Do you suck atCall of Duty: Black Ops? I do. It’s embarrassing; I need all the help I can get. This new official mulitplayer map app for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch sounds like something that could help me a bit. It won’t help my aim, but at least I’ll know where I died at! BradyGames and Treyarch worked together to put together this interactive guide forCall of Duty: Black Ops....
Jennifer Willis, ofSplatterhousefame, appears as a second Centerfold in this month’s December issue of Playboy magazine. It’s on shelves now, so get your tissues and lotion at the store when you pick this up. Before you unzip your pants you should read Jennifer’s Playmate Data Sheet. You’ll get more out of it anyway as this centerfold is of the non-nude variety. She says that she’s into “geeks in glasses,” which is like 65 percent of us....
So I must say that I’m digging what I’ve seen of Sony Online Entertainment’sDC Universe Online. This is coming from someone who does not really play massively multiplayer online games, having only dipped my toes in the waters of Azeroth.We had a chance to see the game in action at CES a few weeks back, and on the surface, it looks to be shaping up pretty nicely. Well, at least it looks better than this trailer, which doesn’t really do the game’s visuals any justice....
My only experience with theCuldceptgames comes from a demo ofCuldcept SagaI played on Xbox Live. Since it’s a card based strategy game and I have all the luck of Calamity James from theBeano, I found myself trounced fairly swiftly. I then decided never to play it again.While I don’t like relying on pure game-generated luck for all my success, some peopleloveit and there are a fair fewCuldceptfans on Destructoid. I think it takes someone particularly nerdy, even among gamers, to combine card games, board games and Japanse RPGs into one big ball of social shame, but that’s obviously just me....
In the spirit of ourexclusive, hard-hitting coverage of vaguely popular cartoons enjoyed by British children, we bring you the above video; a three and a half minute long clip ofGod of Warcreator David Jaffe proving conclusively that if he wasn’t a trendsetting, outspoken game developer, he’d be your creepy uncle who offers to buy you beer, but only if you’ll refer to him as ‘Drizzt’.Though I have to say, I’m impressed that he managed to pick up the soundtracks for bothLadyhawkeandWarGames....
In this latest developer diary for Namco Bandai’s upcomingDead to Rights: Retribution, Volatile Games shows off the game’s combat. According to the game’s combat designer, the main feature of the game is to allow players to have the choice to use hand-to-hand combat, ranged weapons, or the dog (Shadow) to take out enemies. It’s totally up tol you. But here’s the thing — that dog looks like he’s no joke. We’re unclear if the game features a “pooper scooper” mechanic where you have to clean up after Shadow, but it looks like it might be worth it....
I have to give Dark Energy Digital props on one thing — they know how to milk a controversy for PR gains. After becoming famous for refusing to accept criticism, the developers ofHydrophobiaare making a huge deal out of the fact they “listen” to criticism, and it’s come to a head with a new scheme — theListening Post. According to DED, the Listening Post lets you rate every individual feature ofHydrophobia Pure, and also vote for more features they’d like to be able to review....
The ‘semi-official’ blog ThreeSpeech hasposted some very official-lookingnewGran Turismo 5screenshots/eyecandy. A few of the images show an in-car views from the drivers seats of a Ferrari and Audi, and even one with an over-the-shoulder rear view. That Ferrari has a terrible blind spot! There are also a couple that show parked cars in photo-realistic settings, much like the GT5 trailer did. Granted, we need to see how this plays (TGS, perhaps?...
Thanks to everyone that sent in or blogged about their Halloween costumes! There were a lot of great costumes that came from everyone. If this was a contest and we had to select the best, then craineum’s son would easily be the winner. The above video shows craineum and his sons finally getting to use theirCaptain N-themed Halloween costumes. Witness the little Mega Man redefining adorable as he goes trick-or-treating and pew-pew-pewing....
Most people associate the Nintendo Wii with three things; motion controls, market dominance, and last-gen graphics. Diehard gamers know better. The Wii is not all about waggle packed budget titles. The console also plays host to more old-school, skill based 2D shooters than any home console since the Sega Dreamcast. Less than two years after it’s initial release, the Wii has been been graced withMetal Slug Anthology,Geometry Wars:Galaxies,Heavenly Guardian,The Mokey King: The Legend Begins,Castle Shikigami III, and nowBlast Works: Build Trade Destroy, all 2D shoot ’em ups, all firmly grounded in the traditions put forth by the original videogame,Computer Space....
We already knew thatDevil May Cry 4is shaping up to be agreat looking game, but a bundle of new screenshots show off some new locales and enemies that make us even more anxious for the game’s release. Gamersydehas some shots of a tropical/jungle-looking enviroment. If there is anyone out there with doubts about this being an amazing-looking game, these new shots (especially the ones with the arcitecture and lighting) should change their minds....
[Update: Well that didn’t take long. The game’s been announced — it’s a downloadable title being published by THQ. It’ll hit Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network in late October.More details here.] It’s already been revealed thatPyschonautsandBrutal Legenddeveloper Double Fine is already cooking up a few unannounced projects at its studio. While most of us are hoping there’s a sequel to the critical darlingPsychonautsin there somewhere, one of them is probably not a sequel toBrutal Legend....
The beginnings of emulation are already showing up on hacked PS3s. Dreamcast emulator NullDC has a rough version running on Sony’s flagship game system. There’s a few screenshots of DC games running on the PS3 ondcemu. So far it’s just the Dreamcast user interface, but it’s a start! The old SNES emulation standard, SNES9x, has also been ported to run on the PS3. The emulator it still missing a UI and save states, and the sound is broken, but it is playing games to a point where we can see them on screen....
