Last year at CES, Nyko unveiled their Wand controller for the Wii and we werevery impressed. The changes to button layout were great as was the Trans-Port tech which allows other peripherals to remap buttons for the most appropriate use. New year, new Wand, I guess. In our meeting with Nyko, we were shown the Wand+. It has all of the features of the original Wand, but throws in its own version of MotionPlus (called FullMotion)....
Rare has announced thatPerfect Dark XBLAwill be hopping aboard theCrackdowntrain with a new playable character. Agent 4 will be available for free to anybody who has aCrackdown 2save file on their 360’s hard-drive.Pefect Darkdetects the file and makes Agent 4 available for multiplayer combat. Neat. It’s hardly aHalo 3beta, but it at least givesCrackdown 2a unique little bonus. The game’s actually out next Tuesday, if you can believe it, and Destructoid will have its review up on Monday....
I have absolutely no idea what is going onhere. Normally you can kind of derive some semblance of understanding out of a commercial or television program just by watching it, but I have no clue what deep sea fishing andDragon Quest IXhave to do with each other. That being said, and to completely contradict my first two sentences, I think I’ve got a clear picture of what’s going on here....
EA really seems to love putting out animated Dead Space comics. First the Ben Templesmith comics onDead Space Extraction, and now we getDead Space Ignition; the officialDead Space 2prequel narrative set for release tomorrow. There are two ways to get it — you’re able to buy it for $5 on PSN or XBLA, or get it for free after pre-orderingDead Space 2. Unlike previousDead Spaceanimated comics,Dead Space Ingitionis something you can readandplay....
CDV Software Entertainment held a little press event this past Wednesday in San Francisco where they showed off some of their upcoming releases. Of course, in classic CTZ fashion, I was late to the event. By a full day. Ron Workman was actually at the event and thanks to him, I did get to check out a few of their upcoming titles. Lawn Gamesis going to be the first console title to be published by CDV....
“Snake? Snake? SNNNNAAAAAKKKKKEEEEEE!” He’s heard it a million times by now, but I just had to say it again when meeting David Hayter, the voice of Solid Snake in Konami’sMetal Gearseries. Aside from voice acting in numerous videogames and anime series, Hayter is also an accomplished actor and screenwriter. But, for this meeting, he’s good ol’ Old Snake, taking a smoke break to chat with Destructoid about whatever aged special ops agents like to talk about....
When I first started challenging Community Games developers to submit their work for review on Destructoid, I had hoped that some real gems would come out of the woodwork and prove their worth. I had not, however, expectedCarneyVale Showtime. At the risk of spoiling the whole review before you even read it, let me say that if you’re at all interested in the potential of XNA games, then you really, really,reallyneed to check this one out....
Recently, EA’s farm was blessed with a birth. A hybrid animal — one partSims, one partAnimal Crossing, one partStrawberry Shortcake—MySimsemerged from the barn, took a deep breath of country air and embarked on its first unsteady steps. Does it trip over its own legs or gallop like the majestic centaur? Hit the jump to find out. Nex In the past,The Sims— and forefathersSimCity, SimEarthandSimMarxistDystopia— relied on unparalleled levels of customizability to give gamers titles they could theoretically play indefinitely....
Time for deals? Okay, in all seriousness, I found this image attached to a blog and spent twenty minutes scrolling through years of updates trying to discern what the context for it was. I was disappointed. Not in the boobs, mind you, but the content did not live up to the hopeful expectation. Speaking of which, we have another highly disappointing week when it comes to bargains. Best Buy has only one game on sale this week, and it’s a measly ten bucks off ofLeft 4 Dead, but they do have the Xbox Live bundle with chatpad and 12-month service at a really good price....
THQ has just announced that a new batch of downloadable content is available forWWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Fans of early-90’s wrestling should pay close attention… The pack will cost $4.99 (or 400 MS Points on Xbox 360) and will include: Bushwacker Butch, Bushwacker Luke, Doink the Clown, Earthquake, and Vader. Yeah, that’s right… Doink the freakin’ Clown. Seeing as how THQ recently released the blast-from-the-past wrestling game,Legends of Wrestlemania, this new pack seems a bit… odd....
We had previously heard rumblings ofDuke Nukem: Manhattan Projectgetting an Xbox LIVE Arcade release from a LinkedIn profile, which is how these things usually get started. And now, right on schedule, a game ratings board —this time Korea’s GRB— has given us some much-needed corroboration. It’s impossible to say when this re-release will go down, but all things considered, it does sound like it’ll happen eventually. Although, isn’t that what they said aboutDuke Nukem Forever?...
Nowthisis how you make a game trailer, folks. The transitions, the music, the stunts — it all just makes me want to see more of Dice’sMirror’s Edge, immediately. I’m not sure if I can pinpoint exactly what it is about the game that’s gotten me so hot and bothered. Perhaps it’s the killer art direction, which reminds me ofCrackdown, only more realistic and much cleaner, or the incredible lighting effects, or maybe even the fast-paced action itself....
One of the games Nintendo really wanted to sell at their press conference wasWii Music. Nintendo’s game of invisible instruments seems to pale in comparison to the more competitive music games likeRock BandandGuitar Hero. Today, Shigeru Miyamoto talked tomultiplayerblogabout why consumers should want to ownWii Musicover the new music offerings from Harmonix and Neversoft: What I find what is fun about music [games] is when you really get into a good rhythm and you have a great time performing....
