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Wii Punch-Out!! Has Another Control Scheme: Your Feet
Nintendo’s European arm leaks one more previously unannounced Punch-Out!! features, noting that the Wii remake of the NES classic will offer Wii Balance Board support for a third control scheme. Seems Little Mac has a fitness ultimatum of his own to issue, as Nintendo of Italy’s press release brings first word of Balance Board support,…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Be Good, Be Evil In inFamous
We played inFamous at Sony’s GDC PlayStation Lounge today, giving us our first hands-on with the PlayStation 3 exclusive from Sucker Punch and our first look at the game’s newly revealed karma system. It’s pretty straightforward and not exactly a trailblazing concept—similar mechanisms have been fully explored in popular games like Star Wars: Knights of…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
PC Sales Charts: Everything Must Go!
Last month, Valve boss Gabe Newell gave us a taste of just how successful online game sales can be. This week, we have proof of the fact. While the NPD sales charts still have Empire: Total War sitting at #1, we’ll ignore that, because, well, online sales don’t have much impact on the NPD’s data.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Which Cross Edge Costume Do You Like Best?
PS3 role-playing-game Cross Edge features characters from game players Capcom, Gust, Idea Factory, Namco Bandai and Ippon Ichi in turned-based battles and cosplaying. The game is peppered with characters from Ar tonelico, Atelier Iris, Darkstalkers, Disgaea, Spectral Souls and Mana-Khemia 2. To gear up for the game’s North American release this May, NIS America is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guitar Hero DLC: Pixies, Motörhead, Nirvana
There’s so much Rock Band DLC on offer every week that it’s easy to forget that, occasionally, Guitar Hero World Tour gets some as well. Here’s what it’s getting for the month of April. On April 2, there’ll be three Pixies songs made available: Debaser, Monkey Gone To Heaven & The Sad Punk. April 9…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Katamari Damacy In Glorious Full HD
Namco Bandai is paying tribute to fan favorite franchise Katamari Damacy with, um, Katamari DamacyTRIBUTE. It’s slated for release this year. According to Famitsu, this game is the first in the series to output in 1080p, aka full HD. The in-game placed items have been increased drastically, and there’s a new black & white stage…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
World’s First Hands On With iPhone’s Wolfenstein 3D
I’m sitting with id Software’s Todd Hollenshead and Steve Nix in the XYZ Bar of the W Hotel when I bring up iPhone games. “What’s going on with Wolfenstein? I heard you were making one for the iPhone, and then I heard you were making two.” Hollenshead takes a breath, leans forward in his chair…
By Brian Crecente Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Obama, Kids Call Astronauts To Bug Them About Video Games
Imagine you’re a kid again. A kid who gets to not only meet the President of the United States, but in the same meeting, call an astronaut. While he’s in space. What would you say? “Can you play video games in space?” With a bunch of schoolkids from the DC area in Obama’s office, that’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Japanese People Are Less Interested In Video Games
Japan’s Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association polled over one thousand individuals between the ages of 3 and 79 about the declining interest in video games. The number of those that consider themselves gamers dropped 30.3 percent between 2007 and 2008. If that percentage is expanded Japan’s national population, that’s a decrease of 6 million gamers. Only…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Watch Beyonce Do A Hard Days Work For Nintendo
Beyonce is rich, she’s famous, she’s hot. But that doesn’t mean she gets out of working. Here’s what she had to do for a day on the set of a Nintendo DS commercial. Playing, watching, listening to Nintendo PR handlers, look at the camera, Beyonce, look at the camera, now look at the DS, sign…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Titmouse Nabs Heavy Metal For Sexy Sci-Fi Adventures
Not enough nubile warrior princesses/sexy robots in your video games? Since the answer to that is obviously “Yes,” you’re clearly excited about Titmouse Games new arrangement to create games based on Heavy Metal magazine fiction. The recently announced development studio, already hard at work on Seven Haunted Seas, has a serious catalog of fantasy and…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
We’ve Never Wanted A Dev Kit This Badly
Not only do the new Microsoft development kits contain more debugging memory, they are some of the sexiest damn Xbox 360s we’ve laid our eyes on. Perhaps it’s just the soft black backdrop behind the development kits, or the Barry White we’ve got playing in the background, but there’s just something about that matte black…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Yosuke Hayashi Mans Up, Moves Out Of Itagaki’s Shadow
Tecmo’s redundant announcement of Ninja Gaiden Σ 2 was more than just a chance to talk about online co-op; it was Producer Yosuke Hayashi‘s chance to come out of his ex-boss’s shadow. Tomonobu Itagaki has always been critical of Sigma. He even said that a Ninja Gaiden II Sigma version would be a “loss of…
By AJ Glasser Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Fez Trailer Will Rotate, Then Blow, Your Socks Off
We’re excited about Fez. If you’ve seen previous trailers for Fez, you’ll be excited about it too. But once you’ve seen this trailer, well. “Excitement” just doesn’t seem excited enough. GDC ’09: Fez Trailer II [TIGSource]
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Report: Nintendo Wii Will Cross 50 Million Mark Worldwide Sold This Month
Japanese financial news source Nikkei.net predicts that the Nintendo Wii will break 50 million in worldwide sales this month. The Nintendo Wii went on sale in Japan in December 2006. This latest milestone means that the Wii will have sold faster than the PS2 did during its first three years when Sony achieved 50 million…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
R.U.S.E. Trailer Calls Ubisoft’s Bluff
The announcement trailer for Ubisoft’s real-time strategy title R.U.S.E. demonstrates exactly how bluffing works in the deception-fueled game. GameSpot has a preview up on the game, which uses a card mechanic to activate various types of deceptions that can be played against your opponent, such as sending out fake tanks that look real, causing your…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sigma 2 To Have Online Co-op
Ninja Gaiden Σ 2 is the industry’s worst-kept secret since Star Craft II, but it looks like Tecmo held back one or two choice tid-bits for their big GDC “secret game” announcement. The big ticket item is that Sigma 2 will feature online co-op over PlayStation Network. Gamers can pick from Ryu, Ayane or Ninja…
By AJ Glasser Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
First Details On Star Trek: DAC
We can tell you what Paramount and Bad Robot‘s new downloadable Star Trek game for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network is—it’s a top-down, space combat arcade title—but we can’t tell you what that “DAC” means. Star Trek: DAC is “focused on fun, not a retelling of the story” of JJ Abram’s upcoming Star Trek reboot,…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mmmm, Rotting Groceries
To: Bashcraft From: Fahey RE: Tomorrow, I Watch BOTH Kids Grilled cheese? Yum! That reminds me of that one time I went out and bought a week’s worth of perishible foodstuffs with the intention of cooking my own meals, only to have a major video game industry event occur that kept me from setting foot…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
America’s Army 3 Preview: Army of One… Plus Two
America’s Army first splashed onto the scene in the summer of 2002, garnering most of its attention because it was a free game aimed getting people more interested in the U.S. Army, specifically joining it. Now, seven years later, the game seems to be coming into its own as more a game than a recruitment…
By Brian Crecente Published March 24, 2009