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Want To See A Level 97 In Dragon Quest IX?
Dragon Quest IX, like most role-playing-games, lets players level up and customize their characters — even famous players. The latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump shows just how diverse those options are. Before we get to a Level 97, have a look at Akira Toriyama‘s Level 20 character. Ready to go onward? Here’s the customized…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Congrats! You Win An Xbox 360 With A Messed Up Slot
Know who won that Fable II signed Xbox 360 contest? Some guy named NeoxDonut. He was thrilled to get the Peter Molyneux autographed console. That is, until he tried plugging it in. The customized console is wrapped in a first generation casing. The innards seem new, but the shell is not. Below is a picture…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Starcraft II’s Campaign Is Certainly Trying Something Different
Blame Blizzard’s PR campaign, blame the length of PR the game’s endured, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen Starcraft II’s singleplayer campaign really laid out in front of me before. And now, I’m kinda glad that I have. In an interview with Shacknews, Blizzard’s Dustin Browder has outlined some of the variety slated to…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mother Sells Nintendo Wii Her Son Stole, Now Arrested
Three teens swiped a neighbors Wii and enlisted the help of a mother to pawn the stolen loot. Joshua Carter (18), Patrick Early (16) and Derrick Henson (13) have all been arrested on felony charges for stealing a neighbor’s Wii. According to Early, his mother, 41-year-old Maxine Law, helped them unload the console at a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Suda Plays Waaaayyyy Too Much Burnout Paradise
You may know Goichi Suda as Suda51. Or the guy who came up with Killer 7, and No More Heroes. But you may not know that he’s also a complete Burnout Paradise fiend. An addict. Alex Ward, head of Burnout developers Criterion, has said “Suda-51 came here for the day a few weeks ago. He’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
God Eater Reminds Us of Monster Hunter
In Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise, you hunt monsters. In the newly announced God Eater from Namco Bandai, you hunt monsters. Out this fall in Japan, God Eater also offers goodies like character creation and the ability to customize and make weapons (sound familiar?), and like MH, this PSP titles has four player co-op. Just be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Comments On 360 Dash Advertisements
Following the revelation yesterday that the company would later this year be placing advertisements on Xbox Live, Microsoft have moved to assure users that the ads will “enhance, not interfere” with their experience. Posting on his blog, Microsoft’s Larry Hryb has said: I need to let you know that you don’t need to worry about…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Learn StarCraft From A “Full Blooded Korean”
There’s lots to learn about in StarCraft. The entire nation of South Korea seems fixated on the game — with tournaments and TV programs. You could say it’s the country’s national (digital) pastime! So if you are going to really learn StarCraft, then ByunTae wants you to learn it from an “authentic Korean”. That’s right,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Following, Old Capcom Games Will Soon Be Available On The PlayStation Network
The days of people whining “where are my old-timey games on the PSN?” appear well and truly over. You’ve got Final Fantasy VII, you’ve got Metal Gear Solid, and soon you’ll be getting a ton of Capcom classics as well. Tomorrow, for example, Capcom will be releasing the “Capcom Classics Collection: Remixed”, which includes: •…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hold On! China’s Gold Farming “Ban” Clarified
Earlier this week, we brought word that the Chinese Government has tried to ban gold farming the reported $500 million gold farming industry. Officially, China’s Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Commerce said that in-game monies “will only be allowed to trade in virtual goods and services provided by its issuer, not real goods…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Death To Spies 2: Moment of Truth Preview: SMERSH is a fun word to say
Death to Spies 2 is a sequel to a 2007 PC stealth action game that was like the Russian version of Hitman. The key difference in Death to Spies is that the player takes the role of a SMERSH (read: badass Russian counterintelligence agency) operative during World War II instead of a bald hired goon.…
By AJ Glasser Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Sued Over Xbox Live
In 1994, Peter Hochstein and Jeffrey Tenenbaum patented a method for “communicating live while playing the same video game in separate locations”. In 2004, they sued Microsoft, accusing Xbox Live of infringing on that patent. Now, five years later, the case is finally starting to heat up. See, unlike many other cases of this ilk…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bit.Trip: Core Preview: Thumb-Aching Good Fun
Bit.Trip: Core is the second installment of a six-part WiiWare music game series developed by Gaijin Games. The first game, Bit.Trip: Beat came out in March 2009 and quickly established itself as a tough game with solid rhythm gameplay. Though Nintendo never releases sales figures for its WiiWare titles, it’s safe to assume the title…
By AJ Glasser Published July 1, 2009 -
UncategorizedEveryone Loves Shoryukens
I’m pretty sure I won’t be checking out Aliens in the Attic when it infests theaters this summer, but this video is worth a watch. Why? Because it features white-haired hard-ass Doris Roberts, of Everybody Loves Raymond fame, throwing out an upper cut, Street Fighter shoruken-style. Everybody Loves Raymond’s Mom Busts out a Shoryuken [Capcom…
By Brian Crecente Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Real OC
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Still Air Conditioner Free Some of my fondest memories growing up, and there were plenty of them, were my summer trips to Ocean City Maryland and hanging out in Marty’s Playland. While I grew up living in places all over the world, our home base was always Glen Burnie, Maryland.…
By Brian Crecente Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
This Week In Video Game Comics
Here’s a rundown of the new video game-based comics going on sale in comics shops in the U.S. this week, including the next Gears of War. Click the thumbnails for more details. Unbound Saga One-Shot… Written by Mike Kennedy; Art by Cliff Richards, Al Rio Via publisher Dark Horse Comics: Rick Ajax ain’t got time…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Toast Your Cursed Existence With The Legendary Lich King Stein
Why raise a crude tankard to World of Warcraft‘s number one villain when you can raise an 18 carat gold-plated Lich King stein instead? 3 Point Entertainment is now shipping out their commemorative Rise of the Lich King pewter steins, and to commemorate the occasion they’ve also created a limited run of “Legendary” Lich King…
By Mike Fahey Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox 360 Game Creation Tool Kodu Now Live – Got Any Ideas?
Microsoft’s picture-based 3D game programing tool was launched yesterday. Tell the world what you’re making. During the Game Developers Conference, I had a chance to try Kodu, a programming tool created by Microsoft to help give children the experience of writing programming code and seeing that code make things happen. I was impressed with the…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ether Saga Online Now Officially Online
After months of testing that may have seemed like playing a launched game to the uninitiated, Perfect World‘s Ether Saga Online is finally declared fit for launch. Ether Saga Online is another one of these extremely adorable Asian MMO titles, this time based on the classic Chinese story Journey to the West, which I was…
By Mike Fahey Published July 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dave Perry: How Gaikai Goes Beyond OnLive, Could Spread Gaming Everywhere
In March, a revolutionary-sounding streaming video game technology called OnLive was announced. Swiftly, game designer Dave Perry said he had something just like it. Today, he told Kotaku what’s the same and what’s not. The promise of OnLive, which has been shown to work in hands-on demo sessions experienced by Kotaku editors, is that it…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 1, 2009