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GameSpot Asia Beat Ep. 22 - Of 720s & Sony Architecture

Written By Kom Limpulnam on Senin, 06 Mei 2013 | 23.07

Thanks for a really good show with some great discussion.  It was great to watch. :) However, the guests were slightly harder to hear, so maybe there needs to be a little sound adjustment? Maybe they weren't close enough to the microphones.  Anyway...

I found the different perspectives on next-gen, DRM and store-front curation particularly interesting.  I'm intrigued to see how things will actually develop over the next couple of years in terms of how we access our games.

Having the ability to buy games through different websites tied to something like the Steam store seems like such an obvious thing, although it raises the question of a conflict of interest for things like game review sites, and whether you could maintain impartiality if you are also selling games to your readers?  Still, an intriguing idea.

I share the feeling that this will be the last major console generation as technology in other areas progresses, particularly the functionality of smart TVs.


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Top 5 Skyrim Mods of the Week - Tardis Travels

Great show as always.

I loved the Tardis, I also loved the Sabre Cat Mount... The market stall is a good idea, all it needed, in order for people to come along and actually buy something is...

A SALES PITCH SHOUT? 

A shout that comes with the mod, that allows you to talk as a Cockney Market Seller in the voice of Ray Winston or better yet Del-Boy Trotter.

Now that would be excellent!?

Lovely Jubbly.


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Top Five Skyrim Mods of the Week - Tardis Travels

This week Seb and Cam hob aboard the Tardis to travel through time and relative dimensions in Skyrim. Also, they build a shop.

TARDIS - Time And Relative Dimensions In Space by ShatteredSteel
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Grace Darklings Elven Scout Armor by Grace Darkling
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Your Market Stall by wgstein
Skyrim Nexus Link

Armored SabreCat Mount by tumbajamba
Skyrim Nexus Link

Superb ENB-RL by sung9533 and Alakan
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When not busy curating her novelty t-shirt collection, Sarah can be found shouting endless streams of nonsense into the great void of the internets. Greatest life achievement: finally having her very own crocheted Link hat.


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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon director hopeful for sequel - report

Voice actor Michael Biehn states on a podcast that game director Dean Evans wants to turn the game into a franchise.

Gamers who loved the retro-stylings of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon can look forward to a possible sequel.

According to one of the game's voice actors Michael Biehn--who was interviewed on Major Nelson's Radio podcast (via Blue's News and VG247)--he was on the phone with the game's creative director Dean Evans on the night of May 5. "He was going into a meeting today, to you know–I think he wants to turn it into some sort of franchise. He's got a sequel in mind."

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is an eight hour spin-off of Far Cry 3 featuring a new storyline that borrows elements from '80s sci-fi pop culture. The game was praised for its action and humorous writing. Check out GameSpot for the full review.

Jonathan Toyad
By Jonathan Toyad, Associate Editor

Born and raised from a jungle-laden village in Sarawak, Malaysia, Jonathan Toyad has been playing games since the early 90s. He favors fighting games, RPGs, and rhythm titles above every other genre, and occasionally spaces out like Pavlov's dog to video game music on his iPod.


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Share function to be limited on PS4 games - Report

Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has revealed that developers will have the option to limit the 'Share' function on PlayStation 4 games. In an interview with Japanese site 4Gamer (via Edge), Yoshida explained that gamers may have restrictions placed on the footage they wish to upload via the Share function.

"There will be parts of a game that the maker does not want people to be able to see. For example, on Vita, developers can in certain scenes disable the feature that lets users take a screenshot, and (the Share function) will have a similar mechanism. The creator may not want to make video of the final boss sharable, for instance." He said.

The Share button is a new feature that will be introduced on the PlayStation 4 controller. It will allow PS4 owners to upload video footage and screenshots from their game to social networking sites.

Yoshida also discussed making the PS4 friendlier for third-party developers to make games for, saying there is reduced focus on cramming the console with top-of-the-line hardware.

Sony has confirmed the PS4 will launch this holiday season, but has not announced region-specific availability or pricing for the next-generation platform. The console will allegedly have the strongest launch software launch lineup in PlayStation history.

For more information on the PS4, check out GameSpot's latest coverage.


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PSN back in South Korea on May 16

Service only available for users age 18-years-old and above.

Sony Computer Entertainment Korea has announced that it will be reopening the PlayStation Store for South Korean PS3 consoles on May 16.

Gamers affected by the change will receive a free PlayStation Plus subscription for a month. However, only gamers age 18 and above can only access the online store.

Previously, the service was halted on June 29 last year due to the then new rulings of South Korea's Shutdown Law. The law was created in 2011 to prohibit gamers under 16-years-old from playing games during a six-hour lockdown from midnight until 6:00am.

Jonathan Toyad
By Jonathan Toyad, Associate Editor

Born and raised from a jungle-laden village in Sarawak, Malaysia, Jonathan Toyad has been playing games since the early 90s. He favors fighting games, RPGs, and rhythm titles above every other genre, and occasionally spaces out like Pavlov's dog to video game music on his iPod.


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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen makes strong debut in Japan

Capcom's re-release of Dragon's Dogma, subtitled Dark Arisen, has made a good first impression in Japan.

According to a recent update of the Media Creates sales chart for the week of April 22, the PS3 version of the game was at second place with 125,363 units sold. The Xbox 360 version was at 13th place with 9,483 units sold. The title that beat Capcom's RPG for the first place spot was Friend Collection: New Life for the 3DS, which sold 144,903 units.

Also worth noting is the debut of two Western titles in the region. The PS3 version of Tomb Raider was at fourth place with 35,250 units sold, while the PS3 version of BioShock Infinite was at the 10th spot with 15,747 units sold.

The top 10 list for the week of April 22 is below:

Rank / Title / Publisher / System / Sales Units
1. Friend Collection: New Life / Nintendo / 3DS / 144,903
2. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen / Capcom / PS3 / 125,363
3. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon / Nintendo / 3DS / 38,884
4. Tomb Raider / Square Enix / PS3 / 35,250
5. Steins;Gate: Senkei Kousoku no Phonogram / 5pb. / PS3 / 34,292
6. Animal Crossing: New Leaf / Nintendo / 3DS / 31,711
7. PhotoKano Kiss / Kadokawa Games / PS Vita / 30,172
8. Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon Portable / Kadokawa Games / PSP / 26,030
9. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 / Namco Bandai / PS3 / 17,836
10. BioShock Infinite / Take-Two Interactive Japan / PS3 / 15,747


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Bobby Kotick earns $64.9m in 2012

Written By Kom Limpulnam on Senin, 29 April 2013 | 23.07

Call of Duty maker Activision's CEO Bobby Kotick saw an 800 percent pay raise in 2012, as his total cash-and-prizes compensation leapt to $64.9 million. In 2011 his total pay was $8.1 million.

Kotick is now the second highest paid public-company CEO in the US, Bloomberg reports, behind Oracle founder Larry Ellison.

The vast majority of Kotick's pay increase came from $55.9 million in stock awards, which will vest over the next five years. His total cash salary for 2012 was inline with his previous earnings: $8.33 million.

Activision's report states that Kotick exceeded his performance goals goals on operating income, diluted earnings per share, and free cash flow. Kotick did not meet his target in the expansion of profit margins, however.

Kotick will receive another $16 million if he steers Activision towards its highest performance targets in 2013.

"We don't like any element of this pay package," said GMI Ratings corporate-governance consultant Nell Minow to Bloomberg. "In the past we have expressed concern about this company and its compensation practices."

"The lack of information provided by the compensation committee is a red flag," continued Minow. "It's very difficult to discern how they determined this compensation package from the information that's been provided."

Activision states that it now has a market value of $16.5 billion, and posted a net income of $1.15 billion for the financial year.

The publisher is rumoured to be unveiling its next Call of Duty title on May 1.


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Arkham City's voice of Batman not returning for Arkham Origins

Longtime Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy will not be reprising his role as the Caped Crusader in the upcoming Batman: Arkham Origins.

South Africa's NAG magazine (via Batman News) reports that developer Warner Bros. Montreal wants "to use a new younger actor because the game features Batman in his early years," whereas Conroy's gravelly tones have always voiced a veteran Dark Knight.

Batman Arkham: Origins tells the story of Batman's early years in the Arkham series. It is the first game in the universe not to be developed by UK developer Rocksteady.

Conroy was the voice of Batman in Arkham Asylum and its sequel Arkham City, MMO DC Universe Online, and the recently released DC brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us.

He was also the voice of Batman for the '90s animated series, and many of the DC Universe animated series that followed.

Mark Hamill, voice of Batman nemesis the Joker, has also said he will not be returning to the role.

Batman Arkham: Origins will be released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, and Wii U on October 25.


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Bungie: 'Still a lot of work' to do on Destiny

Bungie's first post-Halo project is not closed to being finished. As part of its latest Mail Sack feature, the developer was asked if the graphics, character models, and the world for Destiny had been finished, to which the company said no to all questions.

"No, no, and no. And, no," Bungie wrote. "Everything you've seen so far is work in progress. There is still a lot of work to be done. This is why you are made to wait, friends. Not because we like to tease you. Not because we know that you can take it. It's because we're still working."

The only gameplay shown for Destiny thus far was a brief clip displayed in February during the PlayStation 4 announcement. PS4 gamers will receive unspecified "exclusive" content for Destiny.

Last month during the Game Developers Conference, Bungie design director Joseph Staten and art director Christopher Barrett showed off a series of concept art images from Destiny and discussed the game's development.

Check out GameSpot's interview with Staten and Barrett for more.

Bungie has teased that more information on Destiny will be shared during the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo in early June. Activision has told investors not to expect Destiny in 2013.


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