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Dragon’s Lair Getting Squeezed Down For DSiWare
Classic laserdisc adventure Dragon’s Lair is headed to Nintendo’s DSiWare download service, according to a new rating from Germany’s USK ratings board. Potentially good news for a game that was once bound for a regular Nintendo DS release. Given previous portable announcements, consider our enthusiasm for yet another port of Don Bluth’s beautifully animated Dragon’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bon Jovi To Help Shill Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles In Japan
Upcoming Wii release Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers will get a taste of Jersey for its Japanese release. Rock band Bon Jovi will be lending its flavor of rock to the game’s overseas TV advertising. Bon Jovi, a band four years older than the Final Fantasy series itself, will be co-promoting Crystal Bearers…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Term: “XBLA Chaser”
On this day, when we’re recognizing new ways to talk about games, I’d like to share the best new term I’ve heard for a game since a Ubisoft guy called bad games “Triple-C.” The term I heard was “XBLA Chaser,” uttered by Xbox global public relations manager Stone Chin. At a recent gaming event, he…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
What’s Inside the Blood and Hair Pasted Box?
As we wade hip-deep into the morass of video game releases that still flood this fall, marketing companies are upping their game to try and get a little attention. What’s that mean? Shipping a bloodied box with bits of hair sticking out of it.
By Brian Crecente Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Elder Scrolls In Convenient Novel Form
The land of Tamriel is terrorized by a floating city that first kills and then raises the dead in The Infernal City, the first of two Elder Scrolls novels by bestselling author Greg Keyes. Greg Keyes is perhaps best known for his steampunk series The Age of Unreason, which features historical figures such as Benjamin…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Compliment: Football Player’s Performance Is Beyond Video Games
There are many things in this world — movies with lots of explosions, for example — that people will say are “just like a video game.” Today we have an example of something so amazing it is beyond video games. The report of this greater-than-gaming feat appeared in Saturday’s Syracuse Post-Standard. The newspaper reported that…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Two Best Words in the English Language: Bacon Deluxe
Everything is better with bacon. You know this, we know this, and Wendy’s® knows this. So they created the NEW Bacon Deluxe: beef, cheese, lettuce & tomato with four—that’s right, four—thick slices of Applewood smoked bacon. Who’s hungry? Oh, and the NEW Bacon Deluxe comes as a single, double, or triple hot ‘n juicy bacon-dream.…
By Chrissie Lamond Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed III? WWII? Sure, Why Not?
Why don’t game developers make World War II games anymore? There’s so much history still left to scrape! The good news amid this dearth of WWII content is that the Assassin’s Creed series could very well be heading that way. While it sounds like the Ubisoft folks haven’t gone beyond the “discussions” phase of Assassin’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
MagnaCarta 2’s Kan Game
MagnaCarta 2 is in stores today (I promise this time), and this video takes a look at the unique way the game handles special abilities and magic – the Kan system. I’ve had the game for several days now, thanks to a local store that wasn’t aware of any street date, and so far I’m…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bayonetta Contest Winners Aren’t All Sexy
The top 11 entries to a fan-art contest for Bayonetta mostly make the upcoming game’s heroine look like the sex symbol publisher Sega hopes she’ll be. But not runner up #10. The head-stabbing work of Salvador Samano gets an autographed Xbox 360 copy of the January-slated game. And that’s without his Bayonetta showing any skin.…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
inFamous 2 Looking To Recast Its Cole?
Sucker Punch’s PlayStation 3 exclusive hero/anti-hero hit Infamous—are you ready for this?—may already have a sequel in the works. Hardly shocking, I know, but what might unsettle fans of the possible recasting of super-powered protagonist Cole McGrath. Oh, he’ll still be the same old Cole. He may just sound a little different, a little more…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dark Void Preview: Learning To Fall With Style
Jet packs? Check. Funny-looking helmet? Check. Nikola Tesla? I’d prefer Alan Arkin, but check. At yesterday’s Tesla Motors event, Capcom provided several forms of Dark Void expression – like developer interviews, a booklet, and a tournament where people raced to see who could get the farthest in a level in 15 minutes. The developer interviews…
By AJ Glasser Published October 13, 2009 - Reviews
Brutal Legend Review: Testing Its Metal
Join roadie Eddie Riggs on a magical journey to free a heavy metal fantasy world from the grips of demonic oppression in Brutal Legend. Brutal Legend is the latest game from Double Fine Productions and Tim Schafer, the man behind Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, and Psychonauts. Eddie Riggs is a roadie who fears that heavy…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth Dated, Priced By Famitsu
Konami’s still-to-be-officially-announced exhumation of Game Boy classic Castlevania: The Adventure will arrive in Japan on October 27, according to details from the latest crappy cell phone shots of Famitsu magazine. Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth will colorize and modernize the 20-year-old outing of Christopher Belmont in his quest to kill Dracula for Konami’s third downloadable retro…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Which Street Fighter IV Character Was This?
Try and figure out which new character in Street Fighter IV started off as an effeminate little French boy, if you’re Abel. There I go, giving away the punch line. Yes, Street Fighter IV’s muscle-bound French fighter Abel might have wound up a small boy with pigtails, according to the game’s battle planner Taisaku Okada,…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Look Back At Shadow Complex’s Important Map
Thanks to some digging from the MTV Multiplayer blog, we’ve got a glimpse today of one of the prototype maps for the summer Xbox Live Arcade hit Shadow Complex. The site is running a post-mortem about the game all week, which would be interesting enough based on Shadow Complex’s roots as a dream project of…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Create Your Dragon Age Character Now
While BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins isn’t out until next month, PC players can get a head start building their avatar with the Dragon Age Character Creator, now available for download. You might not know where you’ll be going, but you’ll sure know who you’ll be. BioWare has released the entire character creation process for the…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Jack Black Talks Gaming, Giving Devs the Finger
In an interview with USA Today, comedian and video game star Jack Black talks about his gaming roots and the today’s release of Brutal Legend, starring him. Black says he got his start playing games in the mid 70s with Space Invaders. Hey! So did I, sorta. Scramble and Marble Madness are among his favorites,…
By Brian Crecente Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Name Your Price For World Of Goo
World of Goo turns one-year-old today, and 2D Boy celebrates by letting you buy the PC, Mac, and Linux version of the game for whatever you think it’s worth – even a penny! From now until October 19th, visitors to the 2D Boy website can click on the buy button and fill in whatever amount…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Splatterhouse Screens Dripping With Gore
Namco Bandai unlocks the door to the Splatterhouse next year. Check out the latest screenshots to see what they’ve done with the place. Splatterhouse is a worrisome title. I tend to lose confidence in a game once the original development team is dropped from the project and then subsequently rehired piece-by-piece. The latest screens certainly…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2009