Ooooh, Bard's Tale!

Quote:After a long hiatus from the entertainment industry of which he is an early architect, Brian Fargo has returned with a new company, and a renewed passion for producing games. InXile entertainment's first game is based off of Fargo's successful PC classic The Bard's Tale, and will satisfy cult-like fans who have petitioned and pleaded for a sequel for well over a decade.

InXile is striving to be the benchmark standard for next generation publishers, modeling their production and financing after Hollywood production companies like Miramax and New Line Cinema. The CEO of inXile entertainment, Brain Fargo, says that "After a nice break from the industry I'm recharged and anxious to make great games again." He believes their success will lie in an intensive pre-production development philosophy, and only developing on a limited number of AAA titles at a time.

The original Bard's Tale was released for the Apple II way back in 1985, and its fantasy world won over the hearts of millions of RPG gamers worldwide. To resurrect the success and style of the original Bard's Tale, the development team will combine RPG gameplay with brilliant graphics and motion picture inspired story and dialogue. inXile entertainment will be steering away from the clichés of the RPG genre, infusing intelligent humor for a unique gaming experience. More information is available at the company's website, and in the meantime here is some eye candy from the game.

Just 'cause I'm a music listening kind of guy.

System of a Down-Chop Suey, Aerials
Metallica-Unforgiven II (a spectacular song, with similarities to Zep's STH)
Puddle of Mudd-Blurry, Drift and Die
Korn-Make Me Bad, Freak on a Leash
Rage Against the Machine-Calm Like a Bomb
Nelly Furtado-On The Radio
Green Day-Waiting, Good Riddance
Sam Roberts-Brother Down
Coldplay-Clocks
finger eleven-Thousand Mile Wish

Those are most of my fav. tracks.

Discuss.

Woo!

It'll be cool.

http://www.the-magicbox.com/game092503d.htm

Yup, for its 10th anniversary SF2 gets another edition...

Hyper Street Fighter II: Anniversary Edition, for the PS2 (only). Its actually based on the Super Street Fighter II Turbo engine. The game will have all the characters from all the versions... that is to say, you choose the character and then which of the up to 5 versions (Street Fighter 2, SF2 Champion Edition, SF2 Turbo, Super SF2, or Super SF2 Turbo) of that character you want...

Cheap for them to make? Yes, since SSF2T was ported perfectly to the 3DO. But still, its kind of cool... as long as they don't charge full price for it. :)

I say we add this smilie to the forums!

This has been coming for a long time, so let's spill the beans...favorite actors and actresses, and favorite movies with them:

GEOFFREY RUSH: Pirates of the Caribbean, Les Misérables, House on Haunted Hill.

ROBERT DE NIRO: Meet the Parents, the Untouchables

LESLIE NIELSEN: Naked Gun trilogy

MICHAEL CAIN: Austin Powers III, Zulu

CHRISTOPHER WALKEN: The Rundown, A View to a Kill

DREW BARRYMORE: Charlie's Angels, Sleepy Hollow

TCHEKY KARYO: The Patriot, GoldenEye, Wing Commander


Special Mention

-Ben Stiller
-Alan Rickman
-Rowan Atkinson
-Russell Crowe
-Jason Isaacs
-Sean William Scott
-Christopher Lee
-Julian Glover
-Harrison Ford
-John Rhys-Davies
-Vin Diesel
-Patrick McGoohan
-Robert Goulet
-Roger Moore
-Sean Bean
-Mel Gibson
-Ed Norton
-Donald Sutherland

No, not the thing from the guys who made the Afterburner, this is Nintendo's one.

And it seems to only work with games specifically made to support it...

Which right now is Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen.

http://pocket.ign.com/articles/451/451683p1.html

:bang:

http://nintendo.gamerfeed.com/gf/news/4333/

Quote:E3 this past May brought one of Nintendo's strangest announcements, Pac-Man Vs.. The game is more or less a remake of the classic Pac-Man with a twist. The game is played on a GameCube and a GBA. One player takes control of Pac-Man on a GBA, while other players can use the GCN game pads to take control of the ghosts. The announcement confused many fans and had people wondering: has Nintendo lost it? This was their big announcement?

Regardless, the game was announced, and the next question was how they would sell the game. Would people pay $50.00 for a remake of a 15-year-old game? Would they pay $20? The answers came out today; they would pay nothing.

It was announced today that Pac-Man Vs. will be packaged three different ways to reach gamers.

The first bundle is that Pac-Man Vs. will be packaged with Namco's upcoming game Pac-Man World 2. The game will retail for only $19.99 and will be available this December.

The second offering will give Pac-Man Vs. to gamers who pre-order the game I-Ninja.

The final way to receive the game will be will be to simply buy the game R: Racing Evolution for the GameCube. Pac-Man Vs. will be included with every game, pre-ordered or not.

What seemed like an awkward announcement a few months ago, now appears to have become a fantastic marketing and sales tool for both Nintendo and Namco.