Powetcast Episode 29: Infinity Wardfare

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




• Corey Haim @ IMDB


• Peter Graves @ IMDB


• Tron: Legacy Trailer


• GDC 2010: PS3 motion controller officially dubbed “PlayStation Move”, Sony shows off Not-Wii-Sports (Sports Champions), SOCOM, & more.




• Ars’ Impressions More Impressions with SOCOM 4




• 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