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Phil Spencer Wants To Revisit The MechAssault IP, Says It Was "Ahead Of Its Time"

Phil Spencer considers MechAssault to be ahead of its time, with a lot of potential, saying that a revisit would be nice.

Elit3Nick246d ago

No better time than now while BattleTech's popularity is exploding

Philaroni246d ago

Not sure if many still have it but MW4 was amazing back in the day, still got my Sidewinder Joystick MS made. Still amazing to this day. Part of the reason I believe we are seeing so much more BattleTech is due to years and years of lawsuits and such that kind of stopped it from happening.

Elit3Nick245d ago

The Harmony Gold lawsuits certainly helped, but Piranha Games's MWO/MW5, Hairbrained Schemes' Battletech game, and the tabletop BattleTech kickstarters' immense success brought significant attention to the IP, enough so that even Target is carrying starter boxes.

raWfodog246d ago

I’d definitely enjoy seeing more BT/MW games. Don’t know why more older IPs (the fun ones lol) don’t get revisited.

kopp3rbug246d ago

Yet I.P.'s like Banjo and Conker continue to stay dormant.

Obscure_Observer246d ago

Who cares? I would have a new MechAssault over a new Banjo or Conker any day.

Phil is investing on Xbox own IPs AND new iPs, which is nothing but great news for Xbox and PC gamers.

IamFrasierCrane246d ago

You’ve probably never even played MechAssault 😂

kopp3rbug246d ago

He is not investing jack $h1@ . Buying up publishers with established I.P's and then claiming victory isn't the ideal way to go about things. I understand It's competition, I get it. However, Rare was purchased soooo long ago, we got Kinect adventures and sea of thieves and grabbed by the ghoulies, Banjo nuts n bolts, and perfect dark zero. I'm sure mech assault is more your type of game, I respect that, however banjo and conker have a huge following, and Microsoft needs a killer platformer, Lucky's tale wasn't it, ended up multiplat after some time. In regards to Phil "investing" , he's been "investing" since the beginning of the Xbox one and nothings come to fruition. Scorn was talked up so much, killer app for Xbox, blah blah blah, forgotten. Crackdown 3 was meant to be an advancement in cloud technology and world destruction, failed. Starfield is, well, starfield. It's a game amongst many other games, it just exists, and until Bethesda updates or changes that horribly , long expired , graphics engine , then their games will always be half baked. Cough*, Redfall. At the end of the day I'm a gamer, I enjoy gaming on all platforms, PC, Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, however Xbox has been a platform of wait and see, the games are coming, for far too long.

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Godmars290246d ago

No, he's investing in popular 3rd party IPs.

Doesn't seem to care about actual Xbox games.

Obscure_Observer245d ago

@Godmars290

"No, he's investing in popular 3rd party IPs."

Are you high or just in denial, dude?

MechAssault is an Xbox IP.

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purple101246d ago

Jeezuz.

Virtua-on from Sega says hi. Release date 1996
Armoured core 1. Release date 1997

Mech assault release date 15th Nov 2002.

You need to do better.

anast246d ago (Edited 246d ago )

They can't do better. They don't have any idea of what they know and what they don't know. These writers just blow stuff out. Game writing is one of the few areas which the writers know close to nothing about the subject matter and still get paid.

isarai246d ago

He never cared till he seen Armored Cores recent success

Philaroni246d ago

That was kind of all of our hopes the OG AC fans, it we hope is going to make a new rise of Mech games in general. I do alot with the community, along with Battletech (Roughtech) and MW5. Now that we got MW5 Clans also coming out and my hope is maybe some kind of big Gundam game sooner rather then later. Its a market in the industry that is under played.

dumahim246d ago

Someone will make a new rock band type game and if it sells, he'll talk about bringing back Guitar Hero.

Obscure_Observer246d ago

@isarai

"He never cared till he seen Armored Cores recent success"

That´s a lie.

He been talking about a new MechAssault before Fires of Rubiccon even been announced!

https://www.dualshockers.co...

Get yourself informed before go out spreading your bs lies.

FinalFantasyFanatic246d ago

I hope we get an Armored Core remaster collection, I would fork out for that.

Godmars290246d ago

@Obscure_Observer:
"He been talking about a new MechAssault before Fires of Rubiccon even been announced!"

How is that not worse. By my understanding two games aren't even BC, yet the man's been talking about it for ages?

Again, how is that not worse?

Obscure_Observer245d ago

@Godmars290

"Again, how is that not worse?"

What are you even talking about, dude? If he´s talking about MechAssault he´s clearly sending a message to fans that he´ll greenlit a MechAssault project from any studio from XGS, if he didn´t it already!

You´re trying too hard trying to twist something positive into something negative. Sounds like desperation.

Philaroni245d ago

@israil I have to respectfully say you are not both wrong and nor wright. Armored Core was the litmus test to see if a AAA Mecha game can be done again in the market. I think they proved it very well, I feel like, I hope, would love if Phil's vision is the same as mine. Trust me, no one was going to pay attention to a Mech game till From Soft made it again. Its one of those.

Relax Gamer... We got you buddy... things. (Same goes for our AC brothers Ace Combat.) AAA nitch games have a fan base, and they are itching to pay top dollar. I'd not say this if I'v not spent so much of my life waiting for this. I don't care who makes them. Go look at Armored Core, Ace Combat (Aircombat) history, the publishing and all that. We have a new arena.

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LightofDarkness246d ago (Edited 246d ago )

So? Mechwarrior came out in 1989. Maybe you should follow your own advice. Also GTFO with that Tumblr "be better" nonsense.

purple101246d ago

ok I apologise you are correct, I was quoting console dates

also interesting virtue on released on Sega Saturn with twin flighsticks, now that, was ahead of its time!!

porkChop246d ago

Why do the release dates even matter? He didn't say it was first. He said there are things/aspects from the franchise that were ahead of its time.

purple101246d ago

trying to take credit for it being on xbox if you read between the lines.

kind boasting its on his consoles. when it was on Vegas 10 years prior, that is all

porkChop246d ago

No. He's taking credit for MechAssault, a series that was published by Xbox and only ever released on Xbox.

ChasterMies246d ago

Armored Core is still going. Microsoft doesn’t need to do better for Armored
Core.

Godmars290246d ago

Wasn't there a Virtua-On released a few years ago? The old game if not something new.

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Redgrave246d ago

The same was said about Phantom Dust and its revival, but it was canceled and never released.

Would he still be saying this is Armored Core 6 didn't release or do well commercially?

Wikkid666246d ago

Phantom Dust was released and even rereleased... SMH

porkChop246d ago

They're talking about the remake that was announced for Xbox One back in like 2014. Xbox cancelled it due to a lack of confidence in the game and a financial dispute with the developers. The devs said they needed a bigger budget but Xbox didn't want to put more money into a project they already weren't happy with.

Philaroni246d ago

While your at it Phil, bring back Chromehounds. One of the most under rated and lesser known Mech games with amazing online.

porkChop246d ago

You'll have to ask Sega and FromSoftware for that one, but a revival would be cool to see.

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Neil Druckmann clarifies true intent of new Naughty Dog game comments

Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.

just_looken2d ago

He can take dog shit put it in a oven with seasoning then call it waistland cookies the sony fans will pay $40 a cookie give them a medal of cooking.

No mater what trash this sobs puts out/talks about it will sell.

The true fact in the 8 years sense uncharted 4 his first time in the main seat to a point all this "amazing" team did was get 2 dudes to fuck in a van then destroy a franchise they never created.

But being a port studio they are decent at they should keep in there lane at being just that a glorified port studio.

fr0sty2d ago

Salty Bots... gotta love it.

just_looken2d ago

@frosty

Over what? naught dog under his command is a glorified port team tlou2 was mostly tlou 1 asset's with the same game play loop but forced a trans down your throat.

I would gladly help pay for this blight and his team to get removed from gaming in general.

fr0sty2d ago

Seeing a LGBT person exist in a work of fiction isn't "forcing them down your throat". Nobody is forcing you to play it. Nobody is forcing you to agree with it. If you think that just seeing a LGBT person exist is "force", it sounds like they make you very uncomfortable, and maybe you need to be doing some serious reflecting on exactly why... looks to me like you're suppressing something with all that fear.

just_looken2d ago

@fro

When i think of the last of us i think of a group of survivors crossing the apocalypse wasteland with a growing bond between 2 people that end up with Joel making ellie his new daughter.

Then you fire up the 2nd one bang joel is dead oh that comic series? bang dead

Oh you want to continue all that we grew in the first one? na f that toss it in the trash

Now here is a trans woman so strong superboy would blush go out there kill all what made tlou1 then halfway get a forced sex scene that you can not skip between 2 dudes.

The gameplay? just like the first game the combat/backpack system crafting sytem? 0 changes/improvements.

I could go on but lets face it they copy pasted that tlou 1 assets bin a shit ton of times.

There is nothing on the box or the ads or anything before the game that said you would going to spend most of the game controlling a new trans character that has no ties to anything of the first game the only existence was to kill what the first game made.

Oh but hey there is a mp mode coming out before 2022 wait what is that? oh we made it its own game then cancelled it now go but the game again as we port it a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

mkis0072d ago (Edited 2d ago )

What has Straley or Henig released since they left ND? Not a thing! stop scapegoating! Which of them is credited with co-writing a majorly successful show?

just_looken2d ago

@mkis007

You bring up Bruce Straley really? someone that gave us 4 generations of amazing games and was there in the creation of 4 legendary franchises but was tossed in the trash for the pos niel druckmann not 7? years ago

So yeah in those 7? years you right all he has done is get 2 awards one is a game award for a puzzle game he made oh boy right like for fuck sake's all niel has done is one game that was a overhyped fan boy orgasm underneath all that ps jizz was just a typical 5/10 game.

Then you drag Amy Hennig that poor woman was also kicked out then became this century's Brendan Fraser with her sexual misconduct information coming out.

We all know how horrible people are treated behind the scenes she might have been sexual attacked groped or something.

So yeah all she did after was battlefield hardline forspoken now that new marvel 1945 game but hey Brendan Fraser was a great actor till he also said he was sexually attacked just now he is allowed back in no doubt she also had to take a leave of absence out and or was forced out on ice.

Man there are way to many out there that look at niel at the new gaming jesus when all he had done is some work on uncharted 4 then tlou2

Oh also the tvhshow? for real all they did was use stuff from the 2013 game its like saying GOT was a 10/10 but never watching past season 3

-Foxtrot2d ago

@mkis007

That's highly unfair to them both

Amy Hennig got messed around working on projects that got cancelled by the publishers (EA) and then ended up on a awful game (Forspoken) where you had 4 other writers working on it which is just a recipe for disaster. She is now working on Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Not her fault she was pushed out of NaughtyDog, something both Nolan North and Richard McGonagle have both said in interviews.

Bruce Straley left after burn out, the rest of the story we don't know and will never know just like what happened with Amy Hennig. He decided to take a break and wasn't sure if he wanted to come back to gaming however he had an idea he wanted to make so he founded Wildflower Interactive, a smaller studio where they are currently working on a new game.

Tacoboto2d ago

@the obvious stain of a commenter

The trans character wasn't Abby. Try playing Part 2 instead of gatekeeping what you think Part 1 was about and meant.

Maybe try watching the show while you're at it, because you're terribly off with your opinion on that too

MajorLazer2d ago

Naughty Dog is better than all the MS studios put together.

derek2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

@just he has been behind 2 of the greatest games ever made. Tlou2 was easily the best non-vr game made last gen. Losers just can't get over Joel's death, mixed with the usual console war nonsense. The fact that you so casually call him a sob shows how deranged some gamers have become about Drunkmann.

derek2d ago

@frosty, for people like Just, including anyone that can be categorized as being a minority in any kind of media is "forcing it down his throat " lol. I to don't care for poor "checking box" inclusion for inclusion sake but that was not the case with tlou2.

fr0sty2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

The pathetic part about it is, you can tell just_looken never even played TLOU, because that was the game where Ellie's sexuality was first brought to light... No "that was forced down our throats" to be said about that.

Only terrified folks in the closet that use their hatred as cover from outing themselves fear LGBT people that much. They exist. They will exist in all aspects of life, including popular media. Get over it.

just_looken1d 22h ago

@all

Once again you drag out something like its a big win

Here is my old channel a clip of me playing TLOU on ps3
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Search my channel for more clips

Proof its my channel? look at this profiles banner that is 7yrs old then look at other vids on that channel like my bf3 clips to see my psn id. But knowing this group that is way to much work.

Also elle being a lesbian is another trump card? one dlc is all we got of that a dlc that took over a year to be tossed out.

Rainbowcookie1d 20h ago

Hey at least we have cookies to eat 😄

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Rangerman12083d ago

Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.

anast3d ago

No need to bow down, Stan your ground. The AI comments were gross though.

S2Killinit3d ago

Pretty excited as I read these. I just cant wait to see what ND is up to.

Export3d ago

put a chick in it and make her gay !

shadowknight2032d ago

Next they need a diverse couple, and perhaps some climate activists

StormSnooper2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I would love that if only to piss off all the lunatics. Lol

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Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann Says AI Will 'Revolutionize' Development

Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'

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Jin_Sakai4d ago

I’m more interested in what else he said.

“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’

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H94d ago

It will be something like "we erased gameplay all together it's just a movie now"

purple1014d ago

every time naughty dog make a game, you play it and get the feeling "this is not possible'

from the boulder running towards you in crash, on ps1,
to the massive open world of jak and daxter, on ps2,
to the QuickTime events sequences of uncharted on ps3/4

and now we will see what they do with ps5,

H94d ago

Press X for doubt at "PS5"

-Foxtrot4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Arrogant asshole who sniffs his own farts bigs up next game…sounds like typical PR to me

You know what I find interesting? Almost every site reporting this as the main title where the REAL interesting bit of the interview is Neil praising AI and saying it will be used to help push story, characters, dialogue and more.

It’s super shitty to big up AI especially when it comes to story telling and other creative elements.

senorfartcushion4d ago

Just because someone says this type of stuff, it doesn't mean that it's guaranteed to be good news.

You can say this about microtransactions. MXTs revolutionised the gaming industry.

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Levii_924d ago

Geez how full of themselves are these guys.

Einhander19724d ago

He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.

CrimsonWing694d ago

I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.

Chard3d ago

Things will get far sloppier brother

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The Witcher 3 REDkit Q&A - CDPR & Yigsoft Confirm Steam Workshop Support; Further Changes Planned

CD Projekt RED and Yigsoft have launched The Witcher 3 REDkit on PC. We interviewed both studios to discuss the release of these mod tools.

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