Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action, On the internet

Here, in all its compressed glory, is the first actual screenshot of Sony and Zipper Interactive’s 256-player MAG: Big Action Game. We say “actual” because it was clear to anyone with eyes that Sony had pulled another Killzone 2 with the MAG video debuted during its pre-E3 press conference. In other words, it was all pre-rendered.

MAG senior producer Rade Stojsavljevic posted the shot to the official PlayStation blog, calling it “a sneak peak from one of [Zipper’s] internal play sessions.” Stojsavljevic also said that the dev has used its experience working in on the internet games with the SOCOM franchise to create an entirely new server architecture for MAG capable of supporting its, well, huge amount of players.

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Filed under: Online, Meta (about Joystiq), MMO

Yes, motorcycles in Azeroth. One half of the octopus on a motorbike Druid form is complete! This and many other revelations came to us this week at WoW Insider as the Wrath of the Lich King beta opened up, and all kinds of Death Knight and Northrend news and information came falling out. Here’s our most popular posts from the last seven days, with lots of new info about the reason you’ll be playing WoW again this winter.

News

• WotLK Beta patch notes and other news
  The Beta is live — here’s all the things expected to change in the next expansion.
• The roads of Azeroth, now with biker gangs
  Hadn’t heard vehicles are coming to Azeroth? Here’s a two-wheeled kind to wake you up.
• Accomplishments officially announced for Wrath
  One more way Blizzard will keep you playing their game.
• Death Knights get new starting zone, Runeforging skill
  Information from the beta straight out of the new Death Knight starting zone.
• Death Knights at the Dawn
  Massive spoilers here, as Matthew Rossi takes you through the Death Knight lore.

Features

• Wrath beta patch notes: Paladin, part 1
  A look at what’s happening with plate-wearing healers in Northrend.
• The Colosseum: Quad-boxer achieves #1 arena spot
  One person, four characters, one of the top Arena spots in the game. Fair? Read the interview, and then decide for yourself.
• Maps from the Wrath of the Lich King beta
  Here’s our look at all of the maps available from the expansion so far.
• Wrath beta patch notes: Hunter
  What’s up with the ranged pet class in the Wrath beta.
• Patch 2.4.3: New Grim Guzzler content
  There’s a new celebration in BRD’s Grim Guzzler — we’ve got the lowdown in pictoral form.

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Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action, On the internet

Here, in all its compressed glory, is the first actual screenshot of Sony and Zipper Interactive’s 256-player MAG: Massive Action Game. We state “actual” because it was clear to anyone with eyes that Sony had pulled another Killzone 2 with the MAG video debuted during its pre-E3 press conference. In other words, it was all pre-rendered.

MAG senior producer Rade Stojsavljevic posted the shot to the official PlayStation blog, calling it “a sneak peak from one of [Zipper’s] internal play sessions.” Stojsavljevic also said that the dev has used its experience working in on the internet games with the SOCOM franchise to create an entirely new server architecture for MAG capable of supporting its, well, huge amount of players.

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Filed under: Online, Meta (about Joystiq), MMO

Yes, motorcycles in Azeroth. One half of the octopus on a motorbike Druid form is complete! This and many other revelations came to us this week at WoW Insider as the Wrath of the Lich King beta opened up, and all kinds of Death Knight and Northrend news and information came falling out. Here’s our most popular posts from the last seven days, with lots of new info about the reason you’ll be playing WoW again this winter.

News

• WotLK Beta patch notes and other news
  The Beta is live — here’s all the things expected to change in the next expansion.
• The roads of Azeroth, now with biker gangs
  Hadn’t heard automobiles are coming to Azeroth? Here’s a two-wheeled kind to wake you up.
• Achievements officially announced for Wrath
  One more way Blizzard will keep you playing their game.
• Death Knights get new starting zone, Runeforging skill
  Information from the beta straight out of the new Death Knight starting zone.
• Death Knights at the Dawn
  Large spoilers here, as Matthew Rossi takes you through the Death Knight lore.

Features

• Wrath beta patch notes: Paladin, part 1
  A look at what’s happening with plate-wearing healers in Northrend.
• The Colosseum: Quad-boxer achieves #1 arena spot
  One person, four characters, one of the top Arena spots in the game. Fair? Read the interview, and then decide for yourself.
• Maps from the Wrath of the Lich King beta
  Here’s our look at all of the maps available from the expansion so far.
• Wrath beta patch notes: Hunter
  What’s up with the ranged pet class in the Wrath beta.
• Patch 2.4.3: New Grim Guzzler content
  There’s a new celebration in BRD’s Grim Guzzler — we’ve got the lowdown in pictoral form.

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Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 3, Action, On the web

Shown for the first time at E3, Sony and Titan Studios’ upcoming PSN title, Fat Princess, grabbed us with its classic Zelda-like presentation, 32-player on the web, and off-color infusion of blood & guts for such an otherwise cutesy title. We also figured there would more than a few folks none too pleased by its title.

It’s not just the title that’s angering the folks behind sites Feminist Gamers and Shakesville, female-run gaming blogs who are already voicing their displeasure to Sony. It’s also the concept that players must feed the titular princess - who starts out trim - in order to make her fat, and thus harder to capture.

Melissa McEwan of Shakesville writes: “Congrats on your awesome new game, Sony. I’m positively thrilled to see such unyielding dedication to creating a new generation of fat-hating, heteronormative assholes,” while Feminist Gamer’s “Mighty Ponygirl” advocates a simple gameplay switcheroo would solve the problem (and change the title). “Instead of running out into the forest to find cake to fatten up the princess with, why not go out and find gold (which is a lot heavier than cake) to stuff into a treasure chest,” she says, adding, “The more gold in the chest, the heavier it would be, and the harder it would be to carry.”

Despite the (still limited) fury being directed at Sony, we suspect that there’s a fat chance either the title or gameplay will change.

[Update: Titan Studios’ art director, James Green, emailed in to say: “Does it make it better or worse that the concept artist (who designed the look, characters, everything) is a girl?”]

[Via PS3 Fanboy]

Source - Feminist Gamer
Source - Shakesville

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Filed under: Computer, Online, RPGs

The feel-good post-nuclear-apocalypse game about finding a Water Chip, Fallout, joins GameTap this Thursday. There are still no details about when Fallout 2 will make an appearance on the service, but when GameTap originally announced Fallout was coming, the company did state it would be adding the “series.” For those with some patience, the original Fallout should be available on GameTap’s free service at some point in the future.

[Thanks Joshua]

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Filed under: Mac, Personal computer, On the web

Gaming buffet GameTap just announced that THQ- and ValuSoft-published titles will begin finding their way onto the service starting this summer. Notable titles include:

• Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War and expansions
• Company of Heroes
• Red Faction
• Supreme Commander
• Saints Row 2
• Puzzle Quest
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

It’s nice to see relatively new titles like Supreme Commander make the list. We’re also curious to find out if Saints Row 2 releases on the service the same day as retail, similar to GameTap’s deal with Codemasters. The THQ agreement is apparently a “long-term partnership” and some titles will also be made available on GameTap’s free ad-supported service. This THQ announcement comes only a few months after Interplay returned and Take-Two committed to the service.

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Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Online, Business

Microsoft confirmed today that the final phase of its XNA initiative would commence later this year when the “Community Games” channel is added to the Xbox Live Marketplace in the US, Canada and select European markets (other regions will be included in 2009 and “beyond”). User-created games will be sold at three price levels: 200 Microsoft Points ($2.50), 400 Microsoft Points ($5) and 800 Microsoft Points ($10). Microsoft has committed to share up to 70% of revenue of an indie game with its developer. (In addition, we’re presuming that some games will be offered for free. Actually, no games will be free — read our full Q&A with XNA GM Boyd Multerer right here!)

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