Industry analyst Michael
Pachter has spoken out to debunk rumours that the next generation of home
consoles will be previewed at this year’s E3. Speculation
began after an article appeared on website MCV, which claimed that “third party
publishing sources” had been in discussion with Microsoft over an upcoming
successor to the Xbox 360.
It seems like there is a new “next gen consoles will release in
2012” story every month, doesn’t there? That and more this week on Digital High
such as Mass Effect 3 pre-order bonuses detailed and some information about the
possibility of a God of War 4 that actually seems reasonable. This causes a
pretty long talk about the future of that series, as well as what we’ve been
playing this past week, including Resistance 3, Renegade Ops and Bastion.
Kingdoms of Amalur:
Reckoning,
developed by Big Huge Games, looks to revolutionize the RPG genre. By having Ken Rolston on board, who was
the lead designer of Morrowind and Oblivion from The Elder Scrolls series, this goal certainly seems possible.
The adorable Dark Knight is back to defend Gotham City from blocky, plastic ne’er do-wells. But this time he’s brought a few pals from the Justice League to help with his war on the stackable building blocks of evil. He’ll be joined by several of DC Comic’s top-tier characters in Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes.
Xbox Live won’t let your avatar have a gun, but as of today you can get your virtual self inked with your choice of twenty three different tattoos. One can only hope that nipple rings and tongue-studs hit the market in the near future as well.
An old patent for a version of the console we now know as the Xbox 360 was discovered by tomsguide.com recently about a year after the release of the console in 2005. This patent seems to hint that Microsoft originally was looking at DVR capabilities for the 360, but ultimately scrapped them.
Microsoft has always been ahead of the game when it comes to streaming content, whether live TV or movies, but this newly unearthed piece of video game history unveils their plans to allow owners of their console to record live television WHILE they were playing a game, watching a video, or even when their console was powered off.
Toys R Us is doing something that I’ve rarely seen for a major release. Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be hitting store shelves in North America on January 31st, and the major toys retailer is currently offering $45(!) pre-orders for the $59.99 retail sequel. You can even get free shipping since it’s a special order!
