Since the first day we heard aboutGreen Day: Rock Band‘s existence, there have been cries for Harmonix to includeDookiein its entirety. “They’d be fools not to,” you said. “Harmonix is made up of some smart folks, so stop yelling profanities at me already,” I attempted to reply. We’re getting our wish. Entertainment Weekly, who recently scored some preview time with the game in addition to the full track list, can confirm as much....
With all the talk aboutSonic 4, it’s easy to forget that Konami is gearing its own downloadable retro reboot withRocket Knight. Of course, that’s also partially thanks to the fact that Konami’s barely mentioned the bloody thing since its announcement. Fortunately, we’ve been given a healthy reminder today thanks to some new art assets that have dropped. It’s not much to go on, but it’s certainlysomethingat the very least. Make sure you check out the pictures....
I’ll be honest with you — the sight of another Wii minigames collection averagely sends me running in the other direction as fast as my feet can carry me. Sprinkle a dash of odd into it, however, and I suddenly find myself drawn to even the simplest titles. That is definitely the case with the recently announcedHelp Wantedfrom Hudson, which is a job simulation game which challenges you to try out fifty different types of jobs....
With the November 16 release ofAnimal Crossing: City Folkright around the corner, fans of catching butterflies and decorating their homes are gearing up for the fun. How’s Nintendo celebrating? By asking you to humiliate your pet on the Internet. Nintendo is giving fans the chance to become part of the exclusive “Welcome Waggin’ Committee,” of which all members will receive a copy ofAnimal Crossing: City Folk, a Wii Speak microphone, and access to “exclusive” information about the game....
Dark Energy Digital’s “survival-adventure”Hydrophobiawill kick off Microsoft’s upcoming “Game Feast” on Xbox LIVE Arcade on Wednesday, September 29. The game will run you 1200 MS Points, the equivalent of about $15 out of your pocket. As you might guess,Hydrophobia‘s hook is its water effects, powered by Dark Energy’s “HydroEngine.” The game gates place on a floating city-sized ship which is attacked, leaving the player (as systems engineer Kate Wilson) to do everything she can to survive the flooding vessel....
Infogrameshas decided to changetheir name to Atari, spurring a number of radical changes to the company. They had bought out Atari back in March of 2008, but has recently decided to “make the best use of the Atari brand,” something that is much stronger than Infogrames, I must admit. And one of their first actions?Cut out Phil Harrisonas the president of the company. The reason for this, says Atari, is because they are moving to a US-based operation, and so they are moving Harrison to a non-executive director position — something that sounds awfully ceremonial....
After admitting theAce Combat fanbase has indeed been shrinking, the team behind the latest gameAce Combat: Assault Horizonare working hard to bring their classic game to a wider audience as well as grow the overall appeal. During our interview at Namco Bandai’s Level Up event we talk about some of these new changes, such as using realisitc environments and the implementation of the FPS style health meter; We also talk about the main character ‘Bishop’ and the driving force behind the the story; the new in-your-face style dogfights and finally I ask about online modes which they promise will be an “all new experience”....
AsJoystiq(viaWhatTheyPlay) points out, Cyan World’sMystis now available on the App Store. The download is anEl Gigante700 MB, which is roughly equivalent to 390Resident Evil 5“Versus Mode” Xbox 360 downloads. (We’re just trying to put this in perspective.) Myst’ssize may validate its price. The game is currently listed for six bucks. Despite ourearly coverageof the title, we’ve yet to download it. But word from Cyan has always indicated that this will be a solid port of the full game we loved (and hated)....
Bulletstormis the upcoming first-person shooter by Electronic Arts and Epic’s People Can Fly studio. This futuristic sci-fi shooter will be hitting the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC sometime next year and some new screens have been released of this gorgeous looking shooter. We don’t know much about this FPS yet, but EA is holding an event next week where they’ll be revealing to the press just whatBulletstormis all about. Based on these screens, I can tell you that it doesn’t look likeBulletstormwill involve storm clouds shooting bullets....
Dude, Kojima, calm down! Take it easy, man.Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walkerhasn’t even hit shelves yet and you’re already talking about your next game. While I get that your work is never done, you’re giving me work by talking about game stuff. It’s been a long week and I kind of wanted to just hang back and chill today. Here’s a recent tweet from the Twitter-happy creator of the Metal Gear series of games, Hideo Kojima:...
Metal Gear Soliddirector Hideo Kojima has embraced a future where Cloud delivery and augmented reality take hold, joining a growing cabal of developers who believe that consoles are on the way out and game streaming ison the way in. That said, the eccentric designer was unsure how this technology would manifest itself. While speaking at the University of Southern California last night, he also claimed that having one man leading a game project was the heart of “true” game design, likening game directors as head chefs in a restaurant....
Everybody’s “favorite” bra buster, Lara Croft, is raiding her way to the Nintendo Wii, according toNGCFrance. Very little information on the Wii version ofTomb Raider 10th Anniversary Editionis currently available, and what there is of it exists in French. Fortunately, tipster BlindsideDork gave us a rough translation for your reading pleasure: The success of Wii makes it possible to attract more and more developers which had not inevitably decided to leave the titles on Wii at least not immediately....
Think ofBuzzmeets National Geographic here.Nat Geo Challenge! Wild Lifeis a trivia game offering a ton of content. Up to four players can compete in 15 different types of quizzes, explore the globe in quest mode and engage in card-battle stat attack games. There will be over 5,000 questions, over 2,000 high-resolution photos and 90 minutes of HD video footage from National Geographic archives all available to explore in the game....
