E3 Smash Madness

Folks, we've had a good run of E3.  The last couple of days brought with us anticipation to the upcoming games of E3.  Games like Destiny, Project Spark, Hyrule Warriors, the new Little Big Planet, Sonic Boom and various others blew the minds of gamers.

Meanwhile, Sony announced it's Micro Console the Playstation TV.  The system will be out in North America during the Fall and will retail for ether $99 or $139 for the system, a controller, a game(Lego Movie) and an 8GB Memory Stick.

But what was the biggest announcement of E3 2014?  It may be nothing but Super Smash Bros.  Already due out in October for the 3DS version and the Holidays of 2014 for the Wii U version, the hype for what may be Nintendo's biggest title ever is at its highest. 

And while we have characters like the Miis and Palutena joining us, the biggest surprise was the announcement of Namco's own Pac-Man



That's right folks.  Pac-Man, the famous power pellet muncher and Ghost snacker will be joining Mario, Sonic and Mega Man in the 4th Super Smash Bros. 

And believe it or not, there was a Smash Bros Invitational Tournament hosted by Nintendo, marking this as the first Smash Bros 4 Tournament.  You can check out the complete video courtesy of Youtube user ZephyrSonic.



All in all, Super Smash Bros is the game to look forward to.  Keep your eyes peeled this October for the 3DS version and the Holiday season for the Wii U version.

NPD April 2014: E3 Day

Folks. Today is the day E3 steps down and shows off the future of video games.  Later on, I'm going to talk about each of the panels.  But before I do that, here's what's going on in the sales of Video Games in April

At number 10: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag by Ubisoft for the 360, PS3, Wii U, PS4, XBone and PC.  Shiver Me Timbers

At number 09: Grand Theft Auto V from Take 2 and Rockstar for the 360 and PS3.  Now why haven't they made a PC version?

At number 08: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 by Activision Blizzard for the 360, PS3, Wii U, PS4 and 3DS.  It's not really that amazing

At number 07: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes by Warner Bros Interactive for the 360, PS3, Wii U, DS, 3DS, XBone, PS4, PSVita and PC.  I still can't believe Disney let Warner Bros publish a Marvel game

At number 06: The LEGO Movie Video Game by Warner Bros Interactive for the 360, 3DS, PS3, Wii U, XBone, PS4 and PSVita.  There's still one more on the list

At number 05: LEGO The Hobbit by Warner Bros Interactive for the 360, PS3, XBone, PS4, 3DS, Wii U and PSVita.  Told ya there was one more.  LEGO games are still going on strong

At number 04: Minecraft by Microsoft and Mojang for the 360.  Also, keep your eyes peeled for Notch's new game "Cliffhorse."

At number 03: NBA 2K14 by Take 2 for the 360, PS3, XBone, PS4 and PC.  I hope you're a better free thrower than Shaq.

At number 02: Call of Duty: Ghosts by Activision Blizzard for the 360, PS3, XBone, PS4, Wii U and PC.  I dunno, we could use more explorative FPSs unlike this game.

And at number 01: Titanfall by EA for the 360, XBone and PC.  Personally, I enjoyed Loadout more.

Overall, Software Sales are down 10% year over year despite a jump in hardware.  But while the PS4 has the best selling hardware, the XBone is starting to take a dive at around 115K.  And that may be a disaster considering that Mario Kart 8 is coming out in May and despite Titanfall being at number 1, it may not be enough to stave off the Wii U if Mario Kart 8 gets its up there.

Later today, I'll talk about most of the events going on at E3.  So keep your eyes peeled.

Works Cited: NeoGAF

Watching the Dogs and GoG goes Steam crazy

Folks, it's been a week since the end of May.  We all want to know how games like Watch Dogs and Mario Kart did.

In a surprising twist, Watch Dogs sold 4 million units across 5 systems: The 360, PS3, PS4, XBone and PC.  Mario Kart was able to get on by with 1 million units on the Wii U alone.  Not bad.  But is the sales worth it.

There are people who question the game's quality.  Who think Ubisoft should have done better.  Who think there are too many bugs in Watch Dogs.

And then....there is Glenn Beck.

That's right folks.  Last week, Glenn Beck went and attacked this game straight out because of its Hollywood-like ability to hack into anything and even going as far as to criticize the protagonist of the game.

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Popular American conservative TV and radio host Glenn Beck has spoken out to criticize Ubisoft's recently released open-world Watch Dogs, the fastest selling game in Ubisoft's history. During a recent episode of his show, The Blaze (via Polygon), Beck first called out the game's protagonist Aiden Pearce for being an anti-hero and not a traditional hero like Superman.

"Why must everyone be an anti-hero? Why must everyone break the law? Why can't we have a Superman? Why can't we have somebody who is doing the right thing, does the hard thing? Instead, everybody is an anti-hero," Beck said.

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 Because if everybody is not like Superman, then they are like Wolverine and Deadpool.  Chimichangas, bub.

And as I stated, Glenn Beck went after Watch Dogs for the hacking.

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Beck also took issue with the way in which, he believes, Watch Dogs promotes hacking.

"The idea here is they are teaching you to hack and then become the ultimate voyeur in other people's lives--including their bedrooms--by hacking into their phones and everything," Beck said. "This game is teaching people to hack into whatever is docked in your bedroom. What the heck is wrong with us? What are we thinking? We are inviting this into our home and our lives. We are teaching our kids [hacking] for entertainment purposes."

We have reached out to a Ubisoft representative for a response to Beck's comments.

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Cuz nothing says teaching them in a negative way than to teach a gamer how to hack Hollywood Style.  Just be glad Alex Jones of all people didn't go after this game.  

Meanwhile, CD Project Red has confirmed that they will be taking GoG down a darker path: A Client like Steam.  That's right, folks.  GoG has now joined the dark side like Steam, Origin, and uPlay.   I mean, who knows what kind of evil they're going to throw at us that will glue us to the PSN and XBLA.

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Today we are excited to announce GOG Galaxy, a truly gamer-friendly, 100% DRM-free online gaming platform that will finally provide the GOG.com community with the easy option to play together online. GOG Galaxy will allow you to share your achievements, stay in touch with your pals and get the updates for your games automatically. We've developed this technology to improve your GOG.com experience. We think GOG Galaxy really deserves your attention and we hope many of you will give it a try! 

But, here's the great thing: it is totally optional, so it's all up to you! If you do not want to play online, or use our optional client to access these features, then no worries, you will always be able to play the single-player mode 100% DRM-free, and download manually the latest updated version of your favorite title from our website. 

Now, for one more feature we call cross-play. We always believed in an open world for gamers, with no obligation to be tied to a specific platform or client; and this is why GOG Galaxy will allow gamers to play with their buddies who use Steam, without any need to use any 3rd party client or account, nothing, nada. We’re taking care of connecting GOG.com and Steam players, so just sit back, relax and give it a try.

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 Oh my goodness.  That is revolutionary. 

I WANT IT! I WANT IT! I WANT IT! I WANT IT! I WANT IT!

Works Cited:

GameSpot