I don’t know how or why the real Sonic fad picked up again, but I’m not complaining. Is it wrong that I want to spray paint a hedgehog blue and staple a extra tail on a fox and make them run through absurd obstacle courses and fight a giant fat man in a robotic suit at the end of each course? Probably. Hard to pick my favorite of the punch this week....
ZeniMax, the parent company of Bethesda Games, is becoming quite the little powerhouse of game developers. Not only do they own a few prominent developers, but the also recently acquired Shinji Mikami’s studio Tango Gameworks a few months ago. Nowadd to that listone more developer, Machinegames, which is run by veterans fromThe Chronicles of Riddickdeveloper Starbreeze Studios. The deal doesn’t seem to have been officially officially confirmed, but a previous tweet hinted at it and now Swedish business records are showing that Machinegames has officially filed to change its name to ZeniMax Sweden AB....
Nintendo of Europe announced they are partnering with Sky 3D and Eurosport to provide 3D video content via Wi-Fi. Using “Spotpass”, a system for Wi-Fi connectivity, your 3DS will have access to 3D sports and other media content easily. Nintendo is partnering with European hotspot providers so you can have Wi-Fi content access at a lot of places. Even more media partners and hotspot providers are said to be on the way....
For some, this will be the worst news ever. For others it’ll come out to no more than a shoulder shrug. I’m somewhere there in the middle. Those hoping to import Japanese games for their US Nintendo 3DS are out of luck. Those wanting to play imports will have to buy a foreign system as a 3DS from one territory will not play games from another. Hell, it won’t even ‘see’ the games....
Nintendo has revealed that the 3DS sold just under 400,000 units in its first week in the United States, failing to meet analyst predictions of 500,000 to 750,000 sales. The company wouldn’t give a specific figure, but said the system sold 100,000 units less than the DS did during its launch month. With the DS selling 480,000 during its first month, that would put the 3DS somewhere in the 380,000 range....
Yves Guillemot announced 8 Ubisoft games for the 3DS at today’s 3DS event in Amsterdam. Expect to see: Oh, and from the lips of Ubisoft’s CEO: “…and some Petz games.” Update!Trailer footage at the end of the conference showsRabbids 3Dto be a (mostly?) 2D platformer.Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Shadow Warslooks like it’s a tactical turn-based strategy game in theJagged Alliancevein, and lets you control a team of operatives with access to UAVs....
It hasn’t even hit shelves yet, but maybe you don’t think the six episodes on theAlan Wakedisc are enough. No worries, as the first add-on episode has been dated for a late-July release. On the game’s official Facebook page it was revealed that the first bit of downloadable content, called “The Signal,” will be available for download on July 27. The content will be free to anyone who purchases the game new, with Microsoft and Remedy urging gamers to “hold on to your token card” that’s found inside each copy of the game....
In my mind I see the process of dumping a PlayStation game to the PlayStation Network as an almost instant one. Someone somewhere hits a button and the offering pops up for us to buy. The way I see it, the games are already done and there’s not much besides some simple porting code to do. Maybe I’m wrong. I’m definitely wrong in the case of two new RPGs for PSN,AlundraandArc the Lad....
For the most part, I’ve always featured everyday Joe’s onArt Attack Friday. This week, I’m changing things up by featuring a professional artist.Stanley “Artgerm” Lauis by far one of the most talented artists I have ever seen. It was actually surprising to me to see Artgerm’s work because I instantly recognized it from various magazine ads. It’s nice to finally put a name to the works I’ve seen before. When Artgerm isn’t updating hisDeviant, he’s doing work for his companyImaginary Friends Studious....
Arc System Works has an unannounced game on their Tokyo Game Show lineup. It seems that they’re working on aKunio-kuntitle for the Nintendo 3DS. The game is listed asHot Blooded Tough Guy Kunio-Kun.That’s a working title, mind you.Siliconerareminds us that this name also happens to be the name for the arcade classicRenegadein Japan. We’re not clear on what this really is, though. It could be a new game, or it could be some port....
Look twice at the just released “Demos” section on Xbox LIVE Marketplace this week. EA DICE has rolled out a multiplayer-onlyBattlefield: Bad Company 2trial instead of doing the whole “beta” thing like its currently doing over the PC and did “exclusively first”on the PS3 several months ago. Much like the betas, you’ll be playing “Rush Mode” across a lone map — Port Valdez in this instance. And like the beta, this peek at the game will end before the game hits in early March....
A little while backwe posted up a trailer forBioShock 2that was included after the conclusion of the PlayStation 3 version ofBioShock. Little sisters and cute Big Daddy dolls aside, there is the issue of what platform the sequel, subtitledSea of Dreams, will be hitting first. A 2K representative was recently on-hand to tellGamespotthat the title will come out for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, and that the trailer will be available in HD on PSN and Xbox Live Marketplace....
As promised, Egyptian correspondent Geraldo Beedog is at the scene of today’s archaeological dig, prepared to cover the events that transpire upon the opening of King Tutan-Ramen’s tomb. The photo you see above is of heiroglyphics marking the tomb’s outer walls, reportedly depicting King Tutan-Ramen himself, being transported by one of his many servants in a vessel that has come to be referred to as “The Royal Jar.” Little is known about Tutan-Ramen, except that he appears to have been incredibly handsome....
