This week on the Anivision hosts talk about game companies failing it, give their impressions on Halo 4 and Assassin’s Creed Liberation, and review the movie A Letter to Momo.

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News Discussion

  • Silicon Knights ordered to destroy unsold copies of Too Human & X-Men Destiny  (GamesRadar)
  • Former Square CEO calls Square Enix a “Complete Failure” with “No Vision” (Kotaku)
    • Square Enix posts loss in April-September (ANN)

Quick Hits

  • Playing Halo 4 multiplayer in November will get you Microsoft Points (IGN)
  • Call of Duty Elite subscriptions have been extended to March 1st, 2013
  • Assassin’s Creed III sells 3.5 million in 1st week
  • Assassin’s Creed Anthology headed to Europe for $192, it will come with every game in the series and their DLC
  • Star Wars: The Old Republic goes Free-to-Play on November 15th
  • Grand Theft Auto V will have 3 main characters, largest open world Rockstar’s ever created
  • Polygon Man will be Playstation All-Stars’ final boss
    • Was mascot in 90’s until being pulled before PSX launch
  • Microsoft is reportedly working on the Xbox Surface, a 7-inch tablet (Gizmodo)
  • Playstation: The Official Magazine will cease publication after its Holiday issue
  • Episode of Luffy One Piece special to air in December, is set before Z Film

Lawl of the Week

  • Senate candidate wins race despite attacks on her hobby… (Kotaku)

Discussion

  • Impressions
    • Halo 4
      • Equipping Promethean guns (Kotaku)
    • Assassin’s Creed Liberation
  • A Letter to Momo Review

Music

  • Intro: “Amigo! Amigo!” by Condor Queens (Tari Tari)
  • Insert: “Awakening” by Neil Davidge (Halo 4)
  • Ending: “No Place Like A Stage” by Granrodeo (Muv-Luv)
  • BGM: Halo 4 OST