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BioWare Lifts Filter On Gay, Lesbian Star Wars Discussion, Issues Apology
Yesterday, members of the official Star Wars: The Old Republic asked developer BioWare to “rethink” its policy on filtering the words “gay” and “lesbian” from posts. The official moderator response was not exactly… elegant. Star Wars: The Old Republic community manager Sean Dahlberg quieted talk of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender themes in the forthcoming…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Achievement Still Locked
To: Luke From Crecente Re: Pro Tip: Measure First! I am an idiot. Absolute fact. I often say things without thinking them through, also true. When I found out I was going to Monte Carlo the first thing I said was that I was going to get a Monte Cristo in Monte Cristo… not Carlo.…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tekken 6 Is Also Coming To The PSP
Namco Bandai has welcomed back the PSP as a platform, announcing today that it will be bringing Tekken 6 to Sony’s portable platform. The PSP version of Tekken 6 looks pretty damn good, based on the handful of screen shots that IGN was able to acquire. Obviously, it’s a step down from its PlayStation 3…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Captivate 09: Day One
Capcom came to Monte Carlo packing heat. With a news-filled mini-press conference, and nine games to show off, along with some developers and producers on hand to do interviews, I came away from the event with enough fodder for more than two dozen stories. A little less than half of them went up today. While…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Power Unsheathes Red Steel 2, Wii MotionPlus Support
The newest issue of Nintendo Power gives Wii owners their first taste of Ubisoft’s sword-fighting sequel Red Steel 2. Looks like the game has taken a significant turn toward the Old West—at least in design. Snippets of the June issue of Nintendo Power are now available online, giving Red Steel fans a peek at the…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Everybody Was Fairytale Fighting
Why simply explore the beloved fairytales of your childhood when you can carve a bloody path through them in Playlogic’s Fairytale Fights? Fairytale Fights a hack and slash platformer due out this coming holiday season on the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3. Players control a washed-up Fairytale character intent on saving a colorful fantasy…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Oh, So Dead Rising 2 DOES Have Multiplayer
A tangled web of lies finally unravels as Capcom’s Keiji Inafune confirms that Dead Rising 2 will indeed have multiplayer. We’ve known that the game would contain multiplayer since Mental Mill’s Laura Scholl announced at the Game Developers Conference last month that Dead Rising 2 would support 6,000 zombies on screen at one time during…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gears of War 2 Achievement Cheaters Nabbed, Have Gamerscores Eviscerated
Xbox 360 Achievements are serious business. But obtaining that sweet Gamerscore nectar via nefarious means (like gamesave tampering) isn’t worth the effort, as shown by Microsoft’s sweeping smackdown on Gears of War 2 cheaters. Xbox Live’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb informed the community today that the company has zeroed out the Gamerscores of Gears of…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Klonoa Crosses A Cave Six Different Ways
Namco Bandai shows us not one but six different ways for Klonoa to cross a dark cave in the upcoming remake of the original PlayStation game. When I saw that Namco Bandai has passed along six different gameplay videos for Klonoa, I didn’t expect six different short shots of the hand-eared mutant kitty thing crossing…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
RPG Dream Team Delivers Steampunk Nostalgia To The DS
From the creators of Dragon Quest V, Final Fantasy III and IV for the DS, Thousand Arms, Fatal Frame, and Grandia comes Nostalgia, an original steampunk role-playing game for the Nintendo DS. Released in Japan as Nostalgeo no Kaze, Ignition Entertainment and Tecmo join forces with Matrix Software and Red Entertainment to bring the game…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Faith Fighter Pulled By Creators After “Manufactured Controversy”
Turns out you can get video games removed from the internet. All you need to do is offend the sensibilities of three major religions, as Molleindustria’s online god fighting game Faith Fighter did. The Italian group of artists and programmers removed the 2D fighter from its web site today, following an official statement from the…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
How To Quit Your Game Development Job
Game developers – they always have to make a game out of everything, including quitting their job as a game developer for 2K Australia. Farbs will no longer be working for 2K Australia come June 5th, having resigned his position in order to work full time creating games like the most excellent ROM CHECK FAIL.…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Free Realms Launches With Flying Squirrel
What better way to herald the launch of Sony Online Entertainment‘s new family friendly online game Free Realms than a launch trailer narrated by a flying squirrel with a mohawk? He might actually be a sugar glider or some other airborne mammal, but Chatty does a fine job of explaining the various merits of Free…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Monumental Games Working on Next MotoGP
A new MotoGP racing game is in development by Monumental Games for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, Capcom announced today. Capcom says that the new, yet to be titled, MotoGP will take the series in a “totally new and exciting direction, whilst remaining faithful to the world’s premier motorcycle championships.” So I guess rocket…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fallujah Developer Surprised By Cancellation
Yesterday it was revealed that Konami had decided to cancel realistic Iraqi war game Six Days in Fallujah. Today, developer Atomic Games responds. In their official statement, Atomic Games expresses surprise over the cancellation, driving home just how abrupt a decision this was on the part of publisher Konami. We were informed on Thursday night…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Spyborgs Moves Away From Cartoon and Toward Ratchet and Clank
Spyborgs is not: Game Party 82; Bad port, “now with waggle”; Sports Minigames 15; Saturday morning license – Sign displayed prominently inside Spyborgs’ presentation room. There are lots of things Spyborgs isn’t, or at least isn’t anymore. Back in January, Bionic Games announced that they had scrapped the original premise of the Wii brawler and…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite PSP Bundle, Demo Announced
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, already a tremendous success in Japan, will be getting a Playstation Portable bundle in the UK and a demo worldwide, Sony announced last week. “Monster Hunter Freedom Unite sold 3 million units in Japan, showing what can happen when you bring a quality product to the Playstation Portable,” David Reeves, president…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dark Void: Dogfighting Without the Planes
Dark Void promises to deliver the best of on-foot combat and Crimson Skies dog fights in a world of jet packs and UFOs. Air Tight Games, a studio made up of the core team behind Xbox’ Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, played through a chunk of the game for us last week. Showing a…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Witcher Canceled On Consoles?
The future of the console version of CD Projekt’s console port of hit PC role-playing game The Witcher is in doubt, as rumors rise regarding Rise of the White Wolf’s cancellation. The rumor first surfaced at Polish site Polygamia, which simply stated that reliable sources had informed them that The Witcher: Rise of the White…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fate: Unlimited Codes Goes Digital Distribution Only For PSP
Fate: Unlimited Codes, based on the popular Fate/Stay Night visual novel, is coming to the PlayStation Portable as a digital download-only fighting game. The game takes place in a Japanese town where seven pairs of Masters and Servants compete for the Holy Grail. The game includes 17 characters, each with their own story mode making…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2009