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Details on the upcoming Fable 2 patch revealed

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:43:58 +0000

Hold yer horses, the patch for Fable 2 ain't out yet. But if it was, the details so far are great as it is. Devs say that progress is coming along nicely, but are still testing and finalizing the patch, so just sit still for just a bit longer.

These are some issues that they've been able to fix so far, but by no means is this list complete:

The Ritual/Monk s Quest Fixed the issue with the Abbott becoming unresponsive if you leave Oakfield before he finishes talking. This will fix the problem if you ve already hit it, too.
Rescuing Charlie/Rescue My Baby after rescuing Charlie, you can now interact with objects
Guild Cave chest resolved any issues with previously inability to retrieve items unlocked from Limited Collector s Edition, website or Chicken Kickin game. If you ve already hit this bug you should now get your items.
The Spire (Pt2) no more issues with ship captain being unresponsive
The Hero of Skill (Pirate King) you ll no longer get stuck during Hero of Skill quest (Bloodstone)
T.O.B.Y./Trouble In Bloodstone you ll no longer get stuck during T.O.B.Y. quests (Bloodstone)
Your child - will no longer be chosen as an assassination target
Furniture Shop in Albion (Bowerstone) will now always have something for sale
Additional unspecified fixes

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Burger King offering free Wii toys in exchange for money, good health

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:10:00 +0000

Filed under: Fan stuff

It's that time again, everybody: time to sheepishly visit Burger King every day and buy a Kids' Meal for Nintendo freebies, all while trying to shut out thoughts of how disappointed your father would be to see you like this. Shame, shame.

The fast food chain is giving away a bunch of different toys based on the Wii and its games, and all it wants in return is cash and a willingness to clog up your own arteries. We like the "Chain Chomp Launcher" the best, though the "Float and Go Boo" and "Light-Up Luma" are also nice. Plus, we can always keep telling ourselves we'll sell all this on eBay in the future for a small fortune. Yes, that'll do: it's an investment in our future. Pictures and details of all ten follow the break.

Chain Chomp Launcher: Launch Chain Chomp forward to knock down Wario and Bowser!
Flip and Stick Donkey Kong: Make Donkey Kong flip through the air to reach his target!
Light-Up Luma: Plug the Wii Remote toy into Luma, then press a button and he'll light up!
Metroid Challenge: Use the magnetic Wii Remote toy to propel the ball through the maze!
Mario to the Rescue: Use the magnetic Wii Remote toy to avoid the blocks and get Mario to the top!
Whirl 'n Twirl Princess Peach: Wind up the princess and watch her whirl and twirl!
Mario Kart Yoshi: Send Yoshi off in any direction you please!
Rumbling Tumbling Diddy Kong: Wind up Diddy Kong by the arms, then send him into a tumbling frenzy!
Float and Go Boo: Point the Wii Remote toy at Boo's back and watch him float forward!
Galaxy Blast Mario: Load the Mario toy into the Wii Remote propeller and blast off!

[Via OMG Nintendo]

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That Fable II patch promised for October? Its Coming along nicely.

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:52:34 +0000

Fable II is undoubtedly a great game, but it shipped with enough bugs to scare the Starship Troopers. A patch was originally promised for October. Two months on and there is still no official release date. However, some word on progress has arrived via the Lionhead developer’s blog. Apparently, “things are coming along nicely… The update is currently being tested and finalized, so for those (few) of you having trouble, we’re listening to you.” Annoying isn’t it? Tell you what, how about listening to your Quality Assurance guys before the game ships? This isn’t our job!

Anyway, those whose progress in Fable II has been hindered by glitches will be pleased to know that the patch promises to sort out a whole ton of problems. The most infamous of these is the Monk’s Quest glitch that halts proceedings if you leave the area before a certain point. Full list after the break.

The Ritual/Monk’s Quest – Fixed the issue with the Abbott becoming unresponsive if you leave Oakfield before he finishes talking. This will fix the problem if you’ve already hit it, too.
Rescuing Charlie/Rescue My Baby – after rescuing Charlie, you can now able to interact with objects
Guild Cave chest – resolves any issues with previously inability to retrieve items unlocked from Limited Collector’s Edition, website or Chicken Kickin’ game. If you’ve already hit this bug you should now get your items.
The Spire (Pt2) – no more issues with ship captain being unresponsive
The Hero of Skill (Pirate King) – you’ll no longer get stuck during Hero of Skill quest (Bloodstone)
T.O.B.Y./Trouble In Bloodstone – you’ll no longer get stuck during T.O.B.Y. quests (Bloodstone)
Your child - will no longer be chosen as an assassination target
Furniture Shop in Albion (Bowerstone) will now always have something for sale
Additional unspecified fixes

Fable 2 Patch in the Works; List of Fixes

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:12:00 +0000

A large patch for Fable 2 is currently in the works. Lionhead has issued a list of the fixes, and if you have not played the game, you may wish to skip reading them because apparently it contains some spoilers. It can be viewed at your own risk after the break.

The patch is currently being tested, so as soon as we know when to expect it, we will be more than happy to tell you about it.

(Thanks VG247)

The Ritual/Monk’s Quest – Fixed the issue with the Abbott becoming unresponsive if you leave Oakfield before he finishes talking. This will fix the problem if you’ve already hit it, too.

Rescuing Charlie/Rescue My Baby – after rescuing Charlie, you can now able to interact with objects

Guild Cave chest – resolves any issues with previously inability to retrieve items unlocked from Limited Collector’s Edition, website or Chicken Kickin’ game. If you’ve already hit this bug you should now get your items.

The Spire (Pt2) – no more issues with ship captain being unresponsive

The Hero of Skill (Pirate King) – you’ll no longer get stuck during Hero of Skill quest (Bloodstone)

T.O.B.Y./Trouble In Bloodstone – you’ll no longer get stuck during T.O.B.Y. quests (Bloodstone)

Your child - will no longer be chosen as an assassination target (damn!)

Furniture Shop in Albion (Bowerstone) will now always have something for sale

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NRevolution shutting down, blame the fall on Nintendo demographic

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:33:23 +0000

N•Revolution magazine was created to go hand-and-hand with all the latest news, reviews, and rumors surrounding releases for the Nintendo DS and Wii. With both systems selling at break neck speeds, one would think the UK based magazine would be flourishing. But that couldn’t be farther from the truth, as N•Revolution has announced that they are calling it quits.

Damian Butt, the managing director for the magazine, puts the blame on Nintendo’s move from the hardcore to the casual, “The decision to suspend N•Revolution has been taken because it has become increasingly obvious that Nintendo’s strategy for Wii and DS is no longer in line with Imagine Publishing’s target readership, and has moved increasingly away from the hardcore gaming community that is our specialty.”

Ouch. Butt irons out the thought process that went into this decision by adding, “With many new launches and especially acquisitions coming to fruition, we believe the resources and manpower are better spent in other markets where advertising revenue and PR support are stronger and sustained.”

If you were a fan of N•Revolution don’t worry, they will be taking their printed format and spreading it out in other publications owned by parent company Imagine Publishing, as well as on the website NowGamer.com.

Random Gamer's First Impressions of Dead Space

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:23:58 +0000

Andygoes writes. "A few weeks ago I wrote up my Christmas list. Well, Black Friday hit, which gave me the opportunity to get a couple items from my list. One of those was Dead Space (EA) which was at Target for only $30(!). It's been pretty crazy over the Thanksgiving weekend for me, but last night I had a chance to sit down and play through a bit of it. I've been excited to play it, and here's just a preview of what it's like...."

While my guitar gently weeps

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:21:33 +0000

I couldn’t log on last night due to a late work meeting, dinner at my parents, and fixing my aunt’s laptop (it resulted in “You need to buy a new laptop because this 5 year old Cicero with 128MB of RAM and WinXP just ain’t cuttin’ the mustard anymore, especially then you’re so loaded with spyware and trojans that you obviously need to perma-run a virus checker and firewall due to your surfing and email prowess.”). By the time I got home, I had about 40-minutes before my regular bed time. Instead of quickly logging in to check my email, play a couple scenarios, or play a quick versus match of L4D, I did something I hadn’t done in months: I took my acoustic guitar out of its case and picked away at a few notes until my eyes got droopy.

That means I can’t really report on the new Squig Herder changes, first impressions of the Blackguard, whether or not we can finally push for a T4 zone in oRvR, or client performance. Sorry!

I did read an interesting post over on WHA by one of my guildies this morning, entitled: “Making meaningful RvR should have been easy…”

His first line reads:

It’s extremely aggravating to see a game you followed with excitement for years meet not even your lowest of expectations. >_<

Despite the very negative impression he has of WAR right now, his post is actually full of thought-provoking ideas you may or may not agree with to help fix RvR. Give it a look and share your comments either there or here. I think what finally put him over the edge was that the 1.06 patch broke a number of abilities on his Shaman. According to him:

every non-instant spell has a 0.5 second delay now..
our shield which is only usable on group mates bugs out when you target a group mate, saying “Only usable on group mates”
casting one heal spell then switching to another while having no target bugs out and says “Invalid Target” rather then healing yourself
casting one heal spell then switching to another with someone targeted will silently fail if its too close to the gcd
the api for switching targets that many addons (squared) use seems more broken, it does not switch correctly in many cases now
our instant heal morale now heals at the end of its animation, making it take about 1.5 seconds to happen
.. blah blah .. its just brutal

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Imagine confirms N-Revolution closure

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:35:13 +0000

MCV’s posted a statement from Imagine confirming the closure of UK Nintendo magazine, N-Revolution. “The decision to suspend N-Revolution has been taken because it has become increasingly obvious that Nintendo’s strategy for Wii and DS is no longer in line with Imagine Publishing’s target readership, and has moved increasingly away from the hardcore gaming community that [...]

Dissidia scans: FF12 representation confirmed, Cloud's Advent Children outfit, Sephiroth topless, Ultros summoned, more Update

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:25:08 +0000

New Dissidia scans from Famitsu! And they aren't your usual character spotlight either. With the Japanese release looming ever so close now, it looks like Famitsu is milking everything they can from the devs: this Dissidia feature is huge.

The only bad thing is we can't translate much. Which means... you can trust your ever loyal QJ.NET Final Fantasy geek (i.e. yours truly) to bring some details to light.

Cloud Strife's getting his Advent Children alternate costume (I still wish we had his outfit for Don Corneo as another alt)
Sephiroth is getting his... uh... fanservice-for-the-females alt-costume (or the lack thereof, rather)
Ultros is BACK! (...as a summon)
The EX modes of Zidane and Kuja are shown (go, monkey boys!)
The EX modes of Bartz and Exdeath are also shown

Meanwhile, tipster jack_gllghr points out via email that the scans also confirm the following:

There will be no Final Fantasy XIII representation in Dissidia
FFXII gets representation though - we're just not sure who yet (oooh, I love secrets!)

as jack_gllghr clarifies, "representation" doesn't automatically equate to character; it could be a summon or a stage or something totally useless... (err, like Penelo - cardboard character, par exellence?) Chances are though, it's a character, seeing as there's one more left that's not yet been revealed.

Only Cosmos' army (i.e. the heroes) get story mode campaigns, villains don't
There's a feature to save Replays on your PSP memstick

I cast my vote: my guess is it's going to be Gabranth to represent FFXII! My guess would have originally be Balthier, but... Gabranth's one of the few characters that remotely suits the "both good and bad at the same time" trend that FFXI's Shantotto already set for Easter egg playables. So there. My guess is Gabranth. I could be wrong. Maybe FFXII representation comes in the form of the License Board. Oh. Wait.

Square Enix's Dissidia: Final Fantasy for the PSP is to be released in Japan on December 18.

Thanks to heiwa_ryu jack_gllghr for the heads up!

Article originally posted Dec 03, 2008 at 09:10AM

Update We finally found some translations care of 1Up. This covers only the round-table interview with the devs (creative producer Tetsuya Nomura, senior director Takeshi Arakawa, planning director Mitsunori Takahashi, main programmer Ryuji Ikeda).

Most of the details above remain the same though. We just get more clarifications on certain manners. On the other side of things though, they made matters even worse by hinting at unspoken things. I think it's an unwritten rule somewhere in Game Development 101 that torturing the fans with sentences ending in ellipses and what not is perfectly OK. Sigh. On with the show!

On the introduction of Shantotto, a black mage NPC from Final Fantasy XI, to the lineup

Takahashi: There were assorted candidates to choose from [in FFXI], like Prishe. We wound up asking the FFXI fans on the staff what character would make them the most happy to see in the game, and they all said "something Tarutaru"! Shantotto wound up being the choice from the Tarutaru available. They're a small target to strike, so balancing their hit detection was a difficult process -- we can't let Shantotto have a unique advantage, so we were messing with her right to the very end.

So where are the Final Fantasy XII characters at?

Nomura: Introducing Shantotto and not one of the FFXI player-characters was one of the surprises we've given people in interviews from the beginning of the project. As for FFXII, just stay tuned for now (laughs). One idea we had was to include an FFXIII character, but having one debut in Dissidia would lock down the image of his or her skills and so forth, perhaps affecting FFXIII in the process. As a result, we couldn't get permission.

On the pleasures of being an evil character in Dissidia

Takahashi:There isn't a story mode for the Chaos side, but that doesn't mean the story's weaker for those characters. If you play from the Cosmos side, you'll get to see the Chaos story along the way.

Arakawa: If you're trying to raise all the Chaos characters, I'd recommend waiting until after you complete all the Cosmos characters and see the ending. Exactly why I say this is a secret, but...

Takahashi: You can always use PP to access the Chaos characters early on, but you can use a certain mode after viewing the ending that will make raising them a lot more fun.

Ikeda: The Chaos story events are great, too. Basically, one side wants to destroy the world and the other wants to rule over it, and they have conferences and things.

Thoughts on completing the project

Arakawa: I'm just happy to see everything work out. It's a relief that we made the 20th anniversary safely.

Takahashi: [The hardest part] was balancing -- not just between characters, but between all 100 levels and the equipment they may be carrying. It took a long time, and there's really no good ending point to it, but I think we're pretty confident about the results.

NRevolution closure: the official statement

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:55:08 +0000

You may recall that last week I posted a piece about the imminent closure of Imagine Publishing’s Nintendo mag NRevolution. You may also have noticed that the post has since been removed. I took it down at the respectful request of Imagine’s MD Damian Butt, who wished to make an official statement about the closure, which he promised to forward to me at the appropriate time. That appropriate time is now.

“The decision to suspend N•Revolution has been taken because it has become increasingly obvious that Nintendo’s strategy for Wii and DS is no longer in line with Imagine Publishing’s target readership, and has moved increasingly away from the hardcore gaming community that is our specialty,” Butt explains.

“With many new launches and especially acquisitions coming to fruition, we believe the resources and manpower are better spent in other markets where advertising revenue and PR support are stronger and sustained,” he continues. “Imagine will continue to drive purchases of Nintendo software with games™, Retro Gamer and our new multiformat videogames website, NowGamer.com, and we hope to work closely with Nintendo in the future on those magazines.”

It’s clear that NRevolution was no longer a decent fit for the company’s portfolio, with Butt further explaining to me that “[Imagine] just felt that the Nintendo market is getting younger and younger and Imagine specialises in magazines for males aged 24-35″. It’ll be interesting to see if Nintendo’s shift towards a more youthful and more mass-market audience will impact upon other publications or sites, but for now it seems NRevolution is the first major casualty of the casual. It shall be missed.

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