If you like obscure Japanese strategy RPGs, then you best dust off your PSP. Atlus is publishing a new SRPG that acts as a prequel toYggdra UnioncalledBlaze Union: Story to Reach the Future. Yes, that sounds like the kind of name a Japanese SRPG would have. Blaze Unionwill have players step into the boots of female warrior Garlot, a red-haired lady who leads the Blaze Knights against the evil forces of the Bronquian Empire....
Looking to go unconventional with the narrative, the team behindCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’sinnards tossed around several fantastic ideas before settling on the series’ familiar and grounded reality. Aliens and zombies and outbreaks and viruses were considered as a threat at one point in the initial planning stages. “Infinity Ward’s Jason West, Steve Macuda, Todd Alderman, Mackey McCandlish and me would talk about the kinds of stories we could tell, and we didn’t want to just make a straight sequel to Modern Warfare,” said Modern Warfare 2 scriptwriter Jesse Stein in a recent interview withGamePro....
Amidst all this classic adventure title brouhaha, LucasArts has apparently been busy creating a fresh downloadable IP for Xbox LIVE Arcade. According to aJoystiq“inside source,” the title is an interesting side-scroller calledLucidity. Here’s the interesting part: rather than controlling the game’s protagonist, Sofi, like inMetroidor whatever, players will be tasked with providing the environmental tools she needs to progress through a level. In other words, Sofi has autonomy and the player is merely a contributor....
NewBayonettanews already? So says the game’s producer, Yusuku Hashimoto, onhis Twitter account. “Good morning. We should be able to reveal new news related toBayo[netta]this week,” he writes. “Look forward to it.” First off, good morning to you, too, Hashimoto-san. Second, Iet’s not jump the gun here. Those expecting news on a forthcomingBayonettagame (or even an update to the game released earlier this year) may be setting expectations too high. AsSiliconera(who spotted the Tweet) points out, this could just be related toBayonettamerchandise....
You might not give much of a crap about1 vs. 100,but there are three million people out there who do. Microsoft’s Xbox Live gameshow has been downloaded three million times in the thirteen weeks it’s been up, making it a top ten Xbox Live property. Yeah. Microsoft has also been boasting about the success of its “Summer of Arcade” promotion. Despite last year having a much higher profile, this Summer saw Xbox Live revenue jump 200% over last year....
Sonyhas acknowledgedthat the PlayStation Network may have come under fire from an outside source, lending credence to the claim that the Internet’s premier impersonal army, Anonymous, has beenmaking goodon itspromise of trouble. However, as Sony investigates the issue, Anonymous has demonstrated that it understands PR, having ceases its assault on the PlayStation Network out of respect to PS3 users who just want to play some videogames. “Anonymous is not attacking the PSN at this time,”stated the group....
Heroes Over Europeis the sequel to 2005’sHeroes Over the Pacific, which came out for last-gen consoles. This time, players will find themselves flying over England, France, Germany and even New Zealand as they take on Hitler’s dirty Nazi forces. I got to check out a couple of levels during Atari’s Preview Tour and was rather pleased with what I saw. Fly on over to the jump to check out my impressions....
Merely thinking about the lines that will form around Bethesda Softwork’s titles at PAX Prime 2011 has my legs aching. Booth #1314 is where you can get your hands on id’sRageandThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. ForPrey 2, there will be presentations starting at the top of every hour. More importantly, plush hats — you can get the one shown in the photo above! By attending aSkyrimpresentation from game director Todd Howard on Saturday, August 27th at 3:30pm in the Unicorn Theater, you’ll receive a ticket....
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to BritToid, Episode 3! We are Destructoid’s British-gaming-focused podcast that brings you some of Britain’s finest (plus one German) accents and all the biggest news from the UK. Listen this month as we kick off with the never easy to answer question of “what is your favourite game” as we all attempt to explain/justify our choice (I also may or may not descend into a hissy fit)....
Pre-order the heavy metal action gameBrutal Legendand score a free guitar. Well, an in-game guitar. Brutal Legend is coming to both the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 on what they call Rocktober 13th. Double Fine teamed up with Tenacious D to make this game as metal as it is, complete with voice over work by both Jack Black and Kyle Gass. The guitar is a GameStop exclusive, so you’ll need to get over there and reserveBrutal Legendbefore…Rocktober....
Deep Silver is throwing an event forNail’dhere in San Francisco on November 8! Fans can come out to play the game and enjoy the festivities before the game is released on November 30! Yes, you can experience what it’s like to be A REAL GAME JOURNALIST TOO! The first five people to email me will get put on the invite list. You’ll be able to playNail’d, eat stupid tiny hamburgers and you may even win some stuff!...
Earlier this week,we pointed to Marvelous’ Yasuhiro Wada’s statementon the lack of originality in games. He feels that Japan’s gamer population is shrinking due to the lack of variety in gaming. We agreed with that lack of originality, as did many of you. Wada pointed back to the days of the Saturn and PlayStation, days where he thought game releases were fresh and original. It was an exciting time and many came to videogaming....
Of course you want aCompanion Cube plush, because I don’t know anyone who doesn’t — whether you bonded emotionally withPortalor not, the cube is simply an ubiquitous symbol of gaming in general. I kind of think of it as the commemorative icon of the 2007 year in games. Plus, I can hug it. The Valve storerealized they had a great opportunity to please fans and rake in dollars and jumped to the challenge, creating a 6X6X6 plush cube that sold out faster than you may say “Wii shortage!...
