This is like those local access news stations that don't fully understand the internet and get all excited about what's trending on Twitter.

Lmao... poor Microsoft. They were "forced" to reply to consumer demand. They're such victims!

This thing has already made the rounds on every other website on the internet so spoiler alert: they're all legs. except for the ones that are hot dogs.

What makes you think that it's "never borne out in practice?" Blizzard's community threw a hissy fit when Real ID was announced as a mandatory replacement in all their forums exactly for this reason - the community wanted anonymity so that they could trash talk with impunity. The backlash was so intense that Blizz…

Yes? That's exactly what happens on XBL on a daily basis in games like Halo and CoD.

Yes, it does. The vast majority of internet trolls are enabled by anonymity. These people making death threats don't act like that in the real world. They'd be institutionalized if they did. Obviously there are exceptions, but they are just that - exceptions.

I think that every major website with a public forum attached should require that their usebase register via their [valid] Facebook account. Remove the anonymity and you remove 99% of this shit, I guarantee it.

Agree. This is a non-story. Until the game is officially announced, no studio in the world is obligated to tell the press anything.

Who's "going into a woman hating fit?" There's absolutely nothing against women whatsoever in this thread. The OP's point is that this kind of thing happens ALL THE TIME on XBL. And since 90% of XBL is composed of men, then it happens ALL THE TIME to men. It's a well know, well documented phenomenon. There is nothing…

Lol. You're joking, right? Or have you never been on XBL?

First of all, look up the definition of the word "moot" because you're using it incorrectly. Second - what? Since when does harassment have to make sense? An 8th grader from Ohio can't rape my mother either, but they sure do like threatening to. Threatening to rape and impregnate a man is just as offensive as…

Obviously. But as I said, nobody would have batted an eyelash had this happened to a guy. How many millions of males are harassed liked this on a daily basis via XBL? How many articles are written for them? This isn't a special case. It's not somehow more offensive because she's a female and if you think it is, well,…

Nobody would have batted an eyelash had she been a guy.

You really have to ask? Pageviews = revenue.

Idk, this looks chintzy and generic to me. Souls games are some of my favorites of all time so maybe I'm too biased to appreciate this but what, exactly, is so great about it?

So? There's a bonfire right around the corner. Spend the souls.

You're kidding, right? Call of Duty is a fucking world-wide joke because of its barely-incremental upgrades. It's the single most hated-on game on the internet. Assassin's Creed gets blasted constantly for jumping the shark and failing to innovate. You seem to think that Nintendo is being unfairly persecuted while…

Here is a lame joke, try to repeat it in every thread you comment on.

Of course they can. Emulation does not equal piracy. And even if it did, why wouldn't Kotaku and other websites be able to discuss the topic? Nintendo isn't going to sue the website for writing an article about piracy.

because media sites can't be seen to be promoting something that may encourage piracy, all we hear about is how crap the store is.