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And Yet It Moves Makes Sense On Wii
There I am playing Wii games, the games I’m writing about all day today, and a Nintendo rep asks me if I want to play a WiiWare game. Sure, I love the weird stuff. WiiWare, folks, is all about the weird stuff. Games about giving vegetables haircuts. Games about throwing pairs of people onto cubes.…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2010 -
EverQuest II Goes Free-To-Play In A Different Way
Continuing a trend started by D&D Online and Lord of the Rings Online, Sony Online Entertainment is launching a free-to-play version of EverQuest II, completely separate from the existing game. EverQuest II producer David Georgeson explains why. Free-to-play fever is burning through the massively multiplayer online role-playing game industry like wildfire, and today it consumes…
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2010 -
First Screens Of Obsidian’s Dungeon Siege 3
The other people’s role-playing game sequalizers at Obsidian have released the first two screens from Dungeon Siege 3. Take a quick peek at what the series’ console debut looks like. Square Enix dropped word that Obsidian Entertainment, the developers behind Alpha Protocol, Knights of the Old Republic 2, and Neverwinter Nights 2, would be taking…
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2010 -
Who Wants Some Thor Video Game Concept Art?
And so begins the process of Sega convincing us that a good comic book movie-based video game is in the works, with a pair of concept art shots from Thor: The Video Game You all know how this works. Sega tells us they are making a Marvel comic book movie video game tie-in. We groan.…
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2010 -
Kirby Helps Me Measure The Distance Between Video Game Pacifism And Slaughter
Kirby’s Epic Yarn is an adorable game about a pink puffball made of yarn. But we’ve covered that already. Today’s topic: Why does Kirby kill? … or… Why do I make Kirby kill? This is the latest in our day-long series of impressions of holiday-scheduled WIi and DS games that I played with some Nintendo…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2010 -
Gorillaz iPhone Game Is Like Rhinestones Falling From The Sky
Pilot Murdoc’s Doom Glider over the skies of Plastic Beach HQ in Escape to Plastic Beach, the virtual band’s very own iPhone and iPad video game. The art of Gorillaz creator Jamie Hewlett comes to life in Escape to Plastic Beach, a combination video game and marketing tool for the band’s latest album, Plastic Beach.…
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2010 -
Take A Break From StarCraft II With Lost Viking
Real-time strategy gameplay got you down? Slip into the cantina for some pleasant conversation, Night Elf dancing, and a little scrolling-shooter action, courtesy of Lost Viking. McWhertor mentioned the Lost Viking arcade game in his hands-on with StarCraft II’s single-player campaign a few months back, but the game was unfortunately unplayable. Now it’s completely playable,…
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2010 -
What If Wii Party Were A Great Game?
The second game of my Nintendo holiday preview was Wii Party. I planned to suffer. A half-hour later I wondered if I had played the best Wii game for this fall. A fake bomb helped. Wii Party seems at first, at second and at third like Nintendo at it’s most cynical. Wii Sports was a…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2010 -
Let’s Start With FlingSmash, A Wii Game That Loves Left-Handed People
Who gets a couple of hours to play any of the Nintendo-published games arriving this holiday season for the Wii and DS and starts with FlingSmash? Me. Yesterday I played a batch of Nintendo games. Throughout today, I’ll tell you about them. My tour of Nintendo’s holiday games occurred in a hotel room in Times…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2010 -
This Post Is Not About StarCraft II
To: Totilo From: Bash RE: A Comic-Con Cosplay Too Soon? Mrs. Bashcraft and Mini-Bash went to the top of Pikes Peak yesterday. I cleaned the house, made breakfast, lunch and dinner and worked. 🙁 What you missed last night You May Like, The Next PlayStation 3 Firmware Update Starcraft 2’s Installation Tells A Story How…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2010 -
Starcraft II Launches Around The World
Today is the day Starcraft II is released, a whopping twelve years after its predecessor. People are excited. Join us, then, as we show you images of midnight (and daytime!) launches from around the world. We’ll update this post throughout the day and night as more and more stores open and more people get to…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2010 -
Blizzard On The Real ID Brouhaha
Blizzard, the studio behind StarCraft and World of Warcraft, was planning on rolling out a compulsary “Real ID” system, requiring gamers to use their real first and last names on Blizzard’s forums. Gamers went bananas, and Blizzard ended up scrapping the requirement. How did Blizzard think the whole thing went down? It was good feedback.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2010 -
A Beginner’s Guide To Starcraft II’s Online Portal
If you play World of Warcraft, or still play Starcraft or Diablo online, don’t watch this. You’ll learn nothing. But for the hordes of people signing up to Blizzard’s online service for the first time today, this is most helpful. It’s a beginner’s guide to Battle.net, the online authentication, matchmaking and social service that runs…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2010 -
First, Brief Look At Dragon Age II In Motion
Courtesy of a Game Informer visit to the studios of developers BioWare, here is your first look at Dragon Age II in action. You’ll have to work for it – stuff from the game is sprinkled throughout, and doesn’t really kick off until around three minutes in – but what you do see should allay…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2010