You remember when I said that theKillzone 3open beta wasnot an open beta? Well, even Jesus can be wrong sometimes. Not that I’m sayingI’mJesus, that is foryouto say. Basically, Guerrilla actuallydidtreat the demo somewhat like a beta, despiteKillzone 3going gold, and will bereleasing a post-launch patch. There are quite a few fixes and they all seem pretty awesome. Here they are in a handy list format: Loving the Medic changes....
Videogame craft is everywhere nowadays, but up to this moment, I don’t think gamers have seen anything like this. Artist Becky Schaefer has taken Lara Croft out of the jungles and into the world of needle point with her own unique visions. Becky took ordinary needle point kits that featured typical scenes of sunflowers and farmers and, added the sexy tomb raider into the mix. Lara looks fantastic as she climbs down the side of a sunflower, or stands nude behind a giant flower....
Crystal Dynamics has confirmed that its upcoming downloadable title,Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, will come to PlayStation Network and Steam on September 28 for $14.99. The game will hit Xbox LIVE Arcade as a timed-exclusive for Microsoft’s “Summer of Arcade” on August 18 for 1200 MS Points. Also confirmed will be post-release downloadable content for the game, or what Crystal Dynamics is calling “Downloadable Lara Croft” (or DLC… get it?...
You know what today is, don’t you? An average, boring Wednesday. But exactly one week from now? Why that’s the dayBanjo-Tooiecomes out on Xbox LIVE Arcade, of course. At 1200 Microsoft Points, I can understand how some of you might be hesitant to purchase the game, especially if you already own the N64 cartridge. Still, there are a couple of enticing reasons out there, like full support for Stop ‘N’ Swop, an improved draw distance, and a smoother frame rate....
One of the posters over at PS3Forumsput up imagesof their invitations to Playstation Home, and their subsequent journey into the system. We get to see quite a bit, from interacting with your PSP to viewing videos, to playing games. I’m really digging the way that you view videos in the TV screens. It doesn’t seem so utterly out of place like I’d figure it would be — instead, it feels almost completely natural from a game perspective, and provides enough of a tease for me to go check out the videos on my own and download them to my non-existant PS3 (which I wish wasn’t the case)....
One of the biggest complaints that people had when they decided to be all dramatic and boycottLeft 4 Dead 2was that the original game would not get all the support that Valve was apparently contractually obligated to produce. Valve soon proved that complaint wrong, but Doug Lombardi insists that the fresh content for the game wasnot influencedby the online furor. “I think there was just some confusion,” Lombardi said. “When you go to E3 and make a big splash on a new product you’re trying to get the retailer’s attention and the press attention....
Your Xbox 360 Marketplace deals of the week are all 2K Games-related, with 50% off a bunch of add-on content for its most popular games. Oh, and some Avatar stuff, too. I’d recommend theBorderlandscontent if you haven’t checked it out yet, especially at that price. “Minerva’s Den” forBioShock 2is also surprisingly excellent, mostly because of how well-written I thought it was. Any other purchase suggestions for fellow Dtoiders?
The Swiss have awesome watches. They also have some hot and new Mass Effect downloadable content details.CVGis reporting that theofficial Swiss Xbox Web pageis dropping mad information about the eternally upcoming downloadable, even so far as pegging its name. According to the page, the DLC is named “Pinnacle Station.” Set on a mysterious space station, it will have thirteen combat-specific challenges, which jives with what we’ve been told about the combat-focused (perhaps arena-based) content....
[Editor’s note: VGMari went to Megacon in Orlando last week on behalf of Destructoid. Check out the gallery for some cosplay action! — CTZ] Last weekend at Megacon I was hunting for any and all videogame related items and events. Unfortunately, there wasn’t a whole lot but what they did manage to have was pretty cool. For those of you who don’t know Megacon, it’s the largest comic book/sci-fi/fantasy/anime convention in the state of Florida located in Orlando....
Ever since Rare announced they’d be making a handheldViva Piñatatitle for the Nintendo DS, gamers have been scratching their heads and furrowing their brows wondering how exactly that came to pass. “After all,” they’d remark “doesn’t Microsoft own Rare? And isn’t Microsoft competing with Nintendo? And … ohhhhhhh! My precious brain!” Then, of course, came the seizures. When we received a tip noting thatDevelopmagazine had interviewed Microsoft Game Studios’ general manager Phil Spencerabout the decision, I realized we absolutely had to make this public....
Speakingwith Reuters, Microsoft’s director of product management for Xbox LIVE and Xbox 360, Aaron Greenberg, saysGrand Theft Auto IVmultiplayer is the new hotness. So much, in fact, that he thinks it has the potential to take the top spot as the most played game on Xbox LIVE, possibly overtakingHalo 3and — gasp —Call of Duty 4. “GTAis unique because it appeals to such a large audience,” Greenberg says. “It will likely be the best-selling game launched all year and we expect it will drive a lot of new members to Xbox LIVE....
Originally announced back in the beginning of 2006, things have been quiet on Midway’s front regarding their title,The Wheelman. The company broke its silence last night, showing us the latest, and giving us a hands-on with some of the game’s more interesting gameplay mechanics. Now simply calledWheelman, the title puts you in the shoes of profession getaway driver Milo Burik (who shares actor Vin Diesel’s voice and likeness), as you tear ass through the streets of a digital recreation of modern Barcelona....
[For herMonthly Musing, Elsa has chosen to talk about sound effects instead of music. As Elsa points out, sound effects can not only be entertaining — listening for them can be crucial to playing well!Want to write your own Musing?Click hereand start writing! — JRo] I’ll admit I rarely notice music in games and I tend to go to the menu and turn the ingame music down when I have that option, but I turn the “sound effects” option up – way up, to maximum uppness!...
