Anyone with a general awareness of casual games has likely heard of or seenDiner Dash, Playfirst’s popular restaurant management title that’s spawned everything fromWedding DashtoCooking Dashin its wake. Without ever having played these games, I had a feeling I should probably steer clear of them lest they gobble up every moment of my free time, but I finally could evade them no longer when I sat down to previewHudson‘s take on the popular title....
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Remember a while back whenRaskullsdevelop Halfbrick sent outan unusual emailasking if we believed in the teapot? Well, looks like the Australian studio is not quite done. Yet another email has been sent, this one proclaiming that we WILL believe in the teapot. In addition to that message, Halfbrick sent a link to a new teaser site,Believeintheteapot,com, which shows only one image — some sort of Loch Ness Teapot, photographed in its natural habitat....
For those fortunate enough to be attending PAX East in Boston this week, THQ has a little treat: playableRed Faction: Armageddon, along with a new mode called “Ruin.” This score-based mode is all about breaking crap, much as you’d expect from aRed Factiontitle. The mode starts with players choosing weapons and then entering an arena where stuff will be broken into tiny bits. Successful chains of explosions will offer up bonus points, which you’ll want to look out for in the game’s “Challenge Mode,” where you’ll compare scores against your friends on the online leaderboards....
If you’ve been following videogames for any amount of time, you should be well aware of the “controversy” that has surroundedResident Evil 5‘s African setting. The game’s producer, Jun Takeuchihas deniedthat there is anything racist about the game, and believes the original trailer was misunderstood. It’s recently been revealed that a new character, notably a black female, will have a playable role inResident Evil 5. When asked if her inclusion was due to the uproar over white Chris Redfield blowing away dozens of Africans, Takeuchi stated that she had been there “pretty much since the beginning....
Bionic Commandois a game I think very few of us ever saw coming. Sure, the NES game is a classic and very popular with American audiences but it had been so long that it was hard to imagine a follow-up would ever occur. Due to the efforts of Ben Judd, producer, this beloved franchise is being launched headlong into the modern age of gaming. I’ve been anticipating this game for a very long time....
Remember back when there were rhythm action games where you pressed buttons on a controller; games thatdidn’tinvolve dancing or playing weird keytar controllers? Japan remembers, which is whyRhythm Heaven Wiihas been one of the best (if not the best) selling game in that country for the past month. I’m guessing that’s also why publishers are looking to make more rhythm games on Nintendo consoles; specificallyTheatRhythm Final Fantasyfrom Square Enix, and nowRhythm Phantom Thief Rfrom Sega....
This past year hasn’t been so good for Atari. In late 2007, theystopped game productionafter a loss of$11.9 million in one quarter. Ouch. Even more bad press came when there was some financial fumbling in the books. Soon after, Atari was purchased by Infogrames, but it seems that they managed to post a profit just before that. Infogrames said that Atari managed to squeeze out $3.5 million in profit, which hurts a lot less than that $11 million lost the year before....
Like most writers in this industry, I hang around NeoGAF while pretending that I don’t. In doing so, I stumbled acrossa rather interesting threaddetailing how Epic banned anUnreal Tournament IIImodder from its message board after he accused the company of stealing his creation, as seen (ridiculously briefly) in theXbox 360 trailer: I’m sure many of you already seen the newUT3360 trailer, but what most of you don’t know is that one of the maps shown there ( DM-ArcticShipment ) is actually a user created map done by a member that goes by EpicJon on the Epic Forums....
THQ has been getting out of its comfort zone lately, by turning some of its franchises into movie and television properties, and now, by experimenting with lower-priced games. CEO Brian Farrell talked with Gamasutra about some of these new strategies. “We spent a lot of time in Asia watching that freemium model. I think our markets are migrating that way, but you see it more in iPhone and iPad games right now,” he said....
If you’re a fan of theMadden NFL series, there is aslightchance that you already know about the Brett Favre trade this offseason. Aside from making every self-respecting NFL fan cringe at the sight of Favre in a Jets jersey with a roster update, the folks at EA Sports had to do somedamage controlwith theirMadden 09packaging featuring Favre in his old Packers jersey. Currently, EA has a printable copy of the cover featuring the gunslinger in his new uniformavailable on their website....
Konami kicked a load ofCastlevania: Harmony of Despairscreenshots right up our monkey asses this morning, and now we’re squirting out the goods for your mucky enjoyment. Here arethe latest visual treats concerning Konami’s lovely 2D digital outing. AfterplayingHarmonyat E3last month, I’m really excited for the full game. The Symphony of the Night visuals, co-op play, and cool map system are all promising, and the game looks set to give us some properMetroidvaniafun on a home console, which is always welcome....
This June, Edward Norton and Liv Tyler will star in an all-new film adaptation of Marvel’sThe Incredible Hulk. We all know what that means … videogame adaptation time, baby! Today, Sega has officially revealed the upcomingThe Incredible Hulkvideogame for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, and DS. Oh, and the PlayStation 2. And the PC. Sega is referring to the game as “an intensely realistic third-person action” game, which only applies to you if you live in a world where gamma radiation regularly turns people into violent monsters....
