Hey, you! Yes, with the sideburns. Watch our show, it’s our seventieth episode. Yessir, that’s right! Another big milestone. Yup. Lucky number seventy. The big seven-oh. (Don’t get too excited. It’s a pretty normal episode today.) First up: Hey, did youhear about the Nintendo 3DS? Because it came out. We discuss this for a little while. Tara wants one, I’m over it, I want an NGP. Then, suddenly:Mortal Kombatnews, and — Oh!...
Zen Studios has released a new set of screenshots featuring the newMs. Splosion Mantable forPinball FX 2. Of course, you already know that Mr. Destructoid’s helmet has aprominent positionon the table, but there are other cool elements here as well. Mighty Eternal is rocking the back and appears to capture the Splosions, which would lead me to suspect it might relate to some kind of ball locking. ‘Splosion Manis a great license for pinball, really....
THQ showed offWarhammer 40,000: Space Marineonce again but this time the demo wasn’t playable. It was a lot more polished visually comparedto what I saw last time, otherwise I won’t reiterate much since you’re able to simply read my last preview. The basic is that you’re a super powered solider and combat is pretty seamless between the third-person shooting and melee action. DeveloperRelic Entertainmentdid at least show off a one new thing: jetpacks!...
While you could easily be glued to Destructoid for all your E3 updates, you could be playingWarhawkwhile being glued to Destructoid. Be sure to boot up the game on Wednesday to pick up theWarhawk1.4 update, which is dropping two new modes and a whole bunch of updates onto PS3 owners. First up is “Hero” mode. What you’ve got here is essentially VIP, but teamed. On each team, one player is randomly selected as the Hero, and scores points for the team by killing enemies, while the rest of the team can score by killing the other team’s Hero....
Here’s some news. Ready? Capcom will soon be announcing a new and original 2D fighter. That’s it. That’s all of the information we have. This has been confirmed over ata fiery teaser Web site, found over at Capcom’s official Japanese page. The page simply says, amidst flames: The first original Capcom fighting game in 3 years finally makes its debut. When? Where? What? Oh dear, the anticipation burns. It’s likely an arcade game, and it’s likely we’ll be hearing more about it shortly....
August 31st of this year marked the 12th birthday of the Westwood/EA’sCommand & Conquer series of PC games (well, mostly PC), and to celebrate, the original game is being given away for free on theC&C Web site. The download is an .ISO file, which creates a playable disc. This download is compatible with Windows XP (no word on Vista), and is the same version included with the collectors packCommand & Conquer: The First Decade....
Paul W.S. Anderson, director of extraordinary films such asAlien vs. Predator,Resident Evil, andEvent Horizon(one out of three ain’t bad) seems to have abandoned what could have been hisCitizen Kane. Sources have revealed to Latino Review that Anderson is no longer involved in the adaptation ofSpy Hunter. The film, first announced in 2003 after Midway’s successful relaunch of the franchise, has been more or less in limbo from the very beginning. As of now, there have been four changes in screenwriters and, counting Anderson’s rumored departure, two directors....
Indie game developer Cliff Harris has been trying tocrack into the mindof a software pirate, calling for those who steal his work to confidentially come forward and explain themselves. Promising an amnesty of sorts, Cliffwants to knowexactlywhya vast amount of people take issue with paying for his game: I know what I don’t know. And what I don’t know isWHYpeople pirateMYgames. I might be able to get a general idea as to why people pirate stuffin generalfrom reading warez forums, and every other story on digg, but I’m not interested in the general case....
If you loveMetroid Primeand have a thing for minimalist T-shirt designs, then you might want to consider pre-ordering theMetroid Prime Trilogyfrom GameStop. Doing so will result in you getting your clammy hands on the above T-shirt, which is simple in design, but is sure to tug a fewNintendo fanboyheartstrings. This is tempting of course, but if you pre-orderMetroid Prime Trilogythroughme, you’ll get an exclusive Samus Aran collector’s figurine that I have fashioned out of some hair and wet cat food....
Back at the end of July, I got to go back to Blizzard headquarters to take a look atStarCraft IIonce again. This time, instead of crushing other publications under the might of my hydralisk swarms, I got some hands-on time with the single-player mode of the game. I also got the chance to speak with Andy Chambers, the lead writer for the game, as well as Chris Sigaty, the lead producer, who gave us some interesting insights into how the single-player mode of the game was created and the challenges they faced while working on the game....
Microsoft’s “exclusively first” stranglehold on the first map pack forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, dubbed the “Stimulus Package,” will end on May 4th. Activision and Infinity Wardcreative strategist Robert Bowlinghave confirmed that the map pack will hit the PS3 and PC in North America on that date. Our brothers from Aussie and European mothers (who still reside in their respective countries) will have to wait an extra day as the pack is slated for a Wednesday, May 5th release....
PlayStation 3 owners, are you not content with simply having fun in Liberty City? Ever felt like there was something … missing? We’ve confirmed with Rockstar Games this morning that on Monday, October 27th, an update will be made available for the PS3 version ofGrand Theft Auto IVthat will add trophies. There wlil be a total of 51 trophies in all, across all tiers – bronze, silver, gold, and platinum. It appears that many of the trophies, like “One Man Army” (surviving a six-star wanted level for five minutes), are “ported” directly from the Xbox 360 achievements....
Who knows who put this together, but one can bet they might be getting a pretty penny from Sony at some point considering that PSPgo.co.uk is probably a domain Sony wanted to set up a site on. Of course there is no PSPgo.com either, so maybe they weren’t planning on using the url, but I’m guessing it’s one that will be visited every so often anyway. I’m sure it won’t be that big of a deal, but it’s definitely good for a laugh....
