Aliens Vs. Predator is out and it sounds like it is very faithful to Rebellion’s earlier Aliens vs. Predator games, but this is not necessarily a good thing. Perfect Dark for XBLA was announced at x10 and it garners some excitement here. Fable III is passed over rather quickly with Halo Reach, Alan Wake and Dead Rising 2 getting bigger chunks of time for discussion.
NPDs and recent comments from Activision and Ubisoft have the guys pondering the state of the industry. Activision is closing and paring down some of their studios resulting in the reduction of future music game releases. Ubisoft is planning on moving to a 12 -18 month release schedule for their franchises.
ESRB ratings theater, emails ,a discussion about DRM ad homework end the show.
Covered games and topics: Aliens vs. Predator, Perfect Dark XBLA, Fable III, FFXIII bundle, Halo Reach, Dead Rising 2, Alan Wake, Activision, NPDs, LA Noir, Ubisoft, ESRB ratings theater, emails, DRM, homework
Chris Watters, Tom Mc Shea, and Brendan Sinclair have a front-row seat for Aliens vs. Predator vs. Kevin VanOrd. Then the gang goes over an X10 lineup boasting Fable III, Alan Wake, and Dead Rising 2 before recapping a busy week of layoffs and studio closures for the absurdly profitable Activision.
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