Powetcast Episode 29: Infinity Wardfare
by Sean "TheOrange" Corse, filed in Comics, Games, Powetcast on Mar.16, 2010
Playstation Moves, Mac gets Steamed, Superman flies again, and Activision does what Atari used to do.
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Show notes after the jump!
Panel
- Sean “No. 1 JMS Fan” Corse
- Zac “Big lob” Shipley
- aDam “vs. Capcom” Gardner
- Crazy “DLC Not Available” Jaco
News
- RIP Corey Haim
- Tron: Legacy Trailer
- GDC 2010: PS3 motion controller officially dubbed “PlayStation Move”, Sony shows off Not-Wii-Sports (Sports Champions), SOCOM, & more.
- Smallville confirmed for a TENTH SEASON. WHY???
- Nolan confirms Superman, Batman 3 might be his last
(“Man of Steel” title and Brainiac as villains are just rumors, no word on director) - JMS to take over writing duties for Superman (#700), Wonder Woman (#600)
- Pikachu Coloured Pichu for Pokemon Pearl/Diamond/Platinum available now
- MattyCollector suggests paying shipping multiple times
- Steam comes to Mac, Valve support for PS3 still nonexistent! (also Portal 2 confirmed)
- “We are treating the Mac as a tier-1 platform so all of our future games will release simultaneously on Windows, Mac, and the Xbox 360.”
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen DLC Debacle (link to front page article)
- Content no longer available on XBox Live
- Still available on the PlayStation Store for now
Roundtable
- In the digital age, how much do “old media” publishers matter?
- Activision admitted that they made a mistake not buying Harmonix
- …but didn’t seem to learn their lesson! Infinity Ward debacle:
- Zampella and West from Infinity Ward fired by Activision for “insubordination”
- Zampella and West countersue (fired RIGHT before they were supposed to get paid for MW2)
- Activision seeking internal documents of creation of new company (w/EA?)
- Activision’s statement about the lawsuit
Pimpin’
- New Videos Every Wednesday (or your money back)
- KEEP PLAYING: Rewind – Comix Zone (last week)
- Keep Playing: Borderlands (this week)
- Famicom Dojo: Season 2 – What Nintendon’t (next week)
- Powet Alphabet
- (J is for JJ, Joss, and Judd, K is for Kinnikuman)
- (L is for ?, M is for ?)
- PAX East 2010
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