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Japan’s Biggest Game Right Now Is A Wii RPG, Which Makes Sense
Xenoblade, the new Wii role-playing game made by the people who made Xenosaga, is Japan’s top selling game, dethroning previous champ Super Mario Galaxy 2, which crosses a milestone of its own. Super Mario Galaxy 2 owners in Japan now number more than half a million, putting the Wii game on its way to great…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Lord of the Rings: War in the North Eyes-On Impressions: A Party of Three
Two things described by J.R.R. Tolkein in his Lord of the Rings trilogy haven’t been seen yet in video games: Bloody, brutal violence, and the War in the North. An action RPG due out in 2011 will deliver both. The Lord of the Rings: War in the North is the first M-rated game for the…
By Owen Good Published June 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kratos Is Good With A Spear & Shield In Ghost of Sparta
You can’t see it any of these screen shots, but the star of God of War is pretty good with a spear and shield, one of the angry Spartan’s newest tricks in his new PSP adventure. God of War: Ghost of Sparta is the follow-up to God of War: Chains of Olympus, a PSP game…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
The 3DS Also Has A Pimp Range
While we’ve seen pictures of the Nintendo 3DS in black, red and blue, there are two other colours on display on E3’s showroom floor: a garish shade of orange, and a garish shade of purple. They look more like the kind of colours Sony would use on a Japan-exclusive PSP, but then seeing as these…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
Super Scribblenauts Impressions: One Simple Word
It’s tough to beat the wow factor of the dizzying dictionary of usable words in last year’s Scribblenauts for the DS. This year’s followup: Super Scribblenauts, doesn’t try to outdo that as much as perfect other aspects of the game. For starters, the controls. A loud, frequent request of Scribblenauts devotees, Maxwell gets D-pad controls,…
By Owen Good Published June 17, 2010 -
UncategorizedUnreal Engine Puts BP Oil Spill Into Perspective
Initial estimates had the amount of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico at 25,000 barrels a day. This clip, made using the same engine that powers many of today’s biggest games, shows how much oil that really is. And that’s only 25,000. When you consider that, a few months later, the best guess is…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rage’s E3 Screens Bring Ol’ Blighty To The Wastelands
Rage to me feels like one of those sneaky games. Like Arkham Asylum, or Red Dead, where you’re mildly interested in it before it comes out, then when it’s out, it blows you away. I’ve got nothing to base that on, of course! It’s just a feeling, based on that fact this is id and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
The New Xbox 360 Won’t “Red Ring” [Update]
The “Red Ring Of Death”, the symbol of a catastrophic system failure that has become an icon of the 360’s lifetime, will soon be no more, as the new model of the console won’t display a ring of red lights. Deciding to take the opportunity for a clean break, Microsoft has not included any red…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
Journey, From The Creators Of flOw and Flower, Explained
flOw and Flower developer thatgamecompany is making something new, Journey, a game that’s about singing, sand, hiking, cloth, surfing, astronauts and feeling small. And, in a radical departure for the team, it uses two whole buttons. Journey is a multiplayer online adventure for the PlayStation 3 that aims to explore the emotional palette that its…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
This is Why You Didn’t Get to Play with the 3DS at E3
Remember that video of the huge stampede of people we posted earlier today? The one showing all of those folks running to get to Nintendo’s booth to check out Nintendo’s 3D portable? They never stood a chance! Why? Because the line already wrapped entirely around Nintendo’s booth before the floor was open. And it was…
By Brian Crecente Published June 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gran Turismo 5’s Cars vs Real Cars
There are two types of cars in Gran Turismo 5: “Standard”, of which there are over 800 available, and “Premium”, of which there are just over 200. The standard cars are nice, but the premium ones are amazing While the differentiation may sound like something you have to pay extra for, the premium cars are…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kinect’s Best Game Could be The Most Important Game of E3
Playing around with some of the games designed for the Xbox 360’s controller-free Kinect earlier this week I discovered the game of the show that I think could have the biggest impact on gaming. It shouldn’t be a surprise that the game is the product of developers Harmonix, the folks who created Guitar Hero, Rock…
By Brian Crecente Published June 17, 2010