Today on Headline
RePLAY: Tekken series producer promises
no paid-DLC characters, CBS Interactive expands its eSports operations and Halo 4’s release date.
In sharp contrast to
Capcom’s recent DLC practices, Tekken series
producer Katsuhiro Harada has vowed that his games will never offer paid
character DLC.
“Tekken has never had DLC before and charged for it,” Harada told Edge
during Namco Bandai’s Global Gamer Day event in Las Vegas. “This isn’t really
directed at Capcom, I have always said this, but I see the characters and their
move sets as chess pieces—they are essential items necessary in the game and we
would never sell any of those individually.”
Most importantly,
Harada has not ruled out paid DLC in Tekken,
it’ll just be in the form of vanity items like alternate costumes. “There are
some strange people on Twitter who ask for really peculiar items like bikini
suits for Lee Chaolan,” he said. “Obviously, we wouldn’t have had that in our
original development plan, so if we were going to do it, we’d need to create it
right now, without a budget—obviously we’d have to charge a little bit for such
items.”
Harada insists that
characters or items offering a competitive advantage will never be available
via paid-DLC. “I was saying this before the Capcom thing happened. My stance
hasn’t changed.”
|Source: Edge
eSports coverage won’t
be exclusive to YouTube, select gaming sites or Korean cafes anymore as CBS
Interactive announced its partnership with TwitchTV and Major League Gaming
this morning.
The partnership makes
CBS Interactive the exclusive online broadcaster of Major League Gaming’s Pro
Circuit events in addition to being the sole vendor of advertising for its
streaming service.
CBS Interactive’s
sudden interest in eSports could be measured by the sheer amount of video game
related footage the broadcasting company claims is seen by visitors per month—3
billion minutes. According to CBS Interactive, viewers tune to live gaming
competitions for 23 minutes at a time versus the three-minute average of other
internet videos.
|Source: Kotaku
Apparently Master
Chief is running for president this year, as 343 Industries and Microsoft
announces the release date of Halo 4 to
be on November 6th, 2012.
“With Halo 4 leading the charge, we’re
confident 2012 will be the most successful year in Xbox history,” said
Microsoft Studios corporate VP Phil Spencer. “We are beginning a new saga with Halo 4 and embarking on a journey that
will encompass the next decade of Halo
games and experiences.”
|Source: Halo Waypoint
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