Dtoid readerdprimesent in this week’s Fake Game Friday idea. We encourage goofy, outrageous, and impossible game idea submissions, but we also love reading concepts for games that not only would work, but should be made. The setup that dprime lays out has a bit of wishful thinking, but that doesn’t mean it’s not something we demand from the industry. Got a fake game idea of your own? Send your ideashere!...
It’s time for another video roundup! It’s been a while since we’ve seen what all the kids with webcams were up to, so let’s check in. …ok, I’ll be honest. I haven’t fully recovered from doingHeavy Rainlast week, so I’m taking the easy way out and giving myself one extra week off from going through all those terrible forums. I think I’ve earned it. Prepare yourself. The Xbox360 totally sucks because it can’t do 3d yet guys....
Far Cry 2was a pretty big game, full of zebras and guns that jammed every two minutes.Far Cry 3isn’t going to be happy with matching that experience — it wants to make it even bigger. “If you look at the vistas and the scale ofFar Cry 1and2, take that and multiply it by ten,” said Ubisoft’s Jason VandenBerghe inEdgemagazine. “We want to take that even further. We’re focusing on taking that scale and making it dense, so that around every corner there’s something to find or see....
Several of Destructoid’s hardcore Silent Hill fans (myself included) lovedSilent Hill:Homecoming, but the word on the street was that most people had a negative reaction to the title. There’s no way to know if poor sales are related to this newest development, but it seems as if developersFoundation 9have announced the merging of their Griptonite and Amaze studios (both Washington based). Austin, Texas based division Fizz Factor has also been closed completely....
Free internets, you say? Well, only for Japanese PSP users (and don’t even get me started on how Japan gets all the cool stuff again, I’ve worn that rant out). Sony Computer Entertainment Japan announced today that they have formed a partnership with FON, the world’s largest global WiFi company, to provide free WiFi internet to PSP owners. It’s official — I’m seething with jealousy. I bet Japan’s free internet actually works, unlike the American version most commonly found in airports....
Last weekwas a battle between cyclones, bikes, dragons, and bears. The fight started with a vicious pattern of Liu Kang repeatedly taking and losing the lead back and forth. Votes were tied for the majority of the time, andsomeoneeven voted for my belly button, making mehalf as powerfulas Sheeva. Then, late in the fight, our robot readers spoke loudly and one fighter broke free for the win. Here are the results:...
While I’ll admit first and foremost that a landmonster like your favorite Linde wouldn’t seem the most apt candidate for a peripheral like the Wii Balance Board, it may make a bit of sense that my geeky dark sidelustsfor exploration of creative vision, which is just what went down at this year’s GDC. Nintendo hardware guru andWii Fitproducer Takao Sawano walked a packed room of onlookers through the murky genesis of the Wii Balance Board today, revealing several details as to the creation of the peripheral and answering the question on everyone’s mind: what thehelldoes Sumo wrestling have to do withWii Fit?...
Hey, remember that reallyGod awful piece of sh*t trailerfor the newDuke Nukemgame from E3? Well, I finally got to seeDuke Nukem: Critical Massin action on both the PSP and DS last week. The PSP version of the game is going to play out in 3D like theSOCOMgames for the PSP. There will be sections where you’ll be flying around on a jetpack that’s equipped with a machine gun and it was impressive seeing how big of a draw distance the PSP version supported in the jetpack section....
Ok, ok, after this, I promise, fewer videos, more pictures of unicorns fighting dolphins, but really, the new PSPAfterburneris surprisingly cool. I didn’t think I’d like it, but it really feels like you’re playingGradiusor, more appropriately, one of the19XXseries of games, in behind-the-shoulder 3D. Alternately, I could compare the feel with a non-fantasticalPanzer Dragoon. Either way, on a system with so few quality titles, it should easily stand out as a quality shooter....
As we all know by now,Gears of War 2is on the way and Xbox Live is due another contender in the battle for multiplayer supremacy. With the game well underway, Epic wants to know what you thought about the original in anew online survey. Before you go thinking this is a great chance to bitch about shotguns, ask for bigger chainsaws or generally help shape the sequel in any way, prepare to be disappointed — this is less of a “help us moldGoW2” survey and more of a “tell us how awesome we are” exercise....
While I’m inclined to argue that the last thing the Wii needs is a game that look like a pre-schooler’s construction paper project gone awry,Blast Works: Build, Fuse & Destroydoes sound like it’s bringing some unique concepts to the table. Announced today by Majesco Entertainment Company, the Budcat Creations developed side-scroller will attempt to set itself apart from the crowd by letting players create their own levels, ships, and enemy ships....
Remember the Gizmondo? Probably not. The only thing I can ever remember about this ill-fated handheld is anincidentinvolving an executive of the company which produced it crashing an incredibly expensive Ferrari and then going to prison. Regardless of its utter failure to create any sort of foothold in the market, plans were laid for anew Gizmondo handheldto be released this month. Due to difficulty in securing funds in the current economic situation, however, those plans have been shelved until 2009....
Kotakudredges up some quirky stuff sometimes, such is the case with thisHalf-Lifecrossword, created by one of its readers. Definitely among the more imaginative pieces of videogame craftwork I’ve seen. Since I’m a gamer, I am too stupid and ignorant for wordgames and their frightening, confusing ilk, but you might be interested in completing thisHalf-Lifecrossword. Be warned though, that a view ofHalf-Life: Full Life Consequencesand its sequel,What Has Tobe Doneare required in order to complete it....
