The 360 gets banned in Germany, FPS games are no longer profitable, and a 360/Kinect bundle is rumoured to debut for $99 in this week’s outlandish news items! Plus extra bonus fun time: Ethos does the pictures!
The Old Republic merges servers as talk circles of a possible takeover, gamers overreact while Kotaku publishes irresponsible dross – again, and Microsoft keeps things Kosher on XBox Live in this week’s embarrassment of a gaming industry news carrion.
When a notorious purple octopus and his taciturn friend get an announced XIII-2 DLC release, the podcast panel finds themselves berserked; the announcement of a Theatrhythm release date only adds to the excitement. Lusipurr is forced to purchase remedies.
This week Bioware abrogates their responsibility towards the Mass Effect community even as Peter Molyneux shifts some blame for the death of Milo. Meanwhile, Microsoft create some magickal new terms through the power of friendship.
The panelists arrive–some (much) later than others–to discuss topics including Ubisoft’s avaricious attempts to bilk PSVita gamers, Hulu on 3DS, a free-play weekend that has already gone, and the world’s most accurate Valentine’s Day Present simulator.
This week THQ takes a dip, Capcom has a sit and Ubisoft’s servers throw a fit, as the week’s news unspools to delight and amaze the quizzically minded!
Halo fandom helps a lovelorn man cope with the grief of loss by selling his unfaithful partner’s wedding ring in order to purchase a full body suit of Master Chief armour!
This week saw a full beta version of Mass Effect 3 released to Xbox Live users signed up to beta test the new XBL dashboard update. New Action, Story and RPG Modes unveiled.
Deimosion gets a divorce, Reetin is a Christmas gift, Blitzmage receives a gift, and Lusipurr waits until next year. Also: the panel embarks on a lengthy and POSITIVE discussion of Final Fantasy VIII. Tell your friends and support Extra Life 2011!
Emmori vanquishes his foes and laughs out loud while doing so in this week’s review of indie developer Twisted Pixel’s comic book platformer.