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Need for Speed Has a Need for Snow
Upcoming racer Need for Speed barrels down Independence Pass in Colorado and puts a big decision in front of the player: Do you race against the tumbling avalanche or simply wait for the *next* Need for Speed game to come out? Need for Speed: The Run features cars like the Audi R8 and the BMW…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2011 -
The Wii Gets a Redesign. Wii Kisses GameCube Goodbye.
This Christmas, the Nintendo Wii is a getting a slight, wait for it, Wii-design. I mean redesign! According to The Official Nintendo Magazine, the tweaked Wii will be released in the UK this holiday season (no word about a US release). The change is that this Wii is designed to lay flat and has a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2011 -
Brace Yourself for So Many More Call of Duty (Websites)
Hope you like Call of Duty! Because Activision, the game’s publisher, is reportedly going on a domain registering spree. The folks at website Fusible believe Activision has registered the following websites: CODBlackOps3.com, CODBlackOps4.com, CODBlackOps5.com, CODBlackOps6.com, BlackOps4.com, BlackOps5.com, BlackOps6.com, CallOfDutyBlackOps3.com, CallOfDutyBlackOps4.com, CallOfDutyBlackOps5.com, CallOfDutyBlackOps6.com, CallofDutyMW5.com, and CallofDutyMW6.com As Fusible pointed out, the domains were registered by DNS…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2011 -
It Takes Multiple Hands to Stop These Asura’s Wrath Screens
In Asura’s Wrath, bosses are as big as planets (awesome!) and sword attacks are stopped with bare hands (rad!). As previously posted, in the game, Asura, your six-armed main character, is a demigod betrayed by other gods, sending him into a 12,000 year hibernation (of sorts). He awakes, bent on revenge against them. You can…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2011 -
The Delightful Booth Companions of Comic Market
What cosplayers wear at Comiket aren’t the only colorful clothes at Japan’s biggest self published comic fair. The outfits that the booth companions don are just as fetching. Not all the booths at Comic Market are, well, for comics. Erotic game makers also show up at Comiket in full force. I’ve said this before, but…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2011 -
Okay, I Like These DMC: Devil May Cry Screens
DMC: Devil May Cry isn’t only getting a new trailer at this year’s Gamescom, it’s getting new screens. Funny that! As much grief as DMC gets for the main character’s stupid new look (it’s pretty stupid!), these screens look hot. DMC: Devil May Cry is headed to the PS3 and the Xbox 360 sometime next…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2011 -
New Ratchet & Clank Trailer Cranked Out
The Gamescom Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One trailer shows off gameplay, humorous dialogue, and movie trailer like blurbs. But this is no movie! It’s the next hope for fun four-player gaming. The game allows players to wield weapons that work better with friends—four friends. Hopefully you have three of those! This October, Ratchet &…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2011 -
Time To Rock Your Balls Off
Japanese pop, rather Jpop, is pigeonholed as cute, ear saccharine. That might not exactly be fair. But there’s no arguing, sometimes Jpop needs more guitars. More awesome hair. Sometimes it needs more metal. Sometimes Jpop needs more Marty Friedman. Marty Friedman (above, center) is a great, great guitarist who is perhaps best known for his…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2011 -
This Is Some Business Card
Carded | TOKYO, JAPAN: AKB48 member Haruka Ishida shows her new business card at an event for Chevalier Saga Tactics. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) 45-Year-Old Bikini Pin-Up: Get Laid for Your Career Youth is at a premium in Japan. Video game characters are often in their teens (or younger). And in candy-coated world of idols,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011 -
The Trailer for 2011’s Hardest Game Is Easy To Watch
Dark Souls, the spiritual sequel to the challenging Demon’s Soul, will not be a cake walk. No, it will be difficult. It will be hard. Good thing the title’s Gamescom trailer is a piece of cake to watch. Dark Souls will be out this September in Japan and this October in the US and Europe.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011 -
Guillermo del Toro Rationally Explains How Much Longer Insane Will Take
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (Cronos, Hellboy) isn’t making just one video game, but three. That’s right, a trilogy (uh-oh!). But making video games takes time. The trilogy is called Insane, and del Toro told MTV Multiplayer that while he and developer Volition have been working on it for a year, they’ve got another two or…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011 -
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Dated for Japan
According to Capcom, upcoming fighting title Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has a release date&dmash;for Japan, at least. The game will be out November 17. The title is slated to be released this November in the West as well.
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011 -
If You Hate This DMC: Devil May Cry Gameplay Trailer, It May Cry
Devil May Cry is getting reworked as DMC: Devil May Cry—a fresh take on an old favorite. Yet, some fans didn’t warm to the trailer released last year, but the E3 trailer was a step in the right direction. This gameplay footage is another. So here you go, a DMC: Devil May Cry gameplay trailer…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011 -
Did That 3DS Price Cut Help?
Between August 8 and 14, Nintendo sold 214,821 reduced priced 3DS units, marking the console’s second highest week since the 371,326 units sold during launch week. Currently, over 1.5 million 3DS units have been sold in Japan. [ファミ通]
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011 -
Oh Hi Street Fighter x Tekken Gamescom Trailer
Time for another Street Fighter x Tekken trailer! This one is for Gamescom. The trailer goes into detail about how the game system works. So if you were curious about that, here you go. The trailer is good, sure, but it’s not as good as Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono and Tekken Katsuhiro Harada putting…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011 -
“Came Home to My Mom Playing Zelda Drunk at 2am”
Submitted by [deleted] on Reddit. No need to be embarrassed! Parents play video games, too! Just ask my kids. And this is way better than coming home to your mom playing Zelda drunk at 2pm Came home… [Reddit] You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011 -
This Minecraft Phone Is Ugly
I like Minecraft‘s retro, blocky graphics. They work. But man, this phone is hideous. The Sony Ericsson Xperia isn’t a good looking piece of hardware to begin with! So a Minecraft Xperia phone, no matter how good it looks, is already starting at a disadvantage. Maybe it’s the Minecraft logo near the phone’s camera lens.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011 -
The Lollipop Chainsaw Debut Trailer Has Sparkles and Vivisections
Lollipop Chainsaw is the upcoming title from Goichi Suda’s Grasshopper Manufacture and Hollywood’s James Gunn. This is the game’s debut trailer. The game follows the exploits of an 18-year-old zombie-slaying cheerleader, which sounds cool and all, but for goodness sake, the game better not have her repeatedly delivering cheesy lines like “Eat it” and “Bring…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011 -
Another Day, Another Hideo Kojima Tease (This Time Z.O.E.)
When not making video games, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima teases gamers. It’s not that he makes fun of them (he doesn’t…I don’t think), but he dangles carrots in front of his fans like no other game designer working today. And sometimes it’s interesting, and sometimes it’s annoying. But it’s what he does. He’s Hideo…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011
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