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Metal Gear Online Goes Icebound With Old Friend
Today, Konami is releasing a new stage and an old character for Metal Gear Online. The third expansion for MGO‘s “SCENE EXPANSION” brings Metal Gear Solid 4‘s “Old Snake” to the fight as well as a new stage “Icebound Inferno”. The stage is MGS4‘s windy blizzard Shadow Moses stage. 『メタルギアオンライン』の拡張パック”SCENE EXPANSION”に、オールド・スネークがユニークキャラとして参戦 [Famitsu]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Obama Maybe Not So Gamer Friendly After All
In a speech to the American Medical Association, President Obama listed video games as health concern — a challenge to Entertainment Software Administration president Mike Gallagher’s statement that the Obama administration was game-friendly. The Wall Street Journal has the full text of the speech, but there’s really only one part that even mentions video games:…
By AJ Glasser Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Which Do You Want: Downloadable Game or Sammich?
Digital games might mean “short”, but does it mean “small”? Not necessarily. “For right now, there is a culture of downloadable titles being smaller and generally ‘shorter’, but I think this is destined to change,” explains ThatGameCompany programmer Rick Nelson. “Companies will always compete with each other by offering more and higher fidelity content, on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
May’s NPD Charts By Platform
While we’ve seen the month’s ten best-selling games overall, it can often be more interesting to break down game sales by platform, and see what the ten best-selling games were for each system. The NPD Group have today released that data to industry news site Gamasutra, and it shows tow key points. One, that multiplatform…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Max Payne 3 Getting New Voice Actor
Max Payne is back — with facial hair and a bald noggin. One thing that won’t be back: the first two games’ voice actor, James McCaffrey. Rockstar Vancouver thinks it needs someone older, but doesn’t plan on replacing the voice actor with an established star, and will relay on casting — something, VP of development…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
PC Sales Charts: Simoleons Rule Everything Around Me
Seeing as The Sims 2 was still all over the PC sales charts, it should surprise none of you to find that the release of The Sims 3 sees the game dominating two of the three major PC listings. It’s only the Steam charts holding out against the gibberish-speaking virtual humans, and only then because…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pachinko Shop Readies For Slot Warefare
As seen on はちま起稿.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Why Did Bionic Commando Rearmed Outsell Bionic Commando?
You may have heard. Capcom’s Bionic Commando revamp has tanked, and tanked in a big way, selling only 27,000 units during the month of May. Which begs the question: why? After all, the same developers (Grin) released a Bionic Commando game last year that lacked the advertising, budget and horsepower of the “main” title, yet…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mulit-Platform Final Fantasy XIII Won’t Be Compromised
Final Fantasy XIII is a multi-platform game — which has some people worried about a dip in quality. Square Enix is here to ease those fears. That’s nice! “The team is targeting to create an equal experience on both the 360 and the PS3, so there are no limitations,” says Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Break Xbox Live With The Push Of A Button
That button may look like a joke, an elaborate piece of stock art, or something out of Ghostbusters, but it’s not. It’s the emergency shutdown button located in a Microsoft server facility in Quincy, Washington. There’s a fascinating article over on the NY Times’ website about server warehouses, with the author taking a trip to…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Miyamoto: True Interactivity Is Holding A Motion Controller With Force Feedback
The Nintendo Wii uses a controller dubbed “the Wii Remote“. Microsoft’s Project Natal uses a controller called “the human body”. What does Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto think? I don’t think I could create an experience that truly feels interactive if you don’t have something to hold in your hand, if you don’t have something like force…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Metal Sonic Vinyl Spin Dashes To Comic-Con
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con will feature the highly coveted (to Sonic the Hedgehog fans, I presume) Metal Sonic JUVI as a convention and Toys ‘R’ Us exclusive. If you have cash to spare, you know where to be. As always, we’ll be hitting up the San Diego Convention Center for this year’s Comic-Con, snapping…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2 Map Editing Just Got A Lot Easier
Valve today released an update to theIR Source SDK, and included within were the source files for most of Team Fortress 2‘s original maps. Translation? It’s now a lot easier to edit Team Fortress 2 maps. Rather than forcing you to build your own map from scratch, which can be tricky, this update now lets…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Miyamoto Was A Hero To Most Game Developers
Famed Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto ranks at the top of some 3,000 video game creators’ list of “game development heroes,” according to a survey from the Develop Conference. In a poll of over 9,000 game developers worldwide, Miyamoto scored a first place showing, nabbing the presumably coveted award. The Mario and Zelda creator outranked…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Is Xbox Live Primetime’s 1 Vs. 100 Becoming Pay To Play?
1 Vs. 100 Live, the first Xbox 360 game show for Microsoft’s Xbox Live Primetime push, is currently in beta testing. Originally pitched as a free game for Xbox Live Gold subscribers, it appears Microsoft may begin charging for it. While the 1 Vs. 100 Live product page on Xbox.com previously implied the game show…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
B-Day
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: The American Toilet Is Very American Today was Trish’s birthday. I suspect I enjoy it more than she does because it gives me a chance to pamper her. Yesterday we went to a nice Italian restaurant with her parents. This morning I paid for a trip to a spa for…
By Brian Crecente Published June 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
EGM Subscribers Getting Maxim As Replacement
Those of us with outstanding subscriptions to Electronic Gaming Monthly may finally be on the receiving end of a suitable replacement, should you be a horny hetero male who doesn’t like actual nudity in your magazines and enjoys skimming Maxim. While EGM folded as a print publication earlier this year, interest in the magazine and…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
GTA Chinatown Wars Completists Now Exceed 5,800
When last I checked, just over a month ago, nearly 4,500 people had jumped through the hoops to finish Rockstar’s portable GTA. The increase has been steady. I’ve now checked the completion stats online for Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars three times: in mid-April, mid-May and mid-June. These stats are listed on the Rockstar Social…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tim Schafer Explains Why Dio’s Out Of Brütal Legend, Tim Curry’s In
Double Fine Productions’ Brütal Legend is packed with big names, including Jack Black, Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Halford and, now, Tim Curry. Curry will replace Ronnie James Dio as Doviculus, chief bad guy of the open world action-adventure game. Why? Well, Tim Schafer, president of Double Fine, essentially says that the character simply grew to be…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 15, 2009