When I last spoke aboutZill O’LL: Infinite, I felt a bit ashamed to say that it was one Koei game I’d never heard of. However, after finding out that previous PSX and PS2 releases never made it to the West, I feel a bit better. What I do know is that it’s coming to the PSP and that I have new screens.Zill O’LL: Infinite Plusis going to play like your traditional Japanese RPG, with art from character designer Jun Suemi....
Bethesdahas promisedthat a “comprehensive” new patch forFallout: New Vegasis in the final testing stages and will be coming to PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 sometime over the next few weeks. The patch is scheduled to fix many of the game’s biggest glitches, as reported by users. The last patch that Bethesda released for PC had over 200 fixes in it relating to scripting/questing issues. This new patch will fix, among other things, the Xbox 360 save file problem that a number of console gamers have suffered....
Just this weekend, I discovered ababy monkey songthat seemingly became very popular on YouTube within the last year. In a spectacular display of how out of touch I am, I learned this information from a press release about a game based on the adorable monkey who befriended a pig and stole the heart of millions when a song was written about it. This is the same song that I now cannot get out of my head....
Ian Milham, the Art Director onDead Space, was at the International Festival of Animation & Computer Games over in the UK earlier this monthwhere he showed offDead Space. Dead Spacefor the original Xbox that is. Wait … what? Apparently at some point,Dead Spacewas going to be for the original Xbox and it actually looked really good. So good that I can now believe that the upcomingWii version ofDead Spacewon’t look like complete crap....
In this time of ‘best of’ lists, Amazon hastrumped all othersby revealing what is perhaps the most depressing one I’ve ever seen. In its list of top gaming products, everything is Wii-related, and 50% of the list can’t even be rightly classified as a videogame. Amazon used sales figures and buyer feedback to determine its list of the hottest “gaming” items this year, and I think it gives a clear indication of where this industry is headed:...
Some of you will recognize this Mario vs. Bowser piece from the I Am 8 Bit exhibiton. It was created bycyberhadjiand he is this week’s artist for Art Attack Friday. cyberhadji has several cute and adorable pieces from theMarioworld and a few other games such asKatamari DamacyandPikminin his collection. Don’t let the cute stuff fool you though, as cyberhadji can make some pretty realistic pieces as you’re able to tell by the Chocobo piece....
In a strange pairing, Del Taco and Atari have teamed up to promoteStar Trek Onlineby giving away beta keys with a purchase. Buy a “Macho-sized” drink at Del Taco and you’ll not only get a limited editionStar Trekcup, but a free 48-hour trial of the upcomingStar Trek Online. Up to four codes can be redeemed per account, and those who redeem four codes get an additional 48 hours of gameplay time before they have to pony up some cash to continue boldly going where everyone else who purchased a “Macho-sized” drink has gone before....
You’re hours away from getting my final verdict onRock Band 3, so sit tight. But if you’re looking to get a closer look at the game’s 102-button and string pro guitars, here’s your chance. While I’ll touch on the game’s pro modes (including guitar) in my review, expect diary-style pieces chronicling my wife’s experience with the peripheral over the next few weeks. No, she’s never played guitar before; it’s been interesting, I can say that....
Crono, Nei, and I Being a gamer over 30 means that you likely fell in love with gaming a long time ago. For me, that affair started around age 6, as my uncle showed me the Atari and I prowled through his Commodore 64 collection, wondering what the stone that came withWishbringerwas really for and fantasizing about kicking the sh*t out ofZorkfor not understanding my commands. While a lot of kids turn to games as a way to share fun with their peers, in the time period I discovered games, they were very much the opposite for me — since I was a bookworm and a bit of a loner, games were more like an escape — a place where I could be alone and yet not quite alone, and have an adventure with friends that, while not real flesh-and-blood people, provided some of the most important friendships I ever had....
Dishonored?What a depressing name! I’m sure it’ll be a good game as it’s likely coming from Bethesda. Parent company Zenimax filed a trademark on June 17th for the name.CVGsays that the filing covers “computer game software for use with computers and video game consoles” and “downloadable computer game software offered via the internet and wireless devices.” It’s a game, folks. Back in February URLs for DishonoredGame.com, DishonoredGame.net, DishonoredTheGame.com and DishonoredTheGame.net were snapped up by web marketing specialist Rokkan....
I really love Bethesda sometimes. Marketing VP Pete Hines as spoken directly to my heart, calling forced multiplayer options a “waste of time” and telling developers to scrap online features if they need to be shoehorned in. “[People ask us] for a game likeSkyrimorPrey 2, why doesn’t it have multiplayer?” he said. “Well, our question is always the opposite when we talk to a developer. If you’re doing multiplayer, why are you doing multiplayer?...
Dust off your copy ofBioShock 2, there’s more downloadable content on the way. 2K just shot over two new screenshots of the upcoming “Rapture Metro Pack,” along with some details. The pack will ship with six new maps, some of them modeled on and built from the single-player portion of the game. The content also comes with a new “Rebirth” feature, where players who rank their characters up to level 50 have the option to get a special mask… provided they opt to rank down to level 1....
[When we’re looking for blogs on a specific topic, we’ll put out a Bloggers Wanted call. Check out the blog prompt, write your own response in the Community Blogs and tag it with the “Bloggers Wanted Essay Response” tag, and you may see your blog promoted to the front page.— JRo] I’m leaving for PAX in two days! I know a lot of you will be there too — it’s one of the biggest gaming social events of the year, and is the inspiration for this week’s Bloggers Wanted topic....
