Last week onBacklog, we started one of the most controversial games of 2010,Heavy Rain. We pressed “Move” to Jason, saved a call girl from a former customer and awkwardly asked the police at a crime scene for coffee. Clearly, this is the pinnacle of storytelling in games if I’ve ever seen it. All kidding aside, I have to admit that I’m having a lot of fun playing the game for an audience....
We’ve seen plenty ofLost Planet 2’scampaign by now, but what of the multiplayer? Capcom has kept it under wraps until just yesterday, when I got to check it out at Capcom’s San Mateo offices. Lost Planet 2’smutliplayer isn’t just a simple addition to the overall package. It will be easy to jump right in, but there’s also a level of depth that players can master, which they’ll have to do if they hope to kick some serious ass online....
According to a print ad in the latest issue of MCV, a playable demo forMafia IIis only weeks away. Set your watch, mark your calendars — it’s coming to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network on August 10. Ahead of the demo’s release, here’s a tip for you: drive slowly. Hamzatook a look at the game earlier this weekand noted that “cops will chase you if you’re speeding,” adding “that’s just dumb....
Microsoft has just sent a late-night press release detailing the launch of their Xbox Live program forGames for Windowson the PC. Check out the important details: Xbox LIVE extends to Windows Vista to create single online gaming service starting with “Halo 2” on May 8. Members of Xbox LIVE automatically receive the functionality of Games for Windows — LIVE, using the same gamertag and friends list at no additional cost....
Sony currently claims an install base of 10 million in Europe, while Microsoft recently revealed a 360 install base of 9 million. Despite this, the Xbox 360 brand holder claims that Sony is doing it wrong and thatMS still leadsby about a million units. This is because of a special thing calledMagic Logic. “We’re confident we are actually around a million units ahead,” argues Xbox Europe boss Chris Lewis. “We count installed base differently to them....
This week’sMonday Mind Teasersgame is a lot like thelast one. . . except with zombies. Okay, so not really. Instead of a sidescroller where you constantly dodge different shaped obstacles, you’re challenged to outrun a never ending swarm of zombies. Instead of upgrades and boost features, you’ve got a whole arsenal of weapons to unlock, and there’s still obstacles to dodge and items to collect along the way. Basically a well done 2DL4Dknockoff....
[Editor’s Note: We’re not just a (rad) news site — we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Destructoid as a whole, or how our moms raised us. Want to post your own article in response? Publish it now on ourcommunity blogs.] I sat there and watched the credits rolled. Over the course of around six hours I had toted that damn gnome with me....
A week or so ago we told you thatFinal Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Timefinally got a release datefor North America: Spring 2009. Today we get a European date of… Spring 2009. What was the deal? Did they have to think about it for 10 days? Were they just f*cking with European gamers? Regardless, we are happy that our friends over the pond will be able to join in on the Wii/DS cross-platform multiplayer adventure fun....
NIS America calls the upcoming Wii gamePhantom Brave: We Meet Again“a strategy RPG that lets you do whatever you want!” And they’ve got stacking! The trailer (below the jump) for this remake has several examples of how you may lift anything: players, rocks, gramaphones. And then you can throw or stack these things you lift. If you didn’t know any better and only watched this trailer, you might think that the game is actuallyaboutlifting and throwing....
I just feel sad aboutPS3 commercials. I don’t want to ridicule them, discuss them with other journalists, contemplate why they aren’t great anymore or pen angry letters. I just want them to be good again. I just want to know why they are aiming at this portion of the human brain that is supposed to digest unrelated things, like why you would want to make a hammer out of peanut butter and tinfoil and what acrobats have to do with gaming....
[New releases is your weekly look at all the hot new titles coming out this week.] Hey look, a great excuse to repost the video of me flying a real plane forTom Clancy’s HAWX 2! Yes, the game was released this week for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This week was actually jam packed full of goodness. NHL 11, R.U.S.E.,Dragon Age: Origins – Witch Hunt,Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker,Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame,Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleepand more....
A fan remake forSuper Mario Bros. 3using visual elements from the DS gameNew Super Mario Bros. is done, and the creator has released a trailer for it. He’s calling itNew Super Mario Bros 3. A patch will be coming from the DS game this Friday, but you can take a look at the crazy amount of work done so far in this very long video. Of course, you’ll have to be down with the flashcard action to play this....
A person in Australia fudged with the wrong game maker. He ripped and uploadedNew Super Mario Bros. Wiia week before it was even available in that country. Naturally, he was busted and was taken to court. Now that Federal Court has awarded Nintendo $1.5 million dollars in damages to compensate for loss of revenue. Speaking of revenue, they’ve sold 10 million copies of the game. And Nintendo on why you shouldn’t pirate their games: “Fewer sales of Nintendo’s hardware and software systems means fewer resources that Nintendo, its licensees, developers and publishers have to create and market new video game products which is ultimately to the detriment of video game enthusiasts....
