Happy Friday, listeners! This week we remember NiGHTS, the Saturn classic that might be the only Saturn game some of you ever played.Highlights: Check out the new episode righthere, and get your hot cocoa ready for next week’s Christmas special — which is mere days away — as we’ll be recording early to get you a new show before Santa comes.
Every once in a while, Destructoid features editor Anthony Burch discusses game design and gamer culture in his “Rev Rant” video series. Are players inherently boring? I’m really not sure. On the one hand, you’ve got people who will experiment with a game’s mechanics and express themselves in totally unique, totally groovy ways (example:this). On the other hand, my first few playthroughs ofMetal Gear Solid 4consisted of me shooting everyone in the face with a tranq gun before running past them, which got really goddamn boring really goddamn quickly....
When you’ve been around for as long asMega Man, the chances of you jumping the shark tend to increase with each passing year. Thus it was that we had the Battle Network alternate universe, whereMega Manis now the fusion of a young schoolboy and an alien called Omega Xis, and he goes on adventures torn from the pages of the very worst anime scripts. Mega Man Starforce 3is the next step in the series designed to make people say “oh come on, really?...
Ascaron’s firstSacredtitle yielded a solid experience as players navigated and slashed monsters on the continent of Ancaria.Sacred 2: Fallen Angelis a true sequel to the original, featuring the sameDiablo-esque mechanics that fans love and a return to the world that spawned multiple expansions and fanfare. More importantly, the guys at Ascaron are more than happy to answer the call of its fans. Sacred 2’sversion of Ancaria is promised to be more than one and a half times larger than the previous title, which is roughly over twenty-two square miles of distance to traverse....
WhileSengoku Basarais a game that many of our Western readers don’t really care about, it’s apparently really popular with girls in Japan. While it’s weird to think that a hack n’ slash game has a huge female fanbase, producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi has it all worked out, and believes he holds the key to girl gamer appeal with his franchise. “I took similar steps while makingDevil May Cry 4as well,” he explains....
Pepsi and Harmonix are joining forces for a new promotion calledDrink Up, Rock Outthat allows you to submit your own music video for a chance to win an MTV Moonman award for “Best Performance in a Pepsi Rock Band Music Video”. They will also be giving away 5,000 downloadable Rock Band tracks every day from now through September 13th, as well as tons of other prizes. One of the other exclusive prizes from this event is the Pepsi exclusive Rock Band guitar, which is limited to 50 pieces....
I haven’t the slightest idea what a “grind-to-pump-to-tranny” is, but I’m guessing it’s an important thing that skaters do. It’s at least something Black Box Studios thought about when constructingSkate 3‘s“Port Carverton,” an urban series of plazas rife with people, memorials, and all sorts of crap to jump off of or “tranny” on if that’s your thing. We’re not in the business of judging or telling, so feel free to enjoy what the nextSkateoffers....
We’re not at Leipzig’s Games Convention this year, but that isn’t stopping the new from pouring out of the event.IGN UKis liveblogging the event, so we’ll just nab a bit from them. They won’t mind. Here’s the highlights: Keep in mind that these items aren’t confirmed for US release. What do you think of the announcements so far? We’ll fill in the holes as releases are sent into Dtoid HQ....
Sony has been going through a makeover ever since it announced the PS3 Slim. The PS3 logo has been redesigned, a new marketing campaign has been launched, and Sony itself has even given itselfa snazzy new tag line. From now on, Sony’s new corporate philosophy is “make.believe.” That’s some deep and meaningful sh*t right there. “As we move to transform Sony and integrate the very best in electronics, entertainment and technology into the homes of our customers, the importance of an all-encompassing and unified brand image is more important than ever,” says Sir Howard Stringer, Sony CEO....
Today, SouthSpeak Games has announced a studio license agreement with Epic Games for use of the Unreal Engine 3 in its upcoming PC games. The first game developed under the new license will beMonster Madness EX: Battle for Suburbiafor the PlayStation 3. Hold on … wasn’t theMonster Madness: Battle for Suburbiapowered by Unreal Engine 3 on the Xbox 360 and PC? Why, yes! Yes it was. “Our focus on UE3 technology has been key to our success as an independent studio....
Spike TVhad their little video game awards show last night, and I’m sure you’re dying to know who won what. You may be shocked by some of the choices. Others, you may just flat out pissed. Most of us, however, are probably pretty indifferent as it doesn’t really mean anything ’cause the show is one big ad-fueled orgy of a spectacle (you see, our age demo, the young male, is like crack to an advertiser, so this award show is a good excuse to try to pull in major bank)....
If you’re a PlayStation 3 owner and you haven’t picked up Q-Games’ spectacularPixelJunk Eden, shame on you. If ourrecent reviewdidn’t do it for you (our two-person review netted a two 9 out of 10 scores), then let me be clear: buyPixelJunk Edenyou fool. The game already features a spectacular original soundtrack, one that pulses and flows nicely with the gameplay. But from the jump, the game doesn’t support custom soundtracks.(Spoiler alert)Completing the game, however, does open up that option, as you can see in the above video....
Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has admitted thatFinal Fantasy XIIIwasn’t perfect, and that certain elements could have been improved. Of course, when you’ve sold insane amounts of a game already, it’s pretty easy to get critical. Wada blames development costs for the game’s downsides. “I believe this is a well done game, however there are points we could improve on,” he confesses. “to realize those improvements we would have to incur more development costs....
