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Test Drive Unlimited Returns
Atari and Eden Games return to the islands for Test Drive Unlimited 2, the sequel to the hit 2006 online sandbox driving game. How does 2 compare to the original? The difference is night and day – and vehicle damage. Test Drive Unlimited was a pretty big Xbox 360 title when it came out in…
By Mike Fahey Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Touch And Pose Dante And Nero From Devil May Cry 4
Square Enix doesn’t only make Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games. It also makes figurines. Diversity! The company’s Play Sarts line is releasing posable figures of DMC4 characters Dante and Nero. The 20cm figs are ¥4,500 each (US$51) and will be out this summer. Pics for your perusal in the gallery. Devil May Cry 4…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Bit More On that Halo Reach Multiplayer Vid
Last night we posted a version of the Halo: Reach multiplayer video that leaked out a tad early, but now that it’s official Bungie has a few more details about it. The trailer, they say, features a C Paul track originally orchestrated for the Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack. The studio brought in Ivan Ives…
By Brian Crecente Published March 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedThis Song Is Pretty Awesome
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: MAN! Love me some Tokyo Jihen. Think they’re on tour soon. Maybe I’ll go see them! What you missed last Where To Next For Call Of Duty? Halo Reach Beta Footage Looks Like A Blast [Update] Five Yakuza Movies You Must See… With The Help of Friends, Blind Man Beats…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Number of Boom Blox Developers Let Go
Electronic Arts this week let go a number of developers working on Steven Spielberg Wii puzzle tile Boom Blox, the company told Kotaku. The game might have been viewed as a “dud” at first, but the original Boom Blox went on to sell over 450,000 copies. When asked about the decision to let some of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Six More Years of LEGO Games
Warner Bros. & Traveller’s Tales – creators of the LEGO series of licensed video games – have announced that there are plenty more games left in the partnership yet. The publisher (and developer’s) deal with the Danish toy company has been extended to 2016, meaning we’ve got six more years of LEGO games based on…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Ex-Team Ninja Boss Has A New Studio With A New Name
Dead or Alive developer Tomonobu Itagaki left Tecmo over unpaid wages and started up a new studio. It was originally thought to be called “Tokyo Vikings”. It’s not. The new studio is called “Valhalla” as in Norse mythology. Valhalla is an enormous hall with over five hundred doors and outfitted with spears in the rafters.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Where To Next For Call Of Duty?
The writing is on the wall. With Infinity Ward’s leadership removed, and Activision announcing a raft of new titles, the market is about to be saturated with Call of Duty games. So we figured we’d lend a hand. Rather than simply release an endless stream of World War 2 games, which is what ruined Medal…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil Creator’s New Game Out This Year
Vanquish is the upcoming title from Shinji Mikami, creator of the Resident Evil series. As revealed in the new issue of game mag Famitsu, the title is a third person action shooter and has elements of cover. It is not a Gears of War-style cover shooter, however. Gameplay is fast and quick with the player…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rumor: Square Enix’s Music Division Shuttered
The last note has apparently been played by Square Enix Music, rumors website Square Enix Music Online. At the end of last year, the group was disbanded for budgetary reason, leaving composer casualties that include: Masashi Hamauzu (Final Fantasy XIII, Dirge of Cerberus, SaGa Frontier II) Junya Nakano (Final Fantasy X, Threads of Fate, Musashi:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hey Capcom, Why $40 For Super Street Fighter IV?
Super Street Fighter IV is $40. Seems steep for an update to a game that came out only twelve months ago. Let’s give Capcom a chance to try and explain. Speaking with Gamasutra, Capcom’s Christian Svensson has said that while it wasn’t easy settling on a price point (or even a means of delivering the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Halo: Reach Beta Footage Looks Like A Blast [Update]
Earlier this week, Bungie said it would be “dropping a multiplayer bomb”. It appears a Taiwanese site has dropped that bomb a little early, with the leak of what looks a lot like a new trailer for the game. Now, this may be an elaborate hoax, but if it is, it’s a cruel one. Because…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Former Dead Or Alive Designer Talks Fighting Games
Before the brouhaha at Tecmo, game designer Tomonobu Itagaki made a name for himself making fighting games. He’s currently working on another title, which he hinted at last year. Does that mean we’ll see another fighting game from him? “Because I made the best fighting game in the world, Dead or Alive, at my former…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
American McGee Returns To Fairy Tale Land
American McGee is a developer with an enormous imagination and…inconsistent execution. Yes, he’s the man behind Alice, but he’s also the man behind a string of disappointing titles ever since. So it’s with uncertainty we look upon his next game. Called “Red”, and following very closely in the spirit of his last work, Grimm, it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Capcom Can’t Kick Its Pachi-Slot Habit
The streets of Tokyo’s Shibuya are a battleground. For your money. Capcom’s hack-and-slash action game Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams might have been released in 2006, but that hasn’t stopped the Osaka-based game company from licensing out the game for a pachi-slot game, Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams. Heck, that hasn’t stopped Capcom from licensing out…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fallout, Street Fighter Join Games On Demand
Microsoft added two more titles to its range of Games on Demand titles today, with the release of Fallout 3 and Street Fighter IV onto the Xbox 360’s digital shopfront. Both games will be priced at $30, which yet again does little to engender people to forsake a tangible game box in exchange for a…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Five Yakuza Movies You Must See…
…before you cut your pinkie off! With Yakuza 3 coming out in North America and Yakuza 4 coming out in Japan, is there a better time to talk about Japanese gangsters? No, no there isn’t. These films are grounded in yakuza mythos, fantasy and, yes, fact. And like Hollywood mobster films, these motion pictures have…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
There’ll Be No Mario Or Zelda For Facebook
On a day Microsoft made its first tentative steps onto Facebook, Nintendo has shot down the idea of any of its characters making a similar jump in a grab for the casual market. “I think we will continue to save Mario for our own platforms”, Nintendo of America’s Cammie Dunaway, executive vice president of sales…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
With The Help of Friends, Blind Man Beats Legend of Zelda
If you thought finishing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was difficult, imagine doing it blind. Ontario, Canada’s Jordan Verner put out a message online that he was looking for assistance so he could complete The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. “It was basically a call for help to people online,” says South…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 3, 2010