At this point, I ought to just have a percentage of my paychecks go straight to Terry Cavanagh. Everything he does I seem to either enjoy, or at the very least, find interesting. Arguably his best game,VVVVVV, isnow on Steam. If you have ever enjoyed a platformer before in your life, you should consider getting it. I mean, $4.49 is a small price to pay for one of the genre’s greatest titles to come in the last ten or so years....
Atari has released a new video featuring the environments inGhostbusters: Sanctum of Slime. Observe that you can bust ghosts outside and in buildings. The press release accompanying the video gave a vague “Spring” release window, but a tweet from the official Atari Twitter account gives a much firmer date of March 23rd on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. But I can’t be made to care about it. It looks like aGhostbusters-themed dual-stick shooter....
Ready At Dawn may have made a nice little name for itself developingGod of Wargames on the PSP, but that doesn’t mean the studio is a big supporter of the device. In fact, co-founder Ru Weerasuriya believe the thing was dead on its feet from the outset. “It was the first portable that Sony released — it’s a trial by fire,” he claims. “It’s a good platform and you can make amazing things on it....
Months before its inevitable release on home consoles, murder simulatorGTA IVhas already claimed its first victim: Austrian Archduke, Franz Ferdinand. The near century long belief that the Archduke’s assassination was carried out by one, Gavrilo Princip, and integral in starting the chain of events that led to the first World War, has recently been shattered by a New Mexico native’s recent confession. Phillip “GTA 4-Life” Mendelson, recently admitted to local authorities that it was he, and not Princip, that carried out the 1914 shooting that took the life of the Archduke and his wife (see photo)....
Rockstar Games’ Dan Houser hasbeen talking aboutGrand Theft Autoon the Wii, and why the studio has thus far not graced Nintendo’s white box o’ waggle with one of its controversial sandbox games. According to the Rockstar co-founder, they just weren’t feeling it. “It didn’t feel natural to us, I guess,” Houser explains, which is quite funny considering it felt natural enough to releaseManhunt 2. As you may recall,Manhunt 2is as close to seedy as a violent game can get, yet that appeared on the Wii....
As the PlayStation 3’s premier first-person-shooter franchise,Killzoneinvariably finds itself at the vanguard of the console wars, often compared with Xbox 360 exclusiveHalo. Curious as to how this affects developer Guerrilla, I asked Steven Ter Heide how he feels about the comparisons, and found out that the producer doesn’t feel much at all. “Comparisons will always be made, if not withHalo, then with another shooter, or even games outside of the genre,” he explains....
Two fighting games coming to a Nintendo handheld? This is madness! Tecmo’s fighterDead or Alive: Dimensionswill join Capcom’sSuper Street Fighter IV 3D Editionon the Nintendo 3DS this year. The game marks Team Ninja’s second foray into the world of Nintendo portables, the first being 2008’sNinja Gaiden Dragon Sword. Based on my hands-on time with the fighter, it certainly seems to be nailing that trademark Team Ninja look, feel, and… bounce....
The handful of people or so who actually went out and purchased the HD DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 will get a pleasant surprise update when they boot up their player today. Here are the goods for what Microsoft has done to improve the product: Added option for user to select from the following audio output formats via TOSLINK or HDMI:o Digital Stereo (2 channel PCM)o Dolby Digital 5.1o DTS 5....
Something you do not see every day: A videogame about a Victorian gentleman who inexplicably finds himself transformed into a hulking brute that has the ability to grow, retract and otherwise control his body hair for use as deadly weapons. Gentlemachowas created by Distorted Kids for the Old Spice Dream, Build, Play 2010 competition on Xbox Live Indie Games. It is now available to download for 80 MS Points.
This week’s gaming setup belongs to Zero Iscariot. He easily has the best shelf ever made. Just look at it! It’s so pretty. He also has a nice collection ofA Nightmare Before Christmasfigures. Check out Zero Iscariot’sC Blog for more pictures. More PAX love blogs, some Dtoiders make a movie about Jim Sterling, a UK NARP is set to happen around Halloween, Y0j1mb0 is trying to setup a North Carolina NARP, Gibbo makes an awesome Mr....
Here’s a quick lesson: “deca” means a lot of things. The Defense Commissary Agency. Digital Electronic Countermeasures Analyzer. Delta Epsilon Chi. Dinosaur Electrician Club of America. OK, I made that last one up … but that would be pretty sweet, right? In the case of Hudson’s upcoming Wii game,Deca Sports, the “deca” simply means “ten.” As in ten sports: Beach Volleyball, Snowboard Cross, Badminton, Basketball, Curling, Figure Skating, Archery, Supercross, Soccer, and Kart Racing....
Jason Rohrer’s new game is a top-down shooter calledInside a Star-Filled Sky. It’s both my favoritetitle of histo date, and also the hardest for me to wrap my head around. Granted, it may not give off that vibe from the screenshots. But, here’s the gist: you may go inside of enemies and items on a nearly endless basis to alter your abilities and also the abilities of your foes. Sort of likeDisgaea‘s mechanic, in a way....
Speaking with Gearbox president and founder Randy Pitchford, you can tell he’s genuinely excited about the studio’s upcoming project,Borderlands. He feels that the game is a take on a number of genres — first-person shooters and role-playing games, specifically — that just hasn’t been seen before. He laments that at this year’s E3, the studio was forced to put Borderlands into one genre, something they simply couldn’t do. He brags a bit about the A....
