by Filippo DinolfoThis week it’s a full house. Everyone is in attendence and we’ve got a lot to talk about. Mortal Kombat X is out, but is it good? Square-Enix is bringing the JRPGs, and GungHo may be bringing back GameArts. That, and some Guitar Hero is making a comeback.
4/19/2015 Show Notes
- What are we playing?
- Patrick: FF Record Keeper, NHL Playoff Bracketology (It’s going mostly well.)
- Filippo: DG2, MKX
- Brandon: MKX, bitches! (also attempting SWTOR)
- Theresa: Trails in the Sky, Skyrim, Civ V, Civ Rev 2, freaking MLP and Hay Day on the ipad
- Leigh: Your face. SWTOR, Hearthstone. The star wars trailer over and over
- Mortal Kombat X
- Launches on Steam, install process kinda borked
- Fatality input DLC…
- Cynical!Patrick: To buy now or wait for the inevitable premium edition?
- BREAKING NEWS: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 3D coming to 3DS?
- Ono: Street Fighter V is something nobody expects
- Project Cars to feature 110 courses in 30 locations at launch
- These are insane numbers, even by GT standards. This looks like a must-have.
- Star Wars: Battlefront trailer released
- As expected, Star Ocean V announced for PS3, PS4
- Cross-generation is a bit of a surprise as that practice is starting to die off.
- Tri-ace developing, and we had to go back and check how Tri-ace still exists.
- Square Enix IP revivals continue, Seiken Densetsu: Rise of Mana on the way for PS Vita
- … but they don’t support the PS Vita.
- Apparently the questionnaire didn’t reflect their own mindset.
- … but they don’t support the PS Vita.
- GungHo possibly preparing to revitalize GameArts JRPG IPs?
- This means Lunar and Grandia, otherwise known as “the good shit”.
- Ys VI coming to PC next week
- Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate a huge success for Capcom, shipping 1M in the west alone
- And you know the Japanese numbers are going to be obscene as always.
- Microsoft gave an inch, now the NRDC wants them to hand over the ruler
- Regardless of the spirit of NRDC’s position, this wasn’t smart. (Patrick’s Law: If someone proves impossible to please, they are not worth attempting to please.)
- Activision announces Guitar Hero Live, complete with first-person perspective
- New control scheme is a 2×3 layout (think Street Fighter) instead of 1×5.
- Filippo: I am very interested in this new direction.
- Polygon goes hands on, shows actual gameplay.