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Nine States Oppose California In Supreme Court Games Case
Yesterday evening saw the filing deadline for supporting briefs in Schwarzenegger vs. Entertainment Merchants Association – the Supreme Court case involving a California statute restricting the sale or rental of violent video game sales. Nine states oppose the law. Rhode Island, Arkansas, Georgia, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah and Washington, plus Puerto Rico…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Band Is Back, Marching Under The Shield
A league license rebranded it as Quick Hit NFL earlier this month, trading some of the football strategy simulation’s upstart rep for establishment cred. For many on the game, it was an arrival. For some, it was also a return. Many on the team that developed this game, a browser-based, free-to-play, pay-to-upgrade title that also…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Does Halo Even Need A Movie? Nah
At one time, Microsoft was in Hollywood, meeting with movie producers and trying to make a Halo movie. It didn’t happen. And while Microsoft hasn’t given up, the question remains: Does Microsoft even need to make a Halo film? “I don’t know if we need a Halo movie”, Microsoft Game Studios exec Phil Spencer told…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Halo: Reach Load Times, Installed vs. Disc
If you have the drive space, you may want to consider installing Halo: Reach to your Xbox 360, as loading some game types can go nearly two to three times as quickly. The time savings are a matter of seconds, not minutes. But this comparison, by Examiner.com, shows the opening mission loading in 8.1 versus…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Let’s TGS: Day Four
Our past day of reporting from Tokyo Game Show saw Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam, Project Dark and its demon soul, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, and that suave blue PS3 above. And there’s plenty more to read about as well. Here’s a run down of day four of the show. You can find day one…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 -
UncategorizedEarth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon Bugs Out In 2011
D3 Publisher has made it 100% official—Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon is coming to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next spring, a chance to shoot bugs. Giant bugs! Thousands of them!! Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon touts an arsenal more than 150 weapons strong. Along with “four upgradeable armor sets,” D3 Publisher has a…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Box Scores: Sixteen Bags
Only 15 players have hit four home runs in a single game, a feat even more rare than a perfect game. Three of them are Phillies. If anyone would become the fourth, Chase Utley’s a good candidate. Andrew K., playing a full 162-game season as the Phillies with MLB 10: The Show, received the Reds…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hideo Kojima Once Again Ponders Metal Gear Solid 5
Today during a stage show, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima briefly mentioned MGS5. “Maybe, I’ll do 5,” said the game designer. Kojima then joked that he won’t have to quit working at Konami. Kojima was being glib, and this isn’t officially confirmation of a new Metal Gear Solid (or that certainly not that he…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Starkiller Brings Two Sabers To A Blaster Fight
GameTrailers got the first in-game cutscene from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2. Not once in 33 years have I ever seen anyone disembark a TIE Fighter, and Star Wars doesn’t look like it’s gonna start showing that now. How the hell do you get in and out of those things, anyway, the Force? Oh,…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Ape Escape For PlayStation Move Is An On-Rails Gadget Shooter
Apes go wild, again, in Furi Furi! Sarugechu—or Ape Escape Shake! Shake!, if you prefer—the first game in the monkey-snatching series to utilize Sony’s new PlayStation Move controller. The goal? Grab monkeys! With the Move! The Move-enabled version of Ape Escape puts things in first-person perspective, the motion controller acting as a floating net—to grab…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Moneysaver: Buckaroo Bargains
The White House wants to know, is everything OK with the alien space craft from Planet 10 or should we just go ahead and destroy Russia? Coming soon: The Moneysaver Versus The World Crime League. Before we get started, interesting development in valueland: the digital distribution service GamersGate just opened a full-blown store through Facebook.…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Week in Review: Exciting Game Show
Two major drops – Halo: Reach on Tuesday, PlayStation Move on Friday – vied with Tokyo Game Show 2010 to dominate the past week. They may have been the biggest news, but they weren’t the only news. Reach went out with some problems, apparently – multiplayer issues on the 4GB Slim Arcade models of the…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 -
UncategorizedBoy Band Coming To Idolm@ster 2
Namco Bandai’s idol simulator The Idolm@ster features teenage girls. But in Japan, it’s not only young girls who are idols. Young boys are, too. Besides its stable of girls, Idolm@ster 2 will feature a boy band unit called “Jupiter”. There is 17-year-old Touma Amagase, 20-year-old Ijuuin Hokuto and 14-year-old Shouta Mitarai. In the clip, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Two More Fighters Are Bound For Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
The latest challengers for Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds? Spider-Man and Wesker from Resident Evil. This is certainly not the first appearance for Spider-Man in a MvC title. It is, however, for Wesker. These are the latest characters in the span of the past two weeks. Earlier, Marvel’s X-23 and Capcom’s Tron…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Tokyo Game Show 2010 Cosplay Blowout: Phase One
On Saturday, the public comes to Tokyo Game Show to play video games—and play dress up, posing for hours in Cosplay Alley. We spent a few hours in the battlegrounds of TGS cosplay and returned with this report. We’ll have more expert level cosplay from Japanese costume artists and those abroad soon, but while we…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Revealed!
Tekken Tag Tournament is getting a sequel dubbed… Tekken Tag Tournament 2! The game was just made public at the Tokyo Game Show by Tekken team leader Katsuhiro Harada. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is a totally new title. It is slated first for arcades, but is bound for consoles after that. The game’s debut trailer…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
These Guys Make Hard Games
Games are getting easier and getting easier. Developers are putting in various modes and reducing the difficulty curve. Well, not everybody. Tokyo-based Nigoro is working on WiiWare title La Mulana. It’s an Indiana Jones-type platformer in which players explore 18 areas of the free-roaming environment. The vibe is retro, and the game’s designers are trying…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Japan’s Western-Game Loving Porn Star Pops Up At TGS
Noa Torigoe, star of adult films like Max Orgasm and Ultimate Gold, really loves video games. I guess you could call her “hardcore”? But she doesn’t just love Japanese video games, she loves Western video games. “The console that I play the most is the Xbox 360,” Noa told Kotaku Japan. “Recently, I’ve been playing…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2010
