Here’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for; Jim Sterling playingKirby’s Epic Yarn. Things get pretty adorable pretty quickly, and I’m not just talking about violent puffballs made from a soft, knit-able substance. Watch for yourself and find out.
BoingBoing brings uswordof agroup of studentsat UC Santa Cruz who took it upon themselves to recreate a four-story tall scene fromDonkey Kongon the side of one of their campus buildings using roughly 6400 Post-It Notes. This is yet another example of the ingenuity and creative dedication within gamers, and, honestly, such stories are inspiring. While Abraham Lincoln may have reunited America, freed millions of slaves and walked on the moon, did he ever create a giant gaming-themed mosaic?...
The newCall of Duty 4maps are set to come out this week on April 3rd in a timed exclusive deal for the Xbox 360 (PS3 will get the new maps in three weeks and eventually for thePC version). Some lucky gamers got a chance to play on these new maps this past weekend prior to the release. Infinity Ward threw a few events around the world to promote the new maps and, um, Nerf Guns....
Capcom’s not known for its open-world games. In fact, while popular with Western developers, the Japanese have tended to shy away from vast, explorable open-world adventures. In 2012, that changes withDragon’s Dogma. With folks on the project who’d previously worked on titles likeResident Evil 4and theDevil May Cryseries, Capcom’s hopingDragon’s Dogmawill be its next big thing. With over three years of planning and well into two years of production, it may currently be Capcom’s largest game in production....
Until last year, Team Bondi’sL.A. Noirehad been something of an enigma. Since it bears the Rockstar name, many assumed that it would simply be aGrand Theft Auto-style adventure set in 1940s Los Angeles instead of the ’80s, ’90s, or the present. After watching a half-hour demo of the game at PAX East, I can say that while it shares some elements with Rockstar’s previous crime thrillers, I’ve never seen a game quite like this before....
Marble Saga: Kororinpa is the sequel to last year’sKororinpa: Marble Maniafor the Wii. InMarble Saga, players will tilt the world with the Wiimote to get their marble to the end of the level and collect diamonds along the way. Sounds pretty simple, but it’s not as easy as it sounds.Marble Sagais a great challenge and you may find out more by hitting the jump for my impressions onMarble Saga: Kororinpa....
Since breaking exclusivity is all the rage these days in the console world, it’s easy to guess where 2K Boston may go with their updatedBioShockPlayStation 3 content. Recently at Leipzig,Videogamercaught up to 2K Games senior producer Melissa Miller and asked her about the exclusivity of the PS3 version of the game’s content. Her response had the words “timed exclusive” stamped all over it. Right now we are supporting the PS3 launch....
We always expected to seeMortal Kombat vs. DC Universedownloadable content with Ed Boon and his merry band ofMKdesigners constantly hinting and teasing. However, that was all before we knew exactly how much trouble Midway was in. Earlier this morningMKcreator and head honcho Ed Boomtweeted a somber tweet, showing fans what might have been if Midway kept it together and essentially confirming that no DLC for the latestMKtitle would bekreated. Pictured below in the gallery is a render for a Quan Chi, a character who was apparently slated to appear inMK vs....
So I’ve been playing a lot ofHalo: Reachlately and of course I’m going to blast our surround sound system to fully enjoy the game. Oddly, our neighbors here in San Francisco don’t appreciate videogames as much as we do as evidenceby this notewe discovered at our front door yesterday morning. I was tempted to ignore the note, but they did say please twice. Sorry about that, neighbors. Now I’m using my Astro A30s headset to bring about early deafness....
Viva Piñatais a game that many people adore and yet it didn’t do very well at all. According to Rare’s James Thomas,Gears of Warand Microsoft’s marketing strategyare to blame. The two titles were set to be big Christmas releases, but whileGearswas promoted out of the arse, there was sadly no room in the budget to giveViva Piñatathe exposure Rare felt it needed. Most interestingly I think from our point of view, it was interesting to see how the marketing budget was split last Christmas, because obviously everyone knew that Microsoft were publishingGears of WarandViva Piñata....
When I read the “word”BlazBlue, I immediately hearBill Cosbyin my head babbling a “BlazemBlazblueBlippityBLOP.” Did Bill Cosby ever actually say anything like that, or is that something we just believe due to the antics of his many impersonators? There are still so manyBill Cosbyimpersonators in the world; the mind reels at the sheer magnitude of their shared irrelevance. I wonder how many of them have taken to diversifying their special talent into impersonating Barack Obama?...
Epic recently released the above image on theGears of War 2officialwebsite. If you go to their page and take a look at the huge image in all its glory, you’ll notice there are lines of numbers on the middle dog tag. The guys over at1Upused their collective brilliance to deduce that the numbers 033-116-117-126-071 are really ASCII values that stand for “ESC-N-O-V-9.” If you’re anything like me, you’re able to never quite figure out what the hell license plates are supposed to mean....
Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory, so here’s somefurther credence to the ideathatDuke Nukem Forever‘s death is merely a marketing ploy by 3D Realms. Apparently, the URL “savedukenukem.com” was registered on 05/07/09, the daybefore3D Realmsannounced its closure. Many people now believe we are being played, which is something I myself had considered briefly, since I’m convinced that everyone involved withDuke Nukem Foreverhas been laughing at us for the past ten years....
