The timing for this week’s podcast could not be better. No, really. It could not. What better way to dive into Comic-Con than with Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. Shattered Dimensions game designer Francois Taddei will be on hand to talk about everyone’s favorite neighborhood hero — make that, heroes. The game features Spidey from various dimensions…
Worried about Kinect lag? Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the game designer behind Rez and Lumines, is here to quell your fears. Mizuguchi is hard at work on a multi-platform rhythm game, Child of Eden, for both the PS3 and the Xbox 360. About Kinect, he told website CVG, “Every day the technology and software improves, so we’re…
Starcraft is so damn big that many people who have never rushed a Zerg in their life will be keen to see what all the fuss is about next week. If that’s you, here’s what you need to know! What the hell is Starcraft II? Starcraft II is a real-time strategy game developed by Blizzard…
Just when you thought you’d seen all the characters Street Fighter IV had to offer, along comes a tease for more A flyer for the upcoming arcade release of Super Street Fighter IV has a fairly significant tease along the bottom. It’s not talking about the characters added to the console version – like Dudley…
There are two new Yakuza games, both forthcoming. One is for the PSP and out this December. It doesn’t star series protagonist, but some young kid with bad hair Late last month, Sega revealed that it was working on another new Yakuza game, proving that the series with its annual launches is quickly becoming the…
Kinect will cost $150 in the United States, but many of you are not from the United States. You’re from the UK! Or Ireland! Or Belgium! How much will it cost for you? Britain first: Kinect has been priced at £129, Kinect games will be £40 while the 4GB Kinect bundle revealed earlier today will…
In early 2006, members of Japanese idol group AKB48 were standing on Akihabara street corners passing out fliers. Now they’re the biggest female group in Japan. What a difference a few years make. AKB48 is an idol group with three teams: the A Team, the K Team and the B Team. Depending on how many…
If I didn’t have enough money to impress a girl, I’d, I don’t know, make her something. Write her a poem. Sing her something. 17 year-old Anthony Etienne took the easy route, and stole some poor kid’s DS. It’s alleged the boy, from West Brighton in New York, figured stealing a DS from a little…
There are words to describe this. I, however, am at a loss for them. A Japanese gamer spliced scenes and sounds from Resident Evil to reproduce “Infernal Galop”, more commonly known as the “cancan song”. Resident Evil Meets CanCan [Capcom Unity]
The Professor Layton animated film, which by all accounts is rather good, will be getting its first official Western release in the United Kingdom. And what a release it is! The movie is being released on both Blu-Ray and DVD, and while those will be available separately, you can also get this fancy edition where…
The big, breaking news of the 2008 E3 gaming expo was that role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII was coming to the Xbox 360. The game had been previously thought to be a PS3 exclusive. The game got an Xbox 360 release everywhere except Japan. In The Land of the Rising Sun, Final Fantasy XIII was…
That’s according to Activision Publishing’s CEO Eric Hirshberg. And yes, he’s being serious. “The Call of Duty franchise is a force of nature. I think it is the closest thing this generation has to a Star Wars,” he told IGN. “I think it’s unique and bigger than any musical act or any movie franchise in…
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Over in South Korea, popular Japanese manga-slash-anime Crayon Shin-chan is getting its own online game. But will it have Shin-chan’s infamous butt dance? Developed by both Rainfall Soft and Daewon Media, the title is a 2D action role-playing game. Several Shin-chan console games have already been released in Japan. This year is the twentieth anniversary…
The Pokémon Company may have a fancy name, but it’s still part of Nintendo, and we all know Nintendo is good at two things: making video games, and suing people. Last week, The Pokémon Company filed a lawsuit in the US against sports card company Beckett. Why? Beckett publishes Beckett Pokémon Unofficial Collector!, a magazine…
For years now, PlayStation Portables have been smuggled into China. The government has looked a blind eye as has Sony, reports a Chinese news site. According to Chinese news site EEO, some estimates put half of the PSPs sold ending up in the Chinese market. That number does seem rather steep. However, these contraband PSPs…
For the launch of Starcraft II, Blizzard is going all out, flying the development team around the world to attend midnight openings across Europe and North America. Events will be held in London, Berlin, Paris, Stockholm, Moscow and Orange County, with prizes to be given away at each along with the chance to meet some…
This looks to be our first glimpse of the next game in the Hitman series. Well, not the game, per se, more like the game’s poster and promotional artwork. It can be found on the website of Great Graphics, a design firm that’s worked with Square Enix – the series’ new publisher – before, on…
The comic book series may have reached its end, but fortunately the video game adventures of Scott Pilgrim kick off in August. This new Comic-Con trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game is too awesome to miss. [GameTrailers]
Disney’s “Home of Tron” pop-up arcade, Flynn’s, will return to the San Diego Comic-Con this year, hopefully with Space Paranoids and more new games in tow. Expect a big Tron Legacy presence this year and another visit to Flynn’s. [io9]
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