1up spoke with Xfire's COE Mike Cassidy about the implementation of Xfire's technology in Xfire and its continued implementation in upcoming PlayStation 3 games.
Salman from Tech4Gamers writes "Mortal Kombat 9 revived the series from a low point after bringing it back to 2D combat. It marked a new high-point for the franchise due to its incredible roster, exciting cinematic story mode, and high-octane combat."
Shaolin Monks is a forgotten gem. I would love to see a new one, or a remake of the old.
That game was actually goated. It was the first time ever that I actually tried to get good at a fighting game. Unfortunately the online connection was so dogshit it made it hard to enjoy and eventually I gave up. Haven't really played much fighting games since.
The new unit comprises over 500 developers representing the entire World of Warcraft development team.
I used to be anti-union, it kills productivity, investment and turns product mediocre. Their games suck anyways though so what was lost? Might as well get their people paid until they are dissolved.
Unions are necessary regardless of how you feel. You know how fked the working class would be without them. As if we're not already.
No they aren’t, regardless of how you feel. Unions make zero sense for skill based labor. They are for people who press a button every 10 seconds on an assembly line. “working class” is a made up term. I don’t care about corporations or developers, I just want good games lol. Killing your incentives to appease the lowest common denominator doesn’t lead to great games imo
I wasn’t trying to be offensive if I came off that way. The Union is an old mentality and I can see their usefulness but also the danger. We’re in the age of AI and robots and skill based labor. Unions can be dangerous these days. You could replace your entire workforce in one move. Checkmate. Look to the kiosk replacing workers in the 20 dollar minimum wage era.
Well run businesses don’t need unions. If you need a Union that business won’t survive anyway. Unless it’s propped up by the government with corporate welfare (which is the real issue). If you’re not going to spend some on your workers (Amazon, Google) then your welfare is cut off. No tax breaks. All you put together don’t match their wealth and resources, the union is a traditional memory at this point and counterproductive with this new enemy we face. They need a flying elbow from the top ropes. And by “working class is a made up term” I just mean we’re not a class system and even CEO Bobby Kotick puts in a days work lol. Or did.. It’s just a vague term that doesn’t mean anything no offense lol. People say “middle class” but that can change quick right? Up or down. That’s not a “class system”.
Taking a trip back to Housemarque's forgotten platformer.
For real. The Sony network is becomming a mess.
So it's x-fire and Gamespy, Sony's own private network, what's more? PSLinkKAI? PSConnect? Nothing unified makes it a jungle of options, logins...
"1UP: How will users log in to Xfire? Will they log in through the PS3 Online log in or through each individual game?
MC: It'll be in the game. So as you go into the game, there'll be a dialog box in the game that will ask for your screen and password."
Nice. Setting up new connections for each game. With XBL you're logging in once and from them on the service takes you online whatever game you start up.
I guess this is Sony's way to make it 'free', if you'd ask me a very, very bad one. I expected a unified online structure from Sony this time around, but it seems if they updated the sad PS2 'great' online service. This could mean death for Sony/PS3 if you'd ask me
I have to admit the irony that this is about all we know about Ps3 Entire Wonderful Online Network.
How many days until launch?
This is ridiculous, guess Ill wait until October 19th now...
I dont care if they have nothing but just show what you have in place already. All this NDA needs to stop, what am I buying?!!