If you use Netflix a lot, and happen to have Kinect, then you’ll finally have a reason to use the motion control device again from today onwards. A new update enables Kinect support for Netflix, which comes with all the waving and voice-control you might have gotten used to when it comes to motion-controlled video playback on your Xbox 360. The update also comes with a new Kinect-exclusive recommendation channel that requires gesture control....
Dick McVengeance has beenclamoringfor a fleshed-out trailer for the upcoming, PS3-exclusiveFolklore, and I hope that his hunger has been satiated. In the above trailer, we get a look at Ellen and Keats, the game’s protagonists. In short, Ellen goes to the mystical village of Doolin to find her dead mother, while Keats, a reporter, goes there to investigate the paranormal goings on in the “realm of the dead.” While the trailer does a good job of handling themise en scène, I want to know about the soul-sucking function....
We had the distinct pleasure of visiting Valve’s studio this past week to get a personal look atLeft 4 Dead 2and chat to the brains behind this year’s big zombie shooter. Coming soon, we have a lengthy interview with series writer Chet Faliszek, where we ask a number of burning questions, such as the one that’s been bugging me for weeks — will the Hunter, Smoker, Boomer and Tank be getting new models, or will they just be recycled fromLeft 4 Deadas previews indicated?...
I have many, many concerns aboutnew James Bond game,Blood Stone, but I am eternally happy that the series is returning to third person and in capable hands with Bizarre Creations. My joy over the return to third person is mostly becauseEverything or Nothing, EA’s second-to-last outing with the franchise, was probably the best single-player Bond experience ever made (don’t listen to Anthony) and it was third person (their last outing,From Russia With Love, was no slouch either)....
Whoa, format change! New releases has changed a little, but it’s still the same feature you’ve come to depend on when it comes to new videogame releases. This week sees several big-name titles finally out.Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet, Guitar Hero World Tour,Command & Conquer 3and more are all out this week. I know I’ll more than likely fall in love withFallout 3, but for some reason, I just have no desire of getting the game....
Neir’s release date is nigh. Yesterday afternoon, Square Enix confirmed that the first entry in the odd Action RPG “franchise” is slated to hit the Xbox 360 and PS3 sometime during this tropical cyclone season — spring if you’re not into weather junk. If you’re not familiar withNier, we highly suggest you watchthis trailer. It features a screaming woman and the game’s logo moving ever closer to the screen. Or if you’re feeling particularly froggy, hitthis bit of TGS literature, which deals with theGestaltvariant of the game....
The Wii has become infamous for the poor sales of traditional games that appeal to traditional gamers, but it’s always been considered a problem for third party publishers only. However, the sad fate ofMetroid Prime Trilogyseems to confirm that even the Wii’s creator is having trouble selling good games. According to reports, Nintendo has ceased the publication ofMetroid Prime Trilogyand won’t be shipping the game collection anymore. After a mere four months since launch, Nintendo would only confirm that “you may still be able to locate a copy via stores that specialize in previously played or used games....
Remember back when theBadmanseries was called theBadmanseries? You know, back before the whole “This sounds too much like Batman so change it or we’ll take all your money” thing happened. The series went strong with two games under a new name,What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord!?, and now it’s coming to PSP with a third entry,No Heroes Allowed! Like the previous games, you’ll dig dungeons to kill off heroes in as many terrible ways as possible across the 33-stage story mode....
I have to admit, I haven’t really been interested a Sega line up since … I don’t know, when did I get my Genesis? 1989? But pretty much everything they’re bringing to New York Comic Con this week has piqued my interest. By way of theirofficial blog, Sega has confirmed that they’ll be bringingHouse of the Dead: Overkill,MadWorld,The Conduit, andSonic & The Black Knightto the Jacob Javitz Center this week. Best part?...
Ever wanted to pick crops, raise cows, and annoy the everloving piss out of your soon-to-be-ex friends by spamming them with endless requests for soy beans and chicken spunk? Well, you’re in for the biggest treat of your wretched, disgusting life! Yesterday, while revealing theiPhone 4, Apple also confirmed that Zynga’s ludicrous farm game is coming to iTunes. Farmvilleexists solely to give housewives something to do when the batteries on their vibrators die, and as such, has become wildly popular on Facebook....
Straight from theMatlockery of BFeld13’s blog, we have OFFICIAL PROOF THAT IS OFFICIAL of Bungie’s CONFIRMING CONFIRMATION that pelicans will be pilotable inHalo 3. I mean real, proper, fish-eating pelicans, too. Don’t you see it’s actuallytrue!? This news follows our earlier bombshell that Sonic is a playable race inStarcraft II. Also, not only isMetal Gear Solid 4coming out on the Xbox 360, but it’s now a 360 EXCLUSIVE because Hideo Kojima said that Kaz Hirai “sucks,” and that he, in contrast, “rocks....
Although I’ve had a long-running love of both turn-based and real-time strategy games, the burgeoning tower-defense genre got no immediate interest from me. Perhaps it’s because I initially perceived them as “the lazy man’s strategy game.” After giving some a try, though, I started warming up to the notion of building only defenses to stop ever increasing hoards of bad guys. Still, you’d think that with the somewhat formulaic nature of the gameplay new games wouldn’t be coming out so regularly, but that definitely isn’t the case....
It has long been established that the Theron Guards fromGears of Warare pretty much the mostbadassenemies in all of videogame history. I’ve come to the conclusion, however, that they are incredibly under-appreciated — so I have decided that today isTheron Thunday. Here is why Theron Guards kick ass and could beat up your dad: I could go on forever, but I don’t need to, because Theron Guards areobviouslyawesome. On this inaugural Theron Thunday, please post your tribute toeverybody’sfavorite Locust....
