Archives for Jul 1st, 2010
Echochrome 2 video angles itself to reveal gameplay, level editor
Were you intrigued by our E3 preview of Echochrome 2, but wished it had fancy moving pictures to better understand the gameplay? Awesome, because we totally have that now! You'll get a better idea of how the puzzler works with the Move controller and get some details on the robust level editor. ...
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 DLC now available until Dec. 31
As was foretold by The Predictor, you can now download the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 DLC again. Available on PSN and Xbox Live today, the $10 (800 Microsoft Points) DLC pack offers these five new playable characters and corresponding challenge missions: Magneto Black Panther Carnage ...
Miyamoto admits Nintendo needs new characters
If the unveiling of Nintendo's 3DS-based Kid Icarus game wasn't enough to make Nintendo fans smile, some brand-new characters from the company may very well be on the horizon. Speaking during a recent investor call, as picked up by Sankei Newspaper (via 1UP), Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto admitted ...
Preview: Ys Seven
XSEED's recent deal with Nihon Falcom means a truckload of role-playing games on PSP for us. The flagship product of the partnership is Ys Seven, the latest game in the long-running action RPG series and the first to be designed specifically for PSP. As someone whose experience with the Ys series ...
Disney buys iPhone music game giant Tapulous
If you own an iPhone or iPod touch, there's a pretty good chance you've played one of the Tap Tap Revenge games. Like, for instance, Nickelback Revenge. Well, Disney has evidently been keeping an eye on the developer of those games, Tapulous, because it's gone and struck a deal to make the company a ...
May NPD: Red Dead rustles up top spots, Super Mario Galaxy 2 takes third
Hoo-doggy! Look at them critters go! While video game hardware sales were down 20 percent month-over-month in May – yeah, we're looking at you, handheld sales – software sales were up! Sure, you're right, they're only up 4 percent month-over-month and the industry is down 5 percent in ...
Crystal Defenders now available for the iPad
Strategy fans looking to get their fix on their shiny new iPad can now download an enhanced version of Square Enix's Crystal Defenders. Available for $7.99, the 69MB download provides new ... graphics. It's literally just a higher-res version of the game that's currently available for the iPhone ...
Mythic Entertainment quietly renamed to 'BioWare Mythic'
For the third time in five years, Mythic Entertainment has been renamed -- from Mythic Entertainment to "EA Mythic," back to "Mythic Entertainment," and now: BioWare Mythic. The "new" name was tested out in yesterday's Warhammer Online June Producer's Letter, with producer Carrie Gouskos asking ...
Amazon offers credit on Metroid: Other M, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, more
Amazon's list of bonus offers is a good resource for people who like to receive free money for basically no reason when they pre-order games. Metroid: Other M is among the latest to be bundled with Amazon credit as an incentive, to the tune of an extra $20. Other notable recent additions include ...
PlayStation Store celebrates Canada Day with free Charlie's Angels
Sony has a special surprise for Canadians today. To celebrate Canada Day (and the Canadian launch of the PlayStation Network video delivery service), Sony is offering a download of Charlie's Angels for free. To access the video service, go to the PlayStation Store on your PS3 or PSP, and click on ...
THQ still focused on owning IP the 'Hollywood' way
THQ's competitors -- namely EA and Activision -- have recently landed publishing deals with high-profile developers, such as Respawn, Bungie and Insomniac, by allowing the studios to own their new game franchises. And while THQ offers its own "Partners" program, the company is still focused on ...
Gunnar adding style to 3D glasses ... for $100 per pair
Our biggest beef with slapping on a pair of glasses for some hot 3D gaming action isn't how silly we might look (the headset we wear at all times keeps us feeling sufficiently silly, thank you very much), but that the glasses simply don't match our $300 Diesel jeans. Lucky for us, then, that ...
Metroid: Other M rolls into Europe in September
The "Q3" window for the European release of Metroid: Other M has been clarified. An ad in the MCV magazine listed the game for "September." Nintendo subsequently confirmed the release period to Eurogamer. Back when the American release date was slated for June, that Q3 European release seemed ...
Today's Portal 2 demos: propel and repel with gel
Parts six and seven -- the final two parts, mind you -- of the Portal 2 E3 video demonstration take a look at the mechanics of the game's new gels: Propulsion and Repulsion. As if anything could ever make Portal 2 repulsive! Ahem. So, these gels: They're yet another new tricky (and likely toxic) ...
Preview: Medal of Honor beta
It may surprise you, but you've actually already played Medal of Honor before. No, we're not talking about the Nazi shooting gallery that was the 1999 original. If imitation is a form of flattery, then Modern Warfare 2 must be blushing up a storm right now. There's no way the comparisons can be ...
Irrational Interviews launches with Levine, Todd Howard
Usually, these miniposts are for smaller stories, but this time we're just trying to hurry to the good bit: Irrational's launched a new audio show called Irrational Interviews. In the first episode, Ken Levine and Shawn Elliott talk with Bethesda's Todd Howard. So, uhh ... what are you waiting for? ...
Square Enix's Lord of Arcana be-heading to the PSP
We were just thinking to ourselves this morning, "You know what Square Enix should do? Make a multiplayer action game for PSP. And boy, I could really use a large Berry Blast from Jamba Juice!" And wouldn't you know it, the publisher announced plans to bring Lord of Arcana, a "multiplayer action ...
Need for Speed: Shift 2, Black Box-developed NFS both hinted for 2011
A pair of LinkedIn profiles suggests that at least two Need for Speed titles will be released next year. According to the profile page of programmer Chris Mcclure, he was at NFS: Shift developer Sightly Mad Studios from August 2009 – February 2010 where he "worked on new open world technology ...
Verbinski and co. trying to trim BioShock movie budget
Speaking of BioShock, the Gore Verbinski-produced film adaptation of the game is apparently still in the works, despite being halted for budgetary concerns more than a year ago. IGN got word straight from Verbinski: "The problem with BioShock was: R-rated movie, underwater, horror. It's a really ...
Video interview: Sony's Shuhei Yoshida on Team Ico, Insomniac, Move, and more
While at E3, we had a chance to speak with the always affable Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios. That title means he's the man in charge of Sony's first-party software, which also means he's the man to ask about Team Ico's absence from the show (No Last ...
Xbox 360 Kane & Lynch 2 demo out today, requires code
An Xbox 360 demo for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days should be available today in North America and the UK -- though access requires a code. Previously presented as a UK and Ireland promotion, there are apparently ways to obtain demo codes even if you live on the other side of the pond. Options ...
Chibiterasu plush will paint a smile on your face
No matter how you feel about the prospect of a DS Okami sequel made without the participation of Clover Studio staff, there's one thing that absolutely everyone is agreed upon: Okamiden's protagonist, Chibiterasu, looks extremely huggable. And now Capcom has made a Chibiterasu that can actually be ...
Medal of Honor beta to be extended for Xbox 360 players
Patience is a virtue, and nobody knows that better than the Xbox 360 owners waiting to experience the Medal of Honor beta. "Unfortunately, we have experienced a delay with the beta on the Xbox 360," said executive producer Greg Goodrich in a recent press release. "To the Xbox 360 community, we ...
Meet Yuji Horii at Dragon Quest IX launch event
Those in the New York area eager to pick up Dragon Quest IX a day early -- and have Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii autograph their plush Slimes -- should make their way to the Nintendo World Store Saturday, July 10. ...
BioShock 2 single-player 'Protector Trials' DLC due in August
Some of the most intense moments of BioShock 2 had the Proto-Daddy defending a Little Sister as she sucked precious ADAM from one of Rapture's many corpses. They were great fun, especially when integrated organically into the story. Never one to pass up exploiting something that's working well, 2K ...
Silent Hill vocalist working with Yamaoka on Suda/Mikami game
On her Facebook page, frequent Silent Hill vocalist Mary Elizabeth McGlynn announced that she was working on something new with Akira Yamaoka -- and that she wouldn't be in Silent Hill 8. Apparently, Yamaoka got her in the "divorce." We contacted Yamaoka's new home, Grasshopper Manufacture, to find ...
Club Nintendo Gold and Platinum awards announced
Here's what you've been buying Nintendo games all year for! Well, hopefully you've been buying Nintendo games because you want to play them, but here's the secondary reason: Nintendo announced the Platinum and Gold Elite Status Gifts for North America's Club Nintendo. Those who reached Gold ...
Let Cliff Bleszinski show you Bulletstorm's 'Hideout' level
Stylish and thoroughly sadistic, Bulletstorm -- the arcade-style FPS from People Can Fly and Epic Games -- was one of the best things we played at E3. Naturally, we wanted more ... and its creators have delivered, in the form of the new walkthrough video found after the break. But it's not any old ...
iPhone's Crap of Defense teased for PSP, with a name change
Crap of Defense is an iPhone game that declares itself to be the "worst game ever," with sloppily drawn soldiers attempting to take a castle, and the player tasked with blowing them up with armaments and upgrades. But apparently someone with the power to publish a PSP game thinks it's alright, ...
Little League World Series Baseball 2010 trailer slides into home
While the world's attention is on soccer, Activision would like to remind us of America's national pastime. Specifically, the subset of our national pastime that is played by weird-looking cartoon characters on the Xbox 360 and PS3: Little League World Series Baseball 2010. ...
Aliens vs. Predator gets Bughunt Map Pack DLC July 7
The problem with the struggle between the Aliens and Predators is that both are pretty equally matched: Predators have a lot of technology and stand about 200 feet tall (give or take a couple hundred feet), while Aliens have greater numbers and acidic blood that could eat through a truckload of ...
Freemium WoW is not something Blizzard is 'spending a lot of time thinking about'
While you may think your friends at Joystiq are only on the prowl for the hottest gaming scoops, we want you to know that's not true ... we also monitor the fabric of the universe for any tears that might upset its delicate balance. Do not panic, but World of Warcraft's lead designer, Tom Chilton, ...
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