Quake Arena Arcadeis finally coming to Xbox Live Arcade on December 15, id Softare and publisher Bethesda announced today. The game will feature support for up to 16 players, including six game types, among them Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and Havester. It comes bundled with more than 30 maps, including 12 of them exclusive to Xbox Live. Add that to an all new single player “campaign” and you’ve what sounds like a decent little package....
The Xbox 360 version ofSonic & All-Stars Racingis gettingBanjo and Kazooieas bonus characters. So what’s the Wii version getting? You! Well, your Miis to be more exact. You’ll be able to race as any of your Miis and Miis will have a special All Star moves as well. Now all that’s left is the PlayStation 3 version. There’s Avatar and Mii support, but what aboutHomeavatars? Also, while reading up on this game, I found out that Sega was considering havingSegata Sanshiroas a playable character riding a Sega Saturn....
There’s a chanceRatchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Timecould be Insomniac Games’ last game that runs at 60 FPS. In arecent column written by Insomniac’s Mike Acton, the developer lays out why he believes his studio no longer needs to create games that run at 60 FPS. To be brief, the reasoning boils down to two factors: framerate doesn’t affect sales and doesn’t seem to affect review scores. The Insomniac community team polled a gaggle of consumers about FPS, asking how much frame rate matters to them....
You’ll have to wait a week before you explore the zombie-infested tropical paradise ofDead Island. But get a head start on the tale of a zombie virus that completely and totally messes s**t up by reading prequel comic book… for free! Previously only available as a physical edition given away at San Diego Comic Con, a digital version of theDead Islandcomic book is now available online. The book tells the story of a serious business journalist who comes to the island of Banoi and finds he’s bitten off more than he can chew....
In no great amount of surprise,Resident Evil: Extinctionhas come out on top for thispast weekend’s box office numbers, bringing in $24 million for Sony, or the equivalent of 40,000 PS3s. The film was in tough competition with the other three openers that weekend,Good Luck Chuck, which grossed $14 million and took second place,Eastern Promises, which grossed $5.7 million and took 5th place, andSydney White, which only brought in $5.2 million, and took 6th place....
Okay, let’s muster some fake enthusiasm as we talk about PlayStation Home getting aResistancespace. Actually, I’ll just copy Locust_Star’sPS Blog postword for bloody word: Whether you are a heroic Sentinel triggerman or a heartless Chimeran killing machine — it’s high time you log into SCEA’sPlayStation Homeand join your fellow soldiers as we launch (pun intended) into the next phase of the platform’s evolution. This Thursday, May 21st, the epic sci-fi shooter franchiseResistancecomes blasting into Home with a dedicated game space featuring an awesome turret-style FPS mini-game, reward items, leaderboards and full-on game launching support....
Happy Friday, listeners. It’s been a pretty crummy week, and today’sLBP newscertainly isn’t helping matters. What you need now is a nice warm cup of RetroforceGO! to soothe your achy soul. It’s full of vitamin win, without all the MSG. It’s also been clinically proven to increase handsomeness and help put panda bears in the mood to do the nasty, and we all know how the world needs more pandas. Check the label:...
Happy Friday, listeners! This week, we discussed ninjas. AndNinja Gaiden. And evil birds who knock you back much further than a bird should have the power to do, and cause you to stick to the inside wall of a pit. Birds are jerks. Also:
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Haha, I referenced a different game franchise with a similar name and altered it slightly to suit the post topic! I’m so clever. Seriously though, this newValkyria Chronicles IIItrailer is all about Squad 422’s burning blue lady, Riela Marcellis, also known as Number 13, and also known as the Goddess of Death, because the squad she hung out with all died, except for her. She’s also got two hair colors, red and silver....
Allow me to momentarily pretend that I believe in God, so I can get on my knees and pray that this is real. A new rumor has surfaced which suggests that a sequel to the deliciously vulgarHouse of the Dead: Overkillis in development, despite slow sales of the original. Please let this be a thing! So far, that is all that’s been said. No word on a platform, release date, or anything else....
Hey guys, did you hear that Barack Obama is a bad president? He issuch a bad president, actually! We should do something to assert our political beliefs and take a stand for what we believe in? How about we create a level inLittleBigPlanet 2where we get tokill the president? THAT WILL SHOW HIM! It’s always embarrassing when you get a bunch of repugnant teen gamers talking about politics, butLittleBigPlanet 2has allowed these pimply pundits to express themselves in worryingly creepy ways....
About an hour ago,we broke the newsaboutStreet Fighter X TekkenandTekken X Street Fighter. We might have to wait on Namco Bandai before we get more info on the latter title, but screens and video of the former are already available. I’m loving the way the game looks. I don’t actually playTekkenthat much, but I can’t deny that Nina and Kazuya are iconic characters, and it’s great to see them going up against Dan, Ryu, and Chun Li....
