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Tecmo President Yasuda Resigns- Resignation comes in wake of multiple lawsuits.
- GC 2008: EA Announces New Wii Tennis Title
- New Tennis game will also feature Wimbledon.
- Street Fighter 4 Producer Talks Wii, Dimps, and Shen Long
- We chat with Street Fighter 4 producer Yoshinori Ono at the Games Convention.
- GC 2008: New FIFA 09 Details Announced
- Live season to be played in partnership with Adidas.
- GC 2008: Sims 3 Dated For February 2009
- Third entry in popular series slated for simultaneous worldwide release.
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 New Tyranid Impressions Preview
- Our first look at DoW2's final race.
- Activison-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Fires Back at Warner Music
- Says Warner exec's comments "one-sided" and not "respectful of how much we've done."
- Buy Real-Life FFXI Item, Get In-Game Gear
- $40 gets you a real silver pendant and the ability to teleport around Vana'diel.
- Bejeweled Passes 25 Million Copies Sold
- Casual fans' appetite for jewel stacking knows no bounds.
- The Chronicles of Spellborn Gets North American Publisher
- Acclaim to release European MMO in States
GamesVideos
- Dark Void 'Flying Narrative' clip
- Designer Jose Perez III gives tutorial of jet pack.
- Time Hollow 'Games Con 2008' trailer
- Control time in Konami's DS RPG adventure game.
- Elebits: Adv. of Kai & Zero 'Games Con 2008' trailer
- Konami brings the quirky Wii title to DS.
- C&C: Red Alert 3 'Games Con 2008' trailer
- Prepare for World War 3 with Jenny McCarthy and B-List cast.
- Crysis Warhead 'Games Con 2008' trailer
- Engage, Adapt, & Dominate in FPS PC follow-up.
- Valkyria Chronicles 'Games Con 2008' trailer
- New gameplay from Sega's tactical RPG game.
- LocoRoco 2 'Games Con 2008' trailer
- Those loveable globs return for a new PSP adventure.
- Mad World 'Games Con 2008' trailer
- More stylish gore from Sega's Wii action game.
- TNA Impact! 'Games Con 2008' trailer HD
- Sting, Scott Steiner, and Samoa Joe lay the smack down.
- Too Human Video Review
- Review Crew: Does the futuristic Norse RPG deliver the goods?
Evil Avatar
- UK Game Developers Sue Illegal Downloaders
- Topware Interactive have successfully won a case against a filesharer for sharing a copy of their game, Dream Pinball 3D.
Following this, Topware and four other companies (Atari, Reality Pump, Techland & Codemasters) are taking it one stage further.
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Five of the worlds top games developers will serve notice on 25,000 people across the UK, requiring each one to pay £300 immediately to settle out of court. Those who refuse risk being taken to court. The companies will target their initial legal actions on 500 people who ignore the letters.
- Comic Day! Week Thirty-Five - August 20, 2008
- Comic Day! Because it's more fun than a hurricane. Click here to join the discussion, and for a peek at what you'll find in stores this week, head over to Diamond's new release lists.
This week, on the sublime Johnny Gigawatt & the Tiger Men from Mars, Crises that are Final, Invasions that are Secret, and Watchmen possibly getting whacked.
Picks of the Week
Final Crisis Legion Of Three Worlds #1 - Another week, another Final Crisis mini that doesn't - on the surface - seem to be too closely tied to the main event, yet may be better than it. This one involves Superman, Superman-Prime and three different versions of the Legion of Superheroes. The 'classic' Legion seems to be ascendant nowadays, and for the most part they look to be the stars of this book (unlike seemingly everyone else, my Legion is the Waid-Kitson Legion begun back in 2005). Expect huge casts of characters, and an equally high body count.
X-Factor Special Layla Miller - Ah, Layla Miller. Decried by many (and in my opinion, rightly so) as 'Little Miss Deus Ex Machina' in 2005's House of M event, she had blossomed into a fascinating enigma in the pages of Peter David's X-Factor. That is until she was stranded 80 years in the future during this winter's Messiah CompleX event. So it's with great anticipation that we get the return of Layla in this X-Factor special.
Young X-Men #5 - Another title at a crossroads. I've thought the book has been okay so far, but nothing spectacular. They've done a bit with an almost completely unknown cast (seriously, has any team book made up of mostly pre-existing characters has ever had less name recognition?) but I'm still not quite sure why this particular team is together. I want to like this book, but they need to hit at least a triple - if not a home run - to keep me coming back.
Question of the week - It's the middle of the month, so that means solicitations. You can check what Marvel, DC, Image and Dark Horse have in store for this November. So, what looks good, what looks bad, and which covers jump out at you?
- Killzone 2 Multiplayer Video
- Shacknews is hosting a new multiplayer video for Guerilla Games' upcoming Playstation 3 shooter, Killzone 2.
Frack me with a chainsaw! Looks HOT!
- Microsoft: Instruments Will Work Across Titles on 360 Too
- Yesterday we learned that Sony had brokered some sort of music game armistice, promising at least basic cross compatibility between the peripherals of the major titles. Well today Microsoft also announced that the instruments will work with the various titles.
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At the bottom a Gamasutra article about the blog post it stated:
Similar music game peripheral enforcement has yet to be enacted (or at least officially announced) on the Xbox 360 platform.
For the record, we also do that, so consider this an official announcement.
All the instruments from Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour, and Rock Revolution will be cross-compatible.
So there you have it. Peace in our time. Your Rock Band gear will work on Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Revolution, and vice versa. No word yet on whether or not these games will be playing as nicely on Nintendo's systems.
- Intel Already Thinking Next-Gen
- We may be content with the current generation of game consoles, but Intel is already trying to stake it's claim on the next generation of consoles. Intel spoke to DevelopMag about their plans, which center around it's multi-core Larrabee processor.
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Weve been working with a lot of game developers. All of the input and design of Larrabee comes with the involvement of various software firms in the industry. Its very much driven by feedback from the industry, telling us the type of things they would like to do, and how can they do them, explained Coday.
Its definitely something we would want to discuss with the console vendors, and hope that the architecture that were providing is something that is very compelling for them and be interesting.
Coday described Larrabee as an inflection point for games developers, saying it will help return coding to easier single chip roots but with the enhanced power of a next generation many-core chipset.
Intel predicts that consumer electronics using the processor will be on store shelves in 2010
Thanks to Xerxes for the tip.
- Evil Avatar Radio: A Conversation With Jonathan Coulton
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Episode 119
A Conversation With Jonathan Coulton
We really enjoyed this episode of Evil Avatar Radio and we hope you will too. Although, its always fun getting to talk to Jonathan Coulton. Turns out, like me, hes a fan of pinball. So much so that weve actually invited him out to Shortys one night during PAX for some pinball & beer. He seems pretty open to the idea. Oh, that and letting me introduce him on stage at PAX as well. Heres hoping anyway.
Seriously, its a fun interview and Jonathan does confirm that he will be the final performance at PAX on Friday night. He also tells us about what hes currently working on, his involvement with Portal 2, and one of the most amazing things hes ever eaten.
Also in this episode, we hit a few news notes of the week and talk about game demos (Force Unleashed & FFXIII), Castle Crashers, Everquest, Mega Man, Warhammer, & the issue of DRM.
- TF2: Meet the Sandvich
- Yes. YES! OM NOM NOM!
Details here. It's a replacement for the shotgun eaten by taunting, and the first unlockable. Infinite ammo.
The update is now out!
- Dragonforce Single Debuts in Guitar Hero III
- Activision sends along word that English speed metal band, Drangonforce, will debut their new single as part of an upcoming Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock downloadable pack.
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Known for their out-of-control riffs, fast paced songs and twin guitar solos, DragonForce will ascend the virtual stage once again to unleash “Heroes of Our Time” – the debut single off their new album Ultra Beatdown – in a three-song track pack for Activision Publishing, Inc.’s Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. The DragonForce track pack will be available on August 21, 2008 giving gamers the unique opportunity to download and play “Heroes of Our Time” in advance of the album release.
After experiencing the furious fret work of “Through the Fire and Flames,” Guitar Hero fans will have their shredding skills pushed to the limit with “Revolution Deathsquad” and “Operation Ground and Pound” from their third album Inhuman Rampage, in addition to “Heroes of Our Time,” which will set players’ fingers ablaze as they try to keep up with some of the most challenging riffs to date.
The three-song DragonForce Track Pack will be available for download on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and in the PLAYSTATION Store for the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system on August 21, 2008.
- Codemasters New Four-Letter Word
- Following up DIRT and GRID, Codemasters has turned racing into a four-letter word, announcing their newest high speed Xbox 360, PS3 and PC speedster, FUEL.
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Set to revolutionise multi-terrain racing with the largest environment ever created in race gaming, Codemasters today announced signing the worldwide publishing rights to FUEL from Asobo Studios. Promising a truly next generation addition to the racing genre, FUEL is in development at Asobo Studios in Bordeaux, France, for the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Games For Windows LIVE and due to release in 2009.
Born of Asobo Studios cutting-edge proprietary engine, the result of over four years in development, FUEL will present players with an astonishing no-boundaries playfield thats over 5,000 square miles (14,000+ km²) in size. Creating the ultimate competitive go-anywhere racing experience, FUEL will have players competing across wildly different terrain and executing spectacular death-defying stunts as they race dozens of varied two and four-wheeled rides and explore this epic world on an unprecedented scale.
FUEL is set in an alternate present in which whole swathes of the globe have been ravaged by the effects of climate change brought on by decades of environmental abuse. Here oil prices have rocketed and yet a new breed of racing junkie takes to the wastelands, pitting their grungy home-tuned vehicles against each other in an all-new extreme sport as they compete to win fuel supplies. To triumph means travelling the wastelands to challenge the best; from the tsunami-wrecked pacific coast through the Nevada wastelands, including the Grand Canyon, up treacherous snow-capped mountains, thick forests, arid deserts, abandoned lakeside resorts and much more.
Bringing this vast, open ended landscape to life is a dynamic weather system with full day and night transitions, brilliant sunshine, torrential rain and everything in between, plus destructive tornados, sandstorms, thunderstorms, lightning strikes, and blizzards requiring mid-race strategy changes.
FUEL raises the bar in terms of scale and exhilaration for racing games. We begin with the largest racing environment to appear in gaming ever. With our accelerated effects of climate change and dynamic weather system we add an extra dimension that change races on-the-fly and constantly presents new challenges to players, said Sebastian Wloch, Chief Executive Officer, Asobo Studios.
Player choice lies at the heart of FUELs action-packed races and with a huge range of vehicles, packs of up to 16 vehicles speeding across diverse terrain and a no-boundaries, no-limits approach to racing, means players have never had so much freedom to conquer the wilderness and take the chequered flag.
Complete with the ability to go online to explore this massive world and compete in hundreds of multiplayer challenges, FUEL is coming in 2009 for the PLAYSTATION 3 system, Xbox 360 and Games For Windows.
Mad Max racing?
- Nintendo "Disappointed" in E3 Showing
- Edge (by way of VGChartz) has posted a quote from Nintendo Marketing boss Cammie Dunaway, revealing that Nintendo was disappointed with their E3 performance for not appealing more to hardcore gamers.
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Nintendo of America sales and marketing boss Cammie Dunaway has revealed that the company was disappointed with its showing at this years E3 Media and Business Summit, which drew criticism from some sections of the gaming community, notably core gamers.
I would say the message is we were disappointed with our performance at E3, Dunaway told VGChartz. There were titles like Wario which we think will be really fun titles that we should have showcased.
We were excited that Mr. Miyamoto made the commitment that Pikmin is coming. It would have been nice if we could have said that on stage. But, we think it was a good recognition for us that we care for our core fans, and not just the new people who are now discovering Nintendo.
I know I would be disappointed if my company had the #1 console system and the #1 handheld system. No where to go from there but down, right?
File Front
- Gaia 3D Puzzle v1.03 Demo
- This 3D jigsaw puzzle game allows you to play jigsaw puzzles on your computer by selecting your favorite images and the number of pieces. The 3D view creates a totally immersive playing experience like a real puzzle game.
- MindHabits Demo
- Based on more than a decade of research and findings by Dr. Mark Baldwin of esteemed McGill University in Montreal, MindHabits presents simple and fun challenges that can help you maintain a more positive state of mind.
- Lights of Dreams Demo V2.32
- Lights of Dreams : The Angelical Blade Demo V2.32
- Candy World : Demo v1.32
- Candy World : The Golden Bones Tome II demo v1.32
- The Magic Toy Chest Demo
- The Magic Toy Chest is a Physics Based Puzzle Game for the Whole Family. It is inspired by classic retro 2D games such as "The Incredible Machine."
- Smugglers 4 Demo
- A demo allowing you to try out Smugglers 4, a turn-based science-fiction space trading game.
- Mulver Demo
- Uncle Miggles is in trouble! Sneaky king Porco has captured him and to let him go he wants you to first get the three Yre crystals that are hidden troughout the kingdom. You must help uncle Miggles!
- Homestar Ruiner Demo
- Telltale Games has released a free demo version of the premiere episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Homestar Ruiner to give people a taste of what the game is all about.
- Jane's Realty Demo
- Jane is coming back again! Now you are able to build your own city with the help of this successful young woman. However, this time you need not only build some houses, but begin from constructing all the city's infrastructure first.
- Birth of America II : Wars in America Demo
- Birth of America II: Wars in America 1750-1815 follows the successful historical strategy videogame Birth of America, AGEOD's American Civil War and Napoleon's Campaigns.
VidaExtra
- GC 2008 'FIFA 09' actualizará datos de futbolistas semanalmente
- 'Los Sims 3' verá la luz el 20 de febrero de 2009
- GC 2008: Brutal trailer filtrado de 'Killzone 2'
- GC 2008: 'Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop', trailer oficial
- GC 2008: 'Shattered Horizon', un FPS en gravedad cero. Teaser trailer
- GC 2008: 'Lords of Shadow', lo nuevo de Mercury Steam y Konami (actualizado)
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Hace ya unos cuantos meses nos hicimos eco en VidaExtra de una más que interesantísima noticia: la colaboración entre un estudio de desarrollo español como Mercury Steam y una compañía por todos conocida llamada Konami para llevar a cabo dos títulos.
Uno de esos títulos es el ‘New Track & Field’ y el otro, que hasta hoy había sido una incógnita, se trata de ‘Lords of Shadow’, un título para PS3 y XBox 360 que verá la luz, agarraos, en abril de 2010.
En el teaser que ha sido mostrado en la Games Convention, y que podéis ver si entráis en el sitio oficial del juego, vemos al protagonista arrodillado frente a una cruz en una iglesia justo momentos antes de que llegue un gran ogro al que parece que le propina una buena paliza.
Actualización: a continuación añado el vídeo, que ya ha sido colgado en YouTube.
Al ver el vídeo es imposible no pensar en títulos como ‘Castlevania’ e incluso ‘God of War’, pero Enric Álvarez de Mercury Steam quiere dejar claro que pese a algunas similitudes claras con la saga de Konami (fijaos en esa especie de espada/cadena retráctil) el juego va a aportar suficientes novedades como para que nos olvidemos de títulos como ‘Devil May Cry’ y similares.
Por otro lado Enric habla de una gran profundidad argumental de ‘Lords of Shadow’, armas secundarias, magias y demás. Conociendo de lo que son capaces estos chicos después de haber visto lo que hicieron en ‘Jericho’ creo que podemos esperar un buen juego de acción.
Vídeo | YouTube
Vía | Meristation
Sitio oficial | Lords of Shadow
- GC 2008: Nuevo tráiler de 'Mad World'
- Nuevas imágenes e información sobre los requisitos mínimos de 'StarCraft II'
- 'Bionic Commando: Rearmed', análisis
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Los tiempos corren muy rápido en esta industria. 21 años han pasado ya desde el nacimiento del arcade ‘Top Secret’ (tal y como se llamó el juego original en Japón), y 20 desde su aparición en la extinta NES, cuando muchos de nosotros ni siquiera habíamos nacido. Tuvimos que esperar hasta 1992 cuando apareció en Game Boy, y algunos años más, hasta la creación de emuladores que nos permitieran poder probar esa maravilla de dificultad desorbitada más conocida por los occidentales como:‘Bionic Commando’.
GRIN, estudio sueco que nos trajo ‘Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter’ y que en breve nos presentará ‘Wanted’, basado en la película de homónimo nombre; se une a Capcom para mostrar al público como coger un clásico y renovarlo. Y lo hacen no sólo atrapando a nuevos jugadores sino dejando más que satisfechos a los talluditos que pudieron disfrutar de la obra original. Señores, me complace presentarles el mejor ejemplo hasta la fecha de lo que significa la palabra remake. Disfruten como yo lo he hecho con ‘Bionic Commando: Rearmed’
Para los que no conozcáis el juego, ‘Bionic Commando: Rearmed’ nos pone en la piél de Nathan “Radd” Spencer, un soldado con un brazo biónico, que utilizaremos para balancearnos y coger objetos por diversas pantallas hasta conseguir salvar a nuestro compañero secuestrado.
El juego introdujo varias novedades aparte del brazo de cyborg. Un claro ejemplo era un mapa por el que manejando un helicóptero podíamos saltar de una pantalla a otra. En esta nueva versión el mapa se mantiene y además introduce la posibilidad de cruzarte con vehículos enemigos. Lo que dará lugar a unas pantallas basadas en el clásico ‘Commando’ donde deberemos llegar al final aniquilando enemigos.
También contamos con la posibilidad de comunicarnos con nuestros compañeros de equipo así como interceptar las comunicaciones de nuestros enemigos lo que nos aportará la posibilidad de encontrar algunos secretos.
Más de una vez he leído eso de “estamos hartos de remakes”, es cierto, lo estamos, pero lo que no sabemos es que no estamos hartos de remakes, sino de remakes malos. De títulos que sólo buscan engordar las arcas de las compañías, olvidando que llevó a aquél juego a convertirse en clásico y ser venerado por los jugadores. “Copiamos algo de aquí, metemos un par de personajes nuevos lo cambiamos a tres dimensiones y cuatro fotos desbloqueables para el que se lo pase, ya está, sesenta euros por copia”. No, eso no es un remake señores.
Por otro lado creo que es una gran forma de acercar a los jóvenes y a los nuevos jugadores, clásicos que forman parte de la historia de esta industria, que le han hecho crecer y que han servido de inspiración a grandes obras de hoy en día.
En ‘Bionic Commando: Rearmed’ nos encontramos con un claro ejemplo de cómo han cambiado las cosas. Cuando sentamos a alguien que no ha jugado nunca a este juego nos damos cuenta de ello: corre hacia el límite de la primera pasarela y busca el botón de salto: “con éste disparo, con éste lanzo el brazo biónico, pero ¿con cuál se salta?”
Con ninguno, y ahí se encuentra la gracia del juego. Puesto que en NES únicamente contábamos con dos botones, la dificultad que en otros títulos radicaba en saltar de una plataforma a otra en este título fue cambiada por la posibilidad de desplazarnos entre plataformas usando el brazo extensible.
Lo curioso de esta premisa es que hoy en día estamos tan acostumbrados a que lo normal es saltar para evitar caernos que se nos hace raro no contar con esta posibilidad, y un juego ya de por sí dificil en el pasado se convierte en algo imposible hasta que no llevamos 10 minutos acostumbrándonos a su control.
Además de su modo principal también contaremos con la posibilidad de poder completar el modo historia en cooperativo. Eso sin contar la posibilidad de enfrentarnos en combates de cuatro jugadores al más puro estilo ‘Smash Bros’. Una pena que estos modos no puedan ser aprovechados en un servicio on-line, algo que los chicos de GRIN nos compensarán con niveles adicionales donde se primará nuestra habilidad en llegar del punto A al B en el menor tiempo posible, pudiendo subir nuestras mejores puntuaciones a una clasificación mundial.
Importando lo visto en la anterior entrega y dándole un lavado de cara, los gráficos del juego gozan de una belleza y unos acabados que le hacen aún más merecedor si cabe del título de juegazo. Tanto las animaciones como los escenarios cuentan con unos diseños notablemente trabajados. Si a eso le sumamos la jugabilidad que hizo famoso al juego de Capom nos encontramos, sin duda alguna, ante una de las compras obligadas de XBOX Live Arcade.
‘Bionic Commando: Rearmed’, un título que sin duda, se convertirá en otro clásico, pero esta vez no de NES, sino de los mejores juegos del catálogo Arcade de Microsoft y Sony.
Ficha Técnica: Bionic Commando: Rearmed
Plataformas: Xbox 360 (versión analizada),
PlayStation 3
Distribuidor: Capcom
Desarrollador: GRIN
Lanzamiento: Ya disponible en XBLA y PSN
Vídeo | Gametrailers
- Home tendrá áreas de acceso restringido por edad
Shack News
- New Need for Speed: Undercover Screenshots, Video, and Hands-on Impressions
- Electronic Arts unveiled its most recent entry to the Need for Speed franchise during a recent event, dropping a bunch of Undercover media in the process.
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In what seems like a return to the Most Wanted formula, Need for Speed: Undercover takes place in the open world of a fictional Tri-City Bay Area. Players will take on the role of an undercover cop hired by a federal agency to infiltrate a crime syndicate, and tasked with busting crime bosses of increasing diffi...
- New Diablo 3 Screenshots Promote Equality
- A new set of Diablo 3 (PC) screenshots have emerged, showing male and female Barbarians and Witch Doctors in action.
- Quantum of Solace Game Features Movie Cast
- Though it's been obvious that the upcoming Quantum of Solace video game features the likeness of current James Bond actor Daniel Craig, Activision today confirmed Craig will voice Bond in the game as well. Joining him will be Dame Judi Dench as M, French actor Mathieu Amalric as the villain Dominic Greene and Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko as Bond's squeeze Camille.
Featuring first and third person perspectives, Quantum of Solace will be released for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS this November.
- EA Brings MotionPlus Tennis To The Wii
- EA Canada is working on a new tennis game franchise, Electronic Arts has announced.The as-of-yet untitled game will first see release on the Wii some time during 2009, with other console platforms following later. The game will be the first EA Sports title to use Nintendo's new MotionPlus accessory for increased controller accuracy.
The game will feature top players from past and present, as well as "innovative ways to play", "letting you control the ball and work the court like you never have before in a tennis videogame."
Said EA Sports president Peter Moore, "Our new tennis franchise, coming first to the Wii, will put fans right into the action and provide the excitement, tension and drama that true champions feel in legendary matches -- like the classic from Wimbledon just last month."
EA also noted it secured an exclusive deal to feature the
All England Lawn Tennis Club, where Wimbledon is played, but the company ...
- ANNO Goes Back In Time: ANNO 1404 Announced
- Ubisoft today announced it is working on a sequel in the ANNO series, with ANNO 1404 scheduled for a March 2009 release on PC.
Previous entries in the strategy game series including ANNO 1503, 1602 and 1701, all published in North American regions as A.D. games. Development will again be handled by what was formerly known as Sunflowers, now a Ubisoft studio.
Set in the Orient, ANNO 1401 will feature a new interface, bigger islands and worlds to explore, a modifiable sandbox mode and other features new to the ANNO series.
- New Resident Evil 5 Screenshots
- Here are eight new snaps from Resident Evil 5, due out March 13 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
- Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop In Action
- The Games Convention is starting in Leipzig, Germany today and that means plenty of new game media and possibly a game announcement or two.
Starting things off are these Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop videos, showing the Wii port of Capcom's "zombie paradise" action game. The first video has only gameplay footage, the second video serves as a trailer.
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- The Sims 3 Dated for February 2009
- Electronic Arts today announced that The Sims 3 will be available via digital download and in stores on February 20, 2009.
The company also notes that The Sims 3 Collector's Edition will hit on the same date. The special edition includes the full game, The Sims merchandise, and an exclusive "bonus in-game Italian-Style Sports Car."
Says EA of the sequel's additions: "The feature-set includes a new seamless, open neighborhood, new Create-a-Sim, new unique personality traits, new unlimited customization and new gameplay that's quick and rewarding."
- Morning Discussion
- Let's do a thing about a chatty. So PC gamers were nicely gifted with the latest update to Team Fortress 2 last night, and thus it's time to meet the... sandvich? And we say confirmation that Tyranid, a long fan favorite, would be the final race in Dawn of War 2. Of course fans of the Tau, Necron, Chaos, Imperial Guard and Teletubby armies will likely just have to wait for the inevitable expansions.
Music game fans can also breathe easily this holiday season, as now both Sony and Microsoft have seen the logic of not having to own a baker's dozen plastic guitars, promising that all music game controllers will play nice with the comparable competitor's music game. And notable is
- Xbox 360 Completely Sold Out in Japan
- In a surprising turn of events, Japan is completely sold out of Xbox 360 hardware. Microsoft's Japanese branch revealed the news today, issuing an apology to customers and promising that the next hardware shipment would arrive in September.
The Xbox hardware has traditionally experienced low sales in Japan, but sales were apparently sparked by the recent Japanese debut of Namco Bandai's Xbox 360 exclusive Tales of Vesperia. The action-RPG is due out in North America next week.
Namco Bandai's Tales of Vesperia, an Xbox 360 exclusive.
"Currently, the Xbox 360 is sold out, and re...
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- GC 08 - EA prepara su franquicia de tenis
- Este ha sido el principal (y único, si no me he perdido nada) anuncio de la conferencia de Electronic Arts en Leipzig.
El juego está siendo desarrollado por EA Canada y llegará en 2009, primero a Wii y más tarde a otras plataformas. La versión para la consola de Nintendo aprovechará las bondades del WiiMotion Plus para ajustar al milímetro la precisión de nuestro revés. O no.
Y poco más se sabe EA Sports Tennis, nombre más que provisional a la espera de comprar los derechos de algún jugador de moda, digo yo. No sé muy bien cómo funciona esto, pero si Rafa Nadal no opta a ser imagen de EA por ‘gracias’ a su juego, me sé de un manacorí que se va a tirar de los pelos. Si se entera del asunto, claro…
…voy a mandarle un mail.
- GC 08 - Gameplay de FIFA 09
- ¡Por fin tenemos algo de gameplay de FIFA 09! Y pinta bien, todo hay que decirlo. Y además si marcas puedes hacer el robot, algo que por sí solo ya le sube dos puntos la nota al juego.
¿Qué os parece? Yo lo veo demasiado similar al 08, que no me gustó. Me parecía demasiado lento y trabado. Este lo veo más rápido.
Tras el salto, otro teaser… en el que sale Ronnie de rossonero.
- GC 08 - Tráiler de MadWorld
- Cuantas más cosas veo de este MadWorld, más me gusta. Ojalá más juegos atentaran contra la buena imagen de Wii.
Juegos ya veremos, pero está claro que SEGA ha aprendido a hacer tráilers.
- GC 08 - Tráiler de Resident Evil 5
- Es muy, muy parecido al del E3. Demasiado. La mayoría de escenas son las mismas, de hecho, aunque cambia el montaje.
Pero es Resident Evil 5, de lo más espectacular que hemos visto en años, y por ello merece que publiquemos hasta el más pequeño y borroso scan. Además, alguna cosilla nueva sí tiene, el vídeo. A destacar la rubia del vestido rojo, que no parece para nada la típica secundaria que acaba muerta después de una cinemática de 2 minutos. ¿Podría ser la que aparecía al final del tráiler del E3 2007?
- GC 08 - Y lo nuevo de Mercury Steam es…
- Lords of Shadow.
Básicamente, Castlevania sin licencia. Del resto de la ponencia de Konami puedo deciros que el juego mezcla de Animal Crossing y Harry Potter pinta bien, que el Rock Revolution tiene buena pinta, y los dos Castlevanias… hablaremos después con Iga :P.
- Lecciones de entereza por David Jaffe
- En capítulos anteriores del dramón entre el Dyack y NeoGAF hemos visto cómo ambos enseñaban los dientes hasta que hoy, tras declarar el presidente de Silicon Knights que GAF era “el peor foro”, ha sido baneado del mismo y ha recibido su respuesta.
Pero lo mejor de todo ha sido una intervención de David Jaffe, que ha visto que han surgido dudas sobre la continuidad de los desarrolladores -hay muchos en NeoGAF-, sobre si seguirán participando o se dedicarán a rondar por miedo a que una intervención pueda tornarse en marketing negativo hacia su juego. David interviene y además se moja:
Bueno yo no acecho, yo escribo, muchas gracias.
Y mi opinión sobre esto es la que sigue:
a- Me siento mal por el equipo de Silicon Knights porque trabajar duro y obtener pobres notas en los análisis apesta.
b- Me siento mal por Dennis -aunque no lo conozco más allá de unos cuantos emails en unos años- porque él es claramente un hombre apasionado que tiene que enfrentarse ahora a dos duras situaciones (las reseñas mediocres de un juego que claramente ama, así como la situación de haber quedado como el malo entre los fans acérrimos a los que -uno asume- estaba intentando complacer). También lidiará con una tercera situación dura si las ventas del juego no dan la talla.
Dicho esto, mi experiencia en la vida me enseña que algunas veces fallar es algo grande, porque te permite o aprender de los errores y volver a tus pasiones o te permite darte cuenta de que no estás realmente en el camino que desde el principio debías estar. Así que creo que, para Dennis, esto acabará siendo una gran situación donde podrá comercializar lo que quiera. Pero, de nuevo, no lo conozco. Es simplemente cómo yo me enfrentaría a esto.
En cuanto a lo de postear aquí, sigo planeando hacerlo. Voy a seguir defendiéndome cuando alguien me ataque sin una razón clara. Pero no tiendo a venir aquí a promocionar nuestros juegos. Es decir, responderé siempre las preguntas sobre los mismos y corregiré a la gente si tienen alguna información sobre nuestros juegos que no es correcta, pero no voy a mirar NeoGAF como una herramienta de relaciones públicas. Lo miraré como un lugar donde mezclarse con compañeros que sean fans de los juegos que todos amamos y para encontrar colegas que se consideran fans de lo que hacemos. Y me encanta. Me encanta NeoGAF, siempre me ha encantado.
En cuanto a lo de ser influyentes, bueno no os ofendáis, pero no nos echemos flores. Si TOO HUMAN hubiese recibido puntuaciones de 97% y vendiese genial, incluso si Dennis hubiese insultado a alguno de vosotros 1000 veces peor, no importaría que no sólo lo baneáis sino que hubieseis cambiado el nombre a NEO-QUE-TE-JODAN-DYACK-GAF (tío, no me presiones, me PAGAN por ser creativo, ¡¡no voy a serlo de gratis!!)… Quiero decir que si todo eso hubiese ocurrido pero el juego le hubiese molado a mucha gente, todo esto no supondría ninguna diferencia. Y francamente incluso ahora no la supone, desde un punto de vista estrictamente de ventas. Too Human venderá más o menos basado en muchas cosas. Que Dennis sea el ‘enemigo’ actual de NeoGAF no es una de ellas.
No digo que sitios como este -y este en particular- NO puedan ser influyentes, pero tiendo a pensar que la influencia de sitios hardcore como este ayuda inconscientemente a juegos huraños a aparecer en sitios más medio-hardcore, lo que al final se torna en que ayuda a las ventas. No lo veo funcionando en el otro sentido.
Pero ya veremos… es sólo mi opinión.
David
- Y Kratos se volvió adorable
- Más aún que de costumbre, quiero decir.
¡¡GLORIA A MUÑEKRATOS!!
El caso es que hace demasiadas horas que no alabo la obra maestra de nuestro querido David Jaffe, así que rescato de una entrada relativamente antigua de su blog este dulce popurrí entre Little Big Planet y el extracto reconcentrado de badassness metido en un deuvedé.
Todo viene a colación de un rumor que afirmaba que habría un nivel de LBP basado en GoW y del cual el Tito Jaffe dice no saber nada. Pero bueno, conformémonos con el amor que destila el Kratos SackBoy que se regalará como contenido descargable a los que reserven su Little Big Planet.
- GC 08 - Tráiler de Killzone 2
- Según dicen, éste es el vídeo que Sony mostrará mañana en Leipzig. ¿Os apetece esperar? Me lo imaginaba.
Una vez más, el protagonista absoluto es el modo multijugador, aunque este tráiler es 73 veces más interesante que el del E3. Muestra parte de una partida “real”