This week’s RetRose Tinted is partly inspired by an episode of Retroforce Go. I want to say it was the recent episode about Capcom, due to the company’s myriad of Disney-licensed titles for the NES but I can’t say for certain as I’ve been listening to a lot of the older episodes since the torrent of the entire series was made available. Either way, it reminds me of a blonde girl who lived in my childhood neighborhood....
Videogames made solely to coincide with the release of a major movie tend to be terrible — rushed, lazy, and made with little to no care by studios who are just doing the bare minimum required to get paid.Avatar: The Game, however, is supposed to be different. James Cameron himself said thatthisvideogame was not simplybasedon his movie — it was part of the experience. Ubisoft Montreal had free reign to do whatever they wanted in theAvataruniverse, crafting its own unique adventure on Cameron’s lush and verdant world of Pandora....
It’s hilarious when other people make huge mistakes, and today’s callous laugh comes at the expense of Amazon.com, whohas been advertisingevery single copy ofRock Band 2as a Nintendo 64 product. Although the blunder is now fixed, the online merchant was offering N64 versions of everything from instruments to track packs. It was a full scale revival of Nintendo’s 64-bit system. Just a shame it was completely fictional. Honest mistake or the work of a Nintendo-loving Amazon employee compulsively sharing his dreams with us?...
A few days ago we heard thatWhite Knight Storywas not dead, and pointed you to a Web page update that promise “the day of awakening is coming soon.” “Soon” might be even sooner than we thought. Famitsu is a pretty reliable source, right? According toKotaku, they say thatWhite Knight Storywill finally get a release date in Japan: December 11. The only downside to this rumor is that it is a rumor of news we haven’t seen with our own eyes....
Thanks to Destructoid community memberLostCrichton, I know what I’m eating for lunch today — Taco Bell. The fast food chain is apparently running a promotion with Atari, giving out PC/Mac versions of its classics with every kids meal. Four games (ports of the arcade titles) are available:Centipede,Lunar Landing,Super Breakout, andAsteroids. Not in the market for a beefy five-layer burrito? You can purchase the games separately for about $1.50 a piece, so you can collect them all for around the price of a value meal....
We’ve been exchanging kind words with the folks over at Sandswept Studios over the past few weeks. Apparently, they’re working on a videogame … and that’s all they’ll really tell us. Thanks, guys! Yesterday, theteam revealed somevery early information on the title, in the form of a name and a logo. The title of the game will beDetour, and “will be centered around roads and highways.” With that info, we’re even more in the dark than we were before, but we’re certainly intrigued....
Dr. Neo Cortex is at it again with his evil plans and world domination schemes. The only hero that can stop him is the O.G. Sony mascot, Crash Bandicoot. Crash: Mind Over Mutantis the fifteenth installment in the long-running series and the latest game is set to expand on the elements introduced in the last game. So how’s the latestCrashgame looking? Just hit the jump for my impressions of the game to find out....
Well, we had to expect that this to would happen.Super Smash Bros Brawl, now set forrelease in Japan on Jan. 31st, has suffered it’s first leak of physical evidence of proving it’s actual, factual existence.Super Smash Bros Brawlis real. It’s not like Big Foot or El Chubacabra. It’s real and it’s out there and some one has it, or it least they have it’s instruction booklet. The proof is here inthese scans, currently posted on Korean gaming site Ruliweb....
Say what you will about Square Enix, but they make pretty games. With the case ofFinal Fantasy XIV, they make a pretty game that a lot of people can play together. But here’s an odd one, what about a pretty game that lot’s of people can play together and on a portable system? That’s a special concoction indeed. And it’s possible, at least according to Square Enix’s VP of software, Hiromichi Tanaka in a discussion withVideoGamermentioned that the portable consoles we play every day are capable of running some form of an MMO....
As a result of Microsoft requiring Team Meat to have an exclusive feature for the Xbox LIVE Arcade version ofSuper Meat Boy(as per usual with multiplatform games), a new chapter dubbed “Teh Internets” was born. Essentially, it’ll allow new levels to be added, for free, after the October 20 launch. Better yet, they’re using Title Managed Storage to creatively sidestep the often lengthy certification process; this is the same setup used to change values for balancing inMonday Night Combat....
Both the Wii and the DS have shown a trend of recent titles intended to use the consoles in new and innovative ways. With my DS I’ve already done face exercises, trained my brain, played with motion capture and stuck my nose up schoolgirl skirts. The last one isn’t really innovative, but it makes me feel naughty and delicious. Symphonic Orchestrahas just been announced in Japan for the DS, hot on the heels ofWiimusicandNodame Cantabile: Dream Orchestra....
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has confidently declared thatDuke Nukem Foreverwas a profitable venture, in spite ofits poor reviews. He said this as Captain Obvious was spotted flying around outside his window. “Despite its disappointing reviews,Duke Nukem Foreverwas profitable for Take-Two,” he said during a conference call. It’s dismaying to think that if a game makes money, the company doesn’t need to worry about a game being a disgrace to the industry, but there ya go....
Yesterday was the first official day of Valve’s buildup for the Engineer update. Of course, I took the day off to recover from Earf Day shenanigans, and I’m somehow the only person on staff who’s willing to talk aboutTeam Fortress 2even though I don’t play it any longer. I know, right? So, let’s take it from the top — otherwise it would just be weird. During this week, players have a chance to randomly craft a golden wrench....
