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UncategorizedNot Even The Elder Scrolls Online’s Cinematic Trailer is Helping
It’s a sad state of affairs when you’re not even feeling a game’s cinematic trailer, but then, that’s about par for the course with me and The Elder Scrolls Online. The game itself just doesn’t look, or sound like an Elder Scrolls title. And neither does this trailer. If you’d told me that was Lord…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Didn’t Show This Wario Game, But Maybe it Should Have
The 3DS Excepted, new Nintendo hadware launches over the last decade or so have almost been defined by the Wario games released at or near their launch. Combining quirky mechanics with an almost requirement to play them socially, they do as good a job of any game of making the most of a system’s unique…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis New Wii U Game is About Tanks! Tanks! Tanks!
Pardon the excitement there, it actually wasn’t excitement. Namco Bandai’s debut Wii U game is actually called Tank! Tank! Tank! It looks like the union of a 90s arcade game, Facebook titles and my worst nightmares about giant mechanical spiders. Which now I see them together doesn’t look like such a bad thing.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedSkulls of the Shogun‘s Undead Samurai Strategy Battles Will Be a Freakin’ Blast
Giant AAA games tend to dominate the discourse during E3 week. But sometimes it’s only the indie-developed titles that give you the buzz you’re looking for. Say you’re a fan of great animation, Wu-Tang style hip-hop-inflected feudal Japanese soundtracks and turn-based strategy. Nothing shown at Microsoft’s de-press event scratched your itch. But 17-Bit’s Skulls of…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe British Zombie Game Shows What the Wii U’s Controller Screen Can do
Ubisoft’s ZombiU had one of the more interesting trailers from yesterday, but, um, all we saw was cinematic stuff. Nothing from the actual game. This? This is nothing but the actual game. OK, Nintendo (and Ubisoft), you know what, you want to sell people on just what that second screen can do, this is helping.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
Dead Island Returns With Sequel to Hoodoo Your Voodoo
Dead Island, the zombie survival action game from 2011 that some hated and some couldn’t get enough of, returns with a sequel, Dead Island Riptide. Techland’s game will be for “consoles” and PC, and will be…well, that’s all we’ve got.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedNintendo Land‘s Donkey Kong-Themed Game Is An Obstacle Course
Nintendo Land‘s Donkey Kong’s Crash Course has nothing to do with bongos, nor the jungle. The player controls a vehicle by tilting the Wii U Gamepad and pushing the shoulder buttons to control various obstacles. The object of the game is to collect bananas without tipping the vehicle over. The screen on the gamepad provides…
By Nick Vannucci Published June 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedNintendo’s Ninja Star Nintendo Land Game Exposes A Wii U Problem
One of my main concerns about the Wii U is that it has the same controller-syncing problems that required lots of one-button manual recalibration of the Wii Motion Plus Remote in Wii Sports Resort and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword The problem is that the Wii U sometimes wants you to point the GamePad…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
You Can Totally Be A Vampire In Skyrim‘s First DLC. Here’s Proof.
If this new perk screen is any indication, vampires will play much differently than the other races and classes in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Let the feeding begin. Check out the rest of these new images for a peek into the first upcoming DLC pack for Bethesda’s role-playing game, Dawnguard, which will be out…
By Jason Schreier Published June 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
Doom 3‘s Graphically Enhanced Monsters Are Pretty Damn Ugly
Here’s your first look at some of the hideous monsters in the upcoming Doom 3 BFG Edition, a rerelease of Id’s first-person shooter that will be out this fall for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Sadly, no head-mounted displays or armor-mounted flashlights here. Just ugly monsters. Ugly, ugly monsters.
By Jason Schreier Published June 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Is How Nintendo Land‘s Zelda Game Works
The first Legend of Zelda game you’ll play on Nintendo’s Wii U doesn’t star Link; it stars you dressed as Link, or at least your Mii dressed as Link. Stephen Totilo walks us through the first Zelda experience on the Wii U. The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest is one of several mini-games arriving in…
By Mike Fahey Published June 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Makers of Bayonetta and the New Metal Gear Are Making an Exclusive Game for WiiU
Platinum Games, the folks behind such superviolent bits of excellence as Bayonetta, Vanquish and the upcoming Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance are also working on a launch title for Nintendo’s WiiU. It’s a bit more Pixar than their usual style, but it still looks cool. With the working title of “Project P-100,” the game will involve…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedLet’s Play a Little Animal Crossing in Nintendo Land
A Wii U game designed to ease players into the intricacies of playing with the system’s unique controller, Nintendo Land features an all-star cast of Nintendo’s top tier titles. Let’s watch Stephen put Nintendo flunkies to the test in the Animal Crossing-themed Sweet Day mini-game.
By Mike Fahey Published June 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedLittleBigPlanet for Vita Continues Sackboy’s Leaping, Rolling Adventures
We first heard about LittleBigPlanetfor PlayStation Vita at last year’s E3. This year’s E3 brings us a new trailer, showing off Sackboy’s adventures in portability. The game promises to use the Vita’s tilt, touch, camera, and more, to keep up the adorable platformer and its level creator.
By Kate Cox Published June 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
Hands-On With The Wii U, Nintendoā€™s Risky New Revolution
The Wii U does not give the immediately-wonderful first impression that the world-famous Wii did. But after having played some of the games Nintendo has made for its next console, I’m certain the Wii U has great potential. This is a familiar spot for Nintendo to be in: quirky new console, skeptical reporter, and a…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedCollect Battle Stickers In the New Paper Mario On the 3DS
Coming to the 3DS is Paper Mario: Sticker Star Stickers found around Mario’s world can help the 2D protagonist navigate the 3D world for surprise items, or fend off enemies. You can expect the game this holiday season.
By Tina Amini Published June 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedMan, Lego City Undercover Looks Pretty Hilarious
The Lego games of the last few years have been little kid-friendly comic masterpieces of silent slapstick. And the Wii U will be getting its own slice of the break-and-build experience when Lego City Undercover comes to it later this year.
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012
