Despite the year winding down, there’s plenty of news for Joe and Malcolm to discuss on this week’s Firmware Update. They’re really just looking forward to next week’s Game of the Year bracket smack down, though.
Talking points: THQ goes bankrupt; tax dollars burned in an attempt to scapegoat video games; “The Million Dollar Man” Ted Dibiase buys THQ, Rockstar really wants you to play their PS2 games; blastin’ bugs on Vita; The Curious Case of Star Trek: The Game; Resident Evil 6 sells “only” six million units; we have to talk about Assassin’s Creed III again; even more Borderlands 2 DLC; PSN fire sale; Game of the Year contenders revealed; Persona 4 vs. Borderlands 2; Underground Radio soon to be buried for good; Persona 4 Mack Daddy; Christmas with Sewer Shark.
Former Rockstar Games Technical Director Obbe Vermeij has finally revealed why some planes would randomly crash in GTA: San Andreas.
This fly by feature was on the cutting room floor due to the random plane crashes and it's one of those things I'm so thankful made it into the final version as these random fly by and crashes make the world seem more alive on the extremely limited PS2 hardware you needed everything you could possibly get in a open world to convey that feeling.
And accross hundreds of hours of gameplay I probably died around 3 times as a result of these fly by failures but I loved every time it happened
It made the world feel more human, and honestly kinda insane that even today with all these open world games, almost no one can capture that like R* even when compared to their ps2 games
Lol, I remember those. I vaguely remember dying from one crashing into my car once too.
Ahmed from eXputer writes "Video game leaks have become a major cause of concern for Triple-A studios, as they're becoming increasingly malicious and dangerous."
Max Payne PS5 remakes are coming for the first two games from Remedy Entertainment, and we hope this Rockstar Games easter egg is kept in.
Will never forget these games on the PS2 and Xbox. Max Payne 3 was awesome, more so the arcade mode.
Can’t wait to replay these games with updated graphics.
Would also like a remastered Max Payne3.
Indeed - and if it is another shameless cash grab, they shouldn't bother. It's an insult to these classic games.
