We won’t blame you for forgetting about the new free content that hitDawn of War IItoday — in the hustle and bustle of all things GDC, it certainly slipped my mind. An update went out today containing fixes and such, but more importantly, five additional units, nine more maps, and Free-for-All mode. As is usually the case, these files will be swiftly shot to your hard drive upon booting up Steam....
Whomp ‘Emis a game that I came across during lonely days of working in a used game shop. I took one look at it and thought two things: “There is no way in hell that this is a good game,” and “I absolutely have to play this right now.” So, I hooked up one of the NES units we had lying around and got to work. I was surprised on multiple fronts....
With the popularity of Blizzard’sDiablo, and the relative success of laughter among human beings, what tookDeathSpankso long to exist? From Hothead Games with the help of the funny bone ofMonkey IslandandManiac Mansionco-creator Ron Gilbert,DeathSpankhonors the long-standing gaming tradition of killing things for goodies, while adding a touch of off-the-wall hilarity. The result is the only game in which you’re encouraged to kick the crap out of demons… because you need toactually collect their poop....
Listen up anyone who played theS.T.A.L.K.E.Rgames.You are all jerks. They are solid games, but you made the game popular and now we have to once again type out all those periods every time we want to talk about its officially confirmed sequel,S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, whichwas officially confirmedto be in development for multiple platforms by developer GSC Game World. We clearly have no idea what this game will involve, though a wasteland is most likely to pop up here or there....
If I have one problem withSaint’s Row 2developer Volition, it’s that they won’t shut up aboutGrand Theft Auto IV. Rather than letting the work speak for itself, it seems that the team has to constantly pick at the game it shamelessly copied in the originalSaint’s Row. The picking, however,continues anonas producer Dan Sutton has provided his insight into what went wrong with Rockstar’s latest jaunt around Liberty City. “The encouraging thing is that a lot of people seem to be in favor ofSaints Row,” stated Sutton....
If you’re looking for a game that’s going to use every last feature that Sony’s Next Generation Portable has to offer, look no further thanLittle Deviants. It’s essentially a mini-game collection wrapped in a charming little package, featuring a cast of adorable little creatures known as little deviants. The game will ship with 30 separate mini-games, and I was recently able to get my hands on a few to see how it’s shaping up....
The PC is considered the home of the real-time-strategy game, with the mouse and keyboard providing uncontested control of a battlefield. Sony, however, has other ideas, claiming instead that PlayStation Move has what it takes to supplant the PC and become the new RTS king. “I think that PC RTS games are designed right now for the mouse and keyboard, but I think the Move can work with the more general idea of an RTS really well,” says Move designer Dr....
Steam is the future, baby. And today they’ve announced that Square Enix has joined the huge list of companies to distribute their games on the download service. A Headcrab and a Malboro did a high five when it was announced that Valve and Square Enix have teamed up for software distribution. The first PC game to kick things off for Square Enix on Steam isThe Last Remnant, the RPG that was released on the Xbox 360 some time back....
Not long ago, Blizzard Entertainment’s Rob Pardo said, flatly, that uber-RTSStarCraft IIwould not support LAN. His words ignited a firestorm of keystrokes from an oddly vocal — and Internet-equipped — group of purists who clacked disapproval of the move in whatever corner of the Internet they were alerted to the grave, grave news. Those folks can relax and put the pitchforks down: Blizzard plans to incorporate some kind of LAN support for the title....
Steve Wiebe emerged from last summer’s docu-flickThe King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarterslooking like the quintessential geek hero after defeating bizarro-prince Billy Mitchell for his high score atDonkey Kong. Since then Mitchell has stepped up to the plate and reclaimed his place at number one, although Mitchell’s honesty about the scores past and present has been subject to a great deal of speculation, especially since the documentary portrayed him as a shifty character....
Former Capcom man Noritaka Funamizu, known for his work onStreet Fighter IIand the Alpha series, is now working on a PlayStation Move game, says1UP. He told Famitsu that he likes the precision movement that Move offers. The game hasn’t been announced yet, so we have no details. Funamizu does say what he thinks of Sony’s Move, though:Â “The Move doesn’t seem like all that useful a device at first glance, but paired with the tilt sensor it’s got inside, it’s a very well-done motion controller — you can make controls feel very precise with it....
Bombergames.net has finally released the fan remake ofStreets of Rage. What started as a small fan project on March 17th, 2003, has resulted in a massive unofficial remake of the classic beat ’em up which should leave fans foaming at the mouth. After 8 years of work, theStreets of Rage Remakenow features a grand total of 103 stages. Characters fromStreets of Rage 1-3have received new moves, theStreets of Ragecharacters have been remastered, and new playable characters were added....
A few months ago, Namco Bandai sent Hollie and me to Dubai to see the reveal ofSoulcalibur V. They announced that the newest title in this long-running franchise is set 17 years after the previous one and that there are going to be a lot of changes to the characters’ looks and balancing. In our interview, we talked about the game’s crazy story and what Namco is doing to prevent their characters from being banned by professional tournaments....
