Morning DLC: Video Games News And Rumors 8/22/13
By Nick Tylwalk
"Namco Bandai has confirmed plans to host a “Dark Souls 2” closed beta on PS3 commencing October 5 in EU and US territories.The publisher says the beta will let players “delve into one of the most treacherous areas of the “Dark Souls II” world.”The beta will contain “an entirely new area of the game” and “overwhelming enemy encounters” sporting the level of difficulty that “Dark Souls” fans appreciate."
"Does tapping a keg that comes in the form of a workable vintage in-home arcade sound too good to be true? Well, it isn’t.Catering directly to 30- and 40-somethings, Dream Arcades has invented what it calls the “ultimate party machine.” The “Kegerator Pro 60” comes with a built-in fridge, a keg with three taps, and more than 140 of the most popular classic video games. The arcade also has a massive 60-inch HDTV screen.The company boasted in a statement e-mailed to CNET that the “players never have to stop the action to refill their drink” and the arcade also has two built-in cup holders “so players can keep their drinks topped off while keeping one hand on the joystick.”"
"Though she “did seem to get it,” when lawyers for California and the games industry were arguing before the Supreme Court, we weren’t sure that Justice Elena Kagan, or justice, played any video games before their landmark Brown vs. EMA decision in 2011. Actually, they did. “It was kind of hilarious,” she told the AP.In an Associated Press story about an appearance Kagan made in Rhode Island yesterday, she said her colleagues “are not necessarily the most technologically sophisticated people,” noting that they tend to stick to paper messages rather than emails.Kagan, 53, is more of an exception, and though during arguments in Brown she indicated that “Mortal Kombat” may have been something only the clerks played, she now says they did play games sent to the court by the Entertainment Software Association before it decided the matter.She didn’t specify which games they played, but TPM noted an earlier report that said “Medal of Honor” and “Resident Evil 4” were sent to the court, so it wasn’t something completely irrelevant to the matter of violent games."