What would videogames be without rumours? Probably pretty much the same as always, to be honest.
Except we would miss out on about 78% of the news reported on gaming, discussion would decrease by around 39% and overall excitement levels would generally dissipate to around 13.645% of their original level.
Frankly, rumours are what make the gaming world go round; so thank crikey there have been a load in this last week ? rumours that we can look at, read and get excited/annoyed/indifferent/call out MEGATON about! Wow!
So here are some rumours.
PERFECT DARK ON LIVE ARCADE: Well, Microsoft own Rare, and Rare made Perfect Dark, and they've released some old titles through Live Arcade… so… um… yeah. Why hasn't this happened already? If MS ever want to see some of their ?39583959 billion they paid for Rare returned then they should probably venture down every avenue they possibly can.
THE NEW PSP IS CALLED PSP GO!: Yes, that's with an exclamation mark. Any company that thinks an exclamation mark is a good marketing strategy has clearly lost all of its marketing talent. Does this mean we?ll have to walk into shops and add a bizarre upwards inflection to the word ?go? when we ask for one of these badboys? Normally there?d be a joke here about how no one has a PSP and they're pretty pointless, but this year looks really rather good for the little powerhouse, meaning all we can take the piss out of is the stupid new (rumoured) name. Go!
FORZA 3 EXISTS: Yes, it probably does. Ah, more dull-but-strangely-addictive racing fun, with the ability to draw cocks on your Bentley.
THIEF 4 IS GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON: Yes. Yes it is. That's a trumour.
360 TO GET MOTION SENSING CONTROL: According to this picture on here and the accompanying guff. While it would be easy to mock up a stupid photo and send half the internets into a tizz over nothing, we wouldn't put it past Microsoft to ?take inspiration? from Nintendo and ?make their own system that in no way rips off their rivals?, as we all know MS are prone to doing.
POKEMON GOLD AND SILVER TO BE REMADE: In these dark economic times it's nice to know that there are those out there willing to milk us and our children for every last penny we have. It's a licence to print money and would be released on a console with an established user-base larger than the population of the UK and Canada combined. The sick bastards.
CALL OF DUTY 7 SET IN VIETNAM: We don't get many games based on Vietnam, as it's hard to glorify something that's completely unglorifiable (see also: WWI, Korean War) as well as something that the yanks didn't actually win (see: lots of other wars). It would be a bold and interesting choice to set the new CoD in ?Nam and at the very least would make the series interesting again.
APPLE TO BUY OUT EA: Well, stupider things have happened.
THIS WEEK: We got all excited that the final DLC for Fallout 3 had been released. Then we got all scared and annoyed because reports immediately popped up that it was broken. Then it turned out that was just the PC version. We sighed, let out a nervous laugh of relief and reclined in our comfy chair*.
*This is all assuming it turns out the 360 version isn't borked as well.
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David says
RE: Perfect Dark, have a look at ‘Project Bean’. This apparently is a 360 version of Goldeneye with all the Bond references ripped out to avoid licencing issues. Although some say it is a game that is similar to Goldeneye made with the same engine. I just hope they fucking hurry up and release one of them! PD would probably be better actually.