In college, I had a friend who for some inexplicable reason could not leave a supermarket without dumping all his change into vending machines. Gumballs, glittery unicorn stickers, fake jewelry … he lived for this stuff. Then he popped a quarter into one machine that spat out a tiny figure of a Chicano, and that was it. He became obsessed, littering his dorm room with these little plastic figurines called Homies....
I’ve been waiting for this ever since I heard the titlewould be exclusive to the DS. Here it is, finally … a gameplay trailer forDragon Quest IX: Protectors of the Starry Sky.I must admit, the game looks beautiful, even though itison the DS. I knowFinal Fantasy IIIlooks pretty damn neat itself, but this is just awesome. At first, I was a little skeptical when I heard Square chose to turn the game into an action-RPG, but it really doesn’t look bad at all....
Sqaure-Enix announced that two titles were be coming to North America today,Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride(this marks its US premiere) and tri-Ace’s tactical RPGValkryie Profile: Covenant of the Plume.While I’m feeling kind of sore about tri-Ace after the wholeInfinite Undiscoveryexperience,I will likely giveDragon Quest Va whirl,as I do have a bit of a soft spot for that series. Dragon Quest Vcomes out on February 17thandValkyrie Profile:Covenant of the Plumecomes out March 17th, both for the Nintendo DS....
It’s a simple fact that I am a sucker for anythingretro. Add in that it’s a DS-compatible item that’sSuper Famicomthemed and I’m making inarticulate squeaking noises and hurling my wallet at whoever’s in charge. Luckily, with this particular item I got to have this reaction in the privacy of my own home, and after calming down a bit, reading the details and grasping reality. TheCyberliteis an actual Famicom attachment for the DS which allows you to play Famicom cartridges and also use it as a TV tuner....
I’m nearing the end ofDuke Nukem Foreverin preparation for our review (coming tomorrow!) and stumbled across this amazing bug. What you see above is a texture glitch that has made all the objects, items and floor surfaces resemble the shattered casing of a disco ball. I had a quick check around the Internet and found out that several others are experiencing this visual oddity as well. It’s certainly made the level more difficult to navigate, but it’s SO PRETTY!...
Surely I can’t be the only one who was utterly confused by theteaser trailer forBrinklast week? The teaser was vague, made no sense out of context, and did exactly what it was set out to do … tease. Thankfully, the wait wasn’t terribly long, and we now have actual information to share about the game. First off,Brinkis a first-person shooter bound for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC in spring 2010....
It was rumored, now it’s fact. Sega has announced a brand new game for Microsoft’s Kinect, a fresh entry in theSonic Ridersseries. It’s calledSonic Free Ridersand it’s due out for the holidays of this year. There was no way Sega wouldn’t be cramming Sonic into a Kinect game, and it makes sense thatSonic Riderswould be a solid debut. No idea whether or not it will be good, but mixing the speed or Sonic with the gesture interface of Kinect will definitely be interesting to see....
Destructoid has a good relationship with Hudson. Afterall, Mr. Destructoid himself showed up in Hudson’sBomberman Live, an exclusive experience that makes us all proud. However, Mr. Destructoid or not,Bombermanhas proven itself to be a fantastic game, and with online play, it’s a great way to blow through at a party or to kill some time with friends. Luckily, I had a chance to check out the latest downloadable offering in theBombermanfranchise:Bomberman Live: Battlefest....
You always see galleries of booth babes in E3 coverage. Females. But what about the guys? There should be some lookers in the biggest sausagefest of them all, right? We…we found some. Kinda.
Today I checked outNinja Gaiden 3, the heavily discussed sequel from Team Ninja. Impressions are coming soon, but one thing I noticed right away is that limbs stay intact this time around. Dismemberment and decapitation aren’t present, and that’s because — according to Team Ninja — the game is about violence, not gore. “To us, there’s a difference between gore and violence,” said producer Yosuke Hayashi. “Ninja Gaiden 2was about gore....
If the super hero fighting action in the above video looks like your cup of tea, too freakin’ bad.GameTapis reporting that Electronic Arts and Marvel have “jointly agreed to discontinue development of the Marvel titles under the EA Games Label.”This news isn’t too surprising, revealed not long after EA sent everyone who worked atEA Chicago packing. (The studio was working on the Marvel fighting title seen above.) While there was no indication that the EA/Marvel partnership (which previously gave sloppy birth toMarvel: Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects) would dissolve as a result, the EA Chicago Marvel fighting title had long been rumored to be in jeopardy....
EA, look at you!You’re right up therewith all the mega-rich companies that bought Super Bowl ad space. But you’re not mega-rich. Regardless, you’ll have “at least one spot” during the big game? Nice. The pricing for a 30-second spot is estimated to be between $2.5 million and $2.8 million. Where did you get that kind of cash, EA? And what are you working on that you’d spend that much money on?...
We’ve not seen hide nor hair ofExplodemonin ages, and I don’t know why because this PlayStation Network title looks like a huge amount of fun. It’s a comedic 2.5D action platformer and it’s been announced to his in the fourth quarter of 2010. Basically, they’re planning to have it out before the end of the year. That’s annoyingly vague, but the game deserves to be mentioned so I’m taking the excuse....
