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Xbox Soapbox: Predicting Summer of Arcade 2013

IGN - What's in Summer of Arcade this year? We don't know, but we have some strong suspicions.

Knight_Crawler3999d ago

Jump in and enjoy the stay.

May 21 will be a revolutionary day for the gaming industry.

maniacmayhem3999d ago

Love Summer of Arcade, just love it! State of Decay will be the game I will get and sink hours into. I heard that the game will have 4 player co-op, I hope so, been seriously wanting a L4D type of experience.

Rivitur3998d ago

I thought class4 was the MP and class 3 (state of decay) was only the since glen player version of course I'm going on info from last year might have changed since then.

Automatic793999d ago

Can't wait to play state of Decay looks good.

Jek_Porkins3999d ago

State Of Decay is looking epic! That game is supposed to be the precursor to Class4, which is the MMORPG that is most likely going to launch with the next Xbox. Was originally supposed to be the Xbox 360's first MMORPG.

coolbeans3999d ago

@IGN editors in video (doubt they'll see this, but worth a try)

Some of your statements are incorrect:

-Alan Wake's American Nightmare did not release during Summer of Arcade
-There's quite a few older Summer of Arcade titles that have made it over to PSN later on, not just to PC.

jetlian3999d ago (Edited 3999d ago )

they never said all SOA games were exclusive. And they never said alan wake was a SOA release.

What they said was a lot of SOA games never release on psn and that the games that do go mp like alan wake hit pc.

Anyway super time force, state of decay,Ascend New Gods seem the best. The crimson dragon game might be good for kinect.

Duck tales and D&D could be part of SOA too

coolbeans3999d ago (Edited 3999d ago )

From video: "That tends to be the thing, right? Like with SOA it's exclusive stuff that you'll never play on a Playstation, and you'll rarely play on a PC."

jetlian3999d ago

and state of decay, ascends, crimson, and super time are exclusive. Thats all but 1 of their list.

Which would mean it tends to be MS exclusive which is what they said

coolbeans3999d ago (Edited 3999d ago )

I'm not contending that those games are exclusive, just the false notion that XBLA titles that have/have had a reserved spot in SOA never go over to PSN like they stated.

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Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX

This could be fun as they make great tables. Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse when Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX on May 16.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies18h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken13h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing691d 5h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker1d 5h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo1d 5h ago (Edited 1d 5h ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing691d 4h ago (Edited 1d 4h ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos1d 1h ago (Edited 1d 1h ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt16h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken13h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos1d 11h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto1d 10h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger881d 10h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies1d ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.