The shot she takes at Capcom.

 

[lupin23rd]

She is a she, at least according to she, but she's been right about everything else so far, so I'm willing to take the gender on faith.

So, it's pretty safe to assume, at this point, that it's someone with some pretty serious connections within Ubisoft, isn't it?

Surfer Girl = Jade Raymond?

 

[flarkminator]

Seven exclusive things.

1) Ready At Dawn is working on a PS3 title.

Oh is THAT what we're doing.

 

[Zapages]

Surfer Girl = Jade Raymond?

I doubt that.... Someone else, I presume...

 

[Aaron]

Oh is THAT what we're doing.

Shadowrun RPG for the PS3 confirmed.

 

[flarkminator]

Shadowrun RPG for the PS3 confirmed.

The worlds not ready. Faces would be melted with such awesomeness, I can't do that to you people.

 

[GodfatherX]

What? How does a game like Getaway transform into Home? Much more to Home confirmed? Huge MMO cities perhaps?

pretty sure it was a game lobby for a scee game, not sure which but it fits, and i wouldnt exspect more of what youve seen of home, more like less, atleast for its launch

 

[Ashhong]

Oh is THAT what we're doing.

so RAD doing PS3 game, GoW and Okami confirmed

 

[McBradders]

pretty sure it was a game lobby for a scee game, not sure which but it fits, and i wouldnt exspect more of what youve seen of home, more like less, atleast for its launch

It was a "lobby" system for "matchmaking" players who didn't know eachother. Extrapolate what you wish from there.

 

[Jme]

Her newest update:

1) Don't panic as Madden NFL 09 and NCAA Football 09 are coming to the original Xbox.
2) EA Tiburon is working on a Wii-exclusive title.
3) Red Fly Studio must have impressed more than me with their future masterpiece Mushroom Men as the company is developing Sierra Entertainment's game tie-in for Nickelodeon/Paramount's The Smurfs film (the first in a planned trilogy) coming out around the time of the film's release next Thanksgiving, for the DS and Wii. THQ is not publishing the title as their deal only covers original IP from Nickelodeon and last month's deal between Hanna-Barbara, Deadline and Eidos likely does not The Smurfs even though Hanna-Barbara produced the cartoon, the company does not actually own the property (Smurfs fans may remember that the blue guys originate in 1950s Europe) and thus does not have any licensing authority, even for the cartoon.

And her other blog, such things that never was is chock full of some other interesting details. For example her post on 18 cancelled games you never heard of:

A.I. [arena fighting game based off the film] (XBOX, ACES Studio/Microsoft)
Alone in the Dark: The Abductions (PS2, Computer Artworks/Atari)
Amped 4 (XBOX 360/PS3, Indie Built/2K Sports)
Army Men: Air Cavalry (PS2/GC/XBOX, Check Six Studios/3DO)
Blood Wake 2 (XBOX, Stormfront Studios/Microsoft)
Damage Inc. [Metallica car combat title] (PC/PS2/GC/XBOX, Climax/VU Games)*
Dante [firefighting simulation] (XBOX, ACeS Studio/Microsoft)
Deus Ex 3 (PS2/XBOX/PC, Ion Storm/Eidos) Eidos announced back in May that their Montreal studio will be making a new Deus Ex 3 different from the one canceled. Also, this title was not Deus Ex: Clan Wars.
Dirty Work [sandbox-style game] (platforms unknown, Ubisoft)
Fight For Your Right [party game] (platforms unknown, Z-Axis/Activision)
Freefall [sci-fi extreme skydiving game] (XBOX, ironWorks/Microsoft)
Freelancer 2 (XBOX 360, Digital Anvil/Microsoft)
The Getaway Online [eventually became Home] (PS2, Studio London/SCEE)
Ghost World [spooky-themed action-platformer] (PS2, Luxoflux/Activision)
Jonny Moseley's Mad Trix 2 (PS2/GC, 3DO)
Joust (PS2/GC/XBOX, Midway)
Lemmings Forever (PS2, PictureHouse/SCEE)
Oni 2 (PS2, Angel Studios/Take-Two)

http://sttnw.blogspot.com/

She's also put up some screens of a cancelled 3D update of Joust... Let's just say it ended up as it should...

This list has been investigated and proven credible by Simon C. at GameSetWatch.

Very interesting indeed.

 

[McBradders]

The Getaway Online thing was bang on the money, so no reason why any of the others shouldn't be.

 

[Endless]

Twenty-five more things

1) The Gears of War trilogy will be finished on the Xbox 360.
2) IO-Interactive's next Hitman game, tentatively slated for release next summer, is coming to the Wii.
3) The Far Cry franchise is coming to the PS3 courtesy of Ubisoft Montreal.
4) Even though the forthcoming Prince of Persia 4 will probably not be coming to the Wii, the system will receive an "alternate title" in the Prince of Persia franchise,
5) That Resistance: Fall of Man 2 starts in Iceland and ends in Mexico.
6) NBA Ballers 3 (not the final title) will be slam dunking on the PS3 and Xbox 360 in April.
7) Sony Bend is working on a PS3 Syphon Filter title slated for release sometime in 2009.
8) Neither of n-Space's two Wii titles stars a ghost. However, they are even more ambitious than that ghost game and far better. One features a temple level that looks like it was swiped out of Red Steel and the other more ambitious title features an alien reptilian creature who bares quite a resemblance to Ganondorf. I'd be surprised if either sees release before March 2009.
9) Ubisoft will be publishing Soma, the Human Head/Mark Ecko collaboration coming to PS3 and 360 sometime before two years from now, and which I guarantee is way cooler than the overrated Prey.
10) After great success Athens 2004, Eurocom is developing sequel 2008 Beijing Olympics for Sega.
11) That non-Metroid game Retro Studios is working on is a new IP that is not an FPS.
12) Zoonami has a few titles that will be available through WiiWare next year.
13) Q Entertainment is working on WiiWare title or two for release for next year.
14) Space Michael won't be in Space Channel 5 Part 3.
15) ChuChu Rocket! comeback for DS and/or Wii.
16) EA's next-gen snowboarding title that may or may not have SSX in the title is coming next fall, at the same time frame as "the best snowboarding game ever" (or so I'm told numerous times) Shaun White Snowboarding (which is also shredding next-gen systems).
17) Red Steel 2 not before May, with multiplayer and co-op.
18) LEGO Indiana Jones is coming out after or at the same time as Indiana Jones (working title).
19) Yet another Super Monkey Ball game is in the works.
20) Fight Night 2008 is coming to the Wii.
21) Fuse Games + that pink round guy that floats = their next DS title.
22) Super Punch-Out! is coming to Virtual Console next year.
23) Monster Games is developing another game for Nintendo, that is not an Excite Truck sequel.
24) Wii Motor Sports Airplane is a WiiWare title.
25) Mario Superstar Baseball Wii is sliding to home base in the summer.

http://softrockhallelujah.blogspot.com/2007/10/twenty-five-more-things.html

 

[Costanza]

5) That Resistance: Fall of Man 2 starts in Iceland and ends in Mexico.

hmmm

 

[jet1911]

Freelancer 2 (XBOX 360, Digital Anvil/Microsoft)

Ok, who must I hate for that?

 

[leroy hacker]

13) Q Entertainment is working on WiiWare title or two for release for next year.

I bet she's gotten them mixed up with Q Games.

 

[McBradders]

Interesting, disappointing, exciting and obvious all in one fell swoop.

Conflicted.

 

[tanod]

Report the rumors, sure but stop giving the links. It's a shameless troll for hits. I like how everybody assumes surfergirl is actually a girl.


EDIT: Stop bumping old threads while you're at it.

 

[Yoboman]

Seems like the Resistance franchise will go around the whole world. Very cool

 

[Salazar]

List, in addition to being kind of unexciting, is weirdly sterile. Aren't we sort of due for a bitterly, cold-bloodedly obliterated NDA ?

 

[SolidSnakex]

7) Sony Bend is working on a PS3 Syphon Filter title slated for release sometime in 2009.

Good, like I said in the SF PSP thread it's never going to get the attention it deserves on the PSP.

 

[Gattsu25]

Lego Indiana Jones? Was this known? RAWK

Ok, who must I hate for that?

It better be on PC as well and they better not fuck it up

 

[Salazar]

Lego Indiana Jones? Was this known? RAWK

Yes - there is a cool trailer. People recently seemed more hyped about it than the non-lego Indy game.

 

[Visualante]

I bet she's gotten them mixed up with Q Games.

Not necessarily.

5) That Resistance: Fall of Man 2 starts in Iceland and ends in Mexico.

If not true then make it true jstevenson. That sounds sick (and potentially political)

 

[ThirdEye]

The release date of Getaway 3 (in the first page of this thread) conflicts with the other report of yesterday

 

[plagiarize]

23 is full of suck. not that monster games might be making a new wii game, but that it won't be excite truck 2.

 

[Busty]

It's clear to me.....

Disgruntled video game magazine/website writer rebels against the tyranny of NDAs.

Spills guts in a Deep Throat-esque way on blogspot.

It's going to funny watching all these rumours getting reported on other sites and magazine in the coming months as their own.

 

[Mojovonio]

Pics or GTFO.

 

[jarrod]

15) ChuChu Rocket! comeback for DS and/or Wii.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

21) Fuse Games + that pink round guy that floats = their next DS title.

Kirby's Pinball Land 2?

24) Wii Motor Sports Airplane is a WiiWare title.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!! x2

 

[mollipen]

EDIT: Stop bumping old threads while you're at it.

Yeah, why would you put news of updates on the Surfer Girl website in the Surfer Girl thread!! What sense does that make?! Stupid Endless.

Anyhow...

15) ChuChu Rocket! comeback for DS and/or Wii.

Because, you know, having ChuChu Rocket on the DS would only MAKE THE MOST PERFECT SENSE EVER. Yes, please.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Kirby's Pinball Land 2?

Wouldn't it have to be by definition?

- It's a developer that makes only Pinball games.
- They haven't made anything in a few years.
- There's a new Kirby platformer coming out and it's not by them, so it's not like they've branched out from pinball games and are working on a Secret Kirby Game.

Good to hear, though. Metroid Prime Pinball was solid and I'd definitely pick up a new potential Kirby Pinball game at a discount price.

 

[Beer Monkey]

1) The Gears of War trilogy will be finished on the Xbox 360.

Shocking.

14) Space Michael won't be in Space Channel 5 Part 3.

a) Duh. That would be more controversial than OJ.
b) I see what she did there.

15) ChuChu Rocket! comeback for DS and/or Wii.

XBLA and PSN you Sega idiots AAAARRRRGH.

 

[leroy hacker]

23 is full of suck. not that monster games might be making a new wii game, but that it won't be excite truck 2.

What if it were Excite Jetski? I trust them to make an awesome racing game even if it doesn't have trucks.

 

[SolidSnakex]

XBLA and PSN you Sega idiots AAAARRRRGH.

There are some games that make a lot more sense on the Wii/DS and Chu Chu is one of them.

 

[plagiarize]

What if it were Excite Jetski? I trust them to make an awesome racing game even if it doesn't have trucks.

what ever it is i hope it has real time land deformation and stupid jumps.

 

[Visualante]

XBLA and PSN you Sega idiots AAAARRRRGH.

Wii is where the money is at dude. You really think profit on a boxed Wii or DS game is going to compare to a digital distribution game where the platform holder takes a chunk?

 

[Beer Monkey]

There are some games that make a lot more sense on the Wii/DS and Chu Chu is one of them.

They should also put it on at least one system that doesn't have some gimped-up piece of shit online.

 

[Attack You]

There are some games that make a lot more sense on the Wii/DS and Chu Chu is one of them.

Yep. Controlling the pointer/stylus & d-pad at the same time will make for some insanely fast arrow placements, barring sensitivity settings for analog sticks (which likely won't be as precise for most people anyway).

 

[Gattsu25]

Wii is where the money is at dude. You really think profit on a boxed Wii or DS game is going to compare to a digital distribution game where the platform holder takes a chunk?

You mean they don't charge a 'licensing fee' for boxed console games?

You're right...there is more money in a Wii game...but your reason is off.

 

[Beer Monkey]

You mean they don't charge a 'licensing fee' for boxed console games?

Actually, a developer can keep a much higher portion of the consumer payment on XBLA than on a shrinkwrapped game (due to manufacturing, wholesale margin, retail margin, platform fee, etc.). Presumably on PSN as well.

 

[Jme]

11) That non-Metroid game Retro Studios is working on is a new IP that is not an FPS.

Fuck, I really wanted it to be a new Kid Icarus.

17) Red Steel 2 not before May, with multiplayer and co-op.

Hopefully it has better controls and my arm won't look like it's made out of licorice.

22) Super Punch-Out! is coming to Virtual Console next year.

About fucking time.

24) Wii Motor Sports Airplane is a WiiWare title.

Good/Bad news. I like the price, but I really wanted another bundle pack disc for all the Motor Sports games because this might turn out to cost more buying them all seperately.

Report the rumors, sure but stop giving the links. It's a shameless troll for hits. I like how everybody assumes surfergirl is actually a girl.


EDIT: Stop bumping old threads while you're at it.

No one is trolling for hits on the worlds crappiest looking googleblog. No one thinks it's a "girl" but with a name like Surfer Girl why would we bother refering to them as "he" instead of "she". And updating threads of relevant topics is more appropriate than starting a new thread everytime the blog is updated.

 

[speedpop]

Pics or GTFO.

 

[Gattsu25]

Actually, a developer can keep a much higher portion of the consumer payment on XBLA than on a shrinkwrapped game (due to manufacturing, wholesale margin, retail margin, platform fee, etc.). Presumably on PSN as well.

Are you agreeing with me, again?

 

[Nino]

Shit's so intriguing.

It's clear to me.....

Disgruntled video game magazine/website writer rebels against the tyranny of NDAs.

Spills guts in a Deep Throat-esque way on blogspot.

Sounds plausible.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

The Crucible: Evil Within

this is like the dumbest most cliched name for a game ever.

 

[PhlivoSong]

That comic is so effing wordy. You may as well have just typed the 3 paragraphs it tried to convey.

 

[Visualante]

You mean they don't charge a 'licensing fee' for boxed console games?

You're right...there is more money in a Wii game...but your reason is off.

$10~ vs. $50.
Sure they take a licensing fee for working on any owned platform but the total price of the boxed game is much higher as in the games breakdown thread shows for a $60 game:

* $12 - Dealer or Retailer
* $12 - Microsoft royalties and production cost
* $7 - Marketing
* $20 - Development cost
* $9 - Publisher

I can't comment on the particular breakdown of a $10 PSN/XBLA game or even the sales because they don't release them. But I'm betting sales on Wii/DS are more attractive than a third party putting a good game up on XBLA/PSN

 

[Doytch]

Before you go saying that they have ripped off Monolith Soft's Disaster: Day of Crisis (and released it on every seventh-generation system that game is not coming out for), Darkworks actually devised a prototype back in 2001 (before the release of genre-creator Disaster Report) and planned to full work on the game following the release of Lost Mantis (USS Antarctica), which something along cross between non-disappointing version Too Human and Hydrophobia, and was to be published be Capcom.

Am I the only one who finds her writing hard to follow. That quote is one sentence.

 

[Beer Monkey]

Are you agreeing with me, again?

Yep.

 

[Madman]

The Crucible: Evil Within

this is like the dumbest most cliched name for a game ever.

And I thought Bionic Commando was bad. :lol

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

7) Sony Bend is working on a PS3 Syphon Filter title slated for release sometime in 2009.

feel in the gap left by Snake...needed