Skyrim Dev Reveals They Knew the PS3 Version Would Lag, Captain Obvious Strikes Again

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I hate to say I told you so, but yeah, we did – (what’s a little mockery between friends? Smile)

Last month, we posted some quotes from a pre-release interview that someone from Bethesda conducted about Skyrim, which all sounded a little suspect. Well, I say suspect, but what I really mean is that you’d have to be sans nostrils not to have sniffed out the rotten fruit in those answers.

Today, just a few weeks later, speaking at DICE 2012 with Kotaku, the director of the game, Todd Howard, he says that Bethesda knew the PS3 version of Skyrim would encounter a

Bad memory situation.

And states that

…We felt we had a lot of it under control. But for certain users it literally depends on how they play the game…

With that the blame is put on us, the innocent gamers who cared too much, who wanted to experience everything the a large, vibrant world, designed for exploration, had to offer -  so shame on you Skyrim player, shame on you!

I am kidding of course, though Mr. Howard’s comments are amusing in that they show off their incapacity to fix their messes – but what’s even more worrying is that it could happen in Fallout 4 too.

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New Max Payne 3 Screenshots Give Us Dual Wielding Galore

Max Payne is a raging alcoholic with depression who skipped the last couple of anger management classes to become a fool-killing jetsetter so obviously the best thing for him is not one but two, guns because this is a guy who is responsible with firepower…

You could tell him to put the second gun down but he’d most likely blast your head off with a shotgun and walk away looking dapper in slow-mo thanks to the game’s new bullet-time system.

Regardless, it does make for some very attractive screenshots.

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True Crime Hong Kong Renamed to Sleeping Dogs, Screenshots, Trailer, ETA Revealed

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First things first, this will be the first, last and only time that I use this line in my coverage for Sleeping Dogs because I am a sucker for the obvious cliché – …”let sleeping dogs lie.”

Okay, can we move on now? Good. Pun aside, I do not think we should let ‘Sleeping Dogs’ lie at all. Activision, on the other hand did, and canned the game in February, 2011 (back when it was called True Crime Hong Kong). Thankfully, Square Enix picked up the game from Acti, minus the name rights, hoping to give the market a gritty urban sandbox shooter set in the belching, crime-infested underbelly of Hong Kong.

Along with the new name, Square Enix have also released a trailer, several screenshots and a morsel of story info (which is in the video after the break, I shan’t spoil the surprise for you!).

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UFC Undisputed 3 Hits Hard with a Demo, Trailer

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I’m fairly sure that the other day, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson told us a pack of lies in that trailer for UFC Undisputed 3’s career mode. A fighting game that makes you feel actual feelings?

It must be a load of baloney. The game already has near-perfect gameplay in the ring so to fuse both elements together would be simply ludicrous.

I suppose the only way to test whether or not you’re overcome with emotions handing either Wanderlei Silva or Quinton Jackson’s ass to him, is to download the demo for the game which is out on Xbox 360 and PS3 today  – though I suspect that the only mushy-ness you’ll witness is that of either competitors body tissue once you’ve beaten him to a pulp.

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What Everybody Ought to Know About Resident Evil 6

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The Internet was a flutter yesterday when Capcom dropped the massive (if not slightly obvious) bombshell that Resident Evil 6 is in full development but not only that, they also revealed that it will be out in just a matter of months.

Tweets were tweeted, exclamations marks were posted in their thousands and keyboards were smashed furiously in excitement over the news and there’s a strong likelihood that you were one of the many millions of rabid undead enthusiasts who flocked to YouTube to watch the trailer.

However, only so much can be expressed in a 3 and-a-half minute video which is why I’ve put together a round-up of the need to know facts about the game (and yes I’ve included the trailer just in case you want to watch it again!)

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New Max Payne 3 Screenshots Show Max w/ Hair and Guns, Lots of Guns

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As we detailed in our 5 best gaming facial hair feature (a Movember special), the less hair on a game character’s head, the feistier he is. Take Kratos as a prime example.

One man who doesn’t fit that rule is Max mother-f***in’ Payne, shoot first, step over the bodies later. Even in his days of a hairy detective he was angry, then the booze happened and the male patent baldness set in and well…plenty of firefights ensued.

Angrier than ever, Max now spends his free-time running about with guns larger than your average toddler, which is, as anyone knows, the best way to resolve your issues.

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Medal of Honor and Need For Speed Sequels Confirmed by video game retailer, GAME

In the latest round of accidental Internet reveals of game info, one of the UK’s largest video game retails tweeted that they were presented with details about sequels to both (previously unconfirmed) Medal of Honour and Need For Speed at a recent EA presentation.

The full tweet (which has since been deleted in lieu of the cock-up) was as follows

EA presentation was great, had mentions of a new Medal of Honour and Need For Speed 13! EA have an exciting year.

There was no word on the inevitable tagline that would follow the new NFS game (e.g ‘The Run’, or ‘Shift’) but we will keep you posted as soon as we know anything (this would be a good excuse to give that link below a click and sign up to JSX’s email updates).

What would you like to see in the new Need For Speed and Medal of Honor games? – Leave a comment!

PS4 and Xbox 720 to be Revealed at E3, Everything they Should and Shouldn’t Do

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This post comes fresh off the news that Sony and Microsoft will be announcing the successors to the current gen of consoles at this year’s E3 in an effort to compete with Nintendo’s next console effort, the Wii U (source).

I’m a skeptical woman, both consoles are rumoured, even if they do come from a highly reputable source, but I’ll still refuse to believe either console’s’ existence until I have the actual, tangible product in my arms and the reality has set in that I now have no money or a social life thanks to them.

However, one can cross all of their fingers, toes and other crossable body parts that come June 2012, both will be confirmed by the Microsoft and Sony bigwigs themselves but until then I’ve put together a list of all of the things we should hope are included (or avoided) in the new next-gen platforms.

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New Mass Effect 3 Screenshots, Pre-Order Deals Revealed

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Saving the entire Universe from the Reapers, defending your hind from a sinister super-group who are intent on pulverising you into a million fleshy fragments, all while trying to romance sexy blue alien doctors. It will not be an easy feat for Commander Shepard in Mass Effect 3 and you’ll need all of the help that you can get to hoover up those trophies and achievements and to come out of the other side of this epic battle of epic proportions alive and so EA have lined up a stack of pre-order goodies to aid you.

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Saints Row : The Third Website Lets You Track Sex Toy Related Deaths

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A typical day in Steelport...

When I woke up this morning, that headline was the very last thing that I expected to be writing today but thank you Saints Row : The Third for changing all that.

If you’ve played the game or read any of my coverage (read : here and here) of it, you’ll know that vulgarity is what Saints Row : The Third does best and its madcap antics are not for the faint-hearted or for those who don’t find fart jokes funny so THQ are keen to show off exactly how bizarre the in-game activities are with this fresh batch of in game stats. My particular favourite is the ridiculous amount of Steelport citizens who’ve been assassinated with the use of an “Inspirational Erotic Device”. Clearly I have a mature sense of humour…

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