Can you make games. You should enter Microsoft’s Dream.Build.Play contest if you can. Winners will get their part of $75,000 in prize money as well as the chance to make an Xbox Live Arcade game. Once youregister, make your game in XNA Game Studio, and submit it before June 14th, you’ll be eligible to win part of that cash. The grand prize is $40,000, but even beyond this money there’s potential fame....
In aCVGinterview with Rare studio head Mark Betteridge at E3, it was revealed that Rare will actively try to make Banjo synonymous to the Xbox experience. Furthermore, Betteridge even thinks thatBanjo-Kazooieis something that the Xbox 360 needs right now. We suppose a bear with a bird on his back is probably better than avatars. We think the time is right for Banjo to be a mascot character for the 360, that’s the key point....
E3 is going to be massive, and it’s only a few days away. After taking a deep breath and digesting the mighty “Games of E3”list we posted yesterday, I polled the Destructoid staff to find out what title they think are going to be the hottest titles at the show. Or perhaps more specifically, what they’re looking forward to. What did they say? You’ll never know until you hit the jump!...
Damn – they’re going foralmost 200 bucks on ebay. Those 360 faceplates are freakin worth a Wii!
Electronic Arts likes to give things away. Hot off the heels of ourTwitter party, where a PS3 Slim was up for grabs, EA has announced a rather huge contest where lucky contestants can get their hands on a BMW M3. The offer is running through all this week and requires Twitter users to undertake “missions” given out via the social networking service. The more missions you complete, the greater your chances are of winning the M3 (up to 5 entries per person if you complete all 5 missions)....
Football gets all the press for big hits, but it seems to me that hockey is the most physically taxing and intense sport out there. It’s a fantastic mix of speed and size; finesse and strength; smarts and force. It takes a special kind of toughness to be an NHL player, and that was the focus of EA Sports’ announcement ofNHL 10yesterday. As the press release proudly trumpets, EA’sNHLfranchise has been spectacularly acclaimed;NHL 08andNHL 09garnered Sports Game of the Year honors a total of 19 times....
In a post yesterday onPeter Moore’s EA.com blog, the president of EA Sports announced that the company will continue with this month’s launch of the open beta forTiger Woods PGA Tour Online, a browser-based version of the annual console series, which has been in development for the past year. And while Moore acknowledged the scandal, he said that Woods “is still one of the greatest athletes in history.” However, Moore made no mention of what will become ofTiger Woods PGA Tour, only saying that Woods will continue to be on “the masthead of this game [PGA Tour Online]....
I’m a shaaaaaaaaaark! Wait no I’m not, that’s Hamza. Anyway, to celebrate Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, Future Games of London has made itsHungry Sharkgames free for the whole week. It’s basicallyFeeding Frenzywithout theKatamarigameplay, so it can get old if you play it too much — but you’re still a shark. you may grabHungry Shark 1(regular,HD),Hungry Shark 2(regular,HD), andHungry Shark 3(HD) but ensure to grab the version that works with your iDevice....
Full from leftovers and bored out of my feeble mind, I did what I always do: scoured the Internet for free, no-nonsense videogames. You know, substance over style. Indie games and the like. That sort of thing. Thankfully, the hunt was off to a great start once I remembered thatIGF’s student entrieswere still relatively fresh, and just begged to be lovingly inspected. Many of the more intriguing games aren’t available in a playable form yet, which is admirable....
Space, the final frontier. No voyage here…yet. You’re stuck in a mothership hovering above the Capital Wastelands, doing your best to fight your way off before the gulp probes. Well, maybe there isn’t really probes inFallout 3‘s newest DLC pack,Mothership Zeta. But there is outer space and aliens, and new weapons, like the Alien Atomizer, Alien Disintegrator, and Drone Cannon. And get this: there’s Samurai Armor. Nice. Here’s how Bethesda paints the picture: A strange Alien signal is being broadcast throughout the Capital Wasteland, originating from a crashed UFO....
Do you remember hearing aboutFinal Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers? I can’t blame you for forgetting about it, as it’s been about two years. It was supposed to be one of the first RPGs for the Nintendo Wii back when it was announced in 2006, but we haven’t heard anything about it since. Earlier today,GoNintendoran a rumor about FFCC:TCC that did not sound promising. Apparently, EGM said it was canceled in their rumors column....
The Final Fantasy: Distant Worlds concert series is coming home to Tokyo. The show is going to be absolutely amazing, as it’s packed with guest performances and special songs. The show is sold out, but it turns out some special seats have been held back just for Distant Worlds fans. The two Tokyo shows will feature world premieres. AÂ new set of music fromFFXIIIÂ will be performed on November 6th, and another new set ofFFXIVmusic will follow on November 7th....
Here’s an interesting bit of kit being shown off at Tokyo Game Show. This is the FragFX 2, designed by SplitFish. It’s a PS3 controller designed for FPS games which provides the benefits of a mouse. Note the nunchuk-like apparatus on the left end, the plastic mousepad (which may or may not be attached to the nunchuk; it’s unclear from the photo) and the four Playstation buttons along the thumb-side of the mouse....
