When little Gia, a new fan ofThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, was asked what she wanted for her birthday cake this year, she replied with a Link cake. What Mom created for her was absolutely incredible. Using cupcakes like pixels, she recreated the originalLegend of ZeldaLink design perfectly. Next year, Gia ask for a Ganon or Zelda design. Heck, maybe I’ll ask my mom to make me a Zelda cake....
We all knew it would happen eventually. This is just the official confirmation straight from the horse’s mouth. Once again,GamesIndustry.bizbrings us news of the various ongoings at CES. “Windows Vista marks the biggest investment from Microsoft around Windows games since Windows 95, making games easier, safer and more fun to play on the PC,” said Microsoft boss Bill Gates, as part of his CES keynote in Las Vegas. The company used highly-anticipated titles such as Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs, Shadowrun, Company of Heroes, Age of Conan ?...
Xbox Live community manager Christa Phillipshas revealedthe HOT PROTIP SECRETS of getting your girlfriend (omg lol) into gaming. WOWZERZORZ! According to her panel at PAX, Phillips had but one amazing bit of advice on how to get your lady into gaming, even though it’s probably a less dumb move to date people who actuallyshareyour interests. The advice is simply this:Don’t be a jerk!!!!!!!!! Sounds obvious enough, but the statement earnedknowing laughsandenthusiastic applausefrom the standing-room-only crowd gathered for the “How to Get Your Girlfriend Into Gaming” panel at the Penny Arcade gaming convention in Seattle recently....
This would be an awesome mod, except we’d need to see the entire level for this to work at all. Still, fun to think what it would be like to use thePortalgun in old school games likeSuper Mario Bros.
Joystiq is reportingthat Microsoft will no longer provide prepaid boxes to people that suffer defective Xbox 360s, including the Red Ring of Death plague. The new policy went into effect on May 26 “in an effort to expedite the repair process.” Customers will be able to receive an e-label that they can slap onto whatever box they use themselves. They’ll still cover the cost of shipping; you just have to find your own box to use....
Come to think of it, it’s been a while since a developer has thrown one of those tremendously fun free weekend-style promotions on Steam. Uber Entertainment is stepping up by offering exactly that forMonday Night Combat. From now until Sunday at 1:00 PM PDT, you’re able to play the team-based multiplayer shooter in its entirety without digging out the ol’ credit card. Additionally, the game can be purchased — either individually or in a four-copy bundle — for 33 percent off the normal going rate....
I apologize for the hiatus we had with the last couple months. The switch to New Destructoid and subsequent switch back caused some issues with blog promotion, but it’s all been sorted, and everything is back to normal! A lot of our past musings have focused on negativity — bias in games, things you hate, games that scare you, etc. I’m sick of that. It’s the holiday season now, so for the end of the year, let’s do something positive....
Need for Speed SHIFTis set to get another helping of downloadable content on March 18. The “Exotic Racing Series Pack” will include seven new cars, one new track, 50 new events and additional Achievements/Trophies. The new rides you’ll be getting are: The new DLC will be yours for 800 MS Points/$10. It is really hard to act excited about DLC for a racing game.
It’s been monthssince it happened, but I still can’t believe Tecmo picked upFret Nice. The Pieces Interactive-developed sidescroller, which tasks players with using an actual plastic guitar peripheral to play, oozes style and feels so out of the ordinary that it hurts. While it isn’t “OMG huge!” news or anything, this Japanese/Swedish collaboration has been dated — well, sort of. Joining the already sizable list of prominent games due out in early 2010,Fret Nicewill also be heading to Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network around that time....
Somewhere, an overworked brain is crying. The tangram-based Nintendo DS puzzle title,NEVES, will breath new life on WiiWare. Set to hit in the second quarter this year,NEVES Pluslooks to be everything you may remember from the DS version, except with a glossy new Egyptian theme and more multiplayer. In case you missed it the first time around,NEVESis an addictive puzzle title that isn’t snobbish about its challenging gameplay. The objective is to assemble seven geometrical shapes, without overlapping, into a silhouette shown on the screen....
Atlus was kind enough to send along some new screenshots of the PlayStation 2 and Wii dungeon crawling action RPGBaroque. Players work to gradually descend into Neuro Tower in search of absolution, fighting off some really f*cked up looking baddies along the way. Sounds like a winner, right? The first game images we sawlate last yeardidn’t look so great, but that may have had more to do with the image size and capture method....
Thanks to Famitsu we’re getting an early look at upcoming Wii gameEarth Seeker. Developed by a studio called Crafts & Meister, this game tells the story of the destruction of Earth. It’s an action title that’s due out this winter in Japan, and is about 60% done as of now. New scans give us some story details on the game. This quote from one of the game’s developers, Noritaka Funamizu, sets the stage:...
Ninja Theory isn’t in the spotlight as much as it used to be, and there’s no denying thatEnslaved: Odyssey to the Westhas less of a spotlight thanHeavenly Sworddid. According to the studio, however, this is a good thing. Without the pressure of being a PS3 launch developer, Ninja Theory is having a much better time. “I personally feel much more comfortable now we’re lower profile. It’s better to be the underdog so you can surpass expectations,” explains boss man Tameem Antoniades....
