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DJ Hero Screens Show Off Gameplay
Need pictures to go with the words explaining how DJ Hero will actually work? These screenshots should do, showing it works…well, a lot like Guitar Hero, really. Which is what you’d expect. As for DJ Shadow, who features in all these screens…well, I’ve seen Shadow live a few times over the past decade, and never,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
First Look At Bethesda’s Brink
A few days ago a trademark for “Brink” popped up from developer Bethesda. What is “Brink”? It’s a game, and this is its teaser trailer. Let’s see there’s a futuristic city scape, an eye ball and some blood, but no gameplay footage. The title is multi-platform and will be out “Spring 2010.” That’s next year,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rapstar Announced, Is Like SingStar But, Well…
4mm Games – the new studio formed by the two of the guys who founded Rockstar – have announced their debut game. And it’s called Def Jam Rapstar, a hip-hop karaoke game. As is par for the course with these stupid pre-E3 announcements, there’s not much else being announced aside from the game itself. No…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Japanese Game Industry Assocation Bans Rape Games [Updated]
PC game Rapelay might have been released legally in Japan three years ago, but that didn’t stop it from causing an international brouhaha. It’s boiled over, the Japanese game industry has taken action. It’s planned for sale and manufacture of “rape-type” games to be banned. According to Japan’s TBS News, an industry governing body comprised…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Letters And Numbers Has Kojima Productions Announced So Far?
Kojima Productions has been launching a seemingly endless stream of countdown clocks for an upcoming title. Ungh. Still! They seem to be offering clues. Let’s recap. To date, these letters have appeared on the Kojima “Next” site: “S” (or number “5”) “R” “P” “E” “C” “@” (or a lowercase “e”) “O” (or number “0”) The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kojima Updates Site Yet Again With Familiar Face, Hidden Mystery Mask
And it continues. On and on and on. Kojima Productions updated its countdown page today, revealing this image. Is it Raiden? Is it Gray Fox? Is it Sunny? Who knows? Hideo Kojima does, that’s who. Him and his minions. There are also new letters: C, O, P. There’s the number six, too. The site also…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Japanese Hardware War Now Officially Boring
Minor fluctuations in the currently tepid Japanese console race don’t make this week’s Media Create chart all that exciting, to be honest. A slightly slinking PlayStation presence and marginally expanded Nintendo one isn’t exactly thrilling. But neither was the software contest, which saw a pair of Nintendo DS titles beating out the Japanese release of…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Shooting For A 300,000 Player Online Game?
Yeah, you read that right. 300,000 players. A job listing issued by Microsoft’s says exactly that, indicating that the game will be for the 360 and that it will be in “real-time”. The job is specifically looking for somebody who is “an experienced server developer to help develop our server architecture. We are building an…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Here’s (Some Of) What Namco Bandai’s Bringing To E3
Publisher Namco Bandai doesn’t seem quite ready to reveal its entire E3 lineup for 2009, but it has let us know which of its games are definitely going to be there. Any surprises? No, silly. Why would there be surprises in a partially-revealed lineup of games that Namco Bandai is showing off at E3? It’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii RPG Fragile Coming Stateside Via XSEED
Namco Bandai and tri-Crescendo’s role-playing game Fragile is coming to North American Wiis later this year, thanks to publisher XSEED. If you were a fan of Baten Kaitos or Eternal Sonata, this one’s for you. According to IGN, XSEED has picked up Namco Bandai of America’s publishing slack, with Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rock Band To Feel The Pain Of Iron Maiden In June
MTV Games and Harmonix’s Rock Band is getting a little heavier the week after E3, as the game’s community ‘zine has revealed that a dozen new Iron Maiden tracks will be released as downloadable content. The Iron Maiden track pack brings 12 classic tracks and new live concert performances to Rock Band and Rock Band…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
T-Minus Three Days
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Mini-Bash’s Favorite TV Show Is… I can’t believe we’re only three days away from what is shaping up to be quite a spectacular E3. There’s so much news that it’s popping loose before the show even before it gets underway. I think all of the big three are going to…
By Brian Crecente Published May 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Go Frame By Frame With The King Of Fighters XII Crew
The transition to new, higher-definition 2D sprites in The King of Fighters XII didn’t just happen overnight. SNK Playmore illustrates why that process has taken so long with its animation showcase, “2D Dot Gallery.” Five of The King of Fighters XII‘s characters get the showcase treatment, letting fans peruse each frame of three animation sequences,…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Red Dead Redemption Eyes-On Impressions
Rockstar San Diego’s sequel to Red Dead Revolver has been a long time coming, with the original released in 2004 and a current-gen follow-up teased via video at Sony’s E3 2005 press conference. That four-year-old teaser for what is now called Red Dead Redemption is hardly indicative of what the final product plans to offer.…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Valve: Team Fortress 2 Random-Item Issues Improved Last Night
Some tweaks on Valve’s side of things may already have improved the controversial but still-evolving new system the company has been using to randomly grant players access to new items in Team Fortress 2. It may have been invisible to players but Team Fortress 2 director Robin Walker told Kotaku today that some of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
All Things Midway Going To The Highest Bidder
Bankrupt game publisher Midway has today “established the timeline” for selling of its assets, studios and intellectual property to the highest bidder, meaning that Smash TV and Joust could be yours… for the right price. Midway already has a $33 million offer from Warner Bros. to acquire a good deal of the company’s goods, including…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Win Stan Bush Swag If You’ve Got The Touch
Activision passed us some Stan Bush swag in celebration of “The Touch” being available as free downloadable content for Guitar Hero World Tour. If you know your Transformers the Movie trivia, it could be yours. Here’s how this is going to work. We have two XL Stan Bush t-shirts and five signed copies of Stan’s…
By Mike Fahey Published May 28, 2009 -
UncategorizedThe Chiptunes Band That Just Might Break Through
by Leigh Alexander The notoriously insular and fickle Brooklyn music scene has had its doors blown off, and the culprit is – NES sound chip music? What’s That, Now? Chiptune music – tunes made using hacked sound chips from video game hardware – is as well-known to many gamers who snap to the nostalgic bleeps…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 28, 2009