ZeniMax Media Inc. — the parent company of Bethesda Softworks — recently filed a UPSTO trademark for the videogame title “Brink.” Cue the spooky music. As is usual, there isn’t a sliver of information in the trademark papers about what the game is or even a solid lead on what platform it may rear its head (if ever).Gamespotis guessingBrinkcould be the mysterious project Bethesda and Splash Damage have been working on for quite some time....
I’m in the market for an iPod Touch, so App games are hitting my radar quite frequently. As a fan of titles that throw you into dungeons full of monsters and loot,Zenoniais looking pretty hot to me right now. Doesn’t seem like I’d have much time to play such a deep and lengthy RPG though, asZenonia 2has is being forwarded for App Store approval. If you’re wondering what the sequel is like, try and get the information from the trailer above....
If you haven’t heard aboutAaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! — A Reckless Disregard for Gravity, I have good news for you. Dejobaan Games’ arcade-action-high-score-getting-skydiving-pedestrian-insulting most recent work — which, by the way, isquite good— has now experienced a permanent, 50% price drop from $20 to $9.99. I know most regular gamers are loathe to spend twenty bucks on an indie game, so hopefully this price drop inspires more of you to go out and tryAaaaaaAAaa!...
That’s the name of our game here at Destructoid — collecting groupies like comic books. So it’s almost as if Activision and Agora Games were in our heads when they partnered to create anofficialGuitar Herocommunity Web site. Once the game launches on October 28, players can “go on tour” by creating or joining a group to compare scores, and compete in global head-to-head tournaments against other tour groups. But really completing the experience, is the ability to acquire groupies, which is determined by your popularity on “Backstage Pass....
I’m starting to sound like a broken record here, but the more THQ drops Homefront info, the more I just can’t wait for the game to come out March 2011.The future settingof America being invade by Korea should provide for a great story. Plus the multiplayer holds some promisebased on what I’ve playedof it already. The new dev diary forHomefrontdetails what you can expect in the unique multiplayer experience. Battle Points, 32-player versus, dedicated server for all three platforms, massive vehicle combat and more....
It’s beena rough weekfor the Australian video game industry but fortunately, it’s not all bad news. In an unprecedented move, every single Attorney General from all states in Australia have now put their support behind an R18+ rating for videogames. After the Standing Committee of Attorneys General meeting in July, New South Wales Attorney General Greg Smith abstained from voting while his counterparts all voted “in principle” for the rating to be introduced....
Horror games can be a tough sell, because it’s hard to tell someone that a game issooo scarywithout raising their expectations so high that they’ll never actually be scared. Thus, I’ll try to stick to the facts when I talk aboutAmnesia: Dark Descent. It’s out on September 8th, and was developed by Frictional, who also made thePenumbragames, which were scary enough to be included in theHumble Indie Bundle. It’s a “survival horror” game in a truer sense of the word than has been applied to the likes ofResident EvilandDead Space, which of late have been more about the shooting-dudes stuff than the being-scared-out-of-your-wits stuff....
Steve Jobs atApple’s OS 4.0event today: “Our 6th tent pole is Game Center. This is a dev preview for OS 4. Gaming is extremely popular on the iPhone and iPod touch. We have 50,000 games. Let’s compare that to the competition… the PSP and DS… we blow them out of the water.” Social networking for gaming comes to the iPhone, which means achievements, leaderboards and matchmaking for the Jesus Phone. During the event, a bar graph showed that iPhone has over 50,000 titles to go online with, compared with a couple thousand or so for their portable competitors....
Assassin’s Creed II, which ships to stores next week, now has its own Xbox LIVE Marketplace Avatar store. Neato! The store contains 28 items total for both girls and boys, including renaissance masks, hats, and wristbands. The best items, of course, are the most expensive — the guard armor, the Altair outfit, and the Ezio outfit will run you 400 MS Points a piece. One of the items is particularly neat — Da Vinci’s Flying Machine (240 MS Points)....
You’ve seen many developer diaries, but none like this, one where the developers are forced to wear robes and look menacing under low lights. It’s forAssassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, and while I’m sure all of these guys will regret agreeing to the robe thing, they look to be making up for it with an awesome game. It’s not a sequel (we still expect anAssassin’s Creed III), and it’s not an expansion (this is definitely a fully-realized retail game)....
Left 4 Deadhas been out for a few days now and no doubt many of you have been plowing through hordes of the undead. I adore anything that has to do with zombies and have long planned out my zombie apocalypse survival plan. I highly respect my fellow editors and would make sure they all were safe during the inevitable day when the dead rise back from their graves, as per my plans....
The real highlight ofour time atAnime Expo was the cosplay. Wecoveredpanelshereandthere, but what all the readers on Japanatorreally reacted to, and what you guys did when we put up our first round of photos, was the cosplay. And so, with Anime Expo now over, and the Japanator team looking ahead to Otakon in just under two weeks, it’s time to share the rest of that videogame cosplay with you. Thanks again to our amazing photographer Ace0fClub5, we got some truly stunning shots that you can check out in our gallery....
Jonathan Blow’sBraidblew my mind. After I watched the credits and snivelled — not a traditional snivel, more like a series of fluid coughs with very mild weeping — I wondered what Blow would do next. According to an interview with the developer, a 2D RPG is in the works and it’s “looking very promising.” Unfortunately, the game may not pan out. “My newest game I started is looking very promising, “ he toldGamasutra....
