Japanese people loveDynasty Warriors. They also loveGundam. It’s little surprise, then, thatDynasty Warriors Gundamis one of the ten most popular titles on the PS3 in Japan. It’s also no surprise that Koei went right ahead and hammered out a sequel. The unholy spawn of Koei and Namco Bandai is back, and it looks the same as ever. It’sDynasty Warriors, but with big robots. Hurrah!
I’m here at the Viviana Cathedral in Los Angeles, waiting patiently for the Activision press conference to start. To be clear, this isnotan E3 press conference; Activision has snubbed their nose at the ESA and have decided to hold their own event, not far from the Los Angeles convention center where this year’s E3 is taking place. I’ve just been informed that the press conference will begin shortly, so hit the jump and stay tuned for all of the juicy details....
Back in May there was a hot little rumor floating on the lips of adventure game fans:Monkey Island could be coming back. This morning, it was confirmed that the rumor is true, and not only one but two titles are coming:The Secret of Monkey Islandis a new episodic series coming to PC and WiiWare, and there’s alsoThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, a complete remake of the first game coming to Xbox 360 and PC....
Hot off the presses, we have our first look at what the upcoming fifth game in theBit.Tripseries. What do you see? I see a living laser winding its way between extremes; hot and cold, light and dark, danger and safety. I see a place where someone tried to harness, or at least alter nature, but seeing as there is no one around, things probably didn’t go as planned. This image makes me feel trapped, yet energized, eager to stretch out within the confines of this strange subterranean dwelling....
In the third chapter of our exclusive look atComic Jumper, Director Josh Bear and CEO Michael Wilford take Max and me through the Improbable Paper Pals! comics section of the game. Captain Smiley is called in to help a super hero made out of paper. Yes, paper. We also learn about the hilarious origins of this comic’s main villain. Our review forComic Jumperwent up earlier todayand we think the game is pretty rad....
Do you rememberDuke Nukem: Critical Mass? It was supposed to be a brand new DS game starring the titular hedonist, but itgot its license revokedand had to becomeExtraction Point: Alien Shooter. Now, somenew screenshave been unearthed that reveal the game’s all-new star — Duke Nukem! In all seriousness, nobody’s quite sure if these are old screens that have only just appeared, or if Extraction Point is just keeping Duke and calling him something else....
I’m really impressed with this manga. Most of it’s in color, and all of it looks awesome. The story is pretty weird; there’s a whole lot of words, but nothing really happens. That’s OK though. As far as free online comics go, you can’t ask for much more than this. As with so many things that Nintendo fans produce, I have to wonder why Nintendo of America doesn’t make use of this comic....
Earlier today, THQ announced that it would be publishingMetro 2033, a first-person shooter based on a best-selling Russian novel, for Xbox 360 and PC in early 2010. Now, we bring you the first look at the game that NVIDIA’s Ujesh Desai says “boasts some of the most advanced graphics and PhysX effects” he’s ever seen. The trailer shows off a war torn subway in Moscow, where residents have taken refuge after a post apocalyptic event....
I’m so glad that the New York Giants won the Super Bowl this year. If the Patriots had beaten them, like everyone expected and predicted, then the blather of Boston being “Titletown” would never have stopped once the Celtics thrashed the Los Angeles Lakers in this year’s NBA Finals. To commemorate the Celtics’ victory, 2K Sports has put out a teaser trailer forNBA 2K9, and it looks pretty damn good....
Many of you don’t know this, but I was once an aspiring actor. Admittedly, I did it mainly to score with girls who had turned to drama to escape a troubled home life, but after realizing that my ability to emote boiled down to “surly”, and “surly with puppies”, I was forced to give up my SAG card and get a real job. A real job writing d*ck jokes about video games....
Trying to console a child or a retarded person over the loss of a loved one is hard work. It helps to try and find ways to make the abstract emotions the grieving party is experiencing into concrete, tangible things that they can better understand and deal with. One utilization of this technique in grief therapy is to give the child/retarded person a helium balloon, tell them to imagine all the things they want to say to their deceased loved one, put those thoughts into the balloon, and let it sail off to heaven....
The engines have been started on the AutoWeek Car Show in Detroit, and to celebrate, Forza Motorsport 3 has a new pack coming, which is named after the event. The AutoWeek Car Show Pack, out today for 400 MSP, will give you some new cars to try out. If you want a taste of the pack before buying, this week’s free car is the 2009 Lotus 2-Eleven (pictured above), which is one of the 10 cars in the new pack....
Starting now until September 11, you can partake inMs. Splosion Man‘s second TMS (Title Managed Storage) challenge. As was the case for the first in-game challenge, which featuredour very ownMr. Destructoid, real-world prizes will go to the top participants. You can find and play the new level from the main menu ofMs. Splosion Man. In it are multiple Fruit F*ckers of Penny Arcade fame, all worth big points. Timely, isn’t it?...
