Namco Bandai hasfiled a new trademarkfor its light gun shooterTime Crisis, which could mean nothing more than a company protecting a name. But those who want to speculate (and sure we do, why not?) might hope for something a little bit more. Perhaps a newTime Crisistitle to utilize Project Natal or PlayStation Move technology? And hey, where’s a Time Crisis game for the Wii? They’ve already got that fancy plastic shell....
Have you ever found yourself thinking that fairy tales are just too damn happy nowadays? If so, then you may just find a kindred spirit in Spicy Horse Games, a developer that is creating a new franchise that focuses on giving these tales a much darker makeover. American McGee’s Grimm: A Boy Learns What Fear Isserves as the introduction to a new episodic videogame series that will be exclusively distributed on GameTap....
If you ever want to piss Jim Sterling off, but bereally, reallyentertained at the same time, just ask him to talk about arthouse videogames. He’ll sigh audibly, take a deep breath, and make the sort of statements — well, he’ll make the sort of statements you’re likely to hear in this week’s episode of Podtoid.As always, head to the official Podtoid page to check it out. Our discussions included: The Podtoid drinking game:Linde plays right into the listeners’ hands...
It’s funny. If you look at the above screenshot and read aloud the words that you see in order from top to bottom, you’ll be echoing what usually goes on in my mind whenever I see anything related toNaruto. Maybe I’m getting old, crotchety and uninterested in what’s cool nowadays. Or maybeNarutoisn’t cool. I don’t know, but I’ve kept my exposure to it down either way. Anyway, pre-order bonuses have been announced for the latestNarutotitle to hit the Wii,Naruto Shuppuden: Dragon Blade Chronicles....
Osamu Tezuka’s classic titleAstro Boyis an important piece of animation history — many cite it as the birth of the modern anime, with its debut on TV in 1963 (the manga started in 1952). And now, the character is getting a 3-D film from Imagi Studios, which you can check out the trailerfor it here. Coupled with the release of the film is a game from High Voltage Software (The Conduit), and put out by D3Publisher....
Call of Juarez: Bound in Bloodis the upcoming prequel to the originalCall of Juarez. The game takes place about 20 years prior to the events of the first game, and players will take control of either Reverend Ray or his brother Thomas. That’s all I really know about the single-player portion of the game, as I only got some hands-on time withBound in Blood’smultiplayer over at Ubisoft’s offices a couple of weeks back....
My love for sports knows few bounds, and boxing is one of them. Say what you will, but watching two men beat the living daylights out of each other is just not something that appeals to me (and it’s not something I can stomach for long, either — certain scenes from films likeCinderella Manand even theRockymovies make me wince). But that all gets thrown out the window when it comes to videogames because, well, who cares about virtual violence, right?...
When I last sat in on aTop Spin 4demo, I didn’t notice a whole lot that differentiated the game from itspredecessor. I recently had the chance to take a deeper look at it in a longer session, and now I’m ready to eat my words. 2K Czech has completely revamped the Career mode and Player Creator with an eye on making the game more accessible without sacrificing depth. From what I’ve seen, they’ve succeeded....
According to the ratingBBFC rating, Ubisoft’s upcomingPrince of Persia: The Forgotten Sandsmay include a special bonus —Prince of Persia: Classic. Prince of Persia: Classicwas released as a standalone PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE Arcade title, and is a remake of Jordan Mechner’s original PC title. It’s unclear if the content will be included on the disc, or if Ubisoft plans to include a voucher code (or something similar) with a special edition of the title....
[Destructoid lets you write blogs on whatever subject you want! The best community authored blogs get promoted and this regular round-up lets you see everything that hit the front page from the previous month.] Good community blogs get fapped (voted up) and mentioned on the regularCommunity Highlightsfeature. The best blogs get promoted, whether for our Monthly Musing series or just being awesome on its own. For November’s Musing theme,The wrong thing, we wanted to hear about the bad things games allow you to do....
Fatal Inertiahas become a horribly fitting monicker for all the wrong reasons over the last year. Initially announced as an exclusive PlayStation 3 launch title at last year’s Tokyo Game Show, Koei Canada’s futuristic racer has been slipping further and faster from Sony’s clutches ever since. Quickly losing its exclusive status to an Xbox 360 conversion announced in November, and also delayed numerous times, first until spring this year, secondly until summer and finally to fall, the game has now sped as far as possible from its original configuration, to all intents and purposes becoming a 360 exclusive....
In our earlier preview ofPuzzle Quest 2we told you how it would ruin your lifewith its new single-player questing mode and improved game play. But now that I’ve seen the Tournament mode in action, I think it has even more life- ruining potential than single player does. If the words “…adds 50 percent defense for the next 12 turns” excites you,Puzzle Quest 2‘s Tournament mode is going to be up your alley....
Nintendo of America front man Reggie Fils-Aime was recently on CNBC pimping many of his company’s wares, including the newly price-dropped Wii and their portable, the DSi. In the interview on Nintendo’s holiday lineup, Reggie was asked who his biggest retail customer is, and he pointed to Bentonville, Arkansas based retailer Walmart. “On a retail basis, certainly from my region, which is Canada, U.S, Latin America, Walmart is my biggest customer,” Fils-Aime said....
