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Say Welcome to the PS Vita’s Welcome Pack
Welcome Pack is an on board PS Vita feature that acquaints players with the PS Vita. There are a couple mini-games, such as one in which players try to touch bubbles with numbers in order as they pop up on the screen. In the above video, the Welcome Pack teaches players how to use the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 16, 2011 -
Ni No Kuni is Coming to America
Speaking at a Tokyo Game Show event earlier today, Level-5 Akihiro Hino boss made a lot of people reading this website very happy, announcing that the PS3 version of gorgeous RPG Ni No Kuni would be getting a North American release. It’s due out in early 2012, and while no mention was made of a…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2011 -
Ni No Kuni’s Gameplay Footage Shows Why This is TGS’ Best-Looking Game
Just in case you didn’t believe me that upcoming RPG Ni No Kuni looks shit hot, here’s a ton of gameplay footage shot from the floor of this year’s Tokyo Game Show. Seeing as I was within arm’s reach of three demo kiosks, you’ll find pretty much all the content available in this build of…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2011 -
An Old-School NES Baseball Game Inspired EA Sports’ World-Class Hockey Title
NHL 12 is not just a critically acclaimed game for its simulated play; it’s also a fun time for armchair talent evaluators and kitchen-table franchise managers. Giving credit where it is due, the series’ producer says the game took its inspiration from an old, old old-school NES title. “Our GM mode is based on Baseball…
By Owen Good Published September 16, 2011 -
Forza 4’s Magic Steering Wheel Doesn’t Look Very Magic
Not content with throwing some Kinect support into Forza 4, Microsoft is also releasing a wireless, motion-controlled racing wheel for the game. It didn’t sound too promising when it was first announced. And doesn’t look too promising in action, either. I shot this footage earlier today at Microsoft’s booth at the Tokyo Game Show. Note…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2011 -
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is you and Your Friends Against the Galaxy’s Biggest Floating Hand
Final Fantasy XIII, for all its money and marketing, rang hollow with many gamers (even serious fans of the franchise), standing accused of being everything from linear to, well, just boring Playing Final Fantasy XIII for around ten minutes at TGS this morning, all I could think of was how much this played like FFXIII…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2011 -
I Don’t Know Whether Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D is Half-Empty or Half-Full
I don’t think there’s another game on the showroom floor of this year’s TGS (aside from maybe Monster Hunter) that so shows up the conflict between good and evil in the design of the Nintendo 3DS as Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D It looks great. Even with the 3D effects on, it looks great.…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2011 -
Dragon Age II’s New DLC Stars Felicia Day. In the Actual Game.
On October 11, BioWare will release new DLC for Dragon Age II called Mark of the Assassin, which is interesting in that it features the talents (and face) of The Guild star Felicia Day. Tying into the live-action series Redemption, you can see the DLC’s trailer – and Day’s slightly terrifying in-game face – below.…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2011 -
Katamari Damacy Gets New Shape-Shifting Controls with Its Release on Vita
Katamari Damacy is just a working title but, frankly, it’s as good as any for the version of the game soon to arrive on PlayStation Vita. Namco Bandai announced today that the venerable roll-em-up will get a Vita release on an unspecified date, and will take advantage of the new handheld’s touch-pad controls. “A completely…
By Owen Good Published September 16, 2011 -
Japan’s Biggest Game Getting a Big Change
For years, Monster Hunter has primarily been a PlayStation Portable game. With Monster Hunter 3G for the Nintendo 3DS, that’s going to change. Monster Hunter started out as a PlayStation 2 title and then made its way to the Wii. It was when it made the leap to the PSP that the game really took…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 16, 2011 -
Metal Gear Solid 2 In HD is all Talk (and Hairy Armpits!)
I got to play Metal Gear Solid 2 this morning at Konami’s Tokyo Game Show booth, the game part of the company’s HD collection of the older titles in the series. Having not played it since it was first released, I was curious to see how things had changed and/or been improved for this latest…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2011 -
When (Rehearsed) Fights Break Out at the Tokyo Game Show
The Tokyo Game Show isn’t all about games. It’s also about kicking people in the stomach. This booth is showing off fighting, protective gear, and helmets that light up. It’s also showing off macho grunts. You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 16, 2011 -
For The Next Few Days, Portal Is Free
From now until September 20, the PC and Mac versions of Valve’s classic first-person puzzler Portal are free. Free gratis. You won’t pay a cent for it. A website has gone live (perhaps a little early) promoting the offer, which directs users to Valve’s Steam service, where they’re directed to download the game free of…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2011 -
What’s on the Menu at this Remote FarmVille Restaurant in Turkey?
I recently travelled to the Cappadocia region of Turkey to get away from work and to enjoy the area’s amazing, exotic geography. Hundreds of rock formations called “fairy chimneys” fill the terrain. In the early morning, dozens of hot air balloons take to the sky. And on the main drag in the town of Göreme,…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 16, 2011 -
Let These Gangster Hostesses Welcome You to Sega’s TGS Booth
Sega’s booth is busier and better this year than it has been in years. Part of that is because there’s a Yakuzapalooza going down, with the franchise’s PSP sequel drawing crowds, but it’s also because this year Electronic Arts doesn’t have a booth of its own. So it shacked up with Sega, adding the clout…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2011 -
Fake: Resident Evil 6 Video
UPDATE – Despite early morning confirmations from a representative from Capcom Japan that the trailer posted above was being shown in the company’s closed theatre at the Tokyo Game Show, sources have since told us that this trailer is not real. Sorry for any confusion. We’ve left the rest of the original story intact… for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 15, 2011 -
OverClocked ReMix’s Mega Man 9 Album Goes From Metal to Baroque and Back
The video game-music collective OverClock ReMix has released another complete set of reimagined songs, this time for Mega Man 9. (I bet you thought I was going to put a “Goes for Baroque” joke in the title, didn’t you? Well… actually, it’s not even baroque music, it’s more like flamenco, so… yeah.) The full album…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 15, 2011 -
Gravity Daze is Still the Most Exciting Original PlayStation Vita Game
The PlayStation Vita is a fantastic platform for remakes and ports (Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Final Fantasy X, etc.), but if you’re looking for something wholly original, look to Sony’s Gravity Daze We’ve played it as Gravity, the name under which it was shown at this year’s E3 expo.…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 15, 2011 -
Let’s Pretend This Week’s Nintendo Download Was Worth Waiting For
Another week has passed, and once more Nintendo has brought us an amazing lineup of downloadable goodies! Mega Man for the Game Boy! Bridge! That other game! Excitement! And I’m spent. No real excitement this week. Mega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge is nice if you like recycled NES content, and Hearts is a game I…
By Mike Fahey Published September 15, 2011 -
Wanna See More of Dragon Quest X In Action?
Square Enix’s wildly popular (in Japan) role-playing game series is coming to the Wii and Wii U as Dragon Quest X. Only this one’s an online multiplayer RPG, a decision that’s not sitting well with some Dragon Quest fans. Watch some new footage of DQX right here and judge for yourself. The above footage—part pre-rendered…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 15, 2011