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TJ returns this week, as Blizzard continues to embarrass itself. No Gaming Flashback this week.
This week’s news includes:
- Diablo 4 will not have an offline mode, and the game is ‘not coming anytime soon’
- Acclaimed detective RPG Disco Elysium coming to Xbox One and PS4 next year
- EA Sports open to bringing back NCAA football game
Let us know what you think.
Episode 267: Do the RobotEpisode 267: Do the Robot
This week the guys relax after the hecticness of E3, and get on to some of the major post-convention news. As Paul S. Nowak struggles with connection issues, Gaming Flashback returns with the original Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater.
This week’s news:
- Microsoft unveils new tablet
- Rumor: Leaked doc claims 720 launches in 2013, 3D Kinect in 2014, OnLive acquisition
- May 2012 US sales down 28% over last year despite Diablo III
- Australian gamers get adults-only R18+ classification
All this and Reader Feedback. This week has no Question of the Week – just ask the crew some questions.
Has Rare Lost Touch With The Gaming Industry?Has Rare Lost Touch With The Gaming Industry?
In an interesting interview this week at 1up.com, Peter Moore, now at Electronic Arts, believes the skillset that Rare holds is a bit dated for our gaming industry. Moore, best known in his role of VP at Microsoft in their Interactive Entertainment Business division, understands how great Rare and their games once were but seems to believe the industry has passed them by.
Looking at their latest Microsoft titles, mainly Perfect Dark Zero, Viva Pinata and Kameo: Elements of Power, it’s not hard to believe his statements as fact. None of the titles have blown away a market full of Grand Theft Autos, Halo’s and other top selling titles. None of their games hit the epic review scores of Bioshock or Crysis. It’s not all first person shooters are taking the big sales numbers; Spore was given rave reviews by online review sites (sans Amazon) and that’s a completely different style of game.
Popcap’s Peggle has had more fame and glory than some of the bigger titles from Rare, probably made with less money. Is Rare a dying breed of developers with no good direction to react to the changing ways of the game industry?