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Company of Heroes Online in Glorious Motion
Company of Heroes Online isn’t just a straight remake of the original, addictive real-time strategy game, it takes that experience and fixes almost everything wrong with it. Not that Company of Heroes mulitplayer gaming was tragically broken. But as Tim Holman, Relic’s director of Company of Heroes Online said at a recent event for the…
By Brian Crecente Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
We’re giving away Call of Duty Codes Later Today
Remember when I said we’d be giving away codes for Armored Core Last Raven Portable on Facebook today? Well, we’re also going to be giving away ten codes for the Xbox 360 version of the Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence DLC on Facebook as well today.
By Brian Crecente Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Do You Live In Dallas? You Busy This Week?
To: Crecente From: Bash RE: Quincy Not you Crecente. I know where you live. You live in Denver. Or so you say. Dun dun dun I live in Osaka, but I’m from Dallas. Got pinged today with word that at the A-Kon 21 convention in Dallas Japanese gaming circle Zero Zigen will be doing a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
If Katamari Damacy Was Art Nouveau
It would look like this. Artist Kate Elizabeth, an New Orleans-based illustrator, created this stunning piece. As website Boing Boing points out, here is the original sketch, and here is her animation process Impressive stuff. Bravo! [Alex Litel via Boing Boing]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Yes, This Is A Ferrari
A Prism Magical itasha sports car as seen by AkibaOS
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rapstar Out In October, Is On The Right Track
Def Jam Rapstar, the hip hop karaoke title from 4mm Games, will be out on October 5 for the 360, PS3 and Wii. And it’ll live and die on the strength of its tracklist, which at the moment, looks…decent! In addition to the tracks we already know about, 4mm this morning revealed seven more, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedIf Halo: Reach Was 3D, It Would Look, Well, Like This
Killzone 3 is in 3D. Xbox counterpart Halo: Reach is not. But if it was? It’d look a little something like this. This clip is a fan-made job, taking some of Reach’s 3D screenshots (like, the rotating 3D kind) and making them..the other 3D. Like, the “has depth in front of your face” kind. God,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Is Part Pokemon. Wait, What?
Originally, PSP title Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker was going to be named Metal Gear Solid 5. But it’s not. That doesn’t mean it is like the other Metal Gear games. According to Hideo Kojima, “nearly everything you can do with a portable system is in this game”. The game designer told game magazine PSM3…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation 2 Connection For Kylie’s Street Orgy?
Popstar Kylie Minogue’s latest music video features a bevy of young, attractive people taking their clothes off and fondling each other. I remember the first time I saw it, back before it was a music video packed with underwear. And when it was a 2004 Cannes Festival winning PlayStation 2 ad. The ad was written…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Wii Gun Might Not Be A Great Idea
We’ve seen our fair share of Wii peripherals that are bad ideas. Saw one this week! Now let’s see another one. Look at it! You could rob a gas station with that thing, and nobody would bat an eye. “Inspired” by the famous Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun, it’s got a built-in speaker and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Visual Novel Ripped Off By Adult Game
To Heart is a landmark in Japanese adult PC gaming. Released in 1997, the game is a visual novel and showed how adult themes could be woven into a moving story. It influenced a generation of visual novels. It spawned a sequel in 2004, ToHeart2, anime, manga and, now, a straight up rip off. Adult…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedThis Zelda Cosplay May Be Ill-Advised
Yes, that’s right. This lady is dressed up as a character we know absolutely nothing about. Nothing! She calls it “The Spirit of the Master Sword”, taking a guess that the mysterious character from the concept art tease of the next Zelda game – unveiled at last year’s E3 – is just that. The spirit…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedThis Lady Looks Familiar
On Friday, a new Swedish film opens in, wait for it, Sweden. The picture is a parody of cop shows and is called Kommisarie Späck (Detective Blubber). The lead female character doesn’t look like she’s from police dramas. She looks like she’s from video games. That’s Joanna Dark hair! You know, the fiery-haired heroine of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Don’t Expect Every Old PS3 Game To Go 3D
There’s a good bet many classic PS3 games will be retrofitted to display in 3D. Just don’t go expecting every game to have come out since 2006 to get the treatment. “I’m sure we will [retrofit more games with 3D], as adding 3D to a game can make it a whole new experience,” Sony’s Simon…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Guess Who Hated “Combat Evolved”?
The title of the original Halo game is “Halo: Combat Evolved”. That’s not the title that the game’s developer wanted. Bungie wanted the game to be simply called “Halo”. Microsoft, who published the game, pushed the “Combat Evolved” subtitle onto the game. “Oh, man… the subtitle,” Halo designer Jaime Griesemer told Edge Magazine. “At the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nobody Leaves Nintendo, Nobody!
If you think working as a designer for Nintendo sounds like a sweet job…you’re probably right. Speaking with Edge, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says “One particular difference I should point out with Nintendo is that I am in charge of the EAD division and very few people have ever left that division. Very few people…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Enjoy Your Massage! No, Really. Enjoy It!
Has shovelware ever felt this good? Enjoy Your Massage! is an upcoming Wii title in which players get virtual massages on virtual backs for virtual relaxation. Here is the description from the Entertainment Software Rating Board: This is a massage simulation game in which players match patterns in order to perform back massages on clients.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010