Here’s a new trailer forBatman: Arkham City. The promotion has been so focused on the huge rogue’s gallery that it’s easy to forget Batman is actually in it, so this video is centered squarely on Bruce and his criminal-punching skills. I love the way the game seems to flow, with Batman flapping around Gotham, dropping down to hit some idiots, and then flapping away again. It seems to work incredibly smoothly....
With EA DICE currently working on a slew ofBattlefieldgames, including the ever-so-awesome-lookingBad Company 2, I can see why the studio wanted to hold off on pushing outBattlefield 1943for PC. Let’s face it, the game’s console brethren launched with their fair share of problems, so it’s probably wise for the improved (32-person multiplayer, etc.) PC port to take its time and be ready when it’s, well, ready. If that means a 2010 release, then so be it....
For a good while it appeared thatBeautiful Katamariwould not be heading to the PlayStation 3 after developer Namco Bandai complained about difficulties with Sony’s futuristic devil hardware of doom from the planet HardToDevelopFor. It would seem, however, that Namco has mysteriously worked out how to actually do it, since a trip toNamco Bandai’s sitewill reveal that the game is confirmed for both Nintendo’s Wii and the PlayStation 3 in addition to the already announced Xbox 360 release....
If exploitation of ignorance were a crime, then Best Buy and its “Geek Squad” thralls would be hanged by the neck until dead. The latest way in which Best Buy is profiting from the stupid is by charging $30 for Sony’s free firmware updates and hiding it as a service. At least one Best Buy in Staten Island, New York, is selling PS3 Slims for $329.98, explaining away the extra thirty bucks as its fee for installing the latest PS3 firmware....
ThenewBlazBlueis coming to the PSP and the 3DS in the US at the end of May. The game is already out in Japan, where it sold fairly well on the PSP, but more-or-less bombed on the 3DS. My guess is that’s because as of right now, the PSP version of the game has Ad-hoc online play when streamed through the PS3, but no online play to speak of on the 3DS....
Follow me as I spend a month trying to better myself by usingEA Sports Activeto exercise and follow its diet tips. Well, I’ve finally come to the end of mymonth–longtrainingwithEA Sports Active. It’s been an interesting month, coming into this whole thing not really knowing what would happen to me. I had hopes that I’d undergo some sort of magical transformation, but knew in the back of mind that changes would be minimal....
I first heard about Gearbox’sBorderlandswell over a year ago when I picked up an American magazine during a trip to The States. Its promise of hugely customizable guns and characters was very promising, but that promise has taken aturn for the crazy. According to Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford, Borderlands contains more guns than the total amount of firearms contained within every Xbox 360 and PS3 game added together. Of course, this is procedurally generated content, but this game’s boast of 650,000 guns is still worth bragging:...
Brad Nicholson brought youa ton of new screensforSimCity Creatorthe other day and now EA has sent us a brand new trailer for the game. The trailer demonstrates how you’ll be able to design the landscape (RETICULATING SPLINES!), set up buildings, fly around your city, hire assistants and much more. The trailer also shows off the disaster feature where you’re able to summon things like tornadoes or drop in giant monsters to crush your city....
Grasshopper Studios, home of eccentric designer Suda 51, has inked a deal with evil megacorporation Electronic Arts. The deal is for EA to publish a brand new horror action game by produced by Shinji Mikami and directed by innovative game designer Suda51. Details are very sparse right now and we’ll have more for you as when they come in. We do know the game is due for release on PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii....
In an interview with Bungie Design Director Joseph Staten I was repeatedly told thatyesterday’s announcementabout the developers Activision partnership wasnotabout the announcement of a specific game. Instead, it was an announcement about a ten-year deal encompassing “a new universe of stories, a new universe of games.” While Staten wouldn’t tell me when they planned to reveal the brand new IP, he did make one thing clear: we won’t see it at E3 this year....
People have been asking Capcom for a newMega Man Legendsgame for years. Centuries, even! Some folks asked forMega Man Legends 3beforeMega Man Legends 2was even out! Alright, I’m exaggerating, but there’s no doubt that the game’s highly anticipated, which makes it unsurprising that Capcom’s pretty concerned about getting it right this time. Now you, the fan whose ancestors once begged Capcom for aMega Man Legendssequel, can help. Capcom are running a vote, both here and in Japan, right now, to pick the draft character designs for a new female character from the game....
DICE’s curious little first-person platformerMirror’s Edgehas our attention. Ourhands-on at this year’s E3were mostly positive; now DICE, EA, and WildStorm (an imprint of DC Comics) have announced a limited-editionMirror’s Edgecomic book. The comic is being brought to life by artist Matthew Dow Smith and written Rhianna Pratchett (also responsible for the game’s script). The book will introduce the title’s protagonist, Faith, and the network of couriers (“Runners”) who hop and skip acros rooftops delivering packages and eluding “the man....
Surprise surprise!Dante’s Inferno, a game about a mental Christian who carves a cross into his chest and visits a Hell full of big-breasted demons, is not going to be released in the Middle East. Apparently they might have some sort ofproblemwith that, so Electronic Arts has opted not to bother trying. Essentially, the game would have been banned anyway, so EA’s just saving itself the paperwork. Unfortunately, due to the whole religious insecurity thing going on over there, a lot of games get banned for even hinting at something God-related....
