Starting today,Gamerscoreblogwill be posting a weekly feature centered around the “New Xbox Experience” a.k.a. what using your Xbox 360 will look like once the Fall Dashboard Update drops. In this first installment, the new look of the Gamercard is examined. As you can see in the snapshot above, all of the primary features currently accessible from your Gamercard are still there, only now they’re going to be easier to find....
Nintendo has dated its eagerly-anticipated Nintendo DS role-playing gameGolden Sun: Dark Dawnfor a November 29 release. It makes my bones creak thinking that it’s been seven years since the release of the Game Boy Advance title,Golden Sun: The Lost Age, but yup… here we are.Dark Dawntakes place 30 years after the events of the original Golden Sun and its sequel, introducing both dual-screen and touch controls to the series.Chad played it at E3and gave it 4 out of 5 “amazing....
Besides the fact thatwe knowa portable version ofGuitar Herowill be making its way to the Nintendo DS, we really know little else. Red Octane’s Charles Huang had insinuated that the game might take advantage of a peripheral, but clearlythat’s not necessaryfor a portableGuitar Heroexperience. Some new information has come to light, and unfortunately, it may just be the game’s name.Trademork.comhas uncovered a Activision’strademark filingfor “Guitar Hero On Tour,” which really could be anything....
I’ve been aggressively pounding on a fake drum kit sinceRock Bandhit the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 last November. It’s great.I love it. I’m a total freakin’ rock star. Now Wii owners can finally get some of these groupies off my back, when the game hits store shelves at last on June 22. Our preview kit arrived in the “office” last week, and I’ve been spending some quality time with the Wii port of the game and its peripherals....
Clear your schedule for Tuesday, September 21 — that’s the day you’ll finally get a chance to see Irrational Games’BioShock Infinitein action. The footage will make its debut on Xbox LIVE and Xbox.com that day, and “September 22 elsewhere online.” Not sure what that last bit really means, since “elsewhere online” will have already probably run the footage via those other two sources. I mean, that’s our plan — we’ll let you know as soon as it’s available to see, and point you in the right direction....
I think aBioShocktheme park would be a wonderful addition to Sony’sHome. It could be like the Red Bull area, except the objective is to crash the plane and enter into a new space called “The World of Rapture.” It could include a Big Daddy rollercoaster, a Slave Obeys lounge, or an ornate hall festooned with morbid art of dead avatars. The possibilities are only limited by man’s nature. Unfortunately, aBioShocktheme park is nowhere on the horizon....
This is our second-to-last “How to not look like an idiot inTeam Fortress 2” article, and that can only mean one thing;The Orange Boxcomes out tomorrow. Thus far, we’ve tackled every class but one — the Spy. My personal favorite amongst the classes, the Spy relies far more on cunning and strategy than simple firepower. He can turn invisible, disguise himself as the enemy, electrically sap engineer structures, and instantly kill any enemy with a stab to the back — in other words, he’s the perfect class for cowards and manipulative jerks....
Last year at one of Apple’s keynotes Epic Games showed off Unreal Engine 3 with their flashy swordplay gameInfinity Blade. This game has gone on to be a showcase title for iOS devices. Today its sequel was shown at Apple’s Let’s Talk About iPhone event. Mike Capps from Epic Games showed offInfinity Blade 2. He said that Xbox 360 gamers would be used to this quality of graphics. Hmm. He also said that it may look pre-rendered, but it isn’t....
Insomniac Games lovesVanquish, apparently, with one developer calling its “Gears of Waron crack.” Three staffers named Platinum Games’ exciting cover-based shooter as they favorite E3 title, and consideringhow awesome it is, I can hardly blame them! “It’s a brilliant technical showpiece from the creator of the originalResident Eviland the director ofResident Evil 4— my favorite game of all time,” says community specialist Paul Featherstone. “It plays likeGears of Waron crack and looks absolutely gorgeous....
Much like yours truly working the Destructoid morning shift, the PlayStation 3 is proving to be a slow starter when it comes to sales. According to Japanese publisher Enterbrain, the PS3 is slowly but surely closing the gap, coming up behind the Nintendo Wii in monthly sales. Sure, the Wii is outsellling the PS3 two-to-one, but back in June the ratio was more like six-to-one. This makes the fourth month in a row where the PS3 has increased in sales....
Sony released a new trailer forKillzone 3(well, it’s a few days old, but we missed it so shut up!). This one details the Infiltrator class, and also shows off the “Kaznan Jungle” multiplayer map. Seriously, anybody who says the game is just “brown and grey” after stepping into the jungle is talking out of their arsehole. Our review for the game will drop next week, and I cannot wait to finally talk about it in detail....
Kirby’s Epic Yarn‘sofficial websiteupdated recently and it reveals yet another classic Kirby character who has been given the string-treatment. The enigmatic Meta Knight, long beloved of Kirby fans, is now resplendent in his own yarny garb. Now we have bothKing Dededeand Meta Knight in the game, thus pretty much confirming beyond all reasonable doubt that this game is going to kick ass. If you disagree, you’re a terrible human being....
Namco Bandai has announced that its violent action game,Knights Contract, has gone gold in time for its February 22 release date. Yay violence! The game’s been a bit quiet lately, but I’m somewhat looking forward to it, Namco’s had a nice run ofpretty decentoriginal titleslately, so I’m hoping for good things with this. Plus, I have plenty of time for this sort of senseless action game, so count me in!...
