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The New Kid Icarus May Explore Another Dimension: Multiplayer
Nintendo is finally creating a new Kid Icarus game, Kid Icarus Uprising, after nearly 20 years of downtime for the character. The Nintendo 3DS game may be modernized with a now-expected feature, online multiplayer, according to its creator. Masahiro Sakurai, Kid Icarus Uprising and the Super Smash Bros. Brawl game designer, tells UK mag Games…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Expendables Gets The 8-Bit Contra Clone It So Richly Deserves
Step into the boots of action stars Jet Li, Sylvester Stallone, and Jason Statham, in an 8-bit Facebook action game based off of their upcoming movie, Contra The Expendables. You have to like a movie that brings together some of the greatest action heroes of all time into one testosterone-coma-inducing parade of shooting, punching, and…
By Mike Fahey Published July 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
From Your Glorious Occupiers of the New Korean Federation
Man, this brings back memories from when I lived in Seoul, South Korea as a kid. I actually had a whole stash of propaganda in my bedroom, tucked away in a dresser drawer behind the socks. I collected it over my two years in Korea, finding it all around the city, but someone found it…
By Brian Crecente Published July 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Silent Hill Music Man Akira Yamaoka’s Favorite Songs
Composer Akira Yamaoka, perhaps best known for his moody musical contributions to Konami’s Silent Hill series, wants his own funeral to be scored by Ennio Morricone’s “Ecstasy of Gold,” one of the game composer’s five favorite songs. Yamaoka, now at No More Heroes developer Grasshopper Manufacture, tells Nintendo Life that the memorable tune from The…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Crysis 2 Nano Edition Briefly Appears, Is Nowhere Near Nano-Sized
Swedish online store Webhallen.com briefly carried a listing for the Crysis 2 Nano Edition priced at the equivalent of nearly $200. What Crysis 2 swag could be worth that much? German website PlayFront.De managed to snag a few pictures of the ultra-expensive edition before Webhallen took it down, and I have to say, that’s one…
By Mike Fahey Published July 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Star Treatment
If you are somebody, and you visit Nintendo’s New York offices from out of town, you get your very own greeting in the lobby, running on a flat-screen TV. I’ve never seen this at a game company before. Horii is the creator of Dragon Quest, including Dragon Quest IX. The other two gentlemen on his…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s Biggest DS Still A Big Deal In Japan
Nintendo’s recent price drop on its line of portable game machines is giving the platform a big boost in Japan. As it has since becoming cheaper, the XL-sized Nintendo DSi LL reigns supreme on Japan’s sales charts. Add another 32,000-plus Japanese players of the biggest Nintendo DS to date. When combined with the portable’s other…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Curls Up With A Good Book
Fans looking to delve deeper into the cyberpunk dystopia of the Deus Ex series need look no further than Deus Ex: The Icarus Effect, a novel coming next year from Del Rey and tie-in author supreme James Swallow. Secret agent Anna Kelso and special-ops soldier Ben Saxon live in a world of great and powerful…
By Mike Fahey Published July 12, 2010 - Reviews
Flametail Review: Space Burn
Could the video game Snake be improved by setting the snake’s tail on fire? Of course! Flametail is a recent downloadable release for the Nintendo DSi’s DSiWare service, which means that you are about to read about a game that gets less press than your fingernail clippings. You are reading about a game that is…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 12, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Man Who Will Bring Us To The Fourth Dimension
Marc ten Bosch is the only man I have ever treated as if he had a super-power. Not super-strength. Not heat vision. Something better. I believed, because it is sort of true, that he can see the fourth dimension. That would make him a special class of person. Depending on your perspective, it could make…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Ghost Recon, Scott Pilgrim, Brotherhood Heading to ComicCon
Anime Otakus, Trekkies, and comic fans have a little extra to look forward to at Comic-Con International in San Diego later this month as Ubisoft plans to showcase their upcoming titles. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and Just Dance 2 will all make appearances through game…
By Aulistar Mark Published July 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fifteen Potential Names For The Batman: Arkham Asylum Sequel
It’s no secret Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is working on a follow-up to the smash hit Batman: Arkham Asylum, but what will it be called? Perhaps one of fifteen newly-registered Arkham-themed website domains contains a clue? Supper Annuation has dug up fifteen separate Arkham-flavored domain records, each created on July 7, each pointing to Warner…
By Mike Fahey Published July 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Google Invests $100+ Million In FarmVille Company, Prepares Google Games
Tech Crunch sources report that not only has Google quietly invested somewhere between $100 and $200 million dollars in FarmVille and Mafia Wars creator Zynga, the developer’s games will form the base for Google Games, launching later this year. The creators of FarmVille, Mafia Wars, and other social games, are no strangers to companies throwing…
By Mike Fahey Published July 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Is Waiting For The Price Of 3D To Drop
With only two games in their current line-up slated to support 3D, Ubisoft is waiting on widespread 3D support for the same reason consumers are slow to adapt 3D television technology – the high cost. If you are an Ubisoft fan that’s already picked up an expensive 3D-ready television, you can still look forward to…
By Mike Fahey Published July 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fruit Ninja Coming to iPad with Eight Finger Support
Why eight? Because it’s more than two? I don’t really know, but fruit-slicing iPhone title, Fruit Ninja is coming to the iPad with support for up to eight-finger swiping! This trailer gives you a sense of why you would need eight-finger support: For two-player head-to-head play of course! The two-player multiplayer in Fruit Ninja HD…
By Brian Crecente Published July 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
iTunes Chart Topper: Angry Birds, still Angry and still Birds
Angry Birds takes over the top spots on both the iPhone and iPad Lists as we continue our weekly chart topper from our festive 4th of July hiatus. Here’s the full list of games for both platforms: Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone game reviews iPhone…
By Aulistar Mark Published July 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Take on Driver Pushed Back to 2011
Driver San Francisco, the body-hopping reboot of Ubisoft’s popular driving action series, won’t be hitting stores and your consoles this year after all. A short note from Ubisoft points out that the game, previously scheduled for a release in 2010, won’t be hitting until their fourth quarter, which runs January to March 2011. The publisher…
By Brian Crecente Published July 12, 2010 -
UncategorizedNine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
You’re a college student who finds himself trapped on a sinking ferry with eight other passengers, forced to play a twisted game where losing means a watery grave. This is Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors for the Nintendo DS. Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors is an adventure game for the Nintendo DS, though…
By Mike Fahey Published July 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: Are You A Lover Or A Fighter?
Will you use the customizable fighting moves of Toribash to become the ultimate fighter on your Wii, or will you use 4 Travellers – Play French to become the ultimate lover with your DSi? It’s all about passion. This week’s Nintendo Download is heavy on the puzzles and popping, with Balloon Pop Festival for WiiWare…
By Mike Fahey Published July 12, 2010