So, you heard the news about Activision Blizzard possibly dropping a few Sierra-published games? Arguably the two most significant titles to not make the cut wereGhostbustersandBrütal Legend. We alreadyknow aboutGhostbusters, but what’s going to happen to Double Fine’s latest game? According to Tim Schafer, it’s going to be “fine.” He delivered thegood newstoday through the alt text of a picture with a dead weevil in it. [ViaEdge Online]
As we’ve told you before,Brandish: The Dark Returningis dungeon crawling goodness, nowreturningin glorious 3D to that PSP of yours. Japan gets their copies on March 19th, coming packed with upgraded visual goodness from the Falcom Super Famicom game of old. We found this lot of new screens onSiliconera. They show even more of the game were you fall underground with a scantily clad girl and try to get back out. Pretty simple, eh?...
Remember when the Tony Hawk games were good? Like, you know,really reallygood? Now you can re-live those glory days on your iPhone or iPod touch —Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2is now available on the App Store for download. Activision hooked me up with a copy to check out, and I spent about an hour playing it on my iPhone 3GS last night. The game runs smooth, and looks nearly identical to the original (or at least what I remember of it)....
Silicon Knights — the Canadian game developer as famous for not releasingToo Humanas it is for the six previous games it released in the last fifteen years — has decided to sue Epic Games for alleged breach of contract in SK’s licensing of Epic’s Unreal Engine 3. Quotes from the suit? We got ’em: Rather than provide support to Silicon Knights and Epic’s other many licensees of the Engine, Epic intentionally and wrongfully has used the fees from those licenses to launch its own game to widespread commercial success while simultaneously sabotaging efforts by Silicon Knights and others to develop their own video games....
Fat PrincessandTrinereleasing on the same day? If that sounds too good to be true, that’s because it is. While the oft-talked aboutFat Princesswill be available to PlayStation Network users tomorrow,Trine, unfortunately, will not due to an unexpected bug showing up at the last moment. Speaking with G4TV, Frozenbyte’s Lauri Hyvärinen explained the situation: “Unfortunately there was yet another bug, so that delay is totally our fault.” TheTrinedesigner went on to say that an August 6 release most likely won’t be happening, but the “US and EU releases ‘should’ be very close to each other....
Developer Turbie isn’t hiding the fact that it’s working on a console MMO. The developer has spoken about it several times, often in conjunction with mentions of publishing partnerships. Here’s the reason, we suspect: the game has cost the company a cool 20 million dollars thus far. Project development VP Craig Alexander dropped that mad fact nugget at GDC Austin. He also dropped a few more. The MMO is slated for a 2011 release and will have a free-to-play structure, which is something that the company is fiddling with right now with MMODungeons and Dragons Online....
Sony has responded to serious allegations leveled by UK BBC showWatchdog. An episode of the consumer complaints program airs tonight, claiming that the PS3 has a huge hardware malfunction problem, an accusation that Sony has refuted in asix-page letterto the BBC. “From correspondence to date, I have serious concerns as to the accuracy of these allegations and the likely tone of theWatchdogreport,” argues Sony. “The information that you have provided suggests a fundamental misunderstanding of the technical issues and a mis-characterisation of SCEUK’s OOW repairs policy....
Two little kids rock the hell out ofJust Dance 2. You’d think that’s all it would take to make this the most adorable video ever but then one of them starts to sing along to Outkasts’s “Hey Ya.” Too cute. If you haven’t died yet from the cuteness, then check out theirYouTube channelfor a couple of more videos.
Hey, you know that gameI Am Alivethat Ubisoft teased at E3 2008? The one that we’ve seen no hands-on previews for? The one that Ubisoft hasn’t said much about, not even sending us as much as a single batch of screenshots?Well, Ubisoft says it’s coming out soon. Like, Spring of 2009 soon. The game is being listed by the publisher as a Q1 release, which means it could arrive as early as April of this year....
The originalGrand Theft Automade a huge splash back in the PlayStation 1 era but then GT Interactive and Reflections came out of nowhere with their 3D take on the genre with the originalDriver. The game was a ton of fun, that is if you could get out of that damn tutorial level in the parking garage. TheDrivergames haven’t been all that great in recent years, but this new Driver gameUbisoft is teasinggives me hope due to the nostalgia this teaser is giving me....
It’s the last UK Chart listing before Christmas, and you know what means — the inevitability ofCall of Dutybecoming the Christmas number one.Modern Warfare 2has maintained its stranglehold on the game-buying public and is sure to find itself under many a Christmas tree this year. The poor noobs have no idea what awaits them when they go into multiplayer and meet a sh*tload of perk-laden veterans. As Christmas comes and videogame purchases are predominantly undertaken by family members who don’t normally buy games, there has been a surge of old favorites hitting the chart this week —FIFA 10,Mario & Sonic,Wii Fit Plus— plenty of casual chicanery for the family to enjoy....
Ugh. Yesterday we took issue with oneoverpriced gaming fashion accessory, but its high price and ugly looks seem sensible when compared to these horrific GameBoy boots. The creator of these stupid boots needs to get kicked in the ass by someone wearing them. Preferably the Pikachu pair.Polygamialinked us to these abominations that actually contain GameBoy Color game systems in them. Wearers can pop out the fully functioning system and play their favorite GameBoy Color game....
Since the official unveiling, Nintendo has been coy about the mystery title that would ship with the forthcoming Wii Zapper. Destructoid’s mole on the inside of this week’s GameStop Manager’s Conference (which is currently taking place in Las Vegas) has revealed that the title in question will beLink’s Crossbow Training. While no more information on the game is available at this time, one can only assume that it will star Link ofLegend of Zeldafame and quite possibly, he will have a crossbow....
