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UncategorizedLara Croft’s Journey Began Here, as a Broken Mess
If you’ve ever wondered what set Lara Croft off on the journey from a mild-mannered young British lady into a hardened killer, here’s your answer. She fell off a boat. This brand new trailer, for the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot, is certainly slick. Definitely fresh for the franchise as well. Just what Tomb Raider needed!
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Here’s What Old (And Small) Metal Gear Games Look Like In “HD”
Konami is engaging in the very definition of fan service with its Metal Gear and ZoE box sets. Question is, are the results worth it? While we won’t know how they play until we play them, we can judge them today on how they look. Zone of the Enders screens sadly aren’t available yet (that…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallThe Great Gaming Franchises Locked In EA’s Dungeon
A common complaint levelled against big publishers like Activision and Electronic Arts is that they milk their franchises for all they’re worth. It’s an easy allegation to make, but in EA’s case, it (sadly!) doesn’t hold much water. Because if EA really wanted to milk its franchises for all they’re worth, we’d be drowning in…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedMetal Gear Creator Introduces His New ‘Fox Engine,’ Teases New Multiplatform Game
Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear series, didn’t announce any new games at Konami’s pre-E3 2011 press conference today—though he did announce new versions of his older games. Instead, Kojima introduced us to the new Fox Engine. Kojima told interviewer Mark MacDonald of 8-4 that developer Kojima Productions began creating the multiplatform engine shortly…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
Cops Tase Man with PS2 Tucked In His Pants
Cops trying to get a man to stop walking in traffic had a tougher time convincing him when they found out the dude was strapped—with a PS2. We’re guessing this was a PS2 Slim that Timothy Jones Sr., 36, of Lincoln, Mo., had tucked in his pants. (“Unless they were enormous pants,” says Luke.) Whatever…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
EA is Launching Its Own Steam Competitor
This Friday, Electronic Arts will unveil its own take on the popular online PC shopfront Steam, with the launch of a service called Origin According to a report on the Wall Street Journal, this service will function much like Steam, as a single store and gaming platform on the PC that will let customers “purchase,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
UFC 3 Puts Pride In Its Work
Pride Fighting Championship rules—these would be ones permitting head stomps and soccer kicks to the noggin—are among a set of features for the officially announced UFC Undisputed 3 that will expand on the leading mixed martial arts simulation title and incorporate many qualities of its short-lived competition. Officially announced by THQ this morning, Pride rules…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
One-Off Penny Arcade Strip Gets a Movie Deal
In October, Penny Arcade shook things up a bit with a series of three mini-stories, each forming a cinematic opening to a larger story left unexplored. Hollywood wants to explore one of them a bit further, acquiring the rights to “The New Kid,” imagined as an animated feature. “The New Kid” was the best of…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
No Metal Gear Solid: Rising at E3 as 2012 Release Reaffirmed
At Konami’s pre-E3 event this evening, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima said the series’ next entry, Metal Gear Solid: Rising will not be appearing at E3, giving no further details why. Kojima said a 2012 release date for the title is still targeted, as originally planned.
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
Konami Teases Contra Reboot
Konami finished its pre-E3 briefing with a short hint that Contra would be getting a reboot on current consoles. A short trailer showed a fireball crisscrossing the screen before settling into the series’ familiar blazing-C logo (pictured).
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
Silent Hill Also Getting HD Collection; NGP Silent Hill Announced
At its pre-E3 event today, Konami revealed that Silent Hill 2 and 3 also would be getting the HD collection treatment, and a new entry in the series is being built for Sony’s NGP handheld. Silent Hill: Book of Memories is the NGP title; a disclaimer shown with the game’s logo noted that the concept…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
Clearing Up—Sort Of—Where Colonial Marines Fits in Aliens Canon
When Aliens: Colonial Marines‘ official game announcement billed it as a “true sequel to James Camerson’s classic Aliens,” diehard fans of the film trilogy took that to mean the game would undo the events of the controversial Alien 3, harshly criticized by Aliens director James Cameron and some of its principal cast. Not so, says…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
Metal Gear, Zone of the Enders Return With HD Collections
Konami announced today that two of its most popular franchises, Metal Gear Solid and Zone of the Enders, will be getting HD compilation re-releases on the PlayStation 3 and, for the first time, will also see action on the Xbox 360. The Metal Gear pack, due in November, will include Metal Gear Solid 2, Metal…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
Saints Row: The Third Offers Complete and Utter Chaos With No Waiting
You want crazed murder and hilarious mayhem in your Saints Row? Developer Volition is going to give it to you, right out of the box, in Saints Row: The Third That means beatdowns with giant purple dildos and comically large fists that cause pedestrians to explode on contact will be at your disposal. That means…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
Capcom: ‘We Got it Wrong’ on PC Super Street Fighter DRM
Capcom will remove the “limited offline” restrictions DRM places on the PC versions of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, saying its community convinced it that such measures meant legitimate users would have a worse experience than the pirates the DRM means to thwart. “We’ve heard you loud and clear and here’s what we’re going…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
Farewell UMD
MUSEUM DISPLAY | A man looks at Universal Media Discs (UMD) that are used in Sony’s initial entrant into the handheld gaming device market, the PlayStation Personal (PSP), on opening day of the 10th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) May 12, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) We Played the NGP’s…
By Brian Crecente Published June 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sony Brings Its Joke Spokesman Back Online, Kevin Butler Fully Operational
Highly entertaining but fake PlayStation executive Kevin Butler was notably (and understandably) quiet during Sony’s recent PlayStation Network downtime. But like the PlayStation Store, the cocky PlayStation mouthpiece has returned, showing that Sony is willing to laugh again. Mr. Butler joked about his sabbatical/hibernation on Twitter today, ending his weeks-long silence and allegedly shaving just…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
The First Mad Catz-Published Flight Sim is Pretty Much What You’d Expect
They said they were getting into the flight sim business, and here we are. Controller and random accessory creator Mad Catz proudly presents War Wings: Hell Catz, the first in a series of flight combat titles exploring important points in the history of aviation. While Mad Catz’s own ThunderHawk Studios gets ready to start pumping…
By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
These are the Big Action Games of E3 2011, We Think
What’s an action game? It’s Zelda. It’s Uncharted. It’s Kirby, and it’s Tomb Raider It’s a label for some of the coolest console and portable creations that will be at the E3 circus of upcoming video games in Los Angeles next week. Action games are the games we haven’t classified as shooters or sports games…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
Buckle Up for the Rugged Uncharted 3 Collector’s Edition
You too can half-tuck like Nathan Drake this year with the official Uncharted belt buckle, one of a many fine prizes included in the collector’s edition of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, revealed today by Sony and Naughty Dog. While Drake’s mystical belt buckle may be most interesting to someone like me, you may be more…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2011