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UncategorizedYouTube Pulls Official The Last of Us Trailer Due to ‘Copyright Claim’
Earlier today I received an e-mail from the people at YouTube, who informed me that a seven-second video that I ran of Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto bobbing his head during a musical performance of the Spike VGAs was in violation of a Viacom copyright. YouTube, I learned will not jump to the conclusion that…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Wii is So Not Dead
The Wii is so not dead. Not when it’s got Rhythm Heaven on the way in February. This, folks, is a screenshot. An awesome screenshot. -Stephen Totilo The B3st and Worst Gam3s With a 3 In the Title Anyone who knows me knows that my second-favorite hobby (after making sure my fingernails have no white…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe New Humble Indie Bundle Might Be The Best One Yet
We’ve seen our share of Humble Indie Bundles over the past year or two—independent developers who gather under the “Humble” brand and release a bunch of their games priced at whatever people want to pay. The latest one, Humble Bundle #4, might be the best one yet—for any price you want, you can get Super…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedFrom Portal to Smash Brothers The Video Game Music Choir Does Not Disappoint
The Video Game Music Choir is a Boston based group that exclusively sings video game music . With arrangements from Portal, Uncharted, and Sonic Adventure 2, they have a little bit of something for everybody. On December 14th at 7:30PM, they will be having a winter concert at Trinity Church in Boston, MA. It’s a…
By Chris Carolan Published December 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Giant Rainbow Super Mario in Just Dance 3 is Slightly Disturbing
The Just Dance series is the kind of red-hot gaming franchise that can pull in a guest character like Nintendo’s Super Mario. But who knew that such a combo would be so… colorful. Behold the sight of Mario dancing in the Wii version of Just Dance 3, last seen in the Japanese version of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Naughty Dog Calls Out Video Games for Weak Stories, Promises to Blow Brains with The Last of Us
Sure, Naughty Dog’s Uncharted series is a benchmark for narrative, cinematic gaming. But from the way Naughty Dog is talking up their new franchise to Eurogamer, the upcoming PlayStation-exclusive The Last of Us is going to have a lot to live up to—especially in a setting as well-trodden as the zombie apocalypse. Naughty Dog wants…
By Joel Johnson Published December 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Microsoft’s Furry Kinect Mascots Take a Trip to Apple Land
Once the poster lovable wild animals for Microsoft’s motion-sensing Kinect peripheral, the Kinectimals now appear to be feline ambassadors of goodwill to the iPad and iPhone. How very odd. Released last month for the Windows Phone 7, Kinectimals for iOS devices retains all the functionality of that version, right down to the ability to transfer…
By Mike Fahey Published December 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
You Can Be Temporarily Banned from Modern Warfare 3 For 5000 Days
People are getting hit with 5000-day bands in Modern Warfare 3, and the people behind the game say it’s intentional. “Yes. If you see this message, it means you’ve been Permabanned (for something bad),” Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling Tweeted today in response to online news site MP1st wondering about the image atop this story We…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Shigeru Miyamoto Knows Some Americans He’d Make a Zelda With
The Legend of Zelda is one the most successful video game franchises to ever come from Japan. It’s been mostly made by Nintendo studios in Kyoto, with some added efforts by Capcom, which is based in Osaka. Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo’s top game designer and lead creator of the 25-year-old Zelda series now sees a team…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedLaw and Order: Legacies Brings Lennie Briscoe Back from the Dead
The best part of the Law and Order franchise died in 2004 with actor Jerry Orbach. In Telltale Games new episodic adventure series Law & Order: Legacies Orbach’s detective Lennie Bricoe character makes a slightly creepy return appearance. It wouldn’t be a Law and Order “dream team” without Lennie Briscoe, the silver-haired detective that carried…
By Mike Fahey Published December 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Bringing Sesame Street to the Xbox Wasn’t As Easy as 1-2-3
When Microsoft announced earlier this year that Double Fine would be making a Kinect-based Sesame Street game, many wondered if the developer studio behind Psychonauts and Brutal Legend were leaving their own original ideas behind for a lucrative license. But Nathan Martz, project lead on Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster, says that it was…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
YouTube and More Video Services Hit the Xbox 360 Today
Get used to this kind of alert, Xbox 360 owners. After last week’s “Future of TV” dashboard update, Microsoft’s going to be partnering up with—and then letting everyone know about—content providers of every stripe all over the world. The newest bunch of content-centric apps are available today, with YouTube the most impactful of the bunch.…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
In DC Universe Online, Christmas Belongs to Larfleeze
First DC Universe Online introduced the Green, Yellow, and Red Lanterns. Now, just in time for Christmas, they’re getting all greedy. The one and only Orange Lantern Larfleeze has appeared in game update seven, spreading Season’s Greedings to Gotham and Metropolis. Oh hee. I just got that. Larfleeze, the Lantern so greedy he’s the only…
By Mike Fahey Published December 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
All the Activists are Dead in the Next Command & Conquer
If Command & Conquer: Generals 2 is really a BioWare game (and it is, right?), then we should care about its story. Storytelling in video games, after all, is a BioWare hallmark. This is what we’ve got so far, from the official Command & Conquer site, run by Victory Games, which is now under the…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Ads in New Lego Toy Sets Confirm Superman and Wonder Woman in Lego Batman 2
Rumors have been swirling about an expanded superhero cast in the follow-up to 2008’s Lego Batman, with the Amazing Amazon and the Man of Steel reportedly joining the toy-riffic version of the Dark Knight. Ads inside of new Lego toys appear to confirm that, according to MCVUK. Lego’s launching a new Super Heroes line with…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy XIII-2 Soundtrack’s Descent Into Self-Parody is Audio Metaphor for Series
Oh hey, there’s a new Chocobo song in Final Fantasy XIII-2! I do so love hearing the new arrangements of Nobuo Uematsu’s whimsical theme that arrive with each new iteration of the series. Let’s give it a listen! Oh. Oh god. While I’ve been a bit more forgiving than most concerning the quality of recent…
By Mike Fahey Published December 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Use the PlayStation Vita Version of Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 to Play on Your PS3
A while back at the Tokyo Games Show 2011, Capcom and Sony announced that a portable version of Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 would be debuting for the PlayStation Vita. Since then, we suspected that there’d be some interoperability between the handheld and home consoles. Last week, Capcom’s Seth Killian could only coyly tease such…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedTen Shining Examples of How the PlayStation Vita Will Change the Way You Play Games
It sounds like hype, but really it’s a matter of fact; with two analog sticks, shoulder buttons, front and back touch controls and a motion sensor, these ten Vita launch window titles are going to put your manual dexterity to the test. Take Uncharted: Golden Abyss for example. The shooting controls for this flagship Vita…
By Mike Fahey Published December 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Samsung Flies a Nomadic Namibian to Korean Video Games Olympics in Exploitative Stunt
Cwi Nqani’s brush with video game greatness could’ve been mapped on the plot points of The Air Up There, Cool Runnings or The Gods Must Be Crazy or really any shallow movie where people from different cultures collide in an explosion of hilarity. As reported by CNN, the 32-year-old was selling his rural ethnic group’s…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 13, 2011