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She’s Bayonetta, Brought to Life
As far as short nicknames go, hers must be on of the shortest. Going by the frisky sounding “H”, this cosplayer focuses her attention primarily on one thing: games made in Osaka. Her cosplaying efforts breathe life into characters appearing in titles from Platinum Games, such as the titular Bayonetta, and also characters from Capcom…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2011 -
Samurai Warriors 3 Ready to Hack up the PS3
Remember when hack-and-slash title Sengoku Musou 3 (Samurai Warriors 3) came out on the Wii in 2009? A poster for Sengoku Musou 3: Empire reveals that the game’s latest iteration is apparently PS3-bound. No word on if it’s also heading to the Wii. PS3『戦国無双３ Empires』8月発売予定！ 無双シリーズはWiiで続けるって言ったのに・・・ [オレ的ゲーム速報＠刃]
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2011 -
Call of Duty Elite’s Leaked Trailer Says a Lot [Update]
I always thought Activision overpaid for those Rolling Stones rights in Black Ops. Good to see they’re getting a bit more mileage out of them here, in this thoroughly chatty trailer for the new Call of Duty Elite service If you can stomach what sounds like nearly seven minute’s worth of TJ Miller’s voice, there’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2011 -
Buy a Dreamcast That’ll Fit In Your Hand
A slightly iffy Japanese site is taking preorders for a portable Dreamcast that may not look like much, but promises to do everything you’d expect from such a unit. The all-on-one handheld has a screen, control surfaces and speakers, and plays retail Dreamcast games. They’ll ship next month, but at $470 each, only serious (or…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2011 -
Hello Robot Girls
RAcaseal, the female android from Sega’s Phantasy Star Online, is getting memorialized in plastic. Famed Japanese figure maker Kotobukiya is releasing a 1/12 scale pre-painted RAcaseal kit that comes with two sabers, a shotgun and a pair of extra hands. The pink version is ¥3675 (US$45), while the sky blue one is a limited edition…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2011 -
The Absurdity of International Game Ratings
Different cultures have different tastes. That’s a given, and will always result in slight differences in game ratings. But what’s just happened to 3DS game Dead or Alive: Dimensions is too strange to overlook. The game won’t be sold in Sweden, Norway and Denmark because of fears over the region’s child pornography laws, which forbid…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2011 -
See StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm In Action For the First Time
Blending campaign gameplay and scenes from the previously revealed cinematic teaser, here’s our first peek at StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, the second chapter in Blizzard’s ongoing space war trilogy. Watch Banelings evolve! See Zerg swarm! Witness the destruction of the Protoss on the planet Kaldir! Meet Abathur and Izsha, your Zerg buddies! Read…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 31, 2011 -
New StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Screen Shots, Annotated For Your Pleasure
New in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is the option to choose a “Battle Focus” for Kerrigan, the hero character of the campaign. Up to four Battle Focuses, each with five special abilities and attributes, will be available. Only two, Spec Ops and Corruption, were playable during a recent hands-on preview event In StarCraft…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 31, 2011 -
Hands On With StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm‘s Campaign, Now With More RPG and Space Yetis
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is a mutated beast of last year’s real-time strategy game infused with traces of point and click adventure. For StarCraft II‘s first expansion, the second chapter in Blizzard’s trilogy, the game is getting a dose of role-playing game elements. The evolutionary leap in Heart of the Swarm focuses on…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 31, 2011 -
The Fallout MMO Might Not Survive the Coming Apocalypse
The Fallout MMO, which has been chugging along for a while now with seemingly little progress made, is now in danger of going under completely as the game’s developers stare down the barrel of a rusty, post-apocalyptic gun. Interplay, which has been around for decades, is a few million in the hole at the moment,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2011 -
Not One Space Pirate, a Whole Squad of Them
They’re pirates in space. But they’ve got more than guns and swords. They’ve got cell phones and groovy collars. Arrgh! Earlier this year, the 35th Super Sentai show debuted on Japanese television. In the West, the Super Sentai series is known as Power Rangers and features a “sentai” or “battle squad” of color-coded super heroes.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2011 -
If Portal Was a Movie, It Would Look This Good
This is Outside Aperture, a fan flick based on the aftermath of the first Portal game. It makes the assumption that, rather than being dragged back into Aperture, hero Chell escapes and finds a new home. Where she can bake. It was made by these guys, and really, get a cup of tea and settle…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2011 -
Uncharted 3‘s Beta Wanders Out of the Desert Next Month
Beginning on June 28, certain PlayStation 3 owners will be given access to a multiplayer beta for the upcoming Uncharted 3 Those certain users are those who picked up a preorder voucher from inFamous 2 or are PlayStation Plus subscribers. Sadly, for everyone else, the beta won’t kick off until a week later, on July…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2011 -
The PlayStation Network Should be Fully Armed and Operational by the End of the Week
Sony just announced that the PSN, down since April in the wake of an attack by hackers, will be fully restored (for most regions) by the end of the week. The only regions where it won’t be 100% back will be Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea. For everyone else, that means the following suite…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2011 -
Learn a Little About Call Of Duty’s Online Subscription Plans
Call of Duty, as has long been predicted/expected, is set to introduce a monthly subscription fee for its multiplayer users. Launching as an online service, rather than a standalone product, Call of Duty Elite will be part of Modern Warfare 3 (and future titles) when its released in November, and will include the option of…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2011 -
Will Sony’s Welcome Back Campaign Hurt or Help?
Developer Housemarque was supposed to release multiplatform title Outland on the PSN in late April, but the network was hacked. The game’s release was pushed back. Outland is a unique digital title that’s been getting rave reviews. In the wake of the PSN hack, the game might be getting something else: lost in the shuffle.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 30, 2011 -
Here, Have Some Download Insurance
In case you forget, GameStop adds it to your shopping cart. The US$3.95 download insurance is a back up copy for future digital game download. That future is a short one, because the insurance expires after 18 months. Know the best download insurance? Steam What is this crap Gamestop? [Reddit via Boing Boing]
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 30, 2011 -
Which Limited Edition PS3 Do You Fancy?
Japan is getting a new custom PS3, a limited Tales of Xillia one. This isn’t the first limited PS3 for Japan. There have been others. For example, Metal Gear Solid 4 got a “Gun Metal” PS3, while Yakuza got a yakuza-y one. Final Fantasy XIII got a white and pink job, and Gran Turismo 5…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 30, 2011 -
Report: Mark Wahlberg Won’t Be in Uncharted Flick
Director David O. Russell dropped out of Uncharted. He’s taking his goofy-sounding script and Mark Wahlberg with him. Wahlberg was slated to star in Russell’s cinematic take on Uncharted, which was about “a crime family that metes out justice in the world of art and antiquities” and which didn’t sound like Uncharted According to the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 30, 2011