Okay, many editors in the world of videogame journalism, myself included, have made fun of Sony and its handling of the PS3. As harsh as we may be, one thing we tend not to do is go as far as to say that the PlayStation 3 is a failure, especially this early in the current generation. One man, however, has thrown courtesy out of the window and asks,in his new book:Why Did the PS3 Fail?...
No surprises in this week’s batch ofRock Banddownloadable content, as the rest ofJanuary’s rockhas already been planned out. But just to bring you up to speed, this week’s downloadable content is the “Oasis Pack,” which contains three three tracks: “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” “Live Forever,” and “Wonderwall.” You’ll be required to hand over $5.49 (440 MS Points) for the pack, or $1.99 (160 MS Points) per song. All tracks are master recordings, for those of you who feel that’s a prerequisite for “the awesome....
I must not have been paying attention whenBlack Rock Studio‘sPurewas announced for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, because the video interview above has me all hot and bothered for some extreme off-road racing action.In the video,Puredirector Jason Avent talks about the ins and the outs of the game’s trick system, what we can expect from the multiplayer (16-player online), and everything in between.Generally speaking, I strongly dislike snowboarding games, but theSSXseries proved to be a huge exception for me....
It’s times like this that I wish I still worked for a videogame retailer, if only to stand around waiting for a customer to ask about THQ’s new off-road racer, “Bah-jah.” It’s going to happen, and I’m not going to be there, but mark my words … Developed by 2XL Games (which employs founding members of the popularMX vs. ATVfranchise),BAJAwill feature more than 100 square miles of tough, ‘unpredictable’ terrain that players will traverse using 40 different Trophy Trucks, 4x4s and buggies....
Could the beloved sci-fi strategy title be making a comeback? Trademarks forAlpha Centauriregistered earlier this month by Electronic Arts have caused such speculation. Thefirst trademarkis for computer game software, whilethe secondis for “entertainment services, namely, providing an on-line computer game.” It’sbeen suggestedthat this could purely result in EA throwingAlpha Centauriup on Origin, rather than coming out with a modern title.
There has been some talk in the past about getting TurboGrafx-16 titles on to the PlayStation Store in the west. Japan has had access to them for years now. It seems that they will finally materialize, as the German software ratings board USK has spilled the beans by adding ten games to their database. The games listed are: I guess this is exciting news for some people. All of these games have been available on the Wii for a very long time in both Europe and North America, so it’s hard to get too excited about seeing them again now....
Ubisoft is holding aYour Shape: Fitness Evolvedcompetition where a few lucky folks will get to win a trip to San Francisco and workout for two days straight! Wait, what?! Don’t dismiss the idea of this contest right away as it actually sounds pretty neat. Ubisoft wants to show howYour Shape: Fitness Evolvedcan really help a person out and so far, this is the only really interesting thing I’ve seen using the Kinect technology....
It’s a jigsaw puzzle game.Yup. WhileMetal Gear Solid Peace Walkeris set to be an action title for the PSP,Metal Gear Solid Piece Walkeris going to be an online competitive jigsaw puzzle game. That’s all that was really said on theKojima Productions blog, but then again, something like this probably doesn’t need a full blown explanation. Metal Gear Solid Piece Walkerwill be available for all to play this Thursday.
[It’s time for anotherMonthly Musing— the monthly community blog theme that provides readers with a chance to get their articles and discussions printed on the frontpage. — CTZ] Though I’ve been playing videogames for a fairly long time, I take a bit of pride in the fact that, all things considered, I’m not the stereotypical “old grouch” gaming veteran — after all, we don’t need any more real-life affirmations of the stereotypical overweight, middle-aged, scraggly-bearded specimen, only ever seen clad in a prized (and much-stained)Pac-Manshirt, who spends more time complaining about “the junk they put out these days” than actually, well,playinganything, oldornew....
A couple of uscan’t wait to seesome solid JRPG action heading to the PS3, and Sega’sValkyria Chroniclesappears to be the answer we’re looking for. This tactical RPG looks pretty and producer Akira Nishino certainly thinks we should all be playing it, but one thing he’sless enthusiasticabout is the success of certain so-called “casual” games on another so-called “casual” system. Inan interviewwith a Japanese site, Nishino had this to say about the future of the games industry:...
While Anthony Burch — Destructoid’s own bearded-stud and Internet video star — was doing his thing on the show floor of PAX ’09, he stumbled upon Dominic Armato, the voice of Guybrush Threepwood. Perhaps in the name ofJOURNALISMor simple humor (these things are one in the same, right guys?), Burch asked Armato what he thought about Destructoid. In Threepwood’s voice, Armato replied. Did he say we are the best blog ever?...
I watch all my television on my computer by hooking it up to my television through an HDMI cable. At this point there just isn’t any point to watching TV “live” since everyone can get everything over the web whenever they want, and for most of the shows watching it in Hi-Def is beyond unnecessary. Many others might use their PS3s to watch TV. They may have also used Hulu to do this, but no more....
[As originaly written onJapanator] The first timethe Japanatorians heard about manga coming to the Japanese Wii, they were a little jealous. But now it seems like Japan is just rubbing it in. Some of the big guys in the Japanese print world are now joining in: Kadokawa, Kodansha, Shueisha and Shogakukan. They’ve come together to create Librica, a manga-delivery system that will be available through WiiWare. This will deliver the goods to a special Wii browser....
