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Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Promises Next-Gen Graphics For 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. “One of the things we thought we needed to achieve was a near-360 level of graphics,” said Cavia’s Kentaro Noguchi. “By adding in technology…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ace Attorney Investigations Hits North American DS This Winter
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, an investigation-heavy Nintendo DS title first released in Japan, will be coming to the U.S. this winter. In Investigations, the game is more about the crime scene and less about the courtroom. Players will take on the role of prosecutor Miles Edgeworth as he investigates crime scenes in his search…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lost Planet 2: Shadows of Shadow of the Colossus
At its best Lost Planet 2 is a sort of inverse Shadow of the Colossus. It is a game that allows you to not only climb up its monstrous behemoths, but inside them, dishing out damage to the creature’s organs as fellow gamers continue the attack from outside. Packed with stunning graphics, four-player coop, and…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lost Planet 2 Demo Announced, PS3, PC Versions Possible
Capcom plans to release a demo of Lost Planet 2 for the Xbox 360 around the time of E3, Jun Takeuchi said. He also hinted at a future for the title on other platforms. While demonstrating Lost Planet 2 to the gathered writers last week, Takeuchi pointed out it was playing on PC, not Xbox…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dead Rising 2: 7,000 Zombies and Plenty of Chainsaws
“I’m pretty happy today because finally, finally, I can show you Dead Rising 2.” — Keiji Inafune, head of research and development at Capcom. The original Dead Rising may have been a technological breakthrough, a wonder of body count and open-world exploration, but what really sold it for me, and for many, was the game’s…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Games and News of Capcom’s Captivate 09
Last week’s Captivate 09 event was packed with Capcom news, from new games to detailed presentations to hands-on with titles, expect a couple of days worth of posts. Developers walked us through what to expect in Dead Rising 2, Dark Void, the overhauled Spyborgs, Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles and Lost Planet 2. We also got…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Everybody Loves PhysX
NVIDIA went a little press release crazy this morning, announcing that Sega, Capcom, GRIN, and 8monkey Labs have all turned to NVIDIA’s PhysX technology to make their games better. At the forefront of their four press release rampage is the announcement that Sega has licensed both the PhysX technology and NVIDIA’s APEX technology to serve…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dr. Kawashima Brings Brain Training To PC
Dr. Ryuta Kawashima brings brain training to the PC next month in Namco Bandai‘s Brain Exercise with Dr. Kawashima. Published by Namco Bandai Europe and distributed by Atari, Brain Training with Dr. Kawashima takes the same sort of brain training exercises we’ve seen in the Nintendo DS Brain Age series and brings them to the…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
City Of Heroes Issue 15: Anniversary Has Many Faces
City of Heroes turns five tomorrow and NCsoft celebrates with the announcement of the appropriately titled Issue 15: Anniversary. Issue 15 is all about returning enemies and looking good enough to take them on. Both heroes and villains score a high-level mission arch featuring powerful foes returning from the past, with cosmetic additions that will…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pro Tip: Measure First!
To: Crecente From: Luke Re: Nice! So, to try and stem the worst of the bleeding from this “economic crisis”, the Australian government gave everybody in the country who paid tax last year AUD$900 (USD$630). The thinking being, if everybody goes out and spends $900 on stuff, then it’ll help prop up the economy. What’d…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Valkyria Chronicles Anime: Episode 2
You seem to have enjoyed the first episode of the Valkyria Chronicles anime as much as we did. So for those living outside Japan, here’s episode 2. Something I didn’t notice in the first episode: if you look real close, you can see that, in some places, the game’s trademark “coloured pencil” look is still…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Square Enix Boss: Japanese Industry Is “Old People Doing Same Old Job”
Continuing his interview with British trade site GI.biz, Square Enix boss Yoichi “Imperial Hot” Wada has chipped in with his two cents on what’s wrong with the Japanese development scene. “From the developer side, the Japanese games industry became so successful that we didn’t recruit new people” he says. “So today, if you look at…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2: The RPG
You may have seen this going around your forum of choice lately, but just in case you haven’t, here, take a look at this guy’s idea for a Team Fortress 2 role-playing game. While we’d love to write it off as absurd, maybe even crazy, the fact is there are some good ideas to be…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Computer Europe Head Unaware Of Crackdown Devs Existence
David Reeves is retiring from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. In his retirement announcement, Reeves stated he plans to spend his time “trying to repay society” from all he has taken from it. Admirable, but rumors swirled that Reeves was repaying society by taking a “senior position” at Crackdown developers Realtime Worlds. Realtime wha? says Reeves.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nothing Says Red Like Red Platform Heels And A Spider-Man Mask [Update]
Reader and Suicide Girl (NSFW) Lacey Blondie says she couldn’t just take only one picture. So she took more, lots more. I loved the idea of everything being one color and I’m so pleased with the way these pictures turned out! I really hope you like them! Hey! Thanks! Insert tingling-Spider-Sense joke here and click…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Like Band Aid, Only With Gaming Executives
Here are console executives from the British arms of Nintendo, Sega, Ubisoft, Atari, EA and Bethesda (among others) performing in a video that was probably never meant for public consumption. [via MCV]
By Luke Plunkett Published April 28, 2009 -
UncategorizedFirst Full Dead Rising 2 Trailer
You’ve watched the Dead Rising 2 teaser trailer. You’ve seen the screenshots. You may even have learned the new hero’s mono syllabic name. Now watch the first full trailer, complete with a girly drink, a moose head and a chainsaw motorcycle. Oh, there’s what looks like gameplay footage, too. Embedded version in the link below.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
British Sales Charts: Vin Diesel Love
This time last year, you wouldn’t put your money on an Atari getting a game in the British top 40, let alone the top 10. But in 2009? They’ve managed a second place. Yes, finishing last week in #2 – behind only Wii Fit – was the 360 version of Starbreeze’s Riddick remake/expansion/sequel thing Dark…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Yet Another New Character Coming to Wii Punch-Out!!
Little Mac, Glass Joe, King Hippo. If you’ve played the original NES Punch-Out!!, you know these characters. They’re old. But what about that character up there? He’s new. The game’s box art shows classic Punch-Out!! characters like Von Kaiser, but also shows a new fighter named “Disco Kid”. While we imagine there will be many…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 28, 2009