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[Shralla]

My point is take a look at your collection of PC games from like ten-fifteen years ago. Remember how many patches and updates and fixes those had? Yes I realize that a lot of them were just buggier period, but that's even MORE work the developers were putting in post-launch for free. I bet that there are other game-breaking bugs hiding out in DXHR and to me it's inexcusable that it should have taken them nine months to fix a single one.

[InGroove2]

Originally Posted by Shralla

My point is take a look at your collection of PC games from like ten-fifteen years ago. Remember how many patches and updates and fixes those had? Yes I realize that a lot of them were just buggier period, but that's even MORE work the developers were putting in post-launch for free. I bet that there are other game-breaking bugs hiding out in DXHR and to me it's inexcusable that it should have taken them nine months to fix a single one.

perhaps you use the term "game breaking bug" too loosely since so many of us did not have it happen. it clearly didn't prevent the game from selling however many copies and winniing awards and getting proper praise.

i think Coyote's explanation puts any argument you might make to rest.

[AlexOfSpades]

Shralla's avatar very accurately depicts his reaction towards absolutely everything that was ever posted on these forums.

[Pinky_Powers]

Originally Posted by Shralla

My point is take a look at your collection of PC games from like ten-fifteen years ago. Remember how many patches and updates and fixes those had? Yes I realize that a lot of them were just buggier period, but that's even MORE work the developers were putting in post-launch for free. I bet that there are other game-breaking bugs hiding out in DXHR and to me it's inexcusable that it should have taken them nine months to fix a single one.

This is not their first patch. And considering this bug was not seen by hardly anyone, it's understandable why it might not have been a high priority. Such numbers have to be held as a consideration, since it does take money and man-power to address these issues. I don't care what point in history you look to, this has always been the way developers looked at bug fixing. The fact it was finally fixed is, again, something for them to be proud of.

[Viktoria]

Latest news found:

‘Deus Ex: Human Revolution’ free for PlayStation Plus subscribers until beginning of August

European subscribers to Sony’s PlayStation Plus service will be able to get their hands on Eidos Montréal’s utterly fantastic transhumanist saga Deus Ex: Human Revolution as of tomorrow, and for the princely sum of absolutely nothing.

Alongside the standalone game download, users may also purchase the ‘Missing Link’ DLC, as well as the Explosive Mission and Tactical Enhancement packs, at half-price. The latter two of these provide item and stat boosts for your character. If all of this isn’t enough, you can even purchase the original PS2 Deus Ex for the same 50% discount.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution will be available until the beginning of August. If you have a PS3, I cannot urge you enough to boot it up and start downloading this title as fast as you can. This is one of the finest, and certainly most original, titles of last year.

Read on...:
http://videogamewriters.com/deus-ex-...scribers-49727

[Tecman]

Deus Ex movie based on Human Revolution signed by CBS Films
( http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...d-by-cbs-films )

There is to be a Deus Ex movie based on the recent Human Revolution reboot of the series.

CBS Films has secured the rights to adapt it, according to Variety, and will work closely with Eidos Montreal on the adaptation.

"As the millions of fans who have played the Deus Ex games for more than a decade will tell you, these games catapult you into a universe that is stimulating, engaging and relevant," Square Enix Europe president and CEO Phil Rogers commented.

"We're firm believers in building strong partnerships, and so we're thrilled to be working with CBS Films on bringing the unique Deus Ex experience to the big-screen."

Roy Lee, executive producer of The Departed, and Adrian Askarieh - a film producer who's landed other Eidos/Square Enix film rights - are linked to the movie as producers.

CBS Films bods John P. Middleton (not sure who he is), Maria Faillace and Alex Gino will oversee the project.

Question is, who will play the game's hero, Adam Jensen?

[JCpie]

Originally Posted by Tecman

Question is, who will play the game's hero, Adam Jensen?

[68_pie]

I'll believe it when I see it. Securing the rights doesn't really mean anything.

Oh well, we're still waiting on a decent videogame movie.

[Viktoria]

Originally Posted by Tecman

Deus Ex movie based on Human Revolution signed by CBS Films
( http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...d-by-cbs-films )

There is to be a Deus Ex movie based on the recent Human Revolution reboot of the series.

CBS Films has secured the rights to adapt it, according to Variety, and will work closely with Eidos Montreal on the adaptation.

"As the millions of fans who have played the Deus Ex games for more than a decade will tell you, these games catapult you into a universe that is stimulating, engaging and relevant," Square Enix Europe president and CEO Phil Rogers commented.

"We're firm believers in building strong partnerships, and so we're thrilled to be working with CBS Films on bringing the unique Deus Ex experience to the big-screen."

Roy Lee, executive producer of The Departed, and Adrian Askarieh - a film producer who's landed other Eidos/Square Enix film rights - are linked to the movie as producers.

CBS Films bods John P. Middleton (not sure who he is), Maria Faillace and Alex Gino will oversee the project.

Question is, who will play the game's hero, Adam Jensen?

First page updated, many thanks.

Good question too! We've created an independent thread for further discussion.
http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=127055

[Viktoria]

DXHR WINS APPLE DESIGN AWARD

The Mac version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, released last April, was honored with a 2012 Apple Design Award at last week's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The Apple Design Awards celebrate the very best in design, innovation, and technology adoption in iOS and OS X apps.

Published for the Mac by Feral Interactive, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Ultimate Edition was praised for "its compelling game play, fantastic graphics, and enormous environments that immerse the player in a fantastic sci-fi world." In announcing its decision, Apple stated that the game pushes the limits of OpenGL, which allows programmers to communicate with graphics hardware. As explained in the announcement, "Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Ultimate Edition leverages advanced shader techniques to deliver high-dynamic range lighting effects, and Open AL (Open Audio Library) to deliver rich and complex audio soundscapes. It is one of the newest and most impressive AAA games on the Mac App Store."

Feral Interactive is a leading publisher of games for the Macintosh platform, founded in 1996 and based in London, England. Aside from porting DXHR to the Mac, it is responsible for such Macintosh hits as BioShock 2, Tropico 3: Gold Edition, Mafia II: Director’s Cut, Batman: Arkham Asylum, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, DiRT 2, Borderlands and Rome: Total War Gold Edition.


http://www.eidosmontreal.com/news/DX...e-Design-Award

[Viktoria]

Voting gets under way for UK's biggest gaming awards...

The nominations have been revealed for this year's Golden Joystick Awards and voting has been opened.

Now in their 30th year, the awards - currently sponsored by HMV and GamesMaster - are the UK's top accolades for the gaming industry and are voted for exclusively by the public.

There are 16 categories in this year's awards and they will be contested by 19 of the year's biggest releases - including Batman: Arkham City, Skyrim and Modern Warfare 3.

As the awards keep with the times, new categories have been added for 'Best Downloadable Content', 'Top Gaming Moment', 'Best Mobile/Tablet Game' and 'Best Browser/Flash Game'.

The results will be announced at a ceremony on October 26, with comedian Ed Byrne on hosting duties.

Here are the nominations in full...

Top Gaming Moment
1. Mass Effect 3 – Tuchanka Choice
2. Resident Evil: Revelations – Two Ships!
3. Sonic Generations – City Escape
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – 'Turbulence'
5. Gears of War 3 – 'Score a Point for the Cougars'
6. Journey – The Ending
7. Asura's Wrath – Asura vs. Wyzen
8. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Sand Sea
9. Batman: Arkham City – The Ending
10. Uncharted 3 – 'Sink or Swim'
'Spec Ops: The Line' screenshot
11. Max Payne 3 – Hoboken Graveyard Shootout
12. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Throat of the World
13. The Darkness 2 – Alternate Ending
14. Battlefield 3 – 'Going Hunting'
15. Dark Souls – Beating Ornstein & Smough
16. The Witcher 2: AoK – Bathhouse Bonk
17. Dragon's Dogma – Griffon Battle
18. Sniper Elite V2 – Assassinating Hitler
19. Spec Ops: The Line – White Phosphorus

Best Downloadable Content
1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Dawnguard)
2. Asura's Wrath (Ryu)
3. Hitman: Absolution (Sniper Challenge)
4. Deus Ex: Human Revolution (The Missing Link)
5. Rock Band 3 (Gold Star My Heart)
6. The Gunstringer (Wavy Tube Man Chronicles)
7. Gears of War 3 (RAAM's Shadow)
8. SSX (Mount Eddie & Classic Characters)
9. FIFA 12 (Euro 2012)
10. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Enhanced Edition)
11. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Creation Kit)
12. Portal 2 (Perpetual Testing Initiative)
13. Sniper Elite V2 (Kill Hitler)
14. Batman: Arkham City (Harley Quinn's Revenge)

Best Mobile/Tablet Game
1. Waking Mars
2. SpellTower
3. LostWinds2: Winter of the Melodias
4. Fireball SE
5. Whale Trail
6. CodeRunner
7. Assassin's Creed: Recollection
8. Temple Run
9. Shadowgun
10. Chaos Rings II
11. Beat Sneak Bandit
12. Hero Academy
13. Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation
14. Gridrunner
15. Mass Effect: Infiltrator
16. Shark Dash
17. Angry Birds Space
18. Fibble – Flick 'n' Roll
19. Infinity Blade II
20. Pocket Planes

Best Fighter
1. Mortal Kombat Komplete
2. BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend
3. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm – Generations
4. Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
5. Soul Calibur V
6. Street Fighter X Tekken
7. UFC Undisputed 3

T3 Best Handheld Game
1. Gravity Rush
2. Super Mario Land 3DS
3. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
4. Mario Kart 7
5. Wipeout 2048
6. Kid Icarus: Uprising
7. Resident Evil: Revelations
8 Uncharted: Golden Abyss

Best MMO
1. The Secret World
2. Eve Online
3. Lord of the Rings Online: Rise of Isengard
4. TERA
5. Star Wars: The Old Republic
6. Rift
7. Runescape
8. League of Legends
9. World of Tanks

Digital Spy Best Action-Adventure Game
1. Asura's Wrath
2. Sonic Generations
3. Prototype 2
4. Saints Row the Third
5. Dead Island
6. Assassin's Creed: Revelations
7. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
8. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
9. Batman: Arkham City
10. Darksiders II
11. Sleeping Dogs

HMV One To Watch Award
1. Star Wars 1313
2. Beyond: Two Souls
3. Splinter Cell: Blacklist
4. Pikmin 3
5. ZombiU
6. Watch Dogs
7. Gears of War: Judgment
8. Aliens: Colonial Marines
9. Tomb Raider
10. Hitman: Absolution
11. The Elder Scrolls Online
12. The Last of Us
13. Bioshock: Infinite
14. GTA V
15. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
16. Crysis 3
17. Total War: Rome 2
18. Assassin's Creed III
19. Halo 4
20. Dead Space 3

Best Downloadable Game
1. Pullblox
2. Sine Mora
3. Renegade Ops
4. Trine 2
5. Skullgirls
6. NFL Blitz
7. I Am Alive
8. Lone Survivor
9. Closure
10. Legend of Grimrock
11. Botanicula
12. Dear Esther
13. The Walking Dead
14. Minecraft (360)
15. Alan Wake's American Nightmare
16. Trials Evolution
17. Fez
18. Journey
19. Deadlight
20. Superbrothers: Sword & Sorcery EP

Best RPG
1. Xenoblade Chronicles
2. Dragon's Dogma
3. Final Fantasy XIII-2
4. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
5. Diablo III
6. Dark Souls
7. Mass Effect 3
8. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
9. The Witcher 2: AoK Enhanced Edition (360)

Best Shooter
1. Binary Domain
2. Halo: Anniversary
3. Syndicate
4. Starhawk
5. Spec Ops: The Line
6. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
7. The Darkness 2
8. Rage
9. Resistance 3
10. Max Payne 3
11. Gears of War 3
12. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
13. Battlefield 3
14. Tribes Ascend

Best Browser/Flash-based Game
1. Ghost Recon Commander
2. Sim City Social
3. Marvel Avengers Alliance
4. Hello Adventure
5. Raze 2
6. Kingdom Rush
7. New Star Soccer 5
8. Triple Town
9. Reprisal
10. Galaxy Life
11. Castleville
12. Car Town
13. Draw Something
14. Slender

Sport Magazine Best Sport Game
1. Madden NFL 12
2. Tiger Woods PGA 13
3. Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
4. NBA 2K12
5. SSX
6. NHL 12
7. Football Manager 2012
8. FIFA Street
9. FIFA 12

Best Strategy Game
1. Unity of Command
2. Wargame: European Escalation
3. Crusader Kings 2
4. Might and Magic: Heroes VI
5. Civilization V: Gods and Kings
6. Tropico 4: Modern Times
7. Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai
8. ANNO 2070
9. Age of Empires Online

Best Racer
1. Twisted Metal
2. Need for Speed: The Run
3. F1 2011
4. Forza 4
5. Driver: San Francisco
6. TrackMania 2 Canyon
7. Dirt Showdown
8. Ridge Racer Unbounded

GamesMaster Ultimate Game of the Year
1. Diablo III
2. Kid Icarus: Uprising
3. Star Wars: The Old Republic
4. Resident Evil: Revelations
5. Max Payne 3
6. Gears of War 3
7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
8. Battlefield 3
9. Trials Evolution
10. Journey
11. FIFA 12
12. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
13. Dark Souls
14. Mass Effect 3
15. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
16. Assassin's Creed: Revelations
17. Batman: Arkham City
18. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
19. Forza 4

Watch MTV News on the hour every hour on MTV - Sky Channel 126 and Virgin Channel 311

http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/golden-joy...ds-nominations

[68_pie]

The Golden Joysticks depress me so much.

[Viktoria]

They do?
Is that because you don't agree with the nominations?

[68_pie]

Originally Posted by Viktoria

They do?
Is that because you don't agree with the nominations?

Partly. All the categories seem to have different amounts of nominees so whoever came up with the list thought that these were all deserving choices when most of them are horrible and generic.

Apparently CoD3 and GoW3 deserve to be up for game of the year but DXHR and the Witcher 2 don't.

And apparently the best moment in the Witcher 2 is the first sex scene...I mean seriously WTF?

Plus the eventual winners will be the generic ty games

I'm actually pretty amazed that they even know what Crusader Kings 2 is.

[JCpie]

Let them appeal to the masses, let them stay ignorant. Our time will come, one day.

[Viktoria]

Originally Posted by 68_pie

Apparently CoD3 and GoW3 deserve to be up for game of the year but DXHR and the Witcher 2 don't.

I get you... but I was under the presumption that W2 and DXHR aren't nominated because they were released in 2011?

[JCpie]

Originally Posted by Viktoria

I get you... but I was under the presumption that W2 and DXHR aren't nominated because they were released in 2011?

Tch, get in with the crowd Viktoria, you still don't know that Call of Duty comes out every year in November??? Old people really can't fit in with the hip young CoD crew!!!

[Viktoria]

Originally Posted by JCpie

Tch, get in with the crowd Viktoria, you still don't know that Call of Duty comes out every year in November??? Old people really can't fit in with the hip young CoD crew!!!

Hehe, I'm a bit fussy about what games I play.
And I'm not old... how dare you!

[68_pie]

Originally Posted by Viktoria

I get you... but I was under the presumption that W2 and DXHR aren't nominated because they were released in 2011?

I dunno if they were doing calendar year or...

Well the 360 version of TW2 is there...but it won't win

[AlexOfSpades]

Why isnt GW2 featured?

[Coyotegrey]

Hey everyone,

I really hate goodbyes, so I'm going to be brief.

My time as the CM has ended. This was probably the best two years of my life. Thanks for putting up with all my nonsense.

Cheers,

Kyle

[EricaLeeVee]

Are you still going to stick around the forums? Maybe you aren't allowed to do that...


If not, we'll miss you Grey! Thanks for keeping such a cool head all of the time in the midst of some harsh stuff. I REALLY hope you are setting sail to better seas.

[spyhopping]

Good luck wherever you're headed.

[68_pie]

Originally Posted by Coyotegrey

Hey everyone,

I really hate goodbyes, so I'm going to be brief.

My time as the CM has ended. This was probably the best two years of my life. Thanks for putting up with all my nonsense.

Cheers,

Kyle

Are you moving upwards or sideways or or or...

You know, you weren't so bad. We'll miss you, have a cookie.

Ps. whatever happened to Rene (was that his name?)?

[Tecman]

Good luck with your future endeavors, Kyle. You've been awesome pretty much all the time you've been here.