Microsoft have just announced that its upcoming Windows OS, Windows 8, will not play DVDs out-of-the-box, citing that only 6% of Windows 7 users ever used Windows Media Center, its media centre hub.
It claims that the removal of DVD playback will ensure that it (Microsoft) will not have to spend 'a significant amount in royalties', i.e decoder licensing.
Microsoft cite the 'ever-changing landscape' of computing as a reason to canning DVD support, with Windows 8 having compatibility with tablets and ultrabooks, which themselves lack optical drives. Media Center and DVD support will be available for a fee via Windows Control Panel (Formerly Anytime Upgrade) in Windows 8, but I think the choice of omitting such ubiquitous technology is a good idea- if DVDs are going the way of the dodo, then I'll be happy to pay a tenner less for some quality software.
It's official. Dragon Quest X has just been slated for a release on the 2nd of August 2012... in Japan. (A Thursday) And it is odd. The 'standalone copy' of the game, according to Andriasang, will require a 16GB or greater USB memory stick to...work. 0.o
As seen with Capcom's Monster Hunter Tri, in Japan, which charged $20 for 90 days' play online, Dragon Quest X will require a fee to play online. Pretty much standard practice in a country which is full of DQ nuts, which could cause the DQX servers to overload unless a fee is required. I expect that Square Enix will waive the fee in NA and EMEA regions, when it is released, going the Capcom way without alienating western gamers.
A Japanese launch date can only mean one thing- Dragon Quest X isn't far from hitting UK soil- it may be a couple of months to a year to see it grace our Wii consoles- but those with modded ones *Cough* us *cough* may get the japanese version a little bit early to toy around with! :D
-Chris
Bethesda announces that the Xbox 360 version of Skyrim is to get Kinect support following a free patch to the game delivered via Xbox Live, slated for release in late April.
Welcome to April's edition of Filmflux Monthly Update! In this (slightly late, due to exams and such) monthly update, we'll be showcasing the best of the huge chock-a-block of Filmflux's content from the month before this one! Simply click read more, scroll down, read and watch what we have to offer. (Also, sorry for the small typo in last month's monthly update (March) :3.
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After Game Freak's Junichi Masuda's sly teasing earlier this month, the first ever sequel in the main Pokémon Franchise has been announced on today's (Japanese-only) episode of Pokémon Smash.
The game's contents haven't really been pushed out to the public yet, apart from the fact that the two main legendary Pokémon, Zekrom and Reshiram, will have new forms, as well as a new Pokémon Masuda affectionately refers to as "Black/White Kyurem". Masuda has left us in the dark about the game's specifics, and as a result we do not know whether the game will be a direct sequel or a modification- a la Pokémon Platinum.
Astute gamers who reckon that The Pokémon Company and Game Freak are running out of colours to choose for new Pokémon games have presumably had their emails left unanswered.
The two games (Pocket Monsters Black 2/ Pocket Monsters White 2) will be released in Japan this June, with a NA region release coming soon. The EU and AUS regions have been left in the dark at the time of posting.
MonolithSoft, the developer behind the Wii RPG sensation Xenoblade (Chronicles) is hiring staff for its new Kyoto studio.
The positions vary between 3DCG, Motion, Effect, Map and Modelling designers, and MonolithSoft's recruitment page has a massive big stonking picture of a Nintendo 3DS Console should there be any doubt that they are indeed developing for the console.
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Dreamcast sensation Jet Set Radio seems to be making a reboot on XBLA + PSN, according to this new teaser trailer from Sega!
The awesome massive cel-shaded, music-jammed, graffiti-driven, Shibuya graphics-madhouse of a game has been announced by Sega to make an appearance on XBLA + PSN this summer, as fans wait with bated breath to see if Hideki Naganuma's ace soundtrack- that made the game what it is- will be available on the XBLA + PSN ports, in retrospect to the Crazy Taxi HD soundtrack, which omitted ace tunes a la Offspring and Bad Religion. Sega's teaser, seen above, shows nothing apart from the Jet Set Radio (Jet Grind Radio in NA region) logo and a musical excerpt from the orginal game. Check after the break for a gameplay video of the original game on Dreamcast.
*sigh*
Ubisoft's wildly popular Assassin's Creed series of games has seen yet another addition to the franchise- Assassin's Creed 3. It's been been shoved outside the door into the freezing cold with a tag around its neck reading 'October 30th'. Click 'read more' for a massive chunk of bite-sized info.
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