QuakeCon, the annual celebration of all things id Software (and now Bethesda Softworks), kicks off on Aug. 4 in Dallas, Texas this year. The event will run until Aug. 7 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel.
Terror baby, gate rape, fauxhemian, skyaking: 2010 was a wonderful year for words. Even more delightful, then, that a term that can sometimes be applied to games won. Beating out the onomatopoeic (nom), the crotchal (junk), the controversial (Wikileaks) and even the buzz-worthy (trend), the word “app” was selected earlier this month as 2010’s word…
Had breakfast with CheapyD from CheapAssGamer this morning, which was a lot of fun. I believe this was the first meal I had in Tokyo this week that didn’t involve me hunched over a computer, stuffing food in my mouth. Very much looking forward to this weekend. Need to decompress. Missed an event at my…
Survival horror game The 3rd Birthday is heavy on fan service (tentacle anyone?). For example, there’s an unlockable shower scene. And if you watch that, Square Enix just might know it. The Tokyo-based game is using the game’s data logs and Square Enix Members connectivity to track how many times players have viewed the shower…
The game industry is buzzing about Sony’s upcoming portable game device. Everybody is talking about it. Everybody except Nintendo. There is a very important reason for this, and it involves Apple. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is not providing his impressions, publicly at least, about the NGP. The reason is that because when the Apple iPad…
Nintendo is making a new Wii game, and it’s called Pandora’s Tower. This is it. As hinted at earlier today, Pandora’s Tower is one of the new games revealed at today’s Nintendo investors meeting in Tokyo. The game features the subtitle of “Until I return to your side.” The teaser site features classy piano music…
Sony’s Next Generation Portable has a lot of fancy, no doubt expensive new equipment inside it. And you know what? None of it matters. Why? Because the thing has two thumbsticks. People — and we are among those people — have been crying out for a portable with two thumbsticks ever since the release of…
The latest Valkyria Chronicles game for the PSP goes on sale in Japan, complete with a cosplayer and a very large sword. As seen on AkibaOS
Scribblenauts is now out in Japan, and to make up for the delay, some extra characters have been added to the game. Like who? Well, the fact it’s been published by Konami might give you an idea or two… Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has shown off the inclusion of his beloved Snake (from Metal…
Sony’s new gaming handheld, the NGP, is teched out and glossy. Nintendo’s new gaming hardware is expensive and the 3D function is not recommended for kids under six years old. So what the hell are children supposed to do, play outside? Well, yes. That’s exactly what they are supposed to do. By pitching at an…
Old Link drives Cel-shaded Link on a journey to crush cities. Or fight Godzilla. This is so perfect. Even the puffs of smoke have that Wind Waker look to them. By Drew Whitmore
Ever since the release of the PSP in 2004, Sony has made the “XMB” its trademark user interface, not just for PlayStation products, but many of its other devices as well. With the NGP, the XMB is out the window. What you see here is the new handheld’s user interface (or UI). It looks…well, awful.…
For just USD$399 (plus shipping!), you can get both your hands — and you’re going to need two – on these life-sized replicas of Dragon Age’s signature weapons, the Grey Warden’s Sword and Darkspawn Greatsword. Both swords are 52″ long (1.3 m), are made from stainless steel and are available to purchase right now. They’re…
Sony revealed a new portable yesterday, codenamed the Next Generation Portable. In the audience were pundits, press, developers and the former Sony brass who built their gaming empire. Ken Kutaragi spearheaded the creation of the PlayStation, the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation 3. He’s also the father of the PSP, the PlayStation Portable. During the…
“I’m just a regular, amateur cosplayer,” says Ushijima Ii Niku, or Ushijima “Good Meat”, in a swish Tokyo hole-in-the-wall eatery. By day, she has an office job, photoshopping adult-related pictures, and in her free time, she cosplays. She’s anything but ordinary. (NSFW) Her fans range from the Akiba faithful to artists like Street Fighter II…
Sony is taking famed hacker George Hotz to court, claiming his contribution to jailbreaking the PS3 is breaking the law. As part of that case, the court gets access to all his computers. Yes, as part of the case, Sony has been granted a temporary restraining order, which is common in situations like this. It’s…
And not all of them will have 3G connectivity, it seems. Speaking after yesterday’s big PSP2 / NGP reveal in Tokyo, Sony Computer Entertainment’s chief Andrew House told game site Eurogamer “The first thing to clarify, which I’m not sure the presentation did a perfect job of doing today, is that all of the devices…
Sony tells us today that SOCOM 4, for the PlayStation 3, will be out in North America on April 19.
Earlier this week, StarCraft II developers Blizzard released three new custom maps for the game. Two of the three maps don’t play much like StarCraft at all, so we figured we’d show you what they do play like. The three maps – Aiur Chef, Left 2 Die and Star Jeweled – are attempts by Blizzard…
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