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Why an Xbox With Anti-Used Game Tech Makes Perfect Sense
So, we’ve heard from a source that the next Xbox may feature some kind of anti-used games technology. When you first read that, your first instinct was probably to think it’s either bullshit or the worst idea a video game company has ever had. It is, I believe, neither. In fact, if it ends up…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2012 -
Tiny Tower Rips Off a Flash Game—and SimTower
Earlier today, the makers of mobile gaming blockbuster Tiny Tower published the kind of open letter loved by video gaming’s instantly and constantly angry fuck-the-man constituency, not least because it can be disseminated by imgur. It alleged that Zynga, the popularly despised maker of Facebook McGames, stole Tiny Tower‘s idea and was reaping a dishonest…
By Owen Good Published January 25, 2012 -
Check Out This Battlefield Case Mod. It Has a Freakin’ Chain Gun.
Earlier this year, Raptr ran a competition where famed case modder Brian Carter would produce a custom PC based on either Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 or Battlefield 3. He eventually went with the latter. And it’s awesome The case features an airbrushed Battlefield image on one side, a massive crosshair intake fan, a…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2012 -
Don’t Blame uDraw, Blame Yourselves, Rankled Staff Tells THQ Executives
Though THQ recently beat back rumors it was readying itself for sale, all is not happy within its house. Earlier today the company restated that it’s done with the kidstuff, blaming the commercial failure of its uDraw tablet, among other things, for its poor performance of late. The company’s stock closed at 70 cents today.…
By Owen Good Published January 25, 2012 -
What ‘Calibur’ Is Your Soul?
A Stick and Six Buttons | One of the big honkin’ custom controllers at last night’s Soulcalibur V launch party in San Francisco. Sources: The Next Xbox Will Play Blu-Ray, May Not Play Used Games (And Will Introduce Kinect 2) Microsoft will upgrade its disc technology for its next Xbox from DVDs to Blu-Ray discs,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 25, 2012 -
Mojang Says Mobile Minecraft Is an Experiment, Xbox 360 Version Won’t Be as Buggy
When Mojang’s hit sandbox game debut in its iOS form late last year, lots of people thought the following: “It looks like Minecraft, sounds like Minecraft but it’s not…?” In a way that was true. The mobile version was only half of Minecraft, specifically the building part, and lacked the adventure elements that the PC…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 25, 2012 -
Who Said Cheesy Full-Motion Video Computer Games Were Dead?
Remember back in the early 90s when the CD-Rom format made it possible for computer games like 1992’s Night Trap or The 7th Guest to feature extensive badly-acted full-motion video? Gamecade Production certainly does. They’ve just released Survival 2: Get Lucky, a FMV-style dating game starring Josh Knechtly of the band Rootbound. Who? It doesn’t…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012 -
Namco Bandai Celebrates UK SoulCalibur V Launch With Fitness Classes
Every Tuesday evening in February London fight game fans can step away from their game console and grab a little fitness with Gymbox’s SoulCalibur V: Swordsman Workout class. No, seriously. While there is a possibility that I am just too ignorant about the London gaming scene to realize how physically fit the fighting game fans…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012 -
Rhythm Heaven Fever Makes Music Out of Sports, Fishing, and Samurai Demon-Fighting
Rhythm Heaven Fever is getting a Wii release, the better to bring out the groove in goofy, random situations. This trailer starts out subdued enough, with a boy kicking a basketball in time while sitting on a bench next to a girl. Cute! Next, it goes to a fishing excursion, which is fun enough, before…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 25, 2012 -
Getting to Hear New Music Should be Easier in Lumines: Electronic Symphony
We think Lumines is one of the best games for the PSP. But damn was it ever hard to experience everything the game had to offer. In the first game, players had to grind through the entire game to hear all the music or see all the trippy synchronized visuals. Lumines II improved on that…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 25, 2012 -
Mario Party 9 Sure Does Look Like a Party
Granted, it’s a party on the Wii, but hey, a ton of people own Wiis! And thanks to Skyward Sword, many of us have even figured out how to plug it in to our new TVs and updated our firmware. So, should we want to pull out enough batteries to power three more controllers, we’ll…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 25, 2012 -
An Old Xbox Reveals the Secret Lives of a Good Friend
All my friend wanted was a simple, get-rid-of-it-on-Craigslist estimate for an original Xbox, two controllers, and about a dozen games. He knew that what he had was too common in its time, too obsolete in the present, to qualify as some latter-day Antiques Roadshow jackpot. Still, I couldn’t bring myself to appraise it at $25.…
By Owen Good Published January 25, 2012 -
The First MLB 12 The Show Trailer Swings for the Fences, Teases Vita Integration
Sony’s in-house baseball title steps into the batter’s box with this video showing off gameplay and presentation from this year’s installment. That’s not just realism, folks. It’s Enhanced Realism. The game’s out on March 6th.
By Evan Narcisse Published January 25, 2012 -
A Special Message From the Resident Evil 6 Dev Team
By now you’ve seen the jaw-dropping trailer for Capcom’s Resident Evil 6, but have you seen the special version of the trailer with introductions by three members of the game’s development team? In this special version of the Resident Evil 6 trailer, shown last week during the special Fright Club event last week, executive producer…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012 -
Breaking a World Record Seems Like a Fine Reason to Get a Virtual Marriage
Marriage, ladies and gentlemen. Marriage is a game mechanic, or at least it will be early next month when update 1.7 goes live for Trion Worlds’ MMO Rift. They’ll be celebrating the new feature on February 14 by attempting to establish the World Record for most in-game marriages in a 24-hour period. Where’s that Divorce…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012 -
Sources: The Next Xbox Will Play Blu-Ray, May Not Play Used Games (And Will Introduce Kinect 2)
Microsoft will upgrade its disc technology for its next Xbox from DVDs to Blu-Ray discs, catching up to rival Sony, games industry sources tell Kotaku Sony’s PlayStation 3 currently supports Blu-Ray, which can contain 25 or 50GB of data compared to DVD’s 9GB. But that disc detail could be far less impactful to the next…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 25, 2012 -
This is What A Video Game Played In a Planetarium Looks Like
Check out this test run of Space Cruiser, a video game that will be played by some 200 people on Thursday evening at New York City’s American Museum of Natural History. (Event details here. But it’s now sold out.) Video by Ida Benedetto.
By Stephen Totilo Published January 25, 2012