PS3 News Round-Up

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Forget Used Games, Some New Games Sales Don't Pay Their Creators
7 Feb 2012
Used game sales hurt the bottom line of all console game developers, as the entirety of each sale goes to the retailer and not the game's makers. It's a familiar line we've heard from several developers and publishers in the past five years. With used game sales taking heat from fans and game makers alike, digital distribution, like Steam or GOG.com, seems to offer the chance to get cheap games with a clear conscience, but that's not quite true. Even new games suffer from the same issue as used sales; none of the money actually goes to the people who made the game.
As brought to attention by Rock, Paper, Shotgun, last week, developer Simon Roth created a quick list of "games that no longer support their creators," and classic titles from defunct developers or publishers make up most of it -- Ion Storm and Deus Ex, Looking Glass and Thief, Black Isle and Fallout 2. Other titles still maintain their original publisher but not the developer -- EA collects on Syndicate and Populous, Peter Molyneux does not. You may read the titles of these games and think that the issue only affects older games, but do you think the former members of Team Bondi are seeing any money for copies of L.A. Noire sold today? If you don't purchase used games for ethical reasons, you might have to give up many new games as well.
Source: [1UP.com]
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The Darkness II Review
7 Feb 2012

The comic book style violence of The Darkness II doesn't merely shock, but delivers a sense of empowerment. Series protagonist Jackie Estacado rampages through his enemies, ripping them limb from limb in a bloody dance. The way he bounds through environments, tossing parking meters, car doors and mo...
Source: [IGN.com]
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SEGA Studios Australia axes 37 jobs
7 Feb 2012
37 jobs have been cut from Sega's Brisbane studio as the company prepares to explore the "digital marketplace".
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Twisted Metal delayed, edited for Europe - Jaffe
7 Feb 2012
David Jaffe confirms that cuts have been made to the European version of Twisted Metal, and that the localisation process has caused minor delays.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Lollipop Chainsaw: Vote for Juliet - Round 2
7 Feb 2012

It's time for Round 2 in the Search for Juliet. The folks behind Lollipop Chainsaw -- famed movie writer James Gunn and Warner Bros. -- asked for your help weeding through the ladies vying for the role of the zombie-killing cheerleader, and last week you cast your ballots. Now, the pool is down to 1...
Source: [IGN.com]
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Final Fantasy X For PS3 and Vita Not a Proper Remake
7 Feb 2012
Those expecting a proper remake of Final Fantasy X for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita should start tempering their expectations. Although we still have very little in the way of details, it's been clarified that the project Square Enix has in the works is an HD remaster, not a remake.Square Enix's Shinji Hashimoto made this clear at the recent Taipei Game Show, according to GNN (via Joystiq). The difference between "remake" and "remaster" may sound like semantics, but in fact there are entirely different expectations that come along with the two. Depending upon how you feel about FFX, the reality of this being a remaster may or may not be welcome news.
Source: [1UP.com]
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Asia Shippin' Out Feb 5-11: Gravity Daze, Darkness II, Amalur
7 Feb 2012
Sony's new adventure title for Vita shifted downwards for the week, alongside Darkness II and Kingdoms of Amalur.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Battlefield 3 Patch Addresses PS3 VOIP Issues
7 Feb 2012

The newest update for Battlefield 3 is now available, and it addresses issues with Bluetooth headsets that have plagued PS3 gamers since launch. According to a post on Battlefield's official blog, update 1.03 is now live for PS3 gamers...
Source: [IGN.com]
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Report: Respawn Entertainment's First Game in 2013
7 Feb 2012

While early reports suggested that the first title from Respawn Entertainment might not come until 2015, it now looks like we'll have a chance to play it much sooner. A marketing calendar from EA Partners leaked by French site Hardgamers lists the first major title from Respawn as coming in March 20...
Source: [IGN.com]
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He Won't Miss That Leg - The Darkness II
7 Feb 2012
Check out some of the brutal executions from The Darkness II
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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The Big Players of Race Relations in ME3
7 Feb 2012

The Mass Effect universe is one filled with a balance of subtle nuance and epic grandeur. Over the past two games, the team at BioWare has crafted a universe filled with rich cultures and some fantastic storytelling to drive forward the narrative. Each of the various races presented in Mass Effect b...
Source: [IGN.com]
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Your Visual Guide to This Year's Zombie Games
7 Feb 2012
Using the power of Venn diagrams, we offer an occasionally informative look at the year's most exciting zombie games.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Is THQ on the verge of collapse?
7 Feb 2012
THQ took uDraw to task for its recent travails, but the ill-fated peripheral is just the latest example of the publisher failing to adapt to a changing industry.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Developing Resident Evil 6
7 Feb 2012

Capcom has only started to pull back the curtain on Resident Evil 6. Though the publisher released a massive debut trailer packed with details, it doesn't intend to reveal everything about its next survival horror epic - yet. That leaves many unanswered questions about how the publisher will approac...
Source: [IGN.com]
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Volition developer blasts used game business
7 Feb 2012
Design director at Saints Row studio warns industry could "fall apart" due to used sales, says an Xbox that blocked used games would be "fantastic."
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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The Last of Us Replaced Jak and Daxter 4
7 Feb 2012

Naughty Dog has revealed that a new Jak and Daxter game was almost made instead of The Last of Us. Following Uncharted 2, Naughty Dog split into two teams and got ready to move onto its next game. That game was originally planned to be the next Jak and Daxter, but the team ran into trouble while attempting to design the game...
Source: [IGN.com]
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Shank 2 Review
7 Feb 2012

Sequels are a funny thing. When a game is good-but-not-quite-great, we see the smallest solutions to itty bitty flaws, a few things that could have been spectacular given just a little more spit-shined development time. Yet those few tiny tweaks typically aren't enough to regenerate interest, never ...
Source: [IGN.com]
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Dungeon Defenders hit 1 million downloads
7 Feb 2012
Trendy Entertainment's $15 tower-defense action RPG reaches platinum status across XBLA, PSN, and PC since release in October.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Director Explains Ending
7 Feb 2012

Spoiler warning: This story broadly discusses the ending of Final Fantasy XIII-2. No story specifics are mentioned, but don't read any further if you're trying to avoid all knowledge of the game's ending...
Source: [IGN.com]
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The Simpsons Arcade Game Official Trailer
7 Feb 2012
Here's the official trailer for The Simpsons Arcade Game, available now on Xbox Live Arcade and coming to the PSN on February 7, 2012.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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