NEXT GEN CONSOLES

[Uncle Liam]

NiGHTS into Dreams on XBLA.

FInally. With Virtua Fighter (shame it's 5), Guardian Heroes, Sega Rally, and now this I'm gradually getting my Sega Saturn Collection on my Xbox. Must get Daytona really, even though I never had it on the Saturn.

I'd get Kinect if they stuck Virtua Cop 1 and 2 on there as well.

And I still hold out for Street Fighter Alpha 2.

[AcademicPistol]

with the ipad mini on the horizon.

I wonder why they didn't just call it the 'iPhone large' - probably marketing purposes.

[LondonTom]

I wonder why they didn't just call it the 'iPhone large' - probably marketing purposes.

cos it's not a phone?

[Spindles]

Will be interesting to see how it measures up in price and spec to sub £200 quad core android tabs like the nexus 7.

[Purple Monkey]

Innovation cannot be churned out. Without it the market will saturate and quickly stagnate. This is what I'm thinking will happen very soon with Apple.

[Kyelo]

Speaking about tablets and since this is the gaming thread, how about one of these new gaming tablets(video in link shows Skyrim being played)?

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gamesgear/razer-project-fiona-gaming-tablet-runs-skyrim-in-our-video-50006643/

[luckysalt]

NiGHTS into Dreams on XBLA.

FInally. With Virtua Fighter (shame it's 5), Guardian Heroes, Sega Rally, and now this I'm gradually getting my Sega Saturn Collection on my Xbox. Must get Daytona really, even though I never had it on the Saturn.

I'd get Kinect if they stuck Virtua Cop 1 and 2 on there as well.

And I still hold out for Street Fighter Alpha 2.

I have VF5 on disc, wish I knew it was a download with trophies, Id have done that instead as disc doesn't have any.

Sadly PS3 for some reason doesn't have Guardian Heroes, gutted cus it was one of my favourite Saturn games, but I'll be getting Nights! That was a classic.

Daytona was a great game, but I bet its dated as hell.

Hopefully Panzer Dragoon Zwei makes it over.

Hope they port ove

[LondonTom]

Speaking about tablets and since this is the gaming thread, how about one of these new gaming tablets(video in link shows Skyrim being played)?

http://crave.cnet.co...video-50006643/

Nice idea!!! Not sure if there is a need for it though? It's portable but a bit to bulky, if it loses the bulk though it loses what makes it decent gaming device

Finally got round to ordering FIFA 13 on 360 , new controller and vga cable so I can start playing my 360 again Should be great, might give perfect dark zero a run out to

[Uncle Liam]

Even though it wont work on my current Xbox, I've bought Tropico 4. Anyone know what it's like?

For a political geek like me I'm expecting we'll get along quite well.

Still loving Borderlands 2, I think that's going to take up a lot of the next few years. And I need to get back into Skyrim. But that's not going to happen soon, I dont think.

[Kyelo]

My banks gonna take a smashing over the next couple of months: Assassins Creed 3, Call of Duty Black Ops 2, Hitman Absolution, Farcry 3, The Last of Us, God of War Acension, Metal Gear Rising Revengence...then maybe DmC, Tomb Raider, Beyond Two Souls, Splinter Cell Blacklist.

The list of decent games coming out over the next 6 months is nuts!

[AcademicPistol]

Halo 4

[Kyelo]

Halo 4

I put my Xbox back into its box months ago, might have to drag it out haha

[5co77ie]

My banks gonna take a smashing over the next couple of months: Assassins Creed 3, Call of Duty Black Ops 2, Hitman Absolution, Farcry 3, The Last of Us, God of War Acension, Metal Gear Rising Revengence...then maybe DmC, Tomb Raider, Beyond Two Souls, Splinter Cell Blacklist.

The list of decent games coming out over the next 6 months is nuts!

Rings bank manager to arrange loan

[windy_miller]

Has anyone played the XCOM demo? I really enjoyed it and is getting good reviews. I'm now torn between getting that or Dishonoured.

[LondonTom]

Got FIFA 13 and my xbox set up again Enjoying it, it's been over year since I've played with a proper controller (Got that new silver one with the transforming D pad).

Only thing I am annoyed about is the crappy chat support can't sort out my xbox live accounts. (I have two, one i had for my xbox and one I used for Arkham City on the PC as I couldn't login to my xbox one from my pc)...they both seem to be linked to the same Microsoft account but ofc the support team are insisting they are not and this is not possible >_>.

Which is a shame as I really to get on the EA servers, the updated squads and commentary with current real world standings sounds great! (Speaking of which, there is way to much Echo on the commentary!)

[G-Stud]

New Halo 4 trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7dqtgkSWeQ

[luckysalt]

I ordered Playstation Plus on Saturday, bought the 3 month offer direct through the console for £11.99.

so £4 a month, Im so impressed im gunna get a years sub when its up for £30.

Anyone who has a Playstation 3 or is gunna get one, I urge you to get this feature, already theres 11 games on there to download for free, you get to keep these until your subscription is over, and they add 3-4 games every month, with removing the older ones.

I got Hell Yeah from there at the weekend and damn it's good! Really you should give this a shot, brilliant gameplay, great graphics and sound effects, got a wicked sense of humour and the difficulty curve is spot on, best game Ive played in ages.

Edited October 22, 2012 by luckysalt

[Spindles]

It's on steam, might have to check out the demo.

[Spindles]

With the release of the specs for the iPad mini I was wondering if sco77ie was still going to be buying one.

Just to be clear, it has 1024x768 screen, dual core cpu and only 4 gpu cores, at 35% higher price than google's nexus 7, which has quad core, 16 gpu cores and 1280x800 resolution. Put another way, it is about half as powerful as it's cheaper competitor and doesn't have the capability to display 720p video without cropping.

I know the old Apple vs other vendors discussion can sometimes be more emotive than built around facts and figures, but it really seems to me that the only people who would be buying the ipad mini would be brand fans or those invested in the IOS software ecosystem.

[5co77ie]

I don't think I will - it's not what I thought it could be.

[Spindles]

Are you tempted by the 4th gen larger version? I don't know what the pricing is like, but it has a beefier chip by far.

Apple's tablets have previously had a 10-33% performance improvement over their competitors in each generation, I'd expect the 4th gen ipad cpu/gpu combo should give currenty tegra 3 devices a run for their money.

The nexus 7 still stands as best bang for your buck, although I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear of some impressive specs coming out of samsung with their 10" nexus. Again, price in comparison to spec is going to be key there, they either do a 10" tablet with nexus 7 equivilent power and a hellishly lovely screen for less than £300 or they go balls out and step up a generation on cpu/gpu as well.

[5co77ie]

No, as we only recently got the 'new' one

[LondonTom]

I think I am just going wait for Surface Pro to be announced properly for my tablet (I don't see the point in the RT version, I may as well get an android tablet cheaper...)...either that or indeed the Samsung Nexus, hoping it's not going be a cheap line but something to compete with the Ipad.

I like the Nexus 7" but I just don't get the point in tablets of that size really, not when you have phones like the Note 2 (tempted when my contract is up next year to switch from S to note for screen real estate!)...

Edited October 24, 2012 by LondonTom

[Spindles]

Deadlight - showing what can be done with Unreal engine, original thinking and some truly great artists. A fire axe to the face of those who are trying to make out MS is going to be the death of grown up gaming.

Available 15% off on steam atm, or on XBLA for I don't know how many points, but it is beautiful, like an 80s graphic novel in real time. Gameplay is very prince of persia platformer with a zombie twist.

[t8yman]

Has anyone been keeping up with the Eurogamer legal threats/censored article/games journalists in "bent as a nine bob note" furore?

Its amazing reading - if very very long!

http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/libel-alleged-legal-threats-and-conflicts-of-interest-the-twisted-story-of-