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UncategorizedLook Ma, Super Street Fighter IV With One Hand
Aided by a standard-issue Street Fighter IV FightStick, this guy pulls off all of Ryu’s Trials in Super Street Fighter IV – using one hand. And he collects the achievement for it, to boot. YouTube user biffotasty filmed himself doing this over the course of 30 minutes. Trials “21 and 24 were the hardest, almost…
By Owen Good Published September 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy Fighting Game Gets A Sequel Struck By Lightning
Square Enix has revealed the follow-up to its portable Final Fantasy fighting game, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, in the latest issue of Japanese magazine Weekly Shonen Jump. That game is the somewhat clumsily titled Dissidia Duodecim: Final Fantasy, a PlayStation Portable release planned for release sometime in 2011, the magazine reveals. (The logo looks like Dissidia…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Just To Be Clear — NBA Jam’s Wii Version Has No Online Multiplayer
Not shocking news, but apparently it hadn’t been put on the record yet, and some folks were wondering if NBA Jam for the Wii would have online multiplayer support over the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection. Answer: No. EA Sports Vancouver confirmed it today, but I swear I’d heard it before. Maybe it’s because of the Wi-Fi…
By Owen Good Published September 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Everything You Need To Know About Duke Nukem’s Return
Gaming’s most testosterone-fueled alpha male, Duke Nukem, is back and ready to kick space alien ass in Duke Nukem Forever, the game we never ever thought they’d finish. In the unlikely event that the return of Duke Nukem Forever somehow didn’t register on your news radar this weekend, then brace yourself. More than a decade…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA Sports MMA Demo Arrives Sept. 28
EA Sports MMA’s free demo will arrive Sept. 28 for both Xbox 360 and PS3; you’ll get four fighters, four different skill levels and a tutorial. Further, as EA Sports has done with demos for NCAA Football 11 and Madden NFL 11, sending a note to someone in your friends list suggesting they try the…
By Owen Good Published September 7, 2010 -
UncategorizedLook At All That Cash That Gears Of War Fans Raised For Charity
You can count on Gears of War fans when it comes to buying virtual goods in the name of doing good. Want proof? Epic Games’ charity campaign tied to Gears of War 3 just raised over $150,000 for charity. Microsoft Game Studios and Epic revealed at PAX 2010 that the “Fate of Carmine” campaign, which…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
PSP Puts Japan Hardware Sales Back In Black
The PlayStation Portable absolutely killed it in Japan last week, sales-wise, gobbling up a huge portion of the hardware sales market and giving Sony the dominant portion of the pie. Who’s responsible? The one-two punch of MonHun Nikki: Poka Poka Ailu Mura and Ace Combat: Joint Assault helped propel the PSP to sweet sales last…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
2K Sports Serves Up Top Spin 4 In 2011
2K Sports will publish Top Spin 4, the latest edition of its tennis sim, in 2011, with versions for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. In a statement issued today, Greg Thomas, 2K Sports’ president of product development promised the game would deliver “an uncanny level of realism in the player and stadium models, authentic…
By Owen Good Published September 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Quiet Between the Storms
To: Ash From: Crecente On Sunday Totilo returned from Penny Arcade Expo, having covered the hell out of the show, with a week’s worth of stories to still post. Thursday McWhertor leaves for next week’s Tokyo Game Show in preparation for what is shaping up to be one of the better TGS showings in years.…
By Brian Crecente Published September 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
World’s Greatest Samus Cosplayer Goes For Zero
Last year, top tier Samus Aran cosplayer Thaís Jussim promised to strip down from Metroid’s famous Varia Suit to the infamous Zero Suit introduced in Metroid: Zero Mission. Looks like the Brazilian Metroid fan’s made good on that cosplay promise. Jussim, responsible for the most faithful, most technically impressive Metroid cosplay we’ve seen to date,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Update Delivers Old Madden Commands, New NFL Moments
The old pre-snap commands are back in Madden NFL 11, one highlight in a whale of an update that also adds replays of key moments from the upcoming NFL season, and even a “Breast Cancer Awareness” presentation mode. Madden NFL 11’s implementation of the “Strategy Pad” provoked howls of protest from the series’ hardcore fans,…
By Owen Good Published September 7, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Minds And Guns Behind Brink
The latest developer diary for Splash Damage’s Brink gives us a peek into the minds behind the game, and what happens when those minds get their hands on high-powered sniper rifles. One of the main downsides to working in video game journalism is the absence of good excuses to fly out to Nevada and fire…
By Mike Fahey Published September 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rare Comes Clean On Shocking ‘Kameo Is A Fairy’ Allegations
Kameo, the tribal tattooed star of Xbox 360 launch title Kameo: Elements of Power, is a fairy, developer Rare says in a new interview with Edge magazine, a cover up designed to appeal to the Xbox’s violence-loving fan base. So says Rare creative director George Andreas to Edge, via CVG, admitting that the Kameo we…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dragon Age II’s Hero Cleans Up, Becomes Female Real Nice
Hawke might be strong enough as a man, but he makes one damn fine woman. Bioware reveals the more feminine side to Dragon Age II’s main character. In order to tell a more compelling story, Dragon Age II features a main character much like Mass Effect’s Commander Shepard. Players can choose between male and female…
By Mike Fahey Published September 7, 2010 -
UncategorizedYou Can’t Possibly Read His Poker Face
Kinect might not be able to read a Big Daddy’s Poker Face, but it doesn’t seem to have any trouble reading the rest of him as he tries out Dance Central at last weekend’s PAX 2010. Years from now we’ll look back and realize the best thing to come from Microsoft Kinect was countless videos…
By Mike Fahey Published September 7, 2010 -
ReviewsBatman: The Brave And The Bold Review: Bat-Mite Makes Right
The Dark Knight returns to a more campy and colorful time in Batman: The Brave and the Bold for the Nintendo Wii, and he’s brought friends. Batman: The Brave and the Bold is the video game adaptation of the latest Batman animated series. In the cartoon, Batman teams up every week with a different DC…
By Mike Fahey Published September 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
iPhone’s New Game Center Might Not Work On Your Phone
Apple’s Game Center app, the social gaming software that adds friends lists, matchmaking, and unified multiplayer gaming, arrives this week with the release of iOS 4.1. Now the bad news: not every iPhone and iPod touch will support it. Apple notes, on its newly launched Game Center page, that owners of the original iPhone, iPod…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010 -
UncategorizedThis Kirby Look-Alike Doesn’t Suck
I noted earlier this week that iPhone game Hoggy was free on iTunes. But why should you care, even if it is still free? Check out this video to see why I spent a chunk of my weekend playing around with the vaguely familiar pink blob.
By Brian Crecente Published September 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
BioWare Drops Mind-blowing Mass Effect 2 Player Stats
Developer BioWare has revealed some fascinating statistics mined from players of Mass Effect 2. Unsurprising may be the fact that 80% of players chose a male Commander Shepard for their avatar. Perhaps unbelievable is how long some played the thing. According to a report from IGN citing data from BioWare, some Mass Effect 2 players…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010