Two new Rockstar Games titles for your iPhone or iPod Touch have been announced today. I’m game for both. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the game you currently know as a Nintendo DS title (and later this year as a PSP download), has just been announced for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s coming this fall, totally retuned to work with the iPhone’s controls. Liberty City in your phone. That should be pretty kick-ass....
I’m always hungry. Ask my co-workers — I’m always bitching about it. The last thing I need is a cast of role-playing game characters to make me even more hungry, but Irem’s upcoming RPG is doing it anyway. This game has a hell of a title. A mouthful, if you will.Narisokonai Eiyuuden: Taiyou to Tsuki no Monogatari (Narisokonai Epic: Tale of the Sun and Moon)will be released in Japan on July 23, and it’s serving up a smorgasboard of food-based character names....
Sure, you may be at PAX or on your way there, but there’s another con on the horizon that you might want to set your sights on: New York Anime Fest. While it’s only in its second year, they’re going to have high-end guests like Yoshitaka Amano and Hideyuki Kikuchi. Over at Japanator, we’ve got four tickets to the New York Anime Fest to give away, and the contest is rather simple: just put on your headset, and spend ten seconds recording any one of four lines (or all of them, if you so choose) fromLucky StarandGurren Lagann....
Poor, poor Wii-owningResident Evilfans. All you guys want (I think) is a properly numberedREtitle on your little miraclebox, and Capcomkeepsthrowing you downgraded, light-gun scraps. Personally, I really like light-gun games, but I can see how that might eventually get a little old. Ironically, it was during a media preview forResident Evil: Darkside Chronicles(an on-rails light-gun game that covers the events ofRE 2andCode Veronica) that Wii owners got a sliver of hope forResident Evil5Wii....
Unlimited access to Skirmish mode as the Terrans versus AI inStarCraft II: Wings of Liberty— how’s that sound? Not enough? Okay, there’s a little more, Mr. Tries Before He Buys. The demo also features the first three story missions. That, unfortunately, won’t be the best introduction to the game’s neater, less-typical mission types, but it should be decent enough for those that want to see how wellStarCraft IIruns. To me, it seems like the type of game that brings out the expanded audience....
What an amazing newpaper cover image! This comes from Peru-based Destructoid reader Giancarlo, who says that this image is from one of the most serious newspapers in his country. Here’s roughly how the front page of this newspaper reads: Headline: CHAVEZ GEARS UP Sub-headline: Will purchase $5 billion US from Russia in military equipment Text: Will acquire submarines, tanks and helicopters. The United States fears weapons may end up in other countries of the region...
1UP isreportingthat LucasArts has become embroiled with social news aggregatorDiggover a trademark dispute. LucasArts claims that Digg’s name bears a little too much resemblance toThe Dig, their 1995 point-and-click adventure title based on the same SCUMM engine as classics such as theMonkey Islandseries,Sam & Max Hit the Road, andFull Throttle. You guys rememberThe Dig, right?… uh, anybody? Well, even if a 12-year-old adventure title doesn’t exactly spring to life in our collective memory, maybe LucasArts’ claim has some merit....
Reuters is reporting that the designer of the groundbreaking originalJohn Madden Footballis suing Electronic Arts, claiming that the company owes him millions of dollars in owed royalties. Robin Antonick filed the lawsuit on Wednesday which claims that a development contract he signed with EA in 1986 entitles him to royalties on derivative works, meaning the entireMaddenseries. Antonick says he hasn’t received a royalty check for his game since 1992. So, why did it take so long?...
The beloved indie titleMax & the Magic Markeris officially on its way to the PlayStation Network in what will be called theGold Edition. In the enhanced version you can expect the game to grace your television screen in a crisp 1080p presentation and it will also feature Move support. This news comes almost right after the announcement thatMax & the Magic Markeris coming to theDSthis holiday season, which is quite a bit after the release ofGold Editionon September 28th in Europe and on October 18th in the States....
You know the drill by now. Mega64 takes on the persona of a game in a public setting and hilarity ensues! I need to point out that the props that Garrett Hunter made for this skit are pretty awesome too. Great job all around! And while we’re talking about Mega64, you shouldgo check this videothat involves Mega64’s Rocco, myself, Max Scoville, Maurice Tan, Conrad Zimmerman and Nick Chester. We were all pretty drunk at a Denny’s at 3AM....
In late April 4A Games hinted oh-so-subtly that the next bit of DLC forMetro 2033would “probably” not be what we expect from DLC for the post-apocalyptic sewer-shooter. We immediately shot publisher THQ and the 4A Games crew 642 e-mails about the possible inclusion of a Tooth Fairy avatar or a Flower and Rainbows-themed missions. Understandably, neither of the companies replied. But a reveal of the mystery content is coming soon. According toa recent tweetfrom the game’s official Twitter account, the team is hoping to “take the wraps off (the DLC) this week....
Microsoft has revealed today its list of playable and not-so-playable games that we be on display at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. As usual, it’s a mixture of both first-party and third-party titles. Among the ones actually playable areHalo 3 ODST, Cave’s much-awaitedMushihime-sama Futari Ver. 1.5and Square-Enix’s mysteriousNieR: Gestalt. Video-only offerings includeCastlevania: Lords of Shadow,Halo Reachand what will hopefully be a much closer look atCrackdown 2. Looks like this is shaping up to be another packed show....
I’m afraid to even do a Google search to see how many times this site has mentioned the 100-friend cap for Xbox LIVE, and how many of those times involved someone of authority saying the restriction would be addressed. Now I can’t say how big of an issue this is for the majority of Xbox LIVE users,but for me, most of my fellow bloggers, and I imagine a good portion of you all have either hit the friends cap or gotten dangerously close....
