With the announcement on Bungies web site that Bungie will not be showing their new game along side Activision at E3 2011 Bungie is denying reports that they will be attending this years E3 at all.

Be sure to check back here on www.theflowshow.com between June 7-9, 2011 to get the latest and up to date news for E3 2011!!

On Behalf of the 70+ million PSN users the Rothken law firm is filing a class action lawsuit against Sony. The lawsuit states that Sony failed to maintain a proper firewall and security system. Also a failure to properly encrypt its users information. Wow.. Just wow.. You heard it here first.. Sony is FUCKED!! It doesn’t end there either the suit also states that Sony had unauthorized storage and retention of data, and the most important one is the violation of Payment Card Industry Data Standard(s) and rules and regulations. In other words Sony is FUCKED!!!

If you have a PSN account and you want to be apart of this epic class action lawsuit go HERE

Official copy of the complaint.

More than 70 Million users of the Sony Playstation 3 had all of their information stolen. That information includes name, username, password. address, and credit card information. Sony is reporting that this incident could cast them billions of dollars. I personally think that this is the start if the end for Sony. I guess only time will tell.

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Nintendo has confirmed that the Wiiii will make its first public appearance at E3 2011. TheFlowShow.com will be on hand to Demo a playable model of the new system and announce more specifications. This years E3 Expo will be held June 7-9, 2011, So be sure to keep it locked to http://www.theflowshow.com for all of the latest news!!

Rumored Specs:
1080p compatibility, custom-built tri-core IBM PowerPC chipset (Same setup on Microsoft’s Xbox 360), AMD GPU. The GPU should be able to give you 512 megabytes of memory.

Release date:
Spring 2012

Price:
$350 to $400

Mortal Konbat is BACK! With all of the crappy mk games that came out between Ultimate Mortal Kombat (UMK3) 3 and MK9 I was very skeptible that MK9 would actually be a good game. Right of the bat I was really impressed with the level and character design. MK9 is a very dark and vilent game witch is the exact same reason why I loved it as a kid. After playing it for about a week now I can honestly say that MK9 is one of the best MK games ever made. The combo system is very easy to understand, the game Looks and plays superbly!, Fatality’s are over the top!

My only complaint is the terrible online play. LAG LAG LAG… Online VS modes are virtually unplayable. One more minor grip I have about the game is about the MK9 arcade stick. It comes out in JULY.. Why would they wait 3 whole months to release it… Super bad move if you ask me.. So with all that said I would give MK9 a solid 4 out of 5! Go pick it up!!

Mortal Kombat 9 Fatalities
Finish Him!

Mortal Kombat 9 GamePlay
Game play

Mortal Kombat 9 Online Match
Online Match

Possibly the most controversial debut of this year’s E3, Nintendo’s 3DS system is kicking up a dust storm of “what ifs” and “I hopes” from the gaming community. In this infantile era of 3D gaming, it’s no wonder that folks are thrilled at the possibility of a handheld 3D system - glasses not required, no less!

Yup. There’s no doubt it sounds great, but is it all it’s cracked up to be?

Well, after spending two precious hours standing still at Nintendo’s DMV-inspired E3 booth, we finally got a chance to lay hands on the product, and this is what we discovered…

First things first: The 3DS is smaller than the XL. Check the specs:

DSi
Display: 3.25″
Touch Screen: 3.25″

DSi XL
Display: 4.2″
Touch Screen: 4.2″

3DS
Display: 3.53″
Touch Screen: 3.02″

Interestingly, the 3DS’s touch screen is even smaller than the original DSi, but since it’s the first DS to have screens of different sizes, the display is slightly larger.

As for the 3D itself, it looks pretty amazing as long as you’re the perfect distance away and you remain perfectly still, directly in front of it. Move your head from side-to-side, lean in too close, too far, or any number of other unapproved motions, and you’ll end up with a very distracting “double vision” effect. I even heard a few complaints of headaches, which is really saying something, considering the fact that no one person was allowed to spend more than 20 minutes using the thing.

Snake: “Why are you standing so close? You’re making me cross-eyed.”

Of course, I’ve also only been able to sample the 3DS briefly, but given my past experience with handheld systems, I suspect long-term users will complain of sore arms and necks as a result of their movement being so restricted by the stringent demands of the technology.

Luckily, the 3DS does come with a slider to adjust the depth of the 3D effect (even turning it off completely if desired), so you can play your games in good, old-fashioned 2D when ya feel like it, but somehow the thought of playing a 3D system in 2D seems kind of… lame. Especially considering the fact that this new 3D system is not likely to be cheap. Popular rumors set the production costs for Nintendo’s 3DS system at somewhere around $300.00 per unit (possibly a good reason for not making them XL), which means the end user will be shelling out some serious dough to pick up this latest Nintengadget.

Another thing that concerns me is that DS fans who can’t afford to upgrade may be left out in the cold, unless Nintendo is kind enough to make their 3D titles backwards-compatible (albeit without the 3D glamor). Odds of playing 3DS titles on an older system are slim-to-none though, for the inclusion of one thing: The 3DS has a PSP-style analog, just above the D-pad.

Last but not least, there is another huge factor to consider: The built-in 3D camera is spectacular. With the snap of a button, the 3DS’s dual lenses combine to create a dazzling 3D image of whatever person, place or thing you decide to capture. There are even a few games on the horizon which make compelling use of this technology, allowing users to take 3D photos of themselves which are then instantly transformed into in-game avatars. I must admit, this was my favorite aspect of the system, and I seriously can’t wait to make good use of it on my own time.

The inclusion of this technology helps to justify whatever price Nintendo slaps on this thing when it comes out too, since even non-gamers may want to pick up a user-friendly 3D camera with built-in Wi-Fi and other goodies. Of course, the 3D images will only be viewable on a device which has the same display technology as the 3DS itself, which is (as far as I know) proprietary, so it may not be that much of a seller after all.

In the end, I’m sure the 3DS will be great for those who can afford it, but if the price is as high as I suspect it will be, and Nintendo delivers it as a “forced” upgrade in order to continue picking up new DS titles, I just worry that a lot of old-school DS fans may be more annoyed than overjoyed at its release. I sincerely hope the folks over at Nintendo are thinking about that crowd, too.

Here’s a funny-yet-mildly-creepy commercial for Nintendo’s newest innovation:

NOTE: The dramatic representation of Mario standing on top of the 3DS like Princess Leia is about as accurate as 2+2=94. While the actual effect is very cool, it’s also much more subtle than you might imagine having seen this promo.

Written By Quinn Aguirre for ‘the Flow’ www.theflowshow.tv

This past week has been a total blur. E3 is upon us and we here at ‘the flow’ have been swamped. From booking hotel accommodations, to getting car rentals and airfare to packing and getting cards and everything else, we’ve also been writing to keep you, the flowriders in the loop.

I thought in retrospect since we arent going to be able to write individual articles for each thing that we are expecting and excited to see at E3 this week until after we get back, I instead figured it would benefit us as well as yall to make a ‘hopefuls’ list of what was expected, what we are excited for, and what rumors we think might be substantiated at the show. SO without further ado here is the hopefully list compiled by yours truely:

Zelda 2
Project Natal
Brink
Naruto Ninja Storm 2
Playstation Move
Socom 4
3d gaming
Gran Turismo 5
3-DS
Social Gaming
Star Craft 2
Farm Ville
Crackdown 2
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Gears of War 3
Dead Space 2
Metroid: Other M
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Assassins Creed: Brotherhood
Killzone 3
Little Big Planet 2
Halo: Reach
The Last Guardian (Project Trico)
Dead or Alive 5
Crysis 2
Metal Gear Solid: Rising
Castlevania: Lords of Shadows
Portal 2
Infamous 2
Half Life Episode 3
Civilization 5
Vitality Sensor
Golden Eye 2
XCOM
Mortal Kombat
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Bulletstorm
bodycount
Rock Band 3
Madden 11
Duke Nukem Forever
Sin and Punishment 2
Monster Hunter Frontier
Super Scribblenauts
PSP 2?
Persona 3 Portable
malicious
Mafia 2
Patapon 3? teaser site up~!
Comic Jumper
Mad Catz to have a crap load of new RB3 peripherals~!
Risk: Factions
APB: beta and lack of servers in Aussie
Spare parts
M vs C 3 Dante vs Deadpool
Kmart to have heavy deals
E3 week
Splatterhouse
tales of monkey island 2
sam and max episode 3
spec ops: the line
Drake in GOW3
La times has broken more info about natal
red man and method man
to hype crowd for
def jam rapstar at E3
conduit 2
lego HP years 1-4
Mortal Kombat
rabbids 3ds
xenoblade
Wii HD
Wii online modernized
mario clash from virtual boy 3ds port
Pikin 3
wii pulse / vitality
true wii fit sequel
DSi price drop
Wii party
new super mario bros 2
metroid returns to 2d
kindom hearts re: coded
F-zero wii
fifa soccer 11
jelly car 2
FF the 4 heroes of light
dragon quest ix
3DS digital distribution service
trine 2
rock of ages
etrian odyssey III
knights in the nightmare
PS2 to retire finally
mmo push
uncharted 3
sony discussing the 3d future
sly cooper 4
jaffe to reveil a new title (possible IP)
ac: brotherhood beta exclusive (possible ps3 only)
another agent tease
psp on ps3 demos
premium PSN unveiled
Fallout: Vegas
Magic: The Gathering - Duel of Planeswalkers (PC)
Max Payne 3
Castlevania Puzzle
hulu to XBOX / ipad
apple iphone 4
Parappa creator and OneBigGame make music game for charity
Fable 3
D.J. Hero 2
star wars the force unleashed 2
Devil’s Third

We hope that this list has you already salivating and we hope to bring you at least this much and MUCH more according to what we can all cover this week. So until then Flowriders, keep it tuned.., keep it exciting, and keep playing~!

~Q~

Written By Quinn Aguirre for ‘the Flow’ www.theflowshow.tv

NOTE: The Date, Location, and time for this Secret Capcom Unity event is undisclosed for your protection.

**Not only did CAPCOM throw hoods over our heads, stuff us in VANS and threaten our lives for the sake of world VIDEO GAME SECURITY across the globe, they ALSO FORCED US AGAINST OUR WILL TO HAVE A GOOD TIME~! *SHOCK**AWE*

These were the fantasies that rolled around in my head as we headed out to Capcom’s site for the hosting of an event held for what is in my opinion one of my favorite set of games from the MEGAMAN Franchise. Mega Man Zero Collection, anyone?

If you’re a fan, CAPCOM has quite a treat coming to the DS Platform.., aptly named Mega Man Zero Collection.

So we arrived on site to a virtually unassuming looking set of office buildings with few cars scattered around, and I couldn’t help but look around and say to myself.., is this the right place? We used G.P.S. so we couldn’t have taken a wrong turn somewhere, having arrived to the supplied address. But sure enough, a really nice front security guy who had seen us pull up exuberantly asked, “Are you guys here for the CAPCOM tournament event?” He had mentioned he spotted our cameras and recognized us as press.

Already CAPCOM’s hospitality was shining through and we hadn’t even entered the building. [for those that haven't been to any of CAPCOM's events, these guys that work there are completely about working their butts off for the fans and are really GENUINELY nice, because well, most of them are fans too ;)]

Not only did they strive to make the event totally fun and a success, but you should have seen this room they had set up. They showed us some MEGA MAN anime, suprised us with a gamut of every Mega Man game possible to try out, there were banners everywhere of like every Capcom game franchise possible around the room, a table littered with fan art had DS a plenty with copies of Mega Man ZERO Collection.., they even raffled off some of Seth Killian’s private Coveted Mega Man toys from his personal collection, fed us some great Pizza and drinks and even furnished us with Mega Man E-Tank energy drinks. It was a blast!

First, after being dumbfounded and as slack-jawed as everyone else, I stopped Michael, the winner of the Mega Man 9 Endless Attack tournament.

Michael, who won the Mega Man 9 Endless Attack tournament, traveled a WHOLE 41 screens~! Mad skills~! He could have still kept going but they literally stopped him from continuing due to time constraints.

We also got a chance to talk to the Mega Man 10 Endless Attack tournament winner, as well a Unity member, who soared through all of Mega Man 4 in just under 2 hours while drawing some awesome pictures at the same time. No idea just how he did this but the man definitely has some game and art skills. You should look him up on Capcom Unity under the user name Blind Nova.

After all was said and done, we got to talk to JGONZO, SNOW and MIKEEB from Capcom Unity!~ They stopped and talked for a bit about what goes into setting these events up, shared their love for the Capcom fans, and naturally, what to expect for E3 ;) Check out the video and you’ll get an idea of what a great time it was~! Hope to see you at the next CAPCOM community EVENT~!

Another outstanding debut at this year’s GDC was Zelda: Spirit Tracks for the Nintendo DS.

Must admit, this news has me pretty juiced. I don’t know about you, but I personally think Phantom Hourglass is easily one the best games released for the DS, yet - which is saying a lot considering the number of great games for the system.

Let’s check out the trailer for this new one:

Hmm… You can never tell too much from trailers, but I’d say this one is already looking to rival PH in terms of play versatility and raw innovation… The idea of using the stylus to command robot minions? Um, yes, please! :D

Of course, this game already has its share of haters: cruisin’ the net I’ve heard a number of complaints about the presence of trains in a ‘medieval’ setting, but so what? Phantom Hourglass had cannons and large ships which could leap out of the water - yet somehow I don’t seem to remember those from medieval times, either! ..I mean, c’mon kids, what ever happened to suspension of disbelief? It is a video game, after all.

Anyway, enough dilly-dally! ..I’m ready to play this junk already!