Pushtrak

Tecmo are morons. You don't treat a talented team like crap and expect profits to roll in constantly. Considering how important Team Ninja were to Tecmo, this should have been even more obvious.

"It's a neat way to get your mug in what will no doubt be one of this year's blockbuster titles"

Make that much doubt. The first one was a overhyped turd. As far as it goes for all things 360, Fable 2 is far down in my list of anticipated games.

"It should be readily apparent that this is being marketed and made for the console crowd first, PC crowd second."

I hate that bullshit.

The console crowd? Do you not think console gamers might want a great RPG? Think thats impossible?

Fuckin elitists.

@ BlackBeltJones

That seems to be the case, but the reality is that they have lots of teams working on seperate projects.

They have an Edmonton and Austin studio.

They have a team working on...
1) Mass Effect (360)
2) MMO (PC)
3) Dragon Age (PC)
4) Sonic RPG (DS)
5) Other next gen title.

1, 3 and 4 speak for themselves.
2 there is nothing official about...
5 is where its kinda tricky.

I'm pretty sure they are wroking on Jade Empire 2 and I would be surprised if that game went to PS3 as the first never went to PS2.

There is evidence to support it being Jade Empire 2 also. First of all, from 2004: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=56535

And again in 2005: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=61674

Awww.. Isn't that cute? PSU is talking about BioWare being at E3... You know where they in turn got that info from? Mass Effect official forums.

http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=572092&forum=104

They are talking about Mass Effect being at E3. There may be a PS3 game at E3, I would severely doubt it. But even if there was a PS3 game, it will not be exclusive to PS3. Not a chance.

Greed in religion? Who'd have thunk it.

"Uhm... if they have to advertise to say that there is a shortage, presumably there isn't really a shortage."

Win.

I thought ages back, they said they'd never let something like this happen.

"hopefully it'll be on sale in canada too"

Yeah, I mean, Bioware might be from Canada, but they mightn't release it there, ha.

"Do you think it's a good bet that Mass Effect will release in mid to late June? Or am I just hoping for too much?"

No official release date. Could be April or May for all we know.

Anonymouse Rep, totally agreed. I recently upgraded to a hdtv, and i'm now considering when i'll fork out to upgrade to the hd-dvd player. I've decided against doing so now because there aren't enough movies out to justify buying a dvd player, when I consider the fact it is bound to be at a better offer in a few months.

Also, personally, I don't think the hd-dvd player is necessary to the 360. I mean, its them going out of their way to challenge Sony on the high definition dvds front, really. They'd have been much better off producing a bigger hard drive, and limiting themselves to the download service which was obviously a significant deal into the planning process by the time the hd-dvd player was made.