Ultima VIII: Pagan Now Free Through Origin On the House April 28, 2015
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The guys at EA have gone from offering one of the greatest games from their classic back catalog…to one of the worst games from their classic back catalog. EA is now offering the Gold Edition of Ultima VIII: Pagan, one of the worst games in the Ultima series, for free on the Origin digital distribution service.
Like with all games offered through Origin On the House, the game can be purchased, downloaded and played completely free of charge. You only need to download the free Origin client and create a free Origin account to take advantage of the promotion, and you can do both of those things right here. Once downloaded, the game will continue to remain on your Origin account, even if you delete it.
If you haven’t played this game and want to know what you’re in for, I recommend Spoony’s Review.
Silent Hills Officially Cancelled April 28, 2015
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Ever since Konami started to distance itself from all references to the name of the Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima, gamers everywhere justifiably became concerned about what Hideo Kojima’s future was with Konami. Not only was his development studio working on the latest Metal Gear game, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, it was also working on a new game in the Silent Hill franchise, Silent Hills, with Hellboy‘s director, Guillermo del Toro.
Silent Hills was announced shortly after the Sony Playstation GamesCom 2015 Press Event. At that event, Sony showed a teaser for a game called P.T., and encouraged all their PS4 owners to download the game for free on the Playstation Store. Hours after the event concluded, players stumbled unto the truth behind P.T., and discovered it was a teaser for Silent Hills, a game which would be developed by Hideo Kojima, Guillermo del Toro, and would star Norman Reedus. The Internet, hungry for a new Silent Hill game, went crazy. This was like a dream project.
However, in the past few weeks, users everywhere has been noticing Konami had been removing Hideo Kojima’s name from their websites, and gamers became concerned that Kojima had left Konami or had been fired. While Konami and Kojima stood firm that there would be no problems with the upcoming release of MGS V: The Phantom Pain, this still begged the question as to what the status was for his other game project, Silent Hills. This past weekend, del Toro was asked about the project and said it had been disbanded. Today, Konami confirmed that statement was true.
The P.T. demo is expected to get pulled from the Playstation Store on the 29th of April. If you have a PS4 and haven’t downloaded it, get it right now before its gone forever.
What does the future hold for Silent Hill? Konami says they still plan to make future games for the franchise. Hopefully this gives them the incentive to reassemble Team Silent.
Batman: Arkham Knight “All Who Follow You” Trailer April 28, 2015
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We are less than two months away from the release of Batman: Arkham Knight, the very first game in the incredible Batman: Arkham series to hit the next generation consoles. Before today, we had a good idea of this game’s cast of villains, but we had no idea the scope of allies that Batman would have with him this time around. Take a look!
Batman: Arkham Knight is coming June 2015 to the PC, Xbox One and Playstation 4.
Gaming History You Should Know – The Nuon April 28, 2015
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Everyone remembers the utter failure of the Atari Jaguar from back in the mid-90s but I bet a lot of you had no idea that the Jaguar actually had a spiritual successor nobody remembers. That’s right, the Jaguar’s developers got back together and created an entirely new gaming system exclusively for licensed DVD Players, the Nuon. What is the Nuon? I’ll let Rerez fill you in on all the details.
What is really disappointing about this is that the idea behind the Nuon could have worked better if only it had been integrated into DVD Player hardware sooner. DVD Players, while expensive at launch, sold like crazy due to the incredible picture quality (for the time) and extra features that they offered consumers. In the year 2000, $350 US for a standalone DVD Player was not considered an unreasonable price, and because DVD was getting a huge positive response from consumers since its launch, people would have happily paid that price if it was for one of the first DVD players. Unfortunately, by the year 2001, 20th Century Fox had already released most of their most popular films (like Fight Club and X-Men) on DVD and it was far too soon for them to consider creating entirely new discs for the Nuon. It makes a little bit of business sense that Fox chose to integrate Nuon features into new DVD releases for films they were planning to release anyway, although it seems fate wasn’t kind to the Nuon for the four films 20th Century Fox had lined up for Nuon exclusive features were huge critical and theatrical flops.
If you ask me what the biggest shame out of the whole Nuon story is, I would say that it would have to be the world’s ignorance to the game Tempest 3000, which would never see a rerelease on a more popular console. To this day, not many people know it even exists, and that’s a shame since it could have been a huge selling point for the Nuon hardware. Given Atari’s recent legal issues with Tempest 2000’s creators I doubt this game will ever get another release. A true shame.
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