Mass Effect 2kicks off with a couple bangs and more than a few surprises. If you’ve followed coverage of the second chapter of the sci-fi RPG, you’ll no doubt remember either (a) seeing this before or (b) hearing us talk about it during E3. It’s a shocking ten minutes. But I don’t believe it’s only objective is to pull us into the second chapter of the sci-fi RPG. It carries a message: Shepard is not immortal....
Tomorrow is April Fools day, which means the entire internet WILL BE LYING TO YOUR FACE. ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THE DISAPPOINTMENTS!? Destructoid Originals:Dishwasher: Vampire Smile plush is adorbsExclusive: Video of Dungeon Siege III’s Lucas MontbarronGood riddance: 10 games we’re happy were canceledLive show: Mash Tactics plays Crysis 2, win a 3DS contestThe Memory Card .84: A royal assistNew Dtoid Shirts! Featuring Squidbear!Dtoid server maintenance scheduled tonightLive Show: Watch that dopey Majin on Backlog now...
Expect to see things like the above image plastered all over PlayStation Home, as well as an increasing number of your favorite videogames in the near future. At anupfrontby Microsoft-owned ad firm Massive held in New York City on Wednesday, Activision Blizzard revealed numerous upcoming sequels to established franchises (includingCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, one of the more uninspired videogame sequel titles in recent memory, and what’s being calledGuitar Hero 5for now)....
Dale brought us a nice little preview onModern Warfare 2’smultiplayer mode. Game looks great and all the new features sound awesome. Throwing knives and a AC-130 perk? Joy! Brad reviewedCursed Mountain,Halo 3: ODSTXbox 360 bundle on the way,Valkyria Chronicles 2coming to America, boobs boobs boobs, what’s up with the chick on theDreamkillerbox and more wickedness happened on 09/16/09. Destructoid Originals:Podtoid 115: Techno RemixesRev Rant: rape, suicide, and indie games...
To say that there was a lot of posts today would be an understatement. Leipzig is in full swing this week in Germany and it feels just like E3 all over again with all of the new information, screens, and trailers being dropped. The front page moved pretty fast today and as always, the Daily Hotness is here to help you catch anything you may have missed. PAX 2008:Destineer announce their PAX lineup,Zombie BBQincluded!...
Yup. You should go visitJapanator. Check out theDeus ExQR mission reveal, we spoke with Tomonobu Itagaki onDevil’s Third, Gearbox almost made aBlade Runnergame, there’s 12-minutes ofBatman: Arkham Citygameplay and more happened on 07/01/11. Destructoid Original:Win Deus Ex QR mission prizes with help from DestructoidDtoid community meetups for the month of JulyBritToid Ep 11: Keep calm and plug the flowThe Question: Should Last Story, Xenoblade come to NA?Friday Night Fights: Steam sale editionInterview: Speaking to Tomonobu Itagaki for Devil’s ThirdInterview: Talking pagans and Starhawk with Dylan JobeNew Destructoid Episode: Now with 100% less Max ScovilleLive Show: Backlog wakes the Pikmin up earlyThis weekend on JTV: July 2-3rd...
All this news aboutDead Islandmakes me want it that much more. So what if it’s just another zombie survival game? As if that’s a bad thing. Come on. “Too many zombies” is far from a bad thing, especially when it’s handled as well asDead Islandseems to be. Official Xbox Magazine teases a rebirth of “the best game ever,”Ragehas a not-so-online pass, Nick previewsDead Island, Nintendo patents massively singleplayer gaming, voting forMass Effect 3‘s femshep was a mistake, and more happened on 8/12/11....
I still have a hard time believing that a movie based onWoWis actually coming out. And by Sam Raimi no less. I wonder if there will be some super emo scene with a troll as he dances randomly on the streets like a creep. Chad loves Telltale, Matt reviewedRoogoo: Twisted Towers,Castle Crashersis coming to PSN,Uncharted 2gets dated, Visceral Studios execs leave to join a new Activision studio, there are a ton of videogame comics on the way and plenty more happened on 07/22/09....
[Sharpless talks about his experience with Ravenholm inHalf-Life 2for hisMonthly Musing piece. — CTZ] Generally speaking, I don’t like to participate in these “Monthly Musing” thing-a-ma-jiggers. I [blog] what I want(!), and I’m not one to grasp at that elusive, golden, front-page ring. But when I saw the word “fear”, I knew I couldn’t resist. As a professional coward, I am an expert at fear. I’m like Batman, but in reverse....
This week’sFamitsuhas some hot new details on Team ICO’sThe Last Guardian. It feels like this game has been quietly in development since man first learned to walk upright, but the Japanese press got a good look at it and have some solid Intel. Here is everything that’s been gathered, in handy list form: Beyond these details,Famitsuappears to have come away very impressed, going so far as to call the game, “Real that exceeds real....
The PlayStation 3 gameAfrikahas been shrouded in mystery ever since some strange (but stunning) footage was unveiled at the Sony press conference at E3 in 2006. While gorgeously rendered, the footage showed nothing more than a bunch of animals inAfrica, well, just beinganimals. Regardless of the pretty graphics, gamers everywhere were wondering: IsAfrikareally a game or just an elaborate tech demo? It seems alistingin a Japanese gaming store may finally have an answer....
EA would really like you to know thatSims Socialis officially available for you to check out. If your friends are anything like mine, they’re already playing the hell out of this and taking the initiative to spam your entire wall with updates. So if that’s the case you already know this exists. The game itself is what you’d expect from aSimsgame; you make a character, build a home, do some activities, lock them in the bathroom, etc… What makesSocialdifferent is the multiplayer aspect....
It’s officially reached that period in time when the day crew has run out of things to talk about. You know, the point where we find quirky, questionable-to-some stories before Conrad shows up to save the day. Yep, it’s also known as Shirt Time. Or so the legends say. “Let the Game Continue” by Eduardo San Gil is today’s contender. It’s currently beingoffered at Threadlessfor the usual $18 asking price. I’m pretty sure if you buy the shirt, you’ll spontaneously become happy whenever you stand next to a crummy brick wall....
