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TMNT Smash-Up Preview: Will The Real April O’Neil Please Stand Up?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up aims to combine not only the best of Wii fighting games with the TMNT franchise, but also to combine the best parts of the franchise into one game. To that end, there will allegedly be different characters from the new kids TV show, the old kids TV show, the comic…
By AJ Glasser Published July 7, 2009 -
Rabbids Go Home Preview: Rabbids Go In Your Wiimote
The Rabbids series has done pretty well for itself, considering that it’s all about about mentally challenged bunnies doing wacky things. Previous installments of Rayman Raving Rabbids games have all been about mini games that make use of the Wii’s unique controls in perverse and silly ways. Like the one where you used your butt…
By AJ Glasser Published July 7, 2009 -
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes Preview: The Might Of Mana… and Puzzles
The Might & Magic series is more commonly associated with hardcore role-playing game or turn-based strategy combat – but Ubisoft is going for another reboot of the series with Clash of Heroes. The game is still turn-based and there’s still a lot of strategy involved. But this adorable DS game is more of a puzzle…
By AJ Glasser Published July 7, 2009 -
Red Steel 2 Preview: Whack-tastic Fun
I like to think I come to every new game with a clean slate – but Red Steel was so bad, I couldn’ help but be pessimistic about what to expect from Red Steel 2. After five minutes with the demo though, I take back everything bad I ever even started to think about this…
By AJ Glasser Published July 7, 2009 -
Duke Nukem 3D To Kick iAss On iPhone
Duke Nukem Forever might be dead, but the spirit of the name lives on, as MachineWorks Northwest prepares to release an updated version of Duke Nukem 3D for the iPhone. Yes, MachineWorks is delivering a smoothed-over but faithful port of the original Duke Nukem 3D to the iPhone. MachineWorks is the same team that brought…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2009 -
Happy Bungie Day!
On the seventh day of the seventh month, the team at Bungie crawled out of their darkened office to take on the world in Halo 3, during their annual Bungie Day celebration. Bungie has a thing for the number seven, documented by the research team at Halopedia, and so they picked July 7th (7/7) as…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2009 -
Jackson Five Track In LEGO Rock Band
The Jackson 5’s 1969 number-one hit single “I Want You Back” will be appearing in the upcoming LEGO Rock Band. Jonathan Smith from British developer Traveller’s Tales confirmed to game site VG247 that the Jackson 5 tune will be appearing in the game. Other newly announced titles are “Breakout” by the Foo Fighters and “A-Punk”…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2009 -
Champions Online Versus Your Computer
It’s an all-out battle between your computer and the forces of system requirements, as Cryptic reveals the stats your PC needs to roll to run Champions Online. Judging from the game’s simplistic, stylized look, you wouldn’t think you’d need a powerful machine to run it, and you’d be correct in that thinking. Champions will run…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2009 -
SimAnimals Bless The Rains Down In Africa
The wild dogs cry out in the night, as they grow restless looking for some solitary company in SimAnimals Africa, EA’s follow-up to their charming animal simulator for the Nintendo Wii and DS. If you want compelling animal drama, you go to Africa. Natsume knows this, as does Majesco. Now EA is getting in on…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2009 -
Who Needs Nintendo Chiptunes When You’ve Got Sega Rock?
Music inspired directly by video games tends to be fairly limited in scope. Chiptunes, hip-hop, some electronica, and the odd piece of folk. Sludgefeast are none of those things. They are instead a good, old-fashioned rock band. I picked up their album “Virtua Rock” a few weeks back in a second-hand record store purely because…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2009 -
What Is This?
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Summer Daze What did I end up doing during the weekend? Micro-Bash got sick for the first time — he barfed at the doctor’s office, so much so that Mrs. Bashcraft had to go home and get me a new pair of clothes. Shirt, pants and even all the way…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2009 -
So, How Many iPhone Games Are There?
The iPhone (and iPod Touch) are selling like hot scones! And they play games! Problem being, unlike the PSP and DS, there’s very little in the way of quality control on Apple’s platform. So we get a lot of games. You could even say we get too many games, because it’s been revealed that there…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2009 -
The King of Fighters XII Gets A New Release Date For Japan
SNK delayed 100 percent hand-drawn fighting game The King of Fighters XII. The game was originally slated for a July 16 launch, then moved to a vague “July release”. The new street date for the multi-platform game is July 30. The reason for the delay was so SNK could polish the title before finally releasing…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2009 -
Demo Play Coming To Nintendo Handhelds
Earlier this year, a Nintendo patent came to light that described a function that would allow players to “skip” parts of the game they found difficult. This system eases the pain of completing a difficult game, without watering it down so much that it turns hardcore gamers off. The new system, described in a patent…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2009 -
Is This How A Jaleco Poll Backfires?
Japanese game company Jaleco has started a new poll regarding an upcoming project. Users are able to submit designs of non-playable-characters, and other folks can vote for their favorites. The most popular designs will be included in this upcoming title. Good idea, right? Right? Have a look at the top five favorite monsters. The poll…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2009 -
PSP2 In Development, As Powerful As Xbox
Eurogamer’s Spanish outpost reckon they’re in possession of some specs for an all-new PlayStation Portable, currently in the planning stages at Sony HQ. This isn’t the PSPgo. It’s a true successor to the PSP. They claim that the new handheld could output games on the same level as the original Xbox, and is built around…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2009 -
New Demo Format For Team Fortress 2 Nearing Beta
Via email, Valve mentioned that it was developing a new demo type format — for Team Fortress 2 or perhaps all Steam Games. This comes as players have been breaking demo files after downloading new updates. Tell us about that Robin Walker! The Valve developer explains, “It’s getting close to being releasable in a beta…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2009 -
Redrawn PC Erotic Game Looks Like This
Remember this? Sure, you do! This image must have been burned into your brain. Erotic game Sengoku Hime is infamous for its crummy game art. That art has been re-drawn for the PS2/PSP ports. Compare the new art (below) with the original PC art (above). Have a preference? Sengoku Hime is out this September on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2009