Did you know what when Infinity Ward revealed the packshot forModern Warfare 2, some people were bitching and whining that an Xbox 360 box was revealed andnota PS3 one, even though they basically look the same? Seriously, that is what people, some of themgrown adults, are like. Apparently it makes Infinity Ward really angry, too. “I was talking to this one guy recently,”explainedIW’s Robert Bowling, “He was a very angry PS3 user....
Konami just sent us a press release detailing their plans to dropContra 4into everyone’s favorite handheld, the Nintendo DS, sometime during 2007. The release will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series, and the four billionth time I’ve listened to the Minibosses cover of the original theme. The game itself will be a sequel to the spectacularContra III: The Alien Warsand, as the DS presents a rather bizarre landscape for a series traditionally confined to left-to-right movement, the press release gives rather cryptic details about“massive boss battles as players try to seek and destroy the weak points of sky-high enemies”....
And before we start, yes, it looks like the “Future” part of the title is back (silly,press release). On Friday night’s episode ofGameTrailers TV, the WORLD EXCLUSIVE teaser for this fall’srecently announcedRatchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Timehad its debut. (I type “WORLD EXCLUSIVE” in all caps because wait until you get a load of how dramatic the graphic and accompanying sound effects are.) First impressions?Awesome… although not much is shown at all....
Ladies and gentlemen (mostly gentlemen because girls don’t read the Internet), I welcome you to our inaugural Destructoid Top Ten! This is whereyou, the cherished community member, helps to decide which games, systems, characters and hairstyles should be categorized and contextualized via arbitrary numerical placement on a list generated by pure circumstance. Gohere to read aboutwhat Dtoid Top Ten is all about. For the short story, we’re basically asking you have input on a range of top ten lists, generating a list that reflects the Destructoid community’s most earnest beliefs....
Seriously,nothin’. Now watch a music video. It’ll do your brain good. Music courtesy ofStellastarr*and Nex’s intense laziness. People play games, I write about them, and then you read it. Why do you wanna screw up such a cushy situation? Ron Workman:Halo 2,Halo Wars,Cod2,Cod4,Pac-Man CE, and Aaron Linde touched my bad place and I need Chris Hansen.Niero:The highlight of my week: I finally got to playCho Anikion the Saturn. It was everything I wish and hoped for — and more....
Ah,Prey. I remember hyping myself up for it, big time. After everything was said and done, I still enjoyed what the game had presented me with, despite its shortcomings. Sure, the little afterlife mini-game was cool at first, but it madePreyfar too forgiving in the long run. We’ve known a sequel toPreywas likely going to reveal itself at some point, and it looks as though that time has come.Shacknews has gottena hold of a few tidbits aboutPrey 2, including the terribly small concept art below and a brief description of the game’s plot:...
Square-Enix andHobby Searchhas the Play Arts Kai Devil May Cry 4 figures up for pre-order! The Dante figure s 10 inches tall and is goingfor $43. Nero is around 8 inches tall and is goingfor $43as well. Both figures come with an assortment of weapons and will be out this June. These figures are ridiculously hot. I can’t decide if I would want the Dante or Nero figure. Which one would you pick?...
A roleplaying game is about obtaining huge amounts of power. You play to amass experience points and level up, and you want to feel rewarded for everything you do. For some reason,Dungeon Siege IIIdoesn’t agree, and has therefore implemented what may be the most useless, unappealing co-op mode in all of gaming. Dungeon Siege III‘s co-op will not provide experience points to anybody joining another person’s game, as they will be viewed simply as “assistants” to the host, with nothing to gain....
Finally, a use for the Live Vision camera other than showing your junk to randomUnoplayers. To put it basically,You’re in the Moviesis like theEye Toygames. You’ll stand in front of your TV and Vision camera to play mini-games with your body. Hula hoop, dance, swat wasps and plenty of other mini-games will be available for you to perform along with three of your friends. You’re in the Moviesgoes beyond just the typical mini-game extravaganza, though....
Bizarrely accurate predictions aside, I was surprised as anyone to hear Valve announceLeft 4 Dead 2. I still play the originalLeft 4 Deadon a daily basis (under the assumption that more levels and game modes would be coming a laTF2), and Valve isn’t exactly known for their quick turnaround time. What the heck was going on? I felt ambivalent about the prospect of a sequel. What more could they possibly add to make it feel like a totally new experience?...
All this week I am going to be giving ridiculously quick hands-on impressions of all the games I see on the E3 show floor. Since I think everything is a little amazing, they will be rated, from least to most favorite:1(A Little Amazing!),2(Kind of Amazing!),3(Pretty Amazing!),4(AMAZING!), and5(The Most Amazing Thing I Have Ever Seen!). First off, the people at the Sony Online Entertainment booth here at E3 are ridiculously nice. I think you all should buy their games for that reason alone....
You can’t keep a good performer down — even after a death from over work and prescription drugs. Michael Jackson is returning for one last show and that show is a videogame calledMichael Jackson: The Game. Ubisoft has just announced that they are developing the game in conjunction with Michael Jackson’s estate. The game will let you sing and dance along with many of Micahel Jackson’s hits including “Beat it” and “Billie Jean....
On a somewhat related subject, this past week I was in a meeting with some representatives from LucasArts and they were showing me some pretty impressive gameplay footage from upcoming titlesStar Wars: The Force UnleashedandFracture. I thought the stuff looked great, and I told them this, but I kept trying to get one piece of information out of them that I kind of wanted to know more than anything: Will LucasArts ever release a new game in theMonkeyIslandseries?...
