Evening Reading

by Brian Leahy, Jan 05, 2011 5:00pm PST

Sadly, the 1.2 patch for StarCraft II has been pushed until next week. As soon as it goes live, expect a #shacknews chat room on Battle.net for organizing Shack matches and custom games.

Also, anyone interested in looking at SC2 statistics, build orders, win percentages, APM, and a ton more should go ahead and grab SC2Gears. This program doesn't interact with SC2 at all and runs completely off of replays. It will also autosave and rename your replays when it sees them pop-up in the SC2 folder.

It can also be used to easily upload replays, like so! I will never get tired of writing ER posts about SC2. Deal with it.

Gaming News of the Day

Rift will launch in March.

DC Universe Online beta ends tonight.

We interview Jon Shafer, ex-Civ V lead designer now at Stardock.

Homefront will use an online pass system to limit multiplayer for second-hand copies.

Links from Morning Discussion

Most often, viral videos result in someone's testicles being injured, other times, it saves someone's life.

A list of common misconceptions.

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What big game of 2011 will crash and burn and not live up to the hype?

I say HOMEFRONT.

I want it to be good. I plan on buying it, but I just have a feeling in the back of my head that it might suck. Hope I'm wrong.

Jan 05, 2011 7:44pm PST

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  Max Payne 3. : Wolfslice
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    For some reason I doubt it will come out in 2011, if it comes out at all. : pyrogen
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      I'm having some reservations as well. : shirif
      
      Same here, it just looks wrong. Why change a good thing? : TEXIT
  - You shut your mouth whore! : Navy Spitfire
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  i have no idea how gears 3 will not be more of the same : spiderfill
  - Gears to Gears 2 may be my most precipitous loss of interest in a franchise ever : dirge23
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  Duke, mainly because the hype will be way too high for any game to hit. : SlingBlaze
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    Honestly, with Duke I think people will be satisfied if it is fun. Nothing spectacular, just old school ... : TEXIT
    - Duke hasn't really promised much aside from 1. it has Duke and 2. it will eventually come out : dirge23
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      I think Gearbox will find a way to botch it, be it activation DRM, a shitty PC port, gameplay bugs, etc. : the archvile
      
      yeah, it'll be like Borderlands and be aaaaaaaaaalmost really amazing. : dirge23
      
      Dude, you are constantly super pessimistic about games. Do you still like them? Do you still play anythin... : geedeck
      
      Gearbox never fails to disappoint. : PenicillinX57
      
      DRM would be down to 2K but there is plenty of scope still for Gearbox to fuck it up : Beady
  - He said 2011. : dmason
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    DNF is going to be the greatest game of all time. Every single second you have spent waiting for it is go... : thecatinthehat
    - High DNF expectatiions are high ! : Lukiopimp
- Bulletstorm or The Old Republic (if it comes out). : TylerJSmith
- Really? It's out in March and I'm actually surprised at the lack of hype for this game. I'm looking forw... : Mister Groin
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  There are a LOT of high-profile games coming out this year so I would say several may very well crash and burn.
  
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  There are a LOT of high-profile games coming out this year so I would say several may very well crash and... : The Grolar Bear
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  Homefront is prety good, trust me. : watcherxp
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    I hope they learned from FrontLines. : TEXIT
    - front lines was pretty good though, I don't know what ppl were expecting from it : X-GOUKI
  - Hey now, not fair. Double standard sir! ps. I agree : InfoBiter
  - I played a few minutes at GamesCom 2010 and it felt very default shooterish to me. The only thing that is... : Lukiopimp
- Minecraft : BeowolfSchaefer
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  rage. : CoRDS
  - nooooooooooooo : TEXIT
  - my guess : indosauros
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    i assume it'll be a fantastic engine with lackluster gameplay, like all id games : dirge23
  - This is a pretty good guess, though I hope it turns out to be false. : noxiousgg
  - Yeah, I'd guess this too. : The Grolar Bear
  - You are so wrong, it's gonna 0wn! : Dschinghis Khan
  - Agreed. The E3 video had respawning enemies...yeesh. : CrustaR
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    Add me as another vote for Rage bombing. The whole Roadwarrior-esque post apocalyptic world thing has ju... : PenicillinX57
    - In shooters? Really? : d fluke
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    The only hype I've seen for Rage has been in the media, and basically nobody should pay attention to game... : ughhhhhhh
    - im just worried that they took the easy game design decision with the post apocalyptic crap. it might be ... : CoRDS
  - It all sounds and looks promising to me. *shrugs* : node
- You know what will surpass the hype : Mass Effect 3. : shirif
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  Every new MMO released. : Volatris
  - RIFT for sure.. It's not clear just how MMO Guild Wars 2 is yet, but I'm confident it will be awesome... : biofrog
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  i'm worried about Dead Space 2 : dirge23
  - I feel it may pull a FEAR 2 . : TEXIT
  - I'm really not - I think it'll be great. : marmite
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  Bulletstorm. : pigvomit
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    You have to give People Can Fly the benefit of the doubt. Of course, since they announced GFWL, I'm not a... : Crabs Jarrard
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      I missed that announcement; requiring GFWL means I'm not buying it. : the archvile
      
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      yup, GFWL required: http://eastore.ea.com/store/ea/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/ThemeID.718200/product : the archvile
      
      Fuck. : dognose
      
      Lol who cares : PixelPie
      
      Eh, it didn't stop me from buying SF4 or DoW2. : pyide
      
      Haha, looks guys, someone still using GFWL! : node
    - Does that mean matchmaking for multiplayer? Might get it on PC after all. : Cliffzorz
- I don't want to say it, but The Old Republic (whenever it comes out). Also, I don't like how Homefront h... : freakynipples69
- Probably kotor but it will take a year or two for it to fully sink in for some people after mostbrealize ... : stgdz
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  Please don't be Deus Ex. I wouldn't be able to live with another failure like the last one. : BlackCat9
  - all too likely, though : dirge23
  - It's already known that there's no way it'll be like the first. But it can still be enjoyable. Even IW wa... : Marrbe
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  Crysis 2. I have a feeling it will hit and no one will care : melkore
  - It has the potential to be a big console hit. Setting it in Manhattan immediately turned me off, though. : Happy Doodle Muffin
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  i'm worried that one of my favorite franchises will misstep this year: Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls, Assass... : dirge23
  - I honestly can't see any of those franchises fucking up to be honest. : Creepin_Jeezus
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  The KOTOR mmo : Magus
  - ^^^^^^^^ : Mondo
  - Guaranteed to be this. : doozer667
  - yes : dael
  - my bets on this as well. still buying :( : razorblade79
  - Sadly, this :( : Stage
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  Another one I suspect will disappoint is Shogun 2. It will get good reviews, but some bugs and bad AI wi... : PenicillinX57
  - No man, fuck you. More like please God I really want a great TW game and I'm scared you'll be right : Dontdrop
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    I hope not, I'm surprised they're even doing a fan favorite sequel : Mondo
    - Nothing like a little fan service to get back into everyone's good graces, eh. : Happy Doodle Muffin
- Homefront has hype? : Lucy Labia
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  Batman : Arkham City There's no way it will be as good as the first one. : master_disaster_17
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    Don't you dare say that. It's gonna fucken 0wn. : pyide
    - I hope so, I just don't dare believe it. : master_disaster_17
- Skyrim is gonna be another Oblivion. It will be good, but it won't be as good as any of the previous game... : Fenring42
- Duke. It may be a good game, but it won't... can't live up to the hype that has been bubbling under the s : Bean
- You guys are so negative. : justwr!ght
- I don't know about crash and burn, but I'm most scared about Deus Ex: Human Revolution not living up to m... : K1Bond007
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  HOMEFRONT has hype? : gyokuro
  - Well it has Wolverines... : greasyjohn
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    This is my pick for crash and burn. New studio, don't even recognise any of the names there, and it got p... : node
    - Actually they've been a studio since 2006 and have already released Frontlines:Fuel of War. Before that a... : AgentPothead
- DC UO : spaceyme
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  No mention of Deus Ex 3 yet? You know it's gonna. : enyakk
  - It was mentioned above. : Dontdrop

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