In news that has shocked eventhishardcoreDynasty Warriorsfan,Dynasty Warriors 7made it to number ten in the UK Charts this week! This would be the first major sales success for Omega Force outside of Japan since … well … forever. Seriously cool news, though. I had a feelingDW7would do better than usual, but not by this amount. I’m pleased to see one of my favorite games doing so well, and thus offer my congratulations....
It’s no news that we here at Destructoid are dorks without lives. We play and report news on videogames all day long, every day of the week, sitting closed up in our dark rooms with the blinds pulled down, so as to not let any sunlight fall on our pale, vampire-like skin. We have lost families, girlfriends, and indeed, even our very souls to our fascination with the gaming industry....
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marineis on sale in the United Kingdom today, but those looking to get the game on Steam will notice that it’s suddenly not on the storefront. The game recently blipped out of existence, and nobody’s willing to give any comment on why. Previous games to do this includeDragon AgeandBrink, althoughBrinkwould later reappear. No idea if Space Marine is coming back, but PC fans can still nab a UK version viaDirect2DriveandGamersgatefor £35....
ESRB ratings on videogames aren’t always enough for some parents. While a Mature rating is a clear indicator that a 7-year-old shouldn’t be playing the title, a Teen rating may have a full range of questionable content, and ESRB ratings don’t do a good job of conveying exactly what that content is. WhatTheyPlayis a newly launched Web site that gives parents the skinny on popular games. Straight forward reviews written by the site’s staff give detailed information on what the game is about as well as what kind of content it contains....
Game designer Dave Perry posted a photo to his blog ofWorld of Warcrafton an iPad. It’s a test of theGaikaicloud server system running over a standard WiFi connection. Perry comments that they’re, “trying just about every genre of game, on every device possible” and this is pretty strong evidence to support that statement. It’s one of those things where I have a hard time imagining the practical limitations of trying to actually play this on that device but think it’s neat nonetheless....
We’ve all experienced the joys of sexual and racial discrimination, but now we have a new prejudice just in time for Christmas —MMO discrimination! Yes, according to one report, an un-named company has been hiring people based upon whether or not they are MMO players. That’s brilliant, in a somewhat twisted way. A former MMO-nut met a recruiter working within the online media industry when he happened to mention that he once had something of an MMO obsession, being a big fan of the genre in the early 2000s....
Microsoft’s old-school gaming hubGame Roomis coming to Xbox 360 this March, and it’s already been confirmed to launch with 30 titles. But starting in April, expect somewhere between five and seven games a week to be added for download. Like Xbox LIVE Arcade game’s Wednesday releases, expect a similar weekly schedule for Game Room. While Microsoft hasn’t nailed it down, it’s eying a Thursday release for Game Room titles, so plan accordingly....
According tothis articleat Game|Life, Microsoft’s Xbox division has posted a $1.89 billion loss for the fiscal year, a 47% increase over the previous year’s losses. Attributed mainly to the donkey-chokingly huge wad of cash MS has set aside to cover their ass in the Red Ring O’ Death debacle, the tremendous loss places Microsoft well ahead of both Sony and Nintendo in the race to make accountants the world over cry blood....
I love howSplinter Cell: Chaos Theoryis hiding in there among the add-ons, desperately trying to garner attention. Shame about the multiplayer.
Face and palm. So here’s the story, but I suggest watching the video below before you dive in. Yahoo does gaming news and vids, and ThinkGeeksometimes sells stuff. What happens when the two collide? Yahoo looks like a bunch of idiots. SeeThinkGeek is sellingsome”new” Dreamcasts; as in Dreamcasts that hadn’t been opened and were in boxes. The good folks over at Yahoo saw this and assumed that Sega had rereleased the Dreamcast for $99 so that it could compete against the new $99 PS2 because that is clearly how the gaming industry works....
I can’t be the only one who didn’t know you could tip over Brahmin inFallout 3by sneaking up and “activating” them. Right? Right!?! Well, to my credit, I was aware that the game’s turn-based VATS combat system was influenced by Crash Mode replays inBurnout. You too can prove your gaming knowledge cred or lack thereof by checking out Game Informer’sFallout 3edition of Tidbits. As far as I can tell, some of thefactoids they listhave gone previously undisclosed by Bethesda, while others can be found with a quick Google search....
Mad Catz’Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2-themed PS3 communicator doesn’t harnessthe power of the throatlike its Xbox 360 counterpart does. This one is just a light, wireless Bluetooth device with a cool coat of paint. No frills or oddities; just boring ol’ microphone here. If you’re an asshole who talks on the cell-phone while driving (note: hands-free doesn’t make me feel different about you), you’ve no doubt used a communicator like this before....
The multiplayer demo for DICE’s upcoming war FPS,Battlefield: Bad Company 2,has been out for a while now, and as the release date approaches, people are eating up the one-map demo and finding themselves consumed despite the lack of content. I should know; I’m one of them. It’s no surprise, really. TheBattlefieldseries is perhaps my favorite war shooter series, and the firstBad Companykept me thoroughly entertained with itshumorous, original take on the single-player campaignand its always-addictive multiplayer....
