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Once Upon a Time, There Was a ‘Kill 1,000 Kids’ Achievement
That will be our story for today, dear readers, how rewarding players for killing 1,000 child characters in Fairytale Fights is in the game, as of now, but … yeahhhh … likely won’t be in the final release. UGO reports the existence of the achievement, although it also says that Playlogic has likely designated it…
By Owen Good Published August 20, 2009 -
New Bayonetta Screens — Snakes, Why’d It Have To Be Snakes?
Here are some Bayonetta screens fresh off of Sega’s blog. We’ve got snakes with baby-faced heads with yet more snakes coming out of their mouths and a bipedal-looking baddie with quite a lot of height on our shape-shifting witch. Check ’em out: New Bayonetta Screens from GamesCom! [Sega America Blog]
By AJ Glasser Published August 20, 2009 -
Harmonix Workin’ On Rock Band 3
The Beatles: Rock Band may well be a treat for Beatles fans, but if you’re not a Beatles fan? You’ll be happy to know that Harmonix will next year be back to games with a little more variety. Asked by MCV whether Harmonix and MTV Games would in 2010 be releasing Rock Band 3 or…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2009 -
Space Bishop Loses Lawsuit vs. Ubisoft
No, not that Bishop. In this case it’s a guy high up in the UFO religion of Raëlism, who alleged Ubisoft canceled a fatty contract with him after his membership became known. Daniel Chabot, described as a bishop in the Church of Raël, runs an employee-coaching firm in Quebec. He claimed that when Ubisoft Montreal…
By Owen Good Published August 20, 2009 -
GameStop: PSPgo Owners Will Trade In UMDs
Sony may not be ready to discuss a solution for PSPgo purchasers looking to figure out what to do with their UMD games on the upcoming no-UMD system, but GameStop has an idea… On an earnings call today to discuss GameStop’s results for its second financial quarter of 2009, the company reported that reservations for…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 20, 2009 -
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles On Steadier Ground
Developers recently toned down the shake of the camera in documentary-styled shooter Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles to make the upcoming Wii title a bit easier to play, Capcom developers say. “It was a bit of a trial and error, this shaky cam,” said Masachika Kawata during a meeting at this week’s Gamescom convention in…
By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2009 -
Public Daze
To: Ash From: Crecente Today was the first day that Cologne’s Gamescom was open to the public. Mike and I stood around near the entrance to see what those crowds would look like. It was fairly impressive, but not as massive as I had expected. After watching or a few minutes I headed down the…
By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2009 -
Wii Fit Plus: Feeling The Burn
Nintendo featured its balance board-controlled fitness game Wii Fit Plus at Gamescom this week, ensuring that there was little to no wait to go socks-on with the Wii sequel. That gave us plenty of time to burn some calories. The Gamescom demo featured nine of the fifteen mini-games promised for Wii Fit Plus, six of…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 20, 2009 -
Humor Attempted During Wii Sports Resort Guest Spot
I was recently invited to appear on College Humor’s Bleep Bloop video game show to play and discuss Wii Sports Resort. They were funnier than me, but, at least I made a good point? Maybe? See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. Bleep Bloop: Wii Sports Resort [College Humor]
By Stephen Totilo Published August 20, 2009 -
A Larger DSi Install Base Needed To Justify Band Hero Development
There aren’t quite enough DSi owners around yet to justify Vicarious Visions adapting their portable version of Guitar Hero to work with Nintendo’s latest portable, the developers told Kotaku this week. While Guitar Hero: On Tour requires a “Guitar Grip” peripheral that plugs into the DS’ Game Boy Advance slot, the soon-to-be-released Band Hero also…
By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2009 -
The Tower Of Shadow Screens Are All Shadow And Light
One of most innovative looking titles shown at Konami’s Gamescom press conference was Hudson’s The Tower Of Shadow, a Wii puzzle-platformer that puts the player in control of a shadow, not the person casting that shadow. We actually never saw that person, just the silhouette of a young boy leaping across platforms, pulling switches and…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 20, 2009 -
PS3 Slim: The Five Senses Tests
I thought it would be a good idea to test the PS3 slim using each of the five senses. That would entail seeing, smelling, touching, tasting and hearing Sony’s new machine. How about four out of five? PS3 Slim Sight Test PS3 Slim Smell Test PS3 Slim Touch Test PS3 Slim Taste Test PS3 Slim…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 20, 2009 -
APB Impressions: Financial District In Conflict
APB: All Points Bulletin is, according to Realtime Worlds, all about “creativity, conflict and celebrity.” At Gamescom today, we got a look at the massively multiplayer online game’s second “C” during a live demo. Realtime Worlds’ cops versus criminals online game is focused far more on the flesh and blood player than a computer controlled…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 20, 2009 -
John Madden’s Version of Video Game History
Retired football broadcasting legend John Madden told the LA Times there’s no such thing as a Madden curse, because it never caused him to get injured. He also shared his take on how video games came to be. As part of reporter Alex Pham’s Q&A to coincide with the launch of Madden NFL 10, Madden…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 20, 2009 -
Akihiro Hino Talks Puzzle Boot Camp And Obese Rodents
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is right around the corner and we were lucky enough to ask some questions of developer Level-5’s President & CEO, Akihiro Hino. At 2009’s Game Developers Conference, Hino talked about his marketing strategy for the Layton series and let slip the fact that Diabolical Box was heading to the…
By AJ Glasser Published August 20, 2009 -
Can A Bunch Of Names Sell A Game?
You might go to a movie based on the names of the people in its ensemble cast. Recently I was given reason to wonder if we might buy a game based on the roster of the talents behind it. The occasion was my interview last week at QuakeCon with Paul Wedgwood, founder of development studio…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 20, 2009 -
Twice The Cammy, Twice The Thong
SOTA toys will in December be releasing two Cammy figures. Not one. Two. One in her original costume, one in her more “formal” uniform. They’ll be sold for $90 each if you want to buy them individually. And if you do, hey, that’s cool. We’re not judging. But as you can see, you might want…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2009