At last, Sonic fans, a REAL Sonic game will finally see the light. Yes, I’m talking aboutSonic and the Secret Ringsfor the Nintendo Wii — not thatFinal Fantasy Soniccrap you had to endure on the 360. SEGA has just announced thatSecret Ringswill be released Feb. 20 for the Wii. Happy now, Sonic fans? (that is if there are any left)
NIGORO’s WiiWare remake of the classic free-to-download PC platformer,La-Mulana, has been delayed until 2011. The developer announced that it would be postponing the release on its blog, following a recent submission to Nintendo. The nitty gritty details of the delay can beread on the blog, but the bottom line is we won’t be seeing it in 2010. Disappointed and frustrated by the delay, the developer is looking to release the game’s “Hell Sanctuary” DLC — originally scheduled to be available post-release — along with the title....
December the 4th, 2007. Mark it in your diaries and burn it into your skin, Squenix fans, for that is the date upon whichDistant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy, a new global tour of symphonicFFconcerts kicks off, coinciding as it does with the twentieth anniversary of the release of the first game in the series. Honestly, sometimes you’d think they planned these things … The new show is a co-production between series composer Nobuo Uematsu and AWR Music Productions, and will be conducted by Arnie Roth, the same guy who waved the magic stick on 2005’sFinal Fantasy-themedVOICESconcert in Tokyo....
For anyone who hasbraved the wildsof Xbox Live Indie Gamesyou know that it can be a dangerous place. One moment you can download a game that is the best thing ever made in the entire universe and the next you’re playing a game no better than what your cat leaves in your litter box. It can be risky business, luckily there are user ratings that can help.IndieGamerdecided they would check out the top rated games at the end of 2009 and see what the gamers themselves were liking the best at the close of the decade....
Holy jumping weasel fritters on a hot cross bun! Now all you people who have Macs don’t have to kill yourselves over your previous inability to play theSam and Maxepisodes (they’re really good)! Today, Telltale games officially confirmed a retail version ofSam and Max Season Onewill be made available to Wii owners come Fall 2008. Collecting the first six episodes of the episodic series in one singular package,Season Onewill be published by Dreamcatcher/The Adventure Company in North America, and by JoWooD in Europe....
Apparently, this is something to makea big deal over, butHalo 3: ODSTwill not be in HD. Perhaps this is becauseHalo 3: ODSTis based onHalo 3, which also did not run at 720p. Despite this blatantly obvious fact, people are still apparently surprised about this, especially given that the game’s visuals impressed a fair few people. “Everything that existed inHalo 3’s engine was there from the beginning.” says senior designer Lars Bakken....
The FCC is like the ESRB of hardware. Whenever a company tries to get their products certified without the whole world knowing, leave it to them to make a leak. Case in point, the FCC has leaked the above image of a DS motherboard from a test kit. It’s a filing by Nintendo and manufacturer Mitsumi, and it’s simply designed for approval of the US DS Wi-Fi card. It was leaked last month byWirelessGoodness....
Through the magic of Augmented Reality you’re able to make your 3DS Mii walk around your IRL environment. The pre-installed feature (I wouldn’t call it a game) lets you move your Mii around, pose it and then take a 3D picture of it. This is fun for about two minutes total. Add in the Nintendo character cards, which have the same functionality, and my figures come out to about 12 total minutes of fun with the included software and cards....
Today starts my week ofDead Spacecoverage. TheDead Spaceteam invited me, along with a handfulof other bloggersand journalists, out to EA Redwood Shores a couple of weeks ago and gave us a full day’s look at all thingsDead Space. Before I get into the game itself (later this week), we should take a look at the history leading up to the start of the game. There’s a lot to know about theDead Spaceuniverse, and to get us ready for the game, theDead Spaceteam developed a six-part mini comic book saga to set everything up....
I’m a sucker for agood mod, butthis is my favorite cosmetic modI’ve seen for DS, hands down. This Australia-based eBay seller took a plain DS lite and customized it with a remarkable paint job, added a beautiful detail of Link’s shield to the cover, and added some LEDs beneath to add a glow. Not only is it tasteful and well done, here’s the kicker — 15% of the final bid price will be donated toChild’s Play, Penny Arcade’s charity....
We here at Destructoid love sparking rudderless speculation about recent trademarks, which is why we’rethrilled to hearthat evil publisher Activision has trademarked the nameJurassic Hunter. Activision is known for making good on its trademark promises, so one could safely assume that the company is looking into a dinosaur hunting game at some point in the future. The interesting thing to note here is thatJurassic Hunteris the name of a game previously slated for the PlayStation 2....
A month has passed and the results are in. I charged readers with the task of hand-drawing their visions of what videogame characters do when they are alone in the dark, so that they might win themselves an Xbox 360, a copy ofAlone in the Dark, and assorted swag. First off, I am impressed that only ONE of you decided to send me a picture of Yoshi masturbating, an image too disgusting and pornographic to post here, although I am sure it can be made available to anybody who wants it....
If you missed out on ourE3 coverageofRusty Hearts, Perfect World’s free-to-play, dungeon crawling, hack’n slash, action online RPG, don’t worry I did too. Hell I even walked past the eye-catching anime inspired cross betweenGod of WarandCastle Crashersnumerous times at this year’s E3. After getting some hands-on with it at Anime Expo I’m not really sure why. While not too much has changed since the E3 build ofRusty Heartsin the gameplay department, the folks at Perfect World had a couple new features to show off....
