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UncategorizedSquare Enix Making Social Game for the Nintendo 3DS
What is Heroes of Ruin? It is Square Enix’s stab at social gaming on the Nintendo 3DS. The game features a band of four heroes taking on monsters and other creatures that pop up in games involving bands of heroes. Heroes of Ruin uses 3DS StreetPass functionality for an in-game “Traders’ Network” that lets players…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedHow Call of Duty Elite Works, and Why You Might Be Paying For It
The people who make Call of Duty keep promising that they won’t charge you extra to play their hit game against other people. They shoot down any fears that they’re going to turn CoD multiplayer into a pay-per-month subscription service, a la World of Warcraft or HBO. But starting this fall, series publisher Activision will…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Is This Man Thinking?
The Force | LAS VEGAS, NV: Filmmaker George Lucas appeared at CinemaCon earlier this spring. (Photo: Ethan Miller | Getty) Hands On With StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm ‘s Campaign, Now With More RPG and Space Yetis StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is a mutated beast of last year’s real-time strategy game infused…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
There’s Syphon Filter 4?
Maybe! Apparently the stealth game was accidentally revealed on the PlayStation.blog, but then taken down. There were apparently discussions of this on the PlayStation Community Forums, but they too were taken down. According to a post on GameTrailers.com, the game is going to be a PS3 title and will be out in late 2012. Sony…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
L.A. Noire DLC Offers Players New Cases to Play. New Ways to Pay.
A handful of downloadable content is coming to detective game L.A. Noire. The DLC includes standalone cases, in-game items and challenges. “With its blend of real crime influences and noir atmosphere, L.A. Noire contains boundless potential for new stories and new cases,” said Sam Houser, founder of Rockstar Games, in an official release. “The four…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2011 - Culture
The Forgotten Art of the Video Game Title Screen
Back before games had cinematic intros, and many of the biggest titles were still in arcades, the video game title screen was often one of the most important “lures” for a customer. Featuring big artwork and even bigger titles, it had to capture everything the game stood for. Everything it was about. Everything it was…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Group Claims to be Attacking Sony, Stealing Data. Again.
Over the past few days, broadcaster PBS has been the target of a concerted series of attacks on its online presence. Those hackers now claim they’ve moved onto targeting Sony. A tweet issued by the group, going by the name LulzSec, says “Hey @Sony, you know we’re making off with a bunch of your internal…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
She’s Bayonetta, Brought to Life
As far as short nicknames go, hers must be on of the shortest. Going by the frisky sounding “H”, this cosplayer focuses her attention primarily on one thing: games made in Osaka. Her cosplaying efforts breathe life into characters appearing in titles from Platinum Games, such as the titular Bayonetta, and also characters from Capcom…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Samurai Warriors 3 Ready to Hack up the PS3
Remember when hack-and-slash title Sengoku Musou 3 (Samurai Warriors 3) came out on the Wii in 2009? A poster for Sengoku Musou 3: Empire reveals that the game’s latest iteration is apparently PS3-bound. No word on if it’s also heading to the Wii. PS3『戦国無双３ Empires』8月発売予定！ 無双シリーズはWiiで続けるって言ったのに・・・ [オレ的ゲーム速報＠刃]
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedCall of Duty Elite’s Leaked Trailer Says a Lot [Update]
I always thought Activision overpaid for those Rolling Stones rights in Black Ops. Good to see they’re getting a bit more mileage out of them here, in this thoroughly chatty trailer for the new Call of Duty Elite service If you can stomach what sounds like nearly seven minute’s worth of TJ Miller’s voice, there’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Buy a Dreamcast That’ll Fit In Your Hand
A slightly iffy Japanese site is taking preorders for a portable Dreamcast that may not look like much, but promises to do everything you’d expect from such a unit. The all-on-one handheld has a screen, control surfaces and speakers, and plays retail Dreamcast games. They’ll ship next month, but at $470 each, only serious (or…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hello Robot Girls
RAcaseal, the female android from Sega’s Phantasy Star Online, is getting memorialized in plastic. Famed Japanese figure maker Kotobukiya is releasing a 1/12 scale pre-painted RAcaseal kit that comes with two sabers, a shotgun and a pair of extra hands. The pink version is ¥3675 (US$45), while the sky blue one is a limited edition…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Absurdity of International Game Ratings
Different cultures have different tastes. That’s a given, and will always result in slight differences in game ratings. But what’s just happened to 3DS game Dead or Alive: Dimensions is too strange to overlook. The game won’t be sold in Sweden, Norway and Denmark because of fears over the region’s child pornography laws, which forbid…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedSee StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm In Action For the First Time
Blending campaign gameplay and scenes from the previously revealed cinematic teaser, here’s our first peek at StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, the second chapter in Blizzard’s ongoing space war trilogy. Watch Banelings evolve! See Zerg swarm! Witness the destruction of the Protoss on the planet Kaldir! Meet Abathur and Izsha, your Zerg buddies! Read…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
New StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Screen Shots, Annotated For Your Pleasure
New in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is the option to choose a “Battle Focus” for Kerrigan, the hero character of the campaign. Up to four Battle Focuses, each with five special abilities and attributes, will be available. Only two, Spec Ops and Corruption, were playable during a recent hands-on preview event In StarCraft…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hands On With StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm‘s Campaign, Now With More RPG and Space Yetis
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is a mutated beast of last year’s real-time strategy game infused with traces of point and click adventure. For StarCraft II‘s first expansion, the second chapter in Blizzard’s trilogy, the game is getting a dose of role-playing game elements. The evolutionary leap in Heart of the Swarm focuses on…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Fallout MMO Might Not Survive the Coming Apocalypse
The Fallout MMO, which has been chugging along for a while now with seemingly little progress made, is now in danger of going under completely as the game’s developers stare down the barrel of a rusty, post-apocalyptic gun. Interplay, which has been around for decades, is a few million in the hole at the moment,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2011
