This week’s Podtoid is, without a doubt, the weirdest Podtoid to have ever been recorded. In this latest offering of nonsense, you will be introduced to concepts involving Willem Dafoe that you’ll wish you’d never been exposed to. You’ll have to listen to the character assassination of a dying child. You will also, if you’re lucky, be able to pick out some videogame discussion. I don’t know if this is the best Podtoid I’ve ever recorded, or the worst....
Two of my favorite things about videogames are, oddly enough, concept art and unreleased or cancelled games. I like thinking about how games get made, and it’s fascinating to sort through the ones that failed along the way. Actuallyplayingunreleased gems is secondary — they’re more interesting to think about and look at. To that end,Unseen64 has some concept artforStar Wars Battlefront IVwhich was, at one point, in development ChezCrytek UK(formerly Free Radical Design)....
The PlayStation 3 sales overcame those of the Xbox 360 week in Europe, according to the hardware sales numbers posted atCVG. It looks like the PS3 price cut was just enough to get European gamers to take the plunge. With the new 40GB model hitting shelves, and the 60GB model seeing a price drop, 64,000 PS3s were snapped up last week, just missing the Wii numbers by about 6,000 units....
Did we know there was a PlayStation Portable version of the download-only PS3 gameGravity Crashin the works? Well, we do now! No solid release date has been pinned down yet, but Just Add Water has let some basic details slip. Gravity Crashon PSP will have 35 levels, a level editor with share functionality, and an exclusive Survivor mode that hasn’t been revealed in full. When PlayStation Network titles are offered for both platforms, I tend to side with the PSP mostly because the poor thing doesn’t get much use in this household....
Indeed, QuakeCon is an event that is happening in 2010. Earlier this morning we learned that id Software’s perennial event will be hold in Dallas, Texas at the Hilton Anatole Hotel on August 12th-15th, and it won’t cost you a dime: the event is free for all to attend. No official word on will be shown at the event, or its speakers, but we’re guessing id Software’sRAGE, as well as Bethesda and Obsidian’sFallout: New Vegaswill be the big ticket items....
With a title that reminds me of those awful yet gloriousB-movies, Square Enix has collaborated with Yahoo! Japan on a new active-time strategy MMORPG calledMONSTER x DRAGON.It’sactually their second collaboration — the first being the free-to-play, browser-based warring states simulation game,Sengoku IXA—and this game is being made to keep the 600,000 players they’ve acquired since that release. MONSTER x DRAGONis also to be a browser-based title with real-time strategy, trading card games, and the ability to fight with up to one hundred people at any one time, all included without a necessity to install....
It’s been a fair few years sinceAliens vs. Predator: Reqiuem, and even longer since Aliens and Predators actually appeared ingoodmovies. Nevertheless, Rebellion and Sega feel that the sci-fi monsters are still relevant to today’s audience and will resonate with a younger crowd. “I think it’s still very much relevant to the younger audience,” says developer Tim Jones. “The comics and graphic novels still sell well, and the recent movies, theAvPandAvP2movies, have reached a wide audience in many respects....
Blik, a company whose whole schtick is making “surface graphics” — basically stickers you put on your walls for decorations — has added Atari to its collection. Now available are wall graphics for three Atari classics —Centipede,Asteroids, andPong. Put ’em wherever you want — your living room wall, that spot behind your toilet, or all over your kitchen cabinets. They’re $45 a piece, and come as complete sets with everything you’ll need to re-enact your favorite retro gaming scene....
Joe Dangerhas one goal that the entire game is designed around. That goal is fun. From the single-player, to the level creation to the multiplayer, every aspect of the game is designed around making sure that nothing gets between you and having fun. Imagine a game like that. OK, that isn’tthat hard, but I don’t bring upMario Galaxysimply to make a joke. The same idea that gaming should just be fun that is in theGalaxygames permeates throughoutJoe Danger....
Harmonix and MTV Games have announced today that it will be releasing a standaloneRock Band Metal Trackpack this October. Your neighbors are not amused. The disc will feature 20 tracks, including six tracks previously unavailable on the Rock Band Music Store: Blue Öyster Cult’ “Transmaniacon MC”; Hawkwind’s “Master of the Universe”; I Mother Earth’s “Levitate”; Motörhead’s “Killed by Death”; Nazareth’s “Hair of the Dog”; and Rage Against The Machine’s “Bulls on Parade....
I have been looking forward to this game for a while, but nothing I had seen could really prepare me for the experience of playing it. Let me say right off the bat, that this game isnotfor everyone. It is definitely a niche market game, and if you are looking for non stop, in your face, let’s go kill everything in sight action, this is not the game for you. However, if you are like me and looking for something moody, cerebral and very bizarre, you’ll probably really like it....
Joy! Continuing its recent surge inremakesand re-releases on the digital marketplace, it’s looking like Taito is set to bring its classic arcade shooterRaystormto XBLA. There are two screenshots bouncing around on theNeoGAF forums, and if they’re not real then somebody undertook one hell of a Photoshop project. I think it’s safe to say we can expect this on Live Arcade before long. From the looks of things, this is going to be another upscaling likeIkarugawas, using HD versions of the same models....
“Is your television running? Yes? Good. That flying robot junk monster does not look friendly.” This is a new game from French indie developer Slak Games calledMechanic Infantry. It’s a simple, 2D platformer where you control a TV monitor with limbs and a wrench. Your goal is to reach the exit of each stage and rescue five of your buddies along the way. To press the urgency of the matter, you’re also chased through levels by malevolent mechanical beasts....
