Posts

When you leave behind the dark and gritty feel of the currentBatmangames and add some tongue-in-cheek humor, gameplay and graphics you are left with Monolith’s new game,Gotham City Importers. Gotham City Impostorswill be available on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade next year, and allows players to create their very own Batman (or Joker) with whatever random bits of costume they can unlock (or create), in a delicious online first-person shooter match....

PlayStation Move isn’t even out yet, but when has that ever stopped third party peripheral makers from crafting a range of crap, overpriced, inherently useless accessories to go along with whatever gimmicky controller hits the market? Enter CTA Digital, and Ultimate Boxing Gloves. These ludicrous gloves, which you could make at home for about three bucks, have Velcro on them. You wrap a furry ring around Move’s thick black shaft, then take a firm grip of it with your hairy palm, safe in the knowledge that you can yank it as hard as you like and it’ll never come off in your hand....

Once again, the Podtoid crew will record a running commentary for a videogame movie. In case the man with thegoddamned insanehairstyle didn’t already clue you in, this week’s flick isDouble Dragon. I know it’s slightly harder to find than the other two movies we commentated on, but a few intrepid members of our forums noticed that the full flick can be found, in ten or so parts, on a Web site whose URL rhymes with “Shmoo Lube....

As the T-shirt expert here at Destructoid, I make it my duty to bring you the hottest gaming shirts around. Our fashion market is filled with Hot Topic garbage designs so we have to search high and low for the hot stuff. Enter “Emergency Room” fromTee Fury. It depicts four famous Pokemon waiting in the emergency room after getting their butts kicked in a Pokemon battle. Bulbasaur lost his bulb, Charmander’s tail was cut off, Pikachu is, I don’t know, drunk and Squirtle is stuck on his back....

It probably won’t make it to the back of the game’s box, but you get to fly on the back of a bat inRango: The Videogame. Yes, Behaviour Interactive’s upcoming title based on the animated Gore Verbinski film will let you glide through the air on the back of nature’s most majestic of creatures. That alone might not sell the masses, but it certainly got my attention. After going hands-on with three of the game’s nine stages, it’s clear there’s a solid title with surprising variety lurking underneath what could have been just another “fly on the back of a bat” simulator....

Looking to stand out from the crowd? Go on, and find that sneaky “I Would Have Been Your Daddy” skull inHalo 3‘s single player campaign. Finding this last of the 13 skulls unlocks what appears to beNinja Gaidenprotagonist Ryu Hayabusa’s helmet, for use in multiplayer avatars. But said skull is not easy to get —Halo3Planethas a set of instructions that resemble something you’d find in a box for Ikea furniture....

If you were one of the lucky few who picked up a copy ofCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2“Prestige Edition” — you know, the one with the night vision goggles — you already know this. But heads up to anyone who hasn’t gotten theirs yet — don’t forget to buy batteries. The bundle arrived in our Baltimore offices today, and after being “wowed” by what a slick package it was, I spent the next 15 minutes trying to pry the thing open....

I have a request for the scientific community at large, though really this is for any of their ilk that want to do a study on games. Before one of your noble community decides to shed light on the apparently opaque machinations of video games and their effects on humanity, could you please,please, ask a gamer first? And if it’s not too much trouble, could you also adhere to your ownrules?...

Rockstar has revealed the final box art forRed Dead Redemption, and I’m posting it here because it’s a slow news day. I’ll always be honest with you guys; don’t forget that. The art shows off the game’s protagonist John Marston in front of what Rockstar calls “a classic American background.” Here’s what I see: a dude threatening me with a gun. Kind of wetting my pants a bit here. Red Dead Redemptionis set to ship on May 18 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and will let you shoot bunnies....

As aSilent Hillguy, it almost shames me to say that I’m excited for the next iteration of theResident Evilfranchise.Resident Evil 4and its much-improved mechanics revitalized my hope that Capcom will eventually create a near perfect action/horror game. Today, Capcom released eight new screenshots for the upcomingResident Evil 5and I was shocked to find a lack of gore. How could Capcom do this to us? The screens seem to dictate that Capcom is spending a lot of time with the cooperative play....

You kids and your doodads. Bluetooth. Steam. Gametap. Xbox Live. Back in our day, if you wanted to play with three other people, you had to facilitate a disgusting orgy of cords and multi-tap peripherals all over the living room, which usually led to the dog sniffing around curiously and getting tangled up in the whole monstrosity like a bad guy in a Spider-Man cartoon. Either that, or you’d have to look for the “big” cabinet at your localarcade, where you had no control over who your opponents were, but could damn sure bet they were either unwashed or light years beyond your skill level....

Yes,Mega Man 9. The game many of you have likely been cursing at for the past week or so, and a shining beacon of hope for retro gamers everywhere. Tonight we’re taking a look at the Blue Bomber’s latest outing, and the impact it may or may not have on gaming as a whole. We’ll probably do our own fair share of cursing as well. This week’s picture comes to you courtesy of A New Challenger....

It would be easy to criticizeCastlevania: Lords of Shadowfor not being a “real”Castlevania, abandoning as it does all of the trappings that have made previous games familiar. It bears little resemblance to either the original platform games or the relatively recent “Metroidvania” titles. In fact,Lords of Shadowresembles aCastlevaniagame almost solely in name only. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow(Xbox 360 [Reviewed], PlayStation 3)Developer: MercurySteam, Kojima ProductionsPublisher: KonamiReleased: October 5, 2010MSRP: $59.99