About 23,000 Xbox Live users will power up their Xbox 360s only to see that their console is locked out from online gaming — they will be unable to access the Live service. This “grounding” is their punishment for the use of an exploit that allowed unauthorized access to theCall of Duty 4multiplayer beta. Shame on you! Go to your room and think about what you’ve done. Don’t worry though, they’re only grounded for a day....
It should be fair to say that most of us forgotMirror’s Edge 2was even in development, but now you can really forget it. The sequel has been put on hold while the team works on other projects, which makes the game sound like it was really going places. Electronic Artsconfirmedthat a “small team” was working on the game back in 2009, but very little has been seen since. All signs point to the game not being that hot, if all we get after months of radio silence is a postponement....
Everyone in Japan plays Monster Hunter in some form. Noteveryoneeveryone, but definitely most everyone that games. This is something that is hard to appreciate or imagine unless you visit Tokyo. Last week I continually pointed out to my co-workers everyone is carrying a PSP, and that everyone seems to be playing Monster Hunter in some form. We looked over so many shoulders to see if they were playing anything else. They never were....
Every month, the Destructoid Monthly Musing topic gives community members the ability to have their work posted on the Dtoid front page. Whether we’re talking about videogames or life in general, everyone is good atsomething. I can read you a hundred-page list of the games I suck at, but I can take some small amount of pride in the fact that I can speedrunBraidlike nobody’s business, and reliably completeFar Cry 2permadeath runthroughs....
Jim Sterling wasn’t too thrilledabout the prospect of the bottom biting bug (better known as Oshiri Kajiri Mushi in Japan) when he posted about this game before, but let me tell you people, if you haven’t tried a game so ridiculous it has you making faces at the DS screen, you haven’tlived. Take my word for it. Thanks to these new screens from the game (which is actually calledOshiri Kajiri Mushi no Rhythm Lesson DS: Kawai Ongaku Kyoushitsu Kanshuu, which you won’t remember 5 seconds after reading this article,) we can see that instruments will figure into the game....
First up, we have the video seen above. It features King Dedede, Meta Knight, a little shmup-style gameplay, and some giant bosses, all in yarn form. Anyone Kirby fan who’s been worried that this new string-focused game wont have enough old-school Kirby feel can rest easy. That Meta Knight battle is pure Kirby action, and I’m loving it. Secondly, we have another gallery of virtual Kirby epic patches for you to enjoy....
We’ve all seen how the development cycle of an online game works. First, there are years of programming and design. Then there is a brief period of beta testing before the game is cast into the wild. NetDevil is taking a decidedly different approach for their upcoming MMO,LEGO Universe. Instead of waiting until the end of development to start dealing with focus groups, they’ve been consulting with LEGO fans since day one....
We told you that Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) servers were down this morningwhile Sony addressed an intrusion. The news gets worse. It seems that the company has lost 12,700 credit card numbers as the result of an attack, and this is the reason why the servers were taken offline. Japan’sNikkei reportsthat Sony learned of the attack last evening. We know that 4,300 of the card numbers were Japanese in origin. The rest?...
An early build ofCommand & Conquer 4is being shown to media in sunny California. As the early survey suggested, there’s a lot of new in this next iteration of the now-classic RTS series. It has a persistent leveling system that works across every game mode, including skirmishes with the AI. Earning experience points is as simple as shredding the opponent’s troops, but there’s something fresh within the structure of the game: traditional base building, harvesting and turtling is toast....
Today3D Realms revealed yet another stellar imageof their eternally upcoming game,Duke Nukem Forever. Instead of asmall picture attached to a job ad, the image is full-size and ready to become a part of fans’ desktops. The wallpaper features several enemy character models that we presume will change when a new graphics engine is purchased in 2020. The reason for the image is actually quite clear. It not only proves that someone has been busy at the office for ten minutes, but it also makes a nice holiday present for fans that feel a bit neglected....
Wow, so what happened to this week? Next to nothing has come out. Really, the only highlights for me are the Virtual Console games and the XBLA game.Cruisin 64was one of my favorite games from the N64 days andMr. Drilleris a fantastic puzzle game. And yes, I knowCruisinreally sucks especially to todays standards, but it’s an extremely goofy game that makes me laugh every time I play it.Otherwise, that’s about it for me....
I had only been on staff here at Dtoid for two days when the inimitable Nick Chester unshackled me from the hazing pole and aimed the full force of his piercing, lazy-eyed glare in my direction, grinning with the sadistic glee that can only come from giving a green editor his first assignment. “Look kid, we need someone to go to Microsoft to watch aNinja Gaiden 2demo and report on it....
Ninja Theory is best known this generation forHeavenly Sword, a PS3-exclusive game that looked gorgeous, even if it didn’t play quite so brilliantly. As with all PS3 exclusives, it was subject to console war craziness and fanboy rage, and Ninja Theory did not like it. Such a development process was an unfair drain, claims the team. “When you are exclusive, sometimes the pressure to demonstrate technology can override other aspects of game development,”confesses Ninja Theory co-founderTameem Antoniades....
