Zampella And West To Go To Court In May

Infinity Ward Co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella will finally get their day in court to fight against part-time Call of Duty publisher Activison. The trial is set for May 7th, 2012 in Los Angeles. 

Infinity Ward created the first Call of Duty game for PC, and has created a many other Call of Duty games in staggered releases, Including the Modern Warfare series, along with Treyarch. The duo are suing Activision for fraud, saying they were defrauded when Activision fired them before any royalties were paid for the creation and massive success of Modern Warfare.

On top of the payments, they seek to have an annulment of the original exclusivity contract, so that they may develop new Call of Duty games under their new company, Respawn Entertainment. 

Source: Gamasutra

The Sims Social Now More Popular Than Farmville

The Sims Social, the new crazy fad taking over on facebook that litters your newsfeed with "YOUR FRIEND HAS SENT YOU A THE SIMS SOCIAL REQUEST" has taken over Zynga's Farmville for daily active users. The player retention for the game is pretty good as well, with the average user spending 15-20 minutes per session online. 

The Sims Social sees 9.3 Million users per day, while Farmville still sees a surprising 8.1 Million. Right now, the top dog is Zynga's Cityville, with 13.9 Million users. 

Source: Gamasutra, Joystiq

Metro 2033 On Sale Onlive Today for $5

Developer	4A Games
Publisher	THQ
Platforms	OnLive
Release Date	-
Genre	Survival Horror, First Person Shooter
Modes	Single
MetaRating	81

The FPS game Metro 2033 is now on sale for the PC Game distribution center OnLive. This is part of OnLive's "Five Dollar Fridays". This is an amazing price for an even more amazing game. If you have a capable connection, love survival horrors and can deal with OnLive's less than admirable always-on internet mode, this is nothing but the smartest $5 you can spend. 

Source: Onlive: Metro 2033

White PS3 To Be Released In Australia, Europe In November

There appears to be a ceramic white PS3 coming out in Australia and Europe, some time in November. It will feature the 320GB Hard drive. The cost will be €300/£250 or AUD$448.

Via: Kotaku
Source: EB Games, Gamestop

Crysis 1 Coming To XBLA, PSN In October

Developer	Crytek Frankfurt
Publisher	Electronic Arts
Platforms	Xbox 360 (XBLA), PS3 (PSN)
Release Date	October
Genre	First Person Shooter, Sandbox
Modes	Single, Multi

Apparently, the super-duperly graphic (actual term) game Crysis is coming to a console of choice near you, unless you only own a Wii, but I don't see any 40 year old women reading my posts, so moot point. GTTV has announced that Crysis 1 in all its superb graphical glory will be available on the Xbox Live Marketplace, and the Playstation Network. The game will have several new features, including a more lighting effects, and new nanosuit abilities. It will also support stereoscopic 3D for those who feel the game wasn't good enough as it was.

The game is slated to come out some time in October, and will cost 1600MP, or $19.99.

Source: GTTV

Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi - Android Saga Trailer

Developer	Spike
Publisher	Namco Bandai
Platforms	Xbox 360, PS3
Release Date	October 25th, 2011
Genre	Versus Fighting
Modes	Single, Multi, Online

Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi - Android Saga Trailer. Excited? Excited?! Excited! This is going to be the first Dragon Ball Z I've bought in a long, long time.

PSN Updates for September

PSN Updates for September: (Keep in mind these are subject to change)

Free PSN Games and DLC:	Plants vs. Zombies – 9/6 Astro Tripper – 9/6 Altered Beast – 9/6
Free Minis:	Bashi Blocks – 9/6 Jellypops – 9/13 Street Smarts – 9/27
Free PS one Classics:	Jet Moto – 9/6 Resident Evil Director’s Cut – 9/20 (2 weeks) Resident Evil 2 – 9/20 (2 weeks) Resident 3 – 9/20 (2 weeks)
Full Game Trials:	BulletStorm – 9/13 Saint’s Row 2 – 9/20 Bolt – 9/20 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 – 9/27
Discounts & Sale Offers:	Alpha Mission – Minis – 20% off – 9/6 T.N.K. Iii – Minis – 20% off – 9/6 The Impossible Game – 25% off – 9/6 Vanguard Ii – Minis – 20% off – 9/6 MotorStorm Apocalypse Premiere Pack Bundle – 30% off – 9/13 Cubixx HD – 30% off – 9/20 (1 Week) Resident Evil 4 – 50% off – 9/20 (2 Weeks) Resident Evil Code Veronica X HD – 50% off – 9/27 (2 Weeks) Armageddon Riders – 40% off – 9/6 (2 Weeks) Battlefield Bad Company 2 Add On Bundle – 30% off Sale Price – 9/6 (One week only) Super V8 Racing – 70% off Sale Price – 9/13 (Two Weeks) Lucasarts PSP PSN Sale – 50% off PSN Sale Price – 9/13 (1 Week) -Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes PSP -Star Wars: Battlefront II -Star Wars: Battlefront Renegade Squadron -Star Wars: The Force Unleashed PSP -Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Apprentice Mission Pack -Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Character Pack 1 -Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Character Pack 2 -Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Hoth Mission -Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Tatooine Mission Pack
Free Themes:	Plus Exclusive Clouds Dynamic Theme – 9/6 Cow Abduction Dynamic Theme – 9/20 Armageddon Rider Dynamic Theme – 9/27 ( 1 Week)
Free Avatars (One Week Only)	Armageddon Rider – Armageddon Rider Avatar – 9/6 Armageddon Rider -Collider Zombie Avatar – 9/6 Armageddon Rider – Fast and Deadly Avatar- 9/6 Armageddon Rider – Hot Rod Avatar – 9/13 Armageddon Rider -Logo 1 Avatar – 9/13 Armageddon Rider – Logo 2 Avatar – 9/20 Armageddon Rider – Zombiemower Avatar – 9/20
Media:	Qore Episode 40, September 2011 – 9/6 – Early Access

Source: PS Blog

Xbox Live Deals Of The Week

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Devil May Cry 1,2 and 3 Rated By ESRB For PS3, 360

Today, the ESRB has publicly re-categorized Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2 and Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening. This gives credence to the long-running rumor of an HD-remake for the PS3, and Xbox 360. Here's to hoping!

Source: G4TV

Gamestop To Start Buying Used iOS Devices

It seems that Gamestop is going to start purchasing and selling those weary, old-school iOS devices off of you after a wide-scale announcement. Gamestop (and EB Games) will be implementing this program within the next few weeks. According to Joystiq, they currently already accept your old iOS devices, but haven't started selling them yet. This is likely in an effort to build up a decent stock, and to make all the ipods "certified refurbished".

Source: 9to5mac
Via: Joystiq

"Steam Trading" Live... Now!

Out of the beta, and into the wide open, Steam Trading is now available to everyone. Steam Trading is the program that allows people to trade in-game items with one another. Even though it is live, it is still very limited in that you can only trade in-game items in Team Fortress 2, Portal 2, and Spiral Knights. 

The program also allows you to trade your games which were bought as gifts to be traded for in game items as well. Nifty!

Head over to Joystiq for the full article and more info. 

Dear God, No.

Take that "actually working for a living"

It seems someone, somewhere doesn't want you to sleep. They want you to spend all night debating on forums and IRC's over who or what gave Uwe Boll the money to make another movie. This time, though, he's not ruining your favorite classic or arcade game, he's just going to ruin some weird IP no one has ever heard of. The movie is entitled "Zombie Massacre" and will probably suck. Here is the intro for the 1998 Amiga game the film is based off of:

Source: 411 Mania

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD Will Have Online Multiplayer

Konami's PSP remake of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD Edition will feature online multiplayer through PSN and Xbox Live. This will act the same as any other Xbox Live or PSN game, in that you do not need to do any crazy PS3-PSP black magic to get it to work. the games will also run in 60 FPS, even with 4 players.

Source: Joystiq

Save Point Is Under Construction

Due to several unforeseen circumstances, there will be less posting over the course of the next few days, while I work on the new layout of the site. I'm going to be implementing a mix of flash and HTML, which will make up a majority of my time instead of regular posting. But fear not, I will post several of the more important stories of the day. I'm hoping to have the new lay out on my site live by Monday night, or Tuesday night, hopefully. 

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Hardened Edition $99

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Hardened Edition will be priced at the... modest $99 point. With what it contains, and the MSRP of all of it, the price isn't too bad. It's probably $59.99 for the game itself, and $50 for the Elite Access, you'd be saving $10 plus getting a few extra goodies. The box includes:

•  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 game with unique disc art.
•  One year of membership in Call of Duty Elite.
•  “Founder status” on Elite with exclusive in-game emblem, player card, camouflage, clan XP boost and other exclusive benefits.
•  SteelBook case.
•  PlayStation Network exclusive: “Animated Timeline Theme.”
•  Xbox 360 exclusive: “Special Ops Juggernaut Xbox Live Outfit.”
•  Limited-edition “field journal” with more than 100 pages of “authentic military sketches, diagrams and written entries.”

Source: Joystiq