Battlefield 3 weapon customization video
It's not an official video showing off weapon customization, but it's someone playing the latest alpha build, and showing off the weapon customization. It's a decent demonstration, the video also demonstrates weapon recoils and many more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JuoU7uBNvP0
The customization seems a little bit deeper compared to Bad Company 2 since weapon attachments are now seperate. This is the latest alpha build of the game, and already you can tell it still needs further testing, a lot of bugs are shown in these two videos.
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There's a lot of work to be done, but they still have a few months to get Battlefield 3 ready for release. Battlefield 3 will be out on October 25 for PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.
Bioware lets fans pick the new female Shepard look
For the first time in the series, the female Commander Shepard will be in the box art for Mass Effect 3's Collector's Edition. Since their going that way, they want to give her a new look, and the community gets to help with this decision.
The voting for the new female Shepard is all in Mass Effect's Facebook fan page, just head over to the Mass Effect album and like one of the new looks for Shepard in order to vote.
Here are the designs:
Why is the female Shepard getting this kind of treatment? well it's because overall, we apparently prefer to use the default female Shepard instead of the default male. In Bioware's data, most of the players create their own shepard, but in terms of which default character is used the most? it's female Shepard.
My pic is Shepard #5, let a blonde save the world. Cast your vote now and see which Female Shepard will be in your Collector's Edition.
Yasumi Matsuno jumps to Level-5
Yasumi Matsuno, creator of Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics and Vagrant Story has taken a position in the ranks of Level-5. Level-5 is responible for RPGs such as Dark Cloud and White Knight Chronicles as well as more casual titles such as Inazuma Eleven and the Professor Layton series.
Matsuno was personally invited to the outfit by Level-5 founder and president Akihiro Hino, who said it'd offer the designer an opportunity to work on stuff he's never had a chance to before, according to Famitsu.
While neither Hino nor Matsuno commented in depth on what they might work on, Hino stated that it won't take two years or so for the next Matsuno project to come out and that it could be "something that the nieces and nephews of Matsuno fans might also enjoy."
Who else is excited?
Via [1up]
Lollipop Chainsaw
Shadows of the Damned has come and gone and we already have info on the next Suda51 game. This time it's about a Cheerleader that kills zombies who squirt pink blood.
From [4playerpodcast];
Japanese mag Famitsu now has details and screenshots of a new Grasshopper Manufacture game being developed called “Lollipop Chainsaw.” Reportedly, it’s about a cheerleader, raised by zombie hunters, who goes on a zombie killing rampage using a magical chainsaw. Oh and the zombie spray pink blood all over the screen.
It’s basically an ultra-sexy Buffy the Vampire slayer on large doses of Suda51-acid. And, of course, zombies instead of vampires.
Andriasang is reporting that Suda51 is the creative director with Akira Yamaoka handling the sound design.
Just take a look at the screenshots from Famitsu below and stand in awe at what the game can be. Rumors hint at an Xbox 360 and PS3 release so long as the horrible sales of Shadows of the Damned don’t get in the way of its development.
Chinese couple sell their kids to pay for an MMO
I literally had a wide eyed "WTF" face for about 3 whole seconds when I heard about this. Two parents have been apprehended by Chinese authorities after having sold their three children to fund their MMO addiction.
From [Destructoid];
Li Lin and Li Juan sold their baby daughter for roughly $500, their first son for around $4600, and their second son for the same price. Li Lin's mother contacted officials after she had found out what happened, and the couple was taken into custody.
According to reports, the couple didn't know that selling babies so they could play computer games was illegal. In a country where political prisoners are forced into MMO gold-farming labor, it's hard to distinguish the lines, I guess.
"We don’t want to raise them, we just want to sell them for some money," said the couple, when asked if they missed them. To be fair, you can't fault them for their honesty.
Chinese Couple Sells All Three Kids to Play Online Games [ABC]