We still don’t know much about Titmouse Games’Seven Haunted Seas. As I wrotein a previous post, we only know a few basic things about the title: it’s an RPG, it is slated for consoles, and it has zombies. That’s some pretty general stuff. Inour recent interview with members of the studio, creative director Aaron Habibipour gave us a decent indication as to what consoles Titmouse is shooting for with title. (Psst: It’s the Wii and Xbox 360....
With a few unannounced projects kicking around over at Gearbox Software, it’s nearly impossible not to wonder what’s next from the studio who most recently brought us the much-lovedBorderlands. Based on a recent trademark, it’s looking as if something calledZ-Dayis one of the mystery products. Assuming the “z” isn’t short for, oh, “zooplankton” or some such weirdness, I think it’s a relatively safe betZ-Dayis going to be about zombies. Although, a game about the constant fear of being eaten as a microscopic organism could be pretty rad too....
As the we comb through the news coming out of the Fall 2007 Nintendo Conference in Japan, we seem to hearing aboutmore goodiesas the day goes on, and the latest bit we’ve found brings some details of an upcoming DS demo download service for the Wii. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced that the Japanese will soon have the ability to grab DS game demos from their Nintendo Wii. Before this, DS owners would have to seek out a DS download station to get demos, and those demos would disappear after the system was shut down....
On an episode of the Steamcast, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell got into talking about some of the company’s older, unreleased titles. Did you know that in the early days, there was going to be a sub game? “Even further back thanProspero, the other game that Mike [Harrington] and I were talking about before we’d even had anybody other than us working on it was a submarine game.” “Mike was absolutely certain there was an opportunity to create fantastic underwater visuals and gameplay, so if people want to know the even furtherest back thing we have haven’t gotten around to shipping yet it would have to be the unnamed submarine game,” reveals Newell....
THQ has revealed thatWarhammer 40,000: Space Marineis slated for launch in August following nothing but vague “Summer” release windows.Space Marine, if you’re not in the loop, is a third person action game in which Orks are sliced to bits with glorious brutality. August sounds like the perfect month for a game likeSpace Marine. It’s a typically dry release month, allowing a new action title like to really stand out and get noticed....
It’s almost the end of 2008, and we still don’t have any of the flying cars or jetpacks that everyone thought would exist in the 21st century. Today, though, we get a little bit closer to aMinority Report-like future with the release of the22 inch iZ3D, the first reasonably priced 3D gaming monitor. Unlike other 3D monitors that have been show at trade shows in the past, this one requires you to wear special glasses....
A bunch of new assets are up for a PSN/PC game that I’ve never heard of,Trine. I must have obviously overslept on the day this was announced, because it looks incredibly gorgeous, and the focus on physics-based platforming action sounds like it could be a great little title. Anew Web site forTrineopened up today, and developer Nobilis Group has released a number of screenshots. I’m definitely interested, and hope to see more very soon....
Well it wouldn’t be a Tuesday unless Nintendo were winning an award, now would it? At yesterday’s Technological & Engineering Emmy Awards in Las Vegas, Nintendo was honored by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with an Emmy Award for excellence in engineering creativity. Both the Wii (for its motion-sensing controls) and the Nintendo DS (for its touch-screen controls and dual-screen display) were recognized. “The pioneering interfaces for Wii and Nintendo DS reflect our long tradition of seeking new ways to enhance the gaming experience for users at every level,” said Don James, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of operations....
When I get a new console, I go through this thing where I’m in a kind of limbo until I get to play a solid, classic RPG on it. For me, my console relationship hasn’t been consummated until then. Gross, I know. But my Wii and Istillaren’t seeing eye to eye yet (wow, that’s worse), and I think it’s because we haven’t shared a special traditional RPG together. I sawBrad’s news of upcoming Japanese RPGArc Rise Fantasiaas a sort of potential counseling session for us, but I lost hope when I saw that it was a Japan-only release....
Today, Nintendo released a list of first- and third-party games for Nintendo platforms, including Wii, Nintendo DS/DSi, DSiWare, and WiiWare. After painstakingly formatting it for human eyes, we’ve posted the entire thing after the jump. What the hightlights are is really your call and personal preference. We’ve already mentionedThe Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracksrelease day and aShantaesequelmany have been waiting for. But other things you might notice are confirmation ofCastlevania Adventure Rebirthfor WiiWare, along with the mention of three unannounced bit....
Square Enix and Yahoo! have joined forces to make…a free-to-play browser-based game calledSengoku IXA. Great. I’m digging that it’s based in Japan’s Sengoku era, and that its a strategy game, but those are two things that will send the rest of you running the other direction. In this game you build an army and team up with other players to work to expand one of 12 territories. Battles take three real-world days via either automated or — for the crazies — manual control....
If you haven’t heard yet, Aksys is dragging moe-moe 2D fighterArcana Heart 3over the pond to excite fans of 2D games thatdon’tinvolve Spider-Man or some…thing. What the hell is a Shuma-Gorath, anyway? But I digress. Now you’ve got a trailer in addition tothe screenshots Dale posted yesterday! Look at it! Nuns! Nurses! Angels! Witches! Schoolgirls with swords! China-dress waitresses! A kid on a dog! A tiny girl floating inside a huge ball of goo!...
Last time we sawRidge Racer Unbounded, it wassimply a little teaser. Now we have the first gameplay trailer showing off that this game is looking a lot likeBurnoutandMotorStorm. Not that that’s a bad thing at all, especially sinceBurnoutis an amazing series. What do you think? Ridge Racer Unboundedwill be out for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC in 2012.
