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WarioWare Do-It-Yourself Art
Game art? These aren’t traditional screens, because WarioWare D.I.Y. isn’t your typical game. Released in Japan this April as Made In Ore, the game is outfitted with tools so that players can make their own mini-games and upload them for others to play. Check out Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai trying his expert hand at…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Beatles Rock Band: I Wanna Hold Your Hands-On Impressions
The Beatles: Rock Band has been playable at E3 this week. So, being fans of both The Beatles and Rock Band, we figured we’d go check it out. Thing is, while “we” may be fans of The Beatles, “I” am not. I don’t hate them, just…never got into them. Which puts me in a unique…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Splinter Cell Conviction Preview: A Smoother Operator
Ubisoft hadn’t shown Splinter Cell Conviction to the public in two years but brought it back impressively this E3. The game’s creative director said it could be tricky for people to play during an E3 demo. But the game seemed to play quite well from what we witnessed. What has wowed people at E3 who…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Day Two: What Announcement Did You Like The Best? What Let You Down? (BLUE GRAPES)
To: You (Yes, you, you insolent strumpet!) From: Bashcraft Oh ho ho ho ho! E3 thunders on and guess who spent the entire day writing a buncha posts and now sees spots? Why, because there was a buncha news, a buncha announcements, and now, right now, I’d like a bunch of grapes. Blue grapes. Do…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIII “Targeting” A 2010 European Release
Final Fantasy XIII is due in Japan later this year. And in North America during Spring, 2010. But when can Europeans (and by extension, Australians) get their hands on it? Do they dare to hope for a speedier turnaround? After all, the last core Final Fantasy title, FFXII, was released in Europe a whole year…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Somehow They’re Squeezing Fat Princess Onto The PSP
Fitting the other team’s cake-engorged princess into the giant PlayStation 3 was easy; how they’ve managed to cram her into the PSP is something we don’t really want to think about. But cram they have, and Titan Game’s addictive action fantasy blend is indeed coming to the PlayStation Portable in the form of Fat Princess:…
By Mike Fahey Published June 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Relax With These Wii Sports Resort Screens
Wii Sports Resort, the sequel to Wii Sports brings more Wii Remote waggling fun — with bonus Wii MotionPlus precision. Out this July, Wii Sports Resort will usher in fresh mini-games, including new additions like ping pong and sword slicing. Yay for swords and little bouncy balls!
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Natasha Bedingfield Serenades A DSi
Last night’s Nintendo party starred Grammy-nominated pop singer Natasha Bedingfield. It also starred, for a brief moment, an electric-blue Nintendo DSi. After belting out a number of songs, Bedingfield pulled out a DSi and started, I don’t know, sorta fondling it as she sang. Initially I thought she was going to use it to distort…
By Brian Crecente Published June 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Screens And Trailer
Mario is back and ready to circle around planets in spaaaaaaaaaace. As we posted previously, Miyamoto said that the original plan was to “essentially create new variations of the worlds in Super Mario Galaxy.” But, over time, the developers have had so many ideas that Miyamoto estimates that 90% of the game’s levels are all…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
In Russia, Xbox 360 Controller Movie Poster Gun Shoots You
This fall, action flick Gamers will shoot up theaters. Not to be confused with Hollywood flick Game, this movie’s plot centers around the transfers of gaming skills to real life: Fighting, shooting, etc. There’s something about paintball, too. The hand-to-hand combat scenes are filmed like traditional 2D fighters, while the shoot-outs use first-person camera angles.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Things Unmentioned At The Sony Press Conference
These are the things we thought Sony would or should mention at their E3 2009 press conference, but didn’t: PS3 Slim: If you’re going to show all the other things that leaked in the weeks before the Sony press conference then why not show us the rumored PS3 Slim? Or was that the one leak…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony’s E3 Announcements
Well, Sony’s E3 press conference is over. Let’s take a look back, a walk down memory lane and review our Sony E3 press conference coverage. Hooray! Sony’s E3 Expo Live Blog Oh Yeah, PSP Getting Its Own Resident Evil The Last Guardian Is Team Ico’s Latest PSP Go Hands-On Video PSP Go Hands-On Impressions PSP…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Things Unmentioned At The Nintendo Press Conference
These are the things we thought Nintendo would mention yesterday at their E3 2009 press conference, but didn’t: Virtual Console For The DSi: We were almost positive that Nintendo would be expanding the DSi store with downloadable classics for the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance, but apparently Nintendo isn’t quite ready to plumb that…
By Mike Fahey Published June 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gizmodo, Kotaku, Reggie: Who’s The Best Virtual Archer
Archery on Motion-Plus-enabled Wii Sports Resort is a surprisingly satisfying experience. Like other motion-controlled sports games on the Wii, playing archery is fairly straight forward. You hold a remote in your off hand — left if you’re right handed, right if you’re left handed — and then lift the controller up at the screen as…
By Brian Crecente Published June 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s E3 Announcements
Got to give it to Nintendo — this year’s E3 press conference was better than last year’s train wreck, don’t cha think? The company announced some big news. All that and more after the jump. Nintendo’s E3 Expo Live Blog Mario Vs. Donkey Kong, Flipnote Studios Coming To DSiWare New Metroid Game Announced: Metroid Other…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Zelda Attends E3 In Spirit Tracks
Yes, yes, we were all hoping Miyamoto would surprise us with a follow-up to Twilight Princess — but in lieu of a new Legend of Zelda announcement, here are some Spirit Track screens. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is a Phantom Hourglass-flavored adventure for the Nintendo DS and DSi. Players take Link by train…
By AJ Glasser Published June 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles E3 Trailer
Another Resident Evil game is coming to the Nintendo Wii. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles is a game developed to one up Wii million-seller The Umbrella Chronicles with better design, better atmosphere, and the best graphics ever seen on the Wii.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2009