May 1st! Internet holiday! The MPAAdigg-ital riotis finally quieting down —do not go gentleintothat good night! Instead, stay awake and argue over the next Dtoid Game Debate to the Death! Last week I asked everyone to decide between four arms and four legs, and we came to a pretty clear conclusion. Here were theresults: This week it’s a three for all, with Sub-Zero, Scorpion, and Reptile all battling to be the best assassin....
Old meme is old, I know, but I’ve been in Miami all week and Niero has not stopped playing it. It’s stuck in my head and I feel I must exorcise the demon by posting it on the frontpage. So yes, do please look at my horse. My horse is amazing. While I am here, I promised I’d give a shout out toDestructoid’s new Steam group, since I am nowa super PC gamerand have been rocking the computer games all week....
The president of retailer Gamestop, Tony Bartel, says that the annual value of downloadable content will reach $6.4 billion by 2014. That means that we’re going to be pulling down much more in content than we do now, as the global value of DLC stands at about $3 billion presently. I hope those future game systems have bigger hard disks! Bartel’s comments come via a report commissioned as part of the upcoming Cloud Gaming USA event in San Jose, saysDevelop....
The Nintendo Wii may be able tohelp victims of Parkinson’s Disease. Through motion-controlled minigames, we may be looking at the next great technological innovation in physical therapy; not only will subjects be able to repeatedly stimulate their muscles strokes and and more effectively manage their pain, butthey’ll have fun doing it. That was the subject of “Pdwii: Using Novel Interfaces to Promote Physical Rehabilitation & Achieve Quantifiable Results,” a uniquely interesting seminar in the Serious Games Summit....
A Mexican wrestling game, you say? It needed to happen. Newish publisher Slang has stepped up to take on the case, and says thatAAA: El Videojuegowill be out late this year or early next year.The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions will be developed by Immersion Software, while Sabarasa Studios will take on the Wii, PSP and DS versions. Call me crazy, but for some reason when a game is coming out for every console imaginable, I get wary....
Sure GOG just hadone of the worst PR stunts evertake place, instilling fear and worry into everyone who used the service, but, damn it, they still sell good old games for really solid prices. Those prices are even more solid this weekend as they offer up10 community favorite games for 50 percent off their normal price. “That’s awesome, Matt. Thanks for telling me, but I’d love to know what you’re going to get from this sale,” is most likely what you’re thinking right now, so I’ll go ahead and tell you....
WhileGran Turismo 5doesn’t actually require an install other than a minor 256 MB one, it evidently won’t play at its peak performance that way. No, to get it running at its best, you’ll need to choose to do a 10 GB install that will take you five days to get done. I made that last part up, but the 10 GB is real. The news came straight fromPolyphony Digital boss and master of all thingsGran TurismoKazunori Yamauchion Twitter, which was then translated byandrisang....
Grand Theft Auto IVis well on its way to topping the 20 million worldwide sales mark, as revealed by Take-Two at the Wedbush Securities Technology, Media & Telecommunications Conference. In total, theGTAseries has sold over 100 million games, which is absolutely ludicrous. Still, with so many sold, and comparitively few mass murders, it kind of makes the whole “GTAturns you into Josef Mengele” argument look even stupider than usual.
Avalanche Studios is bringing Rico Rodriguez back for more gravity-defying action with a sequel to its free-roaming third-person shooter,Just Cause. In aninterview with CVG,Just Cause 2‘s lead designer Peter Johansson talks about what we can expect from the game: “We identified the key areas we wanted to improve forJust Cause 2.We wanted to make better use of our huge game world, enhance the stunts, improve the combat and reward exploration more....
Whether you were disappointed by the originalFableor not, you have to admit it was a more-than-decent game for the Xbox. The only thing that ruined it for some was the incredible hype that surrounded it — mostly caused by creater Peter Molyneux. Did Lionhead learn their lesson this time around? Probably not. But, with the help of Havok, maybe, just maybe,Fable 2for the Xbox 360 will live up to expectations — if there are any....
We kind of had an idea thatGod of War IIIwas going to rock, but now it’s official — it’s actually going torock. Inan interview today with Baltimore radio station 98 Rock, the lead singer for Orlando, Florida-based metal Trivium dropped the news that the group had just finished recording an original song for the upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive. “I don’t know if it’s been announced yet,” said singer/guitarist/gamer Matt Heafy, “but it is now....
I’ve been interested inHeavy Rainsince I first heard about it, and that interest grew into excitement when I heard that the team behind it was Quantic Dream, the same chaps responsible for the magnificentFahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy. Sadly, however, trying to find information onHeavy Rainis like trying to find condoms on a Catholic honeymoon. Ah well, at least this above image is really pretty … in a creepy, uncanny valley kind of way....
Would you like some moreDynasty Warriors 7screens? Of course you would, you cheeky little bastard! Never fear, because Tecmo Koei has come up with the goods, as well as a cavalcade of new character reveals. In this batch of screens, we get to see the new models for Sun Shang Xiang, Taichi Ci, Zhang Liao, Yue Ying, Dian Wei, Yuan Shao and Zhang Jiao. We also get a brand new character, Wei strategist Jia Xu....
