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Komrade Kayce
08/06/09

In reply to RUMOR: Tim Burton To Direct Grim Fandango; Uwe Boll Weeping Softly
Holy crap, this article is three years old.

Lemme just edit my excitement out of existence... damn you kotaku! DAMNNN YOUOUUUUUUU
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shouryuuken
04/07/09

In reply to Three Companies Eye Midway For Buy Out
warner brothers seems to be the best fit.. not just because of mk vs dcu, but because it seems like theyre really trying to get into games the same way disney has been lately.. with ips just for video games. this way, if they have some ips come out that are successful... they can easily spin them into tv shows, cartoons, or movies.
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ph15h
04/07/09

In reply to Three Companies Eye Midway For Buy Out
You know you guys are looking bleak when EA doesn't want to buy you...
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excaliburps
04/07/09

In reply to Three Companies Eye Midway For Buy Out
I somehow see Ubi working well with Midway's franchises. But talking about it as if it's a good idea is a different matter altogether.

MK is the lone viable franchise Midway has left. Do they still have those Pinball IPs? From what I remember that division is dead as well.

Oh and people are a bit confused. MK's development team is the one who might be leaving not the MK franchise itself. I doubt Midway would let go of the MK franchise that easily. Seeing as it's the only frnchise they have left worth buying.
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Hellrazerhd
04/07/09

@excaliburps: Not if the MK team wants to buy the rights from Midway. They just might.
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excaliburps
04/07/09

@Hellrazerhd: Well they might. But some, if not most people think that they're leaving Midway with the MK franchise in tow. Which got a lot of people confused with on the earlier post about it.

I admit I was one of 'em. =D
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ZaxxonQ.com
04/07/09

In reply to Three Companies Eye Midway For Buy Out
...than Warner Bros. is the most likely candidate for a possible purchase.

Should be "then". :-P
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DigitalHero
04/07/09

In reply to Three Companies Eye Midway For Buy Out
Midway has been in trouble for years but now it's reached a bubbling point.
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HokiPoki
04/07/09

In reply to Three Companies Eye Midway For Buy Out
What's Midway without MK ? What other assets do they have ?
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B33
04/07/09

@HokiPoki: There's nothing at Midway that really "jumps" out as a prominent IP.
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Kobun
04/07/09

@B33: That's only because Midway is so poorly managed and failed to profit from its generous catalog of quality franchises such as Gauntlet, the Thunder racers, Spy Hunter, Robotron 2084, and so on. Midway is far more than Mortal Kombat, but you'd never know it the way the company has been operated these past few years.
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the7k
04/07/09

@Kobun: Ah man, I would kill for a new Gauntlet Legends game. Online co-op on a next gen Gauntlet Legends would be an instant-purchase from me.

A Hydro Thunder 2 would make a great addition to the XBLA/PSN libraries as well.
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Kobun
04/07/09

@the7k: Yep, I'll kill for a new Hydro Thunder myself. Debated on picking up the XBLA enhanced original Gauntlet this afternoon but held off since I didn't know how active the community is for the game at the time. Still would love to see a new Gauntlet Legends with about the depth of a Diablo game on 360/PS3.
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Archaotic
04/07/09

In reply to Three Companies Eye Midway For Buy Out
Bleh, I've been playing the copy of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe I got from GameFly, and I just don't get how people still play those games.

As it stands, it does seem like WB is the most likely buyout candidate; better them than Ubisoft at least. Yuck.
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Grisaille: Flip it, Ninja!
04/07/09

@Archaotic: MK vs. DC never seemed like a good idea to me.

That said, I haven't really enjoyed a Mortal Kombat game since Mortal Kombat Trilogy... that was 13 years ago.
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Ghede
04/07/09

@Grisaille: Flip it, Ninja!: I think it's the new "We want to be soul-calibur" game mechanics, from the focus on short, powerful, and slow combos, to the freaking weapons.

I could never pull off any fatalities unless I went into cheat mode and enabled 1 button mode, but I liked jumping around, using special moves, pulling off the fast-punch "Combo" and uppercutting people through the roof. I liked pushing the attack buttons and attacking without delay. Now you have to wait a half a second, and god forbid you press another button afterwards that isn't in their combo list, then you have to wait again.
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the7k
04/07/09

@Grisaille: Flip it, Ninja!: Hell, I haven't really enjoy Mortal Kombat since Mortal Kombat II.

I did somewhat enjoy Deadly Alliance, but I honestly believe that was because I was desperate for any sort of Fighting Game for the Gamecube at the time.
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Grisaille: Flip it, Ninja!
04/07/09

In reply to Three Companies Eye Midway For Buy Out
I'm actually suprised Square isn't eyeing them as well.

Probably best for SE, anyway. Midway doesn't strik me as having much left in them, unfortunately - especially if these Mortal Kombat desertion rumors are true.
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Fainaru
04/07/09

@Grisaille: Flip it, Ninja!:

Well, they cant purchase a new company every month. And Mortal Kombat IP is still worth something.
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lolgreg
04/07/09

@Fainaru: I have $25.00 (CDN). How will that do?
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NoBullet
04/07/09

@Grisaille: Flip it, Ninja!: Same can be said for SE.
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excaliburps
02/25/09

In reply to Ex-Designer Says Obsidian's Aliens Game Canceled
I imagine it would have been an rpg in the same vein as Mass Effect except without that much talking perhaps.

Not sure how I feel about this. On one hand an Aliens-inspired action/rpg sounds good but on the other hand they canceled it for a reason. It might have sucked that much. That if they released it, we would've blamed Sega for raping another IP.

I hope Alpha Protocol is doing good. I love me some 24-inspired gaming goodness...
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IronMan
02/25/09

In reply to Ex-Designer Says Obsidian's Aliens Game Canceled
ohh poop .................

Well its not like we didn't see this coming anyway.

Aliens just doesn't even carry the name it used to carry, even in movies... its just another after-thought.

Honestly if the FPS was cancelled as well, most people would not care, not with Killzone 2 out there.

Aliens FPS sitting in front of you... you never heard or seen videos of this... yet Killzone 2...mass hyped, proven clearly superior, which one will I pick ?

Why Aliens FPS, because it has aliens, which I know from childhood !

NOT!
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
02/25/09

@IronMan: but, but...the helghast consider themselves alienated from human society! they are aliens!
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coalhalo
02/25/09

In reply to Ex-Designer Says Obsidian's Aliens Game Canceled
Not surprised at all, although I was hoping this title would be halfway decent. A third person, action, Aliens RPG is something I would have like to play (as long as it wasn't total crap).
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ThisCharmingMan
01/20/09

In reply to Mark Jacobs Addresses Mythic Layoffs
I would think that he would be too busy launching his spring line too worry about video games.
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Wawa
01/20/09

In reply to Mark Jacobs Addresses Mythic Layoffs
for a second there I thought this was about Marc Jacobs [en.wikipedia.org]
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Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
01/20/09

@joe: Hah

"Fashion Designer addresses Mythic Layoffs"
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ThursdayNext
01/20/09

@joe: That you even know who he is surprises me. I didn't know Marc Jacobs existed till now.
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Wawa
01/20/09

@ThursdayNext: some of us are friends with women.
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ThursdayNext
01/21/09

@joe: Some of us don't become friends with women by buying them expensive shoes.
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ortega602086
12/03/08

In reply to Michael Phelps Says His Game Is 'In Development'
Maybe its Ecco the Dolphin with Phelps face plasted over Eccos
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