Last week, I attended a THQ event for some of their upcoming games. Initially, I thought I was going to be looking at a game about drawing pictures. I used to go to picture-drawing school, and because of this, people frequently make me do artsy-fartsy stuff. When I arrived at the event, plans miraculously changed and I got to write about dirt bikes instead. Hamza asked me, “How do you feel about previewingMX Vs....
It wouldn’t be a proper side-scrolling game without a section where you inexplicably surf. Really, that’s all that needs to be said of these newHard Corps: Uprisingscreenshots. Unfortunately, it’s not quite late enough in the evening where I’m fine with a one-line post, so let’s continue, shall we? Arc System Works also got the obligatory robot monstrosity with a huge, exposed eye; another favorite for any game in which there are foul-intentioned machines, and guns with which to shoot said machines....
As you well know, since it’s the middle of September, the holiday season marketing blitz has already begun. Fortunately, this time around, in one instance it’s taken the form ofWhimsy Press’Space Invaders-themed wrapping paper. There are also matchingstickers, for labels or yourTrapper Keeper.[Viaboingboing]
Another PS3 exclusive,another developerclaiming that only the PS3 could handle its greatness. David Cage, the big boss of Quantic Dream, has claimed thatHeavy Rainsimplyhad to beon the PlayStation 3, although he was certainly savvy enough to note that anything he says on the subject will look suspect. “Whatever I answer, my answer will be suspicious,” said the golden-voiced Cage. “I think it had to be on PlayStation 3 for two main reasons: the hardware, the architecture of the PS3 is extremely powerful in the way it is structured....
I’m Marley and I’ll be aiding these robo-folks here to deliver some tasty gaming grooves your way. I’m a female gamer who’s been console hopping ever since I was a wee one, currently spending what time I can spare during my final semester in college playing, thinking, and drooling over games. By my luck I go to a school with an academic interest in gaming and have thus been able to study games as part of my educational agenda, giving my nerdy-game-brain major GPA cred....
Hulu integration with Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE was the buzz among the press immediately beforeMicrosoft’s Electronic Entertainment Expo 2009 press conference. It wasn’t announced. Instead, we watched Microsoft unveil four different, but welcome integrations to the wildly popular service:Zune video,Facebook, Twitter,andLast.FM. Because Microsoft isn’t in the business of addressing what they’renotbringing to Xbox LIVE in landmark press conferences, we were left wondering about the potential of Hulu integration.G4TVrecently caught up with Xbox executive John Schappert and quizzed him about it....
Hulu Plus, the upcoming subscription-based premium content version of streaming television site Hulu, sounds awesome, especially when coupled with the PlayStation 3. But having to also pay for PlayStation Plus ontopof the monthly Hulu Plus subscription ashas been rumored? Not so much. Great news, though: we’ve received confirmation that you’re not going to need a PlayStation Plus subscription when Hulu Plus launches broadly in the coming months. However, during the Hulu Plus preview period, a PlayStation Plus subscription will be required in order to access the services....
Videogames that let you enact the apparently stark and discernible difference between good and evil are nothing new.inFamousis one of those games, as was Peter Molyneux’sFableseries. However, when Molyneux claimed that most people wanted to be heroes and didn’t go straight for the dark side, theinFamousteamdidn’t believe him. “I thought he was lying,” confesses Sucker Punch President Brian Fleming. This is before he saw a survey which suggests that only 20% of gamers actually want to bat for the evil team, if given a choice....
In recent years, the MMO-space has metaphorically exploded. All manner of MMOs have sprung up vying for your time and purchasing dollar with precious little to distinguish one from the other. Sure, one might have laser guns where another has orcs, or game A might have superheroes while game B has depressingly lonely people in fox costumes, but the general ideas have all become so cliché as to render the entire scene as stagnant as an Appalachian gene pool....
It seems the anti-gaming lobby aren’t the only ones operating under the apprehension that sitting in the comfort of one’s living room, pressing a series of buttons in order to incite some on-screen animations, isexactly the same physical and emotional experienceas carrying out those depicted actions in real life. The Chinese police are apparentlynow playingCounter-Striketo tweak their mad skillz in area of counter-terrorism, three hundred officers having taken part in a recent force-organized tournament intended to “sharpen anti-terrorist skills of Tianjin’s police force”....
Microsoft has never had the kind of kitten-smashing success in Japan that it has enjoyed here in America, but with the release of its Xbox 360, and the system’s mega-smash-hitGears of War, the company is looking to reach out to the Japanese gamer with the oldest trick in the book: viral ads propagated via Youtube featuring an adorable female lead, and unlikely, yet endearing situations! The above video is the first inthe seriesof girl-meets-monster, girl-befriends-monster, girl-and-monster-hump-like-bunnies videos that Microsoft has thrust upon an unwitting (and all too used to monster-on-girl action) Japanese public....
I should let you know that the only reason we have these three new screens for theLast Flight, an upcoming title for WiiWare, is because of some business/game development-related stuff that was announced. So let’s get that out of the way first. Emergent Technologies has licensed its multi-platform Gamebryo engine for use with the Blooper Team-developed Last Flight. In a press release, Lead Programmer Pawel Lewandowski says some stuff about how it’s a “fully featured game engine and tool chain ready to use out of the box....
Another wildSSXdeveloper diary appears, complete with wingsuits and everything. This time, the developers discuss how they take beloved characters and bring them up to date. And yeah, they’re still focusing on Elise. Honestly, I’m just going to nod my head pleasantly here until we see more (as in, something) on Psymon. Dude is crazy, y’know? If it’s pre-alpha footage you’re after, skip to the final few seconds for a quick glimpse....
