Top Hot Games http://www.tophotgames.com Game news about latest games and gaming consoles. Sat, 19 May 2012 19:03:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Kinect In the Operating Room http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/19/kinect-in-the-operating-room/ http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/19/kinect-in-the-operating-room/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 19:03:00 +0000 Unknown Lamer tag:rss.slashdot.org://da78b3b145b1f5524c5c4203e8bfcdac

colinneagle writes with an excerpt from Network World: "Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London began trials of a Kinect-driven camera last week that would sense body position, and by waving his or her hands, the surgeon can sift through medical images, such as CT scans or real-time X-rays, while in the middle of an operation. During surgery, a surgeon will stop and consult medical images anywhere from once an hour to every few minutes. So the surgeon doesn't have to leave the table, the doctor will work with assistants, but sometimes, if you want things done to your satisfaction, you have to do it yourself. Dr. Tom Carrell, a consultant vascular surgeon at Guy's and St Thomas', described an operation on a patient's aorta earlier this month to New Scientist. 'Up until now, I'd been calling out across the room to one of our technical assistants, asking them to manipulate the image, rotate one way, rotate the other, pan up, pan down, zoom in, zoom out.' With the Kinect, he says, 'I had very intuitive control.'"

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The end of May approaches, and the clock nears closer to E-Day for journalists and gaming websites everywhere. No, not Emergence Day. E3 2012. Previews along with news started to pour out this week, so who's excited? Which games are you looking forward to? Check out Shacker predictions. Stay tuned to Shacknews and the Chatty for breaking news from June 5th through the 7th, 2012.

Diablo III took over the Chatty this week with both tales of woe and glory. What about console gamers? Schnapple posts a link that Blizzard has no idea whether they will bring the game to consoles, but Chatty sure seems to have an opinion on it. ashkie wants to know if there is anything else you wish was in the game. Besides an off-line mode.

redfive reads some Metacritic reviews of Diablo III after the servers go down for most of the night. Is it rational to be so upset to post a negative review about a game? A debate for the ages, and this thread is no exception. Haxim certainly has a thing or two to say about it.

Nearly four years ago, XchumpoX starts a launch date competition for Chatty, with the grand prize being a copy of the Special Edition. Which everyone forgot about. Fast forward to this week, and DHAvatar gets quite the surprise when the Collector's Edition arrives after winning the pool. XchumpoX is definitely an awesome Shacker. Now, what about Half-Life 3? Get in on the action and post your prediction for NastyJack in this thread.

The DayZ virus continues to spread all over the Internet, even boosting Arma II sales this week. Tired of hopping in with random players? Check out Shack Tactical, as discussed by its founder Dslyecxi. Gaming is serious business for these guys! Good hunting.

The Warp Zone

Welcome to The Warp Zone, where the posts are crazy and the lols don't matter.

the if wants to know how much you pay for your cell phone monthly. With carriers phasing out unlimited data plans, the future for posters in this thread is bleak indeed. Especially if they refresh their Chatty feed as much as I do.

John Scalzi discusses the easiest difficulty setting in life via ejectorpod. Leave your assumptions at the door, this thread is quite the ride.

Battle.net goes down for a short time, and Omaha uses the opportunity to describe many of the Chatty posts this week.

boring gegtik is the worst at Shacknews.

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Check out the new episode of Shacknews Daily.

You can also catch today's episode on YouTube.

]]> http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/19/spider-man-battlefield-3-sly-cooper-for-vita-shacknews-daily-may-18-2012/feed/ Daily Filter: Madden NFL 13, NHL 13 http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/daily-filter-madden-nfl-13-nhl-13/ http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/daily-filter-madden-nfl-13-nhl-13/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 00:30:00 +0000 Tyler J. Smith http://www.shacknews.com/article/73877/daily-filter-madden-nfl-13-nhl-13 Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features a playbook on audio for Madden NFL 13, some gameplay for NHL 13, and much more!

Madden NFL 13

NHL 13

Be sure to check out additional trailers and screenshots on each game page!

]]> http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/daily-filter-madden-nfl-13-nhl-13/feed/ The Elder Scrolls Online main story will be ‘100 percent solo’ http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/the-elder-scrolls-online-main-story-will-be-100-percent-solo/ http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/the-elder-scrolls-online-main-story-will-be-100-percent-solo/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 23:45:00 +0000 Jeff Mattas http://www.shacknews.com/article/73876/the-elder-scrolls-online-main-story-will-be-100-percent Ever since Bethesda Softworks announced that it is working on an MMORPG set in the beloved Elder Scrolls universe, fans of the solo games have been brimming with questions about what the game will actually be like when it releases. In a recent interview with The Elder Scrolls Online's creative director Matt Firor, a number of general things about the game were discussed, ranging from learning lessons from past games in the genre, to the fact that the main story will be playable as a solo experience.

"We have a whole part of the game which is one hundred percent solo, which is the main story where the world focuses on you. You're the hero," Firor told GameInformer. "Everything you do is solo, and the world reacts to you that way."

Clearly, many MMOs already allow players to play through their main story-lines by themselves. Firor's statement could simply mean the usual, but since the Elder Scrolls games have always focused on playing a single heroic (or anti-heroic) figure, it's at least possible he means that the series of main story quests must be played alone. Given the fact that it's a massively multiplayer game we're talking about, however, I'm betting you'll be able to bring friends along.

Firor also discussed several standard MMO gameplay tropes that The Elder Scrolls Online will incorporate as well, such as party-based RAIDS, and instanced encounters.

You can check out the entire video interview here.

]]> http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/the-elder-scrolls-online-main-story-will-be-100-percent-solo/feed/ Project Copernicus unveiled in new fly-by video http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/project-copernicus-unveiled-in-new-fly-by-video/ http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/project-copernicus-unveiled-in-new-fly-by-video/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 22:15:00 +0000 John Keefer http://www.shacknews.com/article/73875/project-copernicus-unveiled-in-new-fly-by-video It has been an up and down day so far for embattled developer 38 Studios. First, they make a late $1.125 million loan payment to the state of Rhode Island, then the state's governor outs the proposed release date for the company's upcoming MMO.

To help smooth over the negative financial publicity, a new Project Copernicus video has been released, showing off Amalur in its MMO setting for the first time in a series of fly-by cuts. There is no narration, just several landscape scenes showing what appears to be several different beautiful, yet unpopulated, zones.

No other information was released, but the timing appears to be a goodwill gesture of sorts to gamers, showing that the studio has something to show for all the money invested in the as yet unveiled project. There had been no hint of a release date until, at a press conference announcing that the studio's late loan payment had cleared the bank, Gov. Lincoln Chafee let drop that the game was supposed to be released in June 2013.

Here's the video. Enjoy the ambiance.

]]> http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/project-copernicus-unveiled-in-new-fly-by-video/feed/ Weekend PC digital deals: ArmA 2 Combined Ops for $15 http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/weekend-pc-digital-deals-arma-2-combined-ops-for-15/ http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/weekend-pc-digital-deals-arma-2-combined-ops-for-15/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 Alice O'Connor http://www.shacknews.com/article/73871/weekend-pc-digital-deals-arma-2-combined-ops-for-15 As Day Z fever sweeps the Internet, this weekend you can pick up ArmA 2: Combined Operations for $15 to join in the zombie mod fun. You'll also find Torchlight for $3.75, both BioShocks for $7.49, Borderlands GotY for $7.49, Serious Sam 3 for $10, and other tidy discounts.

Then there's the stonking bundle of Just Cause 2 + Kane & Lynch 2 + Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light + Supreme Commander 2 + Tomb Raider: Underworld for $7.49.

Here's our selection of this weekend's PC deals:

GameFly

Torchlight

Amazon

"Hang on," you may say, "these aren't all Steamworks games." No, they're not, but Amazon is canninly selling Steam codes for many games which don't actually require Steam.

Borderlands

GamersGate

Saints Row: The Third - Shark Attack DLC

Get Games

Driver: San Francisco

GOG

Dungeon Keeper

Green Man Gaming

Friday:

Weekend:

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Impulse

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition

Indie Royale

Pay what you want, above a minimum price, for a bundle of Osmos, The Shivah, B.U.T.T.O.N. and Blueberry Garden. Most can be activated on Steam.

Osmos

Origin

Battlefield 3

Steam

This weekend, there's 33% off Steam's entire Ubisoft catalogue plus a series of Ubi daily deals with bigger savings.

Friday:

Rayman Origins

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New submitter The God of Code writes "EA has announced that they will be waiving all Origin distribution fees for crowd-funded games — like those from Kickstarter — for the first 90 days. 'The public support for crowd-funding creative game ideas coming from small developers today is nothing short of phenomenal,' Origin VP David DeMartini commented. 'It's also incredibly healthy for the gaming industry. Gamers around the world deserve a chance to play every great new game, and by waiving distribution fees on Origin we can help make that a reality for successfully crowd-funded developers.' The recently funded Wasteland 2 developer Brian Fargo applauds EA's move, saying, 'Having Origin waive their distribution fees for 90 days for fan funded games is a major economic bonus for small developers. We look forward to bringing Wasteland 2 to the Origin audience.'"

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]]> http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/ea-to-provide-free-distribution-to-kickstarter-games/feed/ Mad Riders available starting May 29 http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/mad-riders-available-starting-may-29/ http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/mad-riders-available-starting-may-29/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 20:30:00 +0000 Steve Watts http://www.shacknews.com/article/73874/mad-riders-available-starting-may-29 Ubisoft announced a set of release dates for Mad Riders today, the off-road racing game from developer Techland. It will come to PlayStation Network first on May 29, followed by the PC and Xbox 360 versions on May 30. Each will cost $9.99 (800 MSP).

As previously reported, the game will feature 45 tracks and online play for up to 12 players. Techland is generally known for its shooter games like Call of Juarez: The Cartel and Dead Island, but it does have some recent ATV history with Nail'd.

]]> http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/mad-riders-available-starting-may-29/feed/ Walking Dead sells 1M in two weeks http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/walking-dead-sells-1m-in-two-weeks/ http://www.tophotgames.com/2012/05/18/walking-dead-sells-1m-in-two-weeks/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 19:45:00 +0000 Steve Watts http://www.shacknews.com/article/73870/walking-dead-sells-1m-in-two-weeks Zombies may be dead, but the genre certainly isn't. Telltale Games has announced that The Walking Dead has sold over one million episodes in two weeks across all platforms. That includes PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 so far, with iOS still to come.

This makes it Telltale's fastest-selling game so far, and it probably helps that it's gotten a more positive reception from critics than last few games. Plus the $5 price point can't hurt. It hit #1 on the XBLA charts, and made a mark the PlayStation Network, and Steam charts as well. This figure is for the first episode, "A New Day." The second, titled "Starved for Help" is coming in June.

"Premiering The Walking Dead game series to record numbers across so many diverse platforms is a tremendous achievement that shows the value of bringing strong storytelling and game play together," said Telltale CEO Dan Connors, in the announcement. "The tailored narrative design puts gamers in control of their own story within the universe of The Walking Dead in a way that appeals equally to hardcore gamers and to more casual gamers who are fans of the franchise. The most exciting aspect of getting off to such a great start is that this is just the beginning of the five episode series. The Walking Dead fans are going to experience some really great moments in the months ahead that are uniquely influenced by the choices they make throughout the season."

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