The tales of wannabe industry insider @parasite76 (up Dec14)


All the confirmed and (so far) unconfirmed tales of wannabe industry insider @parasite76, taken from the now-suspended Twitter account of @parasite000 and in some cases slightly expanded due to no character limit. Truth will always prevail, you dimwit. :)

#2 Update: December 2014

Confirmed:

.@parasite76 said Watch_Dogs will be 1080p/60fps on XBO & the better looking version in June 2013. LIE. -- http://misterxmedia.livejournal.com/126738.html

.@parasite76 said "Ubi cannot show x1 version (of Watch_Dogs) because it is way ahead of ps4 and it even shows it at pre alpha!". LIE. -- http://goo.gl/U8L9mo

.@parasite76 said "at hot chips 2013 You are going to see stacked and you're going to see gcn 2.0." LIE. -- http://misterxmedia.livejournal.com/130200.html?thread=3566232

.@parasite76 said "One thing is Halo 5 trailer on launch week.". Trailer was shown at E3 2014. LIE. -- http://misterxmedia.livejournal.com/145252.html?thread=9083748

.@parasite76 said "don't think for a second titanfall is 720p. All second wave games 1080p30 or 60fps." It was 792p. http://goo.gl/owUVra

.@parasite76 said XBO has 12GB RAM, 4 of which are not DDR3. Nope. LIE. -- http://misterxmedia.livejournal.com/130200.html

.@parasite76 said BF4 XBO is 1080/60fps, better particle system & lighting. Nope. LIE. -- http://misterxmedia.livejournal.com/131182.html

.@parasite76 said "nda is still 09/21 [2013]. after that zero restrictions on what can be discussed." Sure. LIE. - http://goo.gl/QMWvHk

.@parasite76 said Sony "threatened to pull marketing funds" for AC Unity if it doesn't get parity with the superior XBO version. Turns out, MS is Ubi's marketing partner for AC Unity. LIE. -- http://goo.gl/iIyadh

.@parasite76 said "wd will have a better framerate and richer textures on x1." LIE -- http://goo.gl/iIyadh

.@parasite76 said "patches for launch games are definitely going to happen" (killer instinct, dead rising 3). LIE. -- http://goo.gl/iIyadh

.@parasite76 said "forza 5 just getting started. look for more than just cars and tracks soon". No other DLCs. LIE. http://goo.gl/iIyadh

.@parasite76 said much-rumored "gta5 directors cut by July (2014)". Nope. LIE. -- http://misterxmedia.livejournal.com/150027.html?thread=11430411#t11430411

.@parasite76 said DX12 upgrades for launch games coming "Before e3 is the plan so far". Nope. LIE. -- http://misterxmedia.livejournal.com/162223.html?thread=18266287#t18266287

.@parasite76 said raytracing at E3 "will be showed in one major 1st party exclusive but ms will not even mention it as such." (1/2)
.@parasite76 said it's "quantum break" & "Look for controlled leak happening around end of April." Nope. LIE -- http://goo.gl/CPJD9J  (2/2)

.@parasite76 said in Mar'14 Ubisoft "are seeing Huge performance increases (30-45%)" with new SDK. WD was 792p/30fps when it launched in May. LIE http://goo.gl/CPJD9J

.@parasite76 said "devil third" will be on stage at MS E3 2014. Was later revealed as Wii U exclusive. LIE. -- http://misterxmedia.livejournal.com/162223.html?thread=18266287#t18266287 …

.@parasite76 said in May 2014 Wolfenstein & Watch_Dogs will look better on XBO than PS4. Nope. LIE. -- http://misterxmedia.livejournal.com/167306.html?thread=22879370#t22879370 …

.@parasite76 said DR3, Frostbite 3, CryEng "going to take adv. of x1 architecture" in Oct'13. Dead Rising 3 and games with these engines were sub-1080p. LIE. - http://goo.gl/p9Blno

.@parasite76 in May 13' cites a "friend" (HAHA) XB1 dev kits have 8GB GDDR5, final kits will have 8GB of new type of RAM. Is DDR3 new? (1/3)
.@parasite76 "quoted" him: "durango was an engineering marvel, could do things not possible on gaming pc for the next year atleast." (2/3)
.@parasite76's tales of friends he doesn't have can be read here, by the way: http://misterxmedia.livejournal.com/124147.html?thread=2572019#t2572019 (3/3)

.@parasite76 said in May '13: "new (XB1) kit performs circles around the old kit that had 2 7970s" Yeah. No. LIE. - http://goo.gl/4dnVQT

.@parasite76's "friend" about XBO TFLOPS: "I wouldnt be surprised if its double digits". Great sources, buddy. LIE - http://goo.gl/Z7zMFQ

.@parasite76's friend of a friend "at ubi told him ps4 development almost came to a halt on Watchdogs because of serious bottlenecks." (1/2)
.@parasite76 "The X1 version was gold. the Xbox team may incorporate TR with 6 months extra time." Nope. The game didn't even get to parity with the PS4. LIE. - http://misterxmedia.livejournal.com/141738.html?page=2 (2/2)

Okay, here's one @parasite76 got right: "my own sources company will announce the next saints row soon. he is going to e3 (2014)." (1/3)
It wasn't the "next" Saints Row though, but a remake of the last for PS4 and XBO. And it was announced a few months later around gamescom. @parasite76 (2/3)
But hey, Saints Row is right, my man @parasite76! Wait, Koch Media bought the franchise from THQ earlier? Very bold prediction then, buddy! Who would've thought Koch will continue the franchise after they bought it for a few million!

.@parasite76: His "source" claims GTA V will be 1080p on XBO.
.@parasite76 now (Oct'14) says: "GTA V is going to be 900p due to Rockstar not taking advantage of 11.3 features and the reason is they don't have time plus make launch on time."
- It was 1080p before you even knew about DX11.3 and now it's suddenly going to be 900p because it doesn't take advantage of DX11.3? Yeah. No. Either way it goes in the end ... LIE.
(It ran at 1080p with relative ease in the end. Looks like even @parasite76 doesn't believe the XBO is able to handle a last-gen remaster at 1080p.)

.@parasite76 said in April '14 Forza 6 may "not be a disc release at all, instead it will be a dx12 patch to 5 and include around 20 More tracks, full time of day changes, dynamic and geography based weather and major changes to multiplayer. This came through my source and timeline is spring 2015." Very unlikely. -- http://goo.gl/ajN5jD
.@parasite76 said in October '14: "There is apparently some secret dlc coming to fh2 next spring. Back to the good ole USA. :)" - http://t.co/4XFtM9pdQY
- I think it's self-explanatory, no?

.@parasite76: "I am told assassins creed unity is already exposing the last gen bottlenecks of ps4." - Nope. Runs like dogshit on both platforms and even the PC. Ubisoft rushed the game out poorly optimized for the holiday sales. LIE.

.@parasite76: "Street fighter 5 will be shown at comicon next year and will be 1080p 60fps on both.
I'm told we will have a next gen remaster of alpha 3 before it drops." - HAHAHAHA. SFV was shown at the PlayStation Experience event and announced as a PS4 and PC exclusive. No remaster of Alpha 3 but Ultra Street Fighter 4 was announced, exclusively for PS4. That's two LIES in a row.

Unconfirmed:

.@parasite76: A Red Dead trailer was supposed to be shown at E3 2014, along with a "Red Dead Remastered". No announcement so far.
.@parasite76: The next Red Dead game will allegedly be called "Red Dead Rebellion". I'm sure the Sniper Elite 3 guys will be happy.
.@parasite76 (in Oct'14): "Red dead is coming along fine and will make its appearance at e3. What's not known is which stage. Definitely some cloud features in it."

.@parasite76: Final Fantasy VII remake is co-funded by Microsoft and will be exclusive to XBO. No announcement has been made so far.

.@parasite76: "forward compatability is getting closer", claimed in May 2014. No official announcement has been made so far. (Hint: BAHAHAHAHA)
.@parasite76: "Saints row remaster was definitely a forward compatability game that got bumped to remaster status because funding is needed for a next generation reboot of a very old classic game that dives deep."

.@parasite76: Kameo 2 is happening. Sooooon. #believe #and #dance #the #YMCA

.@parasite76 allegedly heard "talks" about Microsoft acquiring Insomniac. None about Mojang, though? Where has your friend been this time, buddy?

.@parasite76: Microsoft plans to introduce a subscription service: Get the XBO for free by signing up to five years of XBL. Not happened yet.

.@parasite76: "Next generation ghouls and ghost is coming to Xbox live and psn next summer [summer 2015]. Not triple A but will be 2d and beautiful."

.@parasite76: "Xbox will once again have 1080p 60fps with forza6, not to mention 4xmsaa and ray traced enhanced lighting." - https://twitter.com/parasite76/status/541718981531295744

.@parasite76: "Some NDA are lifting in February." - Whatever happened to the NDAs lifting before launch? Right after launch? At Hotchips 2013? At GDC 2014? At E3 2014?

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Oh, and yeah, Microsoft will not talk about the super secret nuclear atomic large hadron collider black hole creating 200 TFLOPS tech in the XBO after all: "All the stuff that we've been saying is going to happen, it's just not going to announced in any formal way. The games will do the talking and the media and everyone will keep scratching their heads in disbelief. When you watch leaked QB footage you see graphics that are two times ryse and if you look close you'll notice a little something traced with lighting." (http://misterxmedia.livejournal.com/178551.html?thread=32819319)

If you read this far and didn't know by now, you have been made a fool of by misterxmedia and his sad, pathetic friend @parasite76.