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2K Play Brings The Greatest Show On Earth Home
2K Play is about to make running away to join the circus much easier, announcing a partnership with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey to create circus games for the Wii and DS. During a recent performance, Ringling Bros. high wire artist Jonathan Caro walked 25 feet through the air, using only a Wii remote…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009 -
Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers Joins The Love Train
Eleven new videos have popped up on the official Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers website since we last checked in. Get ready to climb aboard the love train! All of the new clips are relatively short glimpses of gameplay moments, much like this one, which shows men being chased through the streets by enamored…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009 -
Insurgents Contributed To Development Of Six Days In Fallujah
Controversial video game, Six Days in Fallujah isn’t just trying to tackle the events of a very real battle less than two years after it happened, it’s trying to do so from all sides involved. The game was made with contributions from the insurgents that fought Marines during the second battle of Fallujah (otherwise known…
By AJ Glasser Published April 13, 2009 -
Amazon Covers All Consoles With Deals
Rather than focus on any one console for their video game Gold Box deals today, Amazon.com keeps things fair with deals across all three consoles and both handhelds, with Shaun White tying them all together. Ubisoft’s Shaun White Snowboard was released on every console and the PC, so it serves as the Gold Box Deal…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009 -
The Nintendo Download: A Bad Week For Pop-Up Pirates
This week’s Nintendo Download features two new downloadable titles for your DSi, a Pitfall adventure on the Virtual Console, and the most unfortunately timed pirate game release ever. It’s week two of the DSiWare invasion, with two new titles dropping for Nintendo’s slight step up. We’ve already told you about Mixed Messages from Activision (500…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009 -
Video Games Live To Perform On Last Day of E3
As E3 continues to reinvent itself, trying to dig its way out of a self-created publicity hole, the show’s importance this year continues to grow. We’ve already heard from a number of developers are holding off on announcements this year until E3 so they can make a big splash. All of that potential attention has…
By Brian Crecente Published April 13, 2009 -
It’s Monday And I’m Already Drained
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Seriously. Please tell me the rest of this week is going to be easy. Please. Because today was rough… What you missed last night Baby Pulls Off Zangief’s Double German Suplex New Halo Project To Span Console, Web & Mobile Closer Look At tri-Ace’s Multiplatform RPG Cute Arcade Fighter Gets Not-So-Cute…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 13, 2009 -
Activision Ready To Exploit The DSi
The DSi should do good business! And where there’s good business, there’s Activision, ready to exploit that business, in this case with a downloadable DSi title. That title is Mixed Messages, developed by port & handheld specialists Vicarious Visions. It’s a party game for 2 to 21 players, and works a little bit like Pictionary,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2009 -
Play Tank Game With A Real Tank
RCTiger has been kicking around for a while now, but cost money, so we ignored it. Now, though, it’s free. And we do love free stuff. Especially when it involves real, remote-controlled tanks. Yup. Real tanks. RCTiger is a web-based game that puts you in command of a real, remote-controlled tank via a web cam…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2009 -
Final Fantasy VII ACC, New FFXIII Trailer Screened In Tokyo
Over the weekend, Square Enix held private screenings of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete at the Ginza Sony Building in Tokyo. Square Enix offered this chance to 800 silver members of its online site Square Enix Members who have reserved the Blu-ray movie or the movie’s special PS3 bundle at the Square Enix e-store.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 13, 2009 -
Even Death Race Is Made Awesome By Mario Kart
The new Death Race is…well, the old one didn’t really need re-making. But it’s not all bad! It seems to go pretty well with Mario Kart. This sequence goes for waaaaaayyyyy too long, but after 30 seconds or so you should have a handle on it.
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2009 -
Let The DS Show You Tokyo Disney Resort Shopping
Those going to Tokyo Disneyland, be sure to bring your Nintendo DS. Starting April 25, the portable can show you around shopping, dinning and entertainment complex Ikspiari at Tokyo Disney Resort. Visitors can download the “Ikspiari Nintendo DS Guide” to their DS, DS Lite or DSi platforms. The download contains a guidebook for the whole…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 13, 2009 -
It Appears That The Sims 3 Is Very Important To Electronic Arts
You may be unaware that The Sims 3 is out in June. But that’s OK. You are not EA’s intended audience. Those guys, well, those guys should by now be very aware. Because it would seem that Electronic Arts have been busy over the past couple of weeks covering what looks like every building in…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2009 -
PC Game + Webcam Makes In-Game Upskirts Now Possible
It was only a matter of time. Erotic game Tech48 is using face tracking technology to let players do things like look at in-game heroines from various angles — that, and up their skirts. Developed by eroge maker Teatime, the game uses a special webcam and face tracking software to locate players’ faces. So when…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 13, 2009 -
Look Who’s Talking In This Monster Hunter G Ad
If you are going to sell a game, especially a Monster Hunter game, best to use a talking cat and a talking pig. Monster Hunter G was originally released on the PlayStation 2 in 2004, and is getting a Wii version later this month. Pig and cat not included, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD BE.
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 13, 2009 -
Real BioShock 2 Dolly Is Far From Cuddly
Reader Nathan likes BioShock. Likes BioShock and is good with his hands. So, inspired by the little Big Daddy dollies in the BioShock 2 teaser, Nathan got to work. And this is the end result. If we hadn’t told you this was made by a reader, we could have told you it was on sale…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2009 -
EA Sports: “Can’t Port Down To Wii”
This generation, it’s hard to make a truly multi-platform. EA Sports exec Peter Moore explains why. At a recent conference, Moore stated, “You simply can’t take what you’re doing on the Ps3 and Xbox and port — thats a dirty word — down to the Wii.” Instead, developers must build Wii games “from the ground…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 13, 2009 -
New Halo Project To Span Console, Web & Mobile
The future of the Halo franchise may not be as straight-forward as you’d imagine, if a Microsoft job advertisement is anything to go by. The listing – for a software development engineer – suggests that Microsoft are working on a Halo project that transcends the idea of a single platform or genre, and suggests they…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2009 -
Closer Look At tri-Ace’s Multiplatform RPG
Japanese game developer tri-Ace has teamed up with SEGA for a new, multi-platform role-playing game called End of Eternity. It was announced last week in game magazine Famitsu, and Famitsu.com has now posted screens as well. While these same screens ran in the magazine, blurry scans meant it was hard to get a closer look…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 13, 2009
