Between the development of the 2006 PSP titleSOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 2and the upcomingSOCOM 4, Zipper Interactive released one game:MAG, which launched just over one year ago tocritical acclaim. That ambitious shooter set a new standard for online multiplayer on consoles with support for up to 256 players in one match, and I figured that the studio might have learned a thing or two that would be applicable to the development ofSOCOM 4....
Surprise downloadable content has appeared forThe UnderGarden, called“The Ludwig Pack.” The pack brings with it two new levels and — OMG, the best part! — three additional achievements. The whole thing will cost you 160 MS Points, and it’s available now. Jimreviewed the game back in November, and said it was “something you should turn your Xbox 360 on for.” He adored it, and this is guy who kicks babies and shouts at old people....
I would consider this a rumor were it not for the picture above. Talks of a cooler, more efficient 360 have been around for a long time now, and it seems we’re finally seeing what is as good as a confirmation that a system somewhat along those lines will hit the market “soon”. Here’s the word fromEngadget: Ever wonder why Microsoft hasn’t released anHDMI cablefor theXbox 360, or whether the AV port was really capable of digital out?...
By now you may have heard word of the gameSpace Invaders 9/11shown at last week’s Leipzig Games Conference, or perhaps you read ourDestructoid Discusses!on the subject. It’s definitely the type of thing that’s difficult to ignore, although some gamers likely thought the creator was a dick (or alternately, thought nothing at all) and went on with their lives. In the meantime, the artist Douglas Edric Stanley has pulled the exhibit, making it clear on his personal blog that he disapproves of the way people reacted:...
Liberty City’s Weazel News has brought us a special report on all the dangerous things going on in Liberty City. Terrorism, helicopter rampages, rape riots and more are all plaguing the poor citizens of Liberty City. The special report is pretty funny, and we see a bunch of new stuff like weapons and the Buzzard helicopter coming inThe Ballad of Gay Tony. Well, new to me as I haven’t touchedLost and Damnedyet and I can’t remember what actually is “new” in the weapons department....
TheModern Warfare 3leakwas a mighty strange one. Normally when we talk leaks, we’re referring to full playable builds making the rounds on torrent sites, not information dumps like we saw last week. Activision putting out a slew of trailersahead of schedulewas a decent enough response, I thought. “Friday was a really interesting, a really kind of cool day,” says Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg to Joystiq. “And while it’s definitely not cool to steal other people’s intellectual property, and while it’s definitely not cool to leak stuff that’s not yours, there are ways that you can respond that actually turn the lemons into lemonade....
If you like action figures (really, who doesn’t?), and are also anAssassin’s Creedfan, you may want to check out the new Ezio figures coming out this fall fromNECA. There are two variants of Ezio, both from theBrotherhoodgame (so noold greybeard) but if you’re interested in picking up both, you should probably know that each is exclusive to a specific retailer. Hooded Ezio (wearing his ebony outfit), will only be carried at GameStop while the Ezio Unhooded version (in traditional white) will be available exclusively at Toys R Us....
Even though we’d argue that Bloomin’ Onions are equivalent to a pound of fried cocaine, the land down under remains resolute in its commitment to keep drugs off it’s koala-infested streets and, more importantly, away from its videogame store shelves. Vogster Entertainment’s MMOCrimecraftis a perfect example of this hot and steamy Aussie desire, having just earned banned status from the Australian Classification Board for its usage of drugs as a device....
A new distraction — or should I say devourer of time? — has appeared forBattlefieldfans who aren’t still actively playingBad Company 2or prior games by DICE. It’sBattlefield Play4Free, which has shifted into open-beta mode. I haven’t actually gotten a chance to try it out for myself yet, but supposedly it’s a little bit ofBad Company 2meshed with maps fromBattlefield 2. That sounds delightful. More aligned with my tastes thanBattlefield Heroeswas, certainly....
Perhaps you saw what we thought ofCapcom’sBionic Commando. We didn’t give it a terrible score. It’s just that it wasn’t anything special to us. It didn’tcommandoour attention, you might say. In fact, this reboot of the beloved NES title didn’t seem to do much for gamers in general. In its opening month, the NPD data shows sales figures of only 27,000 copies sold — the combined total for the Xbox 360andPS3 versions....
Since the beginning ofMass Effect, we’ve had to make choices with the extra guilt that they would eventually come back to haunt or help us in later installments. PC Gamer got to talking with BioWare’s Casey Hudson about how those decisions will inevitably affectMass Effect 3. “You’re basically building towards greater and greater degrees of success, in terms of how you’re able to fight the Reapers,” says the executive producer. “So [similar toMass Effect 2] you’re going to want to do more, and be more successful, and make better choices throughout....
As seen onNextLust: At first I thought it was just me and my late night, non-sleeping, hard-partying ways, but today as people started asking me if I was sick, I am now under the belief that someone at CES tried to kill me with their SARS or whatever other disease they brought to Vegas. Besides myself and some members of Destructoid, it seemsGizmodocaught the plague as well. Anyone else that got sick?...
Doing the LAN thing withthe M17xis great exercise — the machine’s robust shape and weight maximizes strain on hard to sculpt back muscles. But if you’re not into lugging portable gaming rigs for the sake of looking like a Greek god, rest easy: the M11x is a thing. Announced during Dell’s CES press conference, the M11x is Alienware’s latest gaming laptop. Its 11-inch design makes it more compact than the rest of the manufacturer’s line, and apparently the laptop’s power doesn’t suffer because of this....
