With all the excitement overDead Space 2, it’s easy to forget that EA Mobile has a pint-sized version of the sci-fi horror game in the works. In fact, I’d completely forgotten about it until EA reminded everybody. Two new screens have been released for the game, which will launch sometime in the very near future. As you can see, it looks like it’ll play very much like the console games, which is fine by me....
Ten years ago today (9/9/99), the Sega Dreamcast made its debut in North America. For M. Bison, it was a Thursday. For the rest of us, it was the day that forever changed console gaming as we knew it. Bad timing? Yeah. Historically bad. The Dreamcast enjoyed just over a year in the spotlight before Sony launched the eagerly-awaited and massively successful PlayStation 2, which not only put Sega’s sixth-gen console entry to rest in the US in March of 2001, but subsequently knocked the company out of the console business entirely....
A few days ago, at Gen Con, I was invited to talk to Russell Williams, CEO of Flying Lab. Flying Lab’s booth on the show floor was all aboutPirates of the Burning Sea. The company’s main focus was to establish that the MMO was still kicking out new content and fixing problems that players indicate are issues with the game. At the end of the interview, I felt that it was a great privilege to speak to Williams....
Some of you may or may not know, but Sarcastic Gamer has set up a brand new charity,Extra Life. Extra Life is a proposed 24-hour gaming marathon set up to raise money for averyworthy cause. I’ll let SG tell you all about it: On Saturday October 18th, 2008 gamers from around the world will come together for 24 hours to raise money and awareness for the cause of pediatric cancer. Cancer is the number one cause of non-accidental death in children....
Merry Wednesday, handsome readers of Destructoid, and welcome to the 53rd triweekly installment of the Destructoid show. I interrupt my marathon session ofLeft 4 Dead 2this evening to bring you today’s news in a format in which you may be familiar: YOUTUBE MAGICK! On today’s episode, Max celebrates the 10-year anniversary ofAll Your Base Are Belong To Usin the non-newsiest news item I’ve seen since Max talked about his cat for 5 seconds straight....
Some pictures of an earlyDiablo IIIbuild have bubbled to the surface of the Internet, providing a look at the miserable Diablo that could’ve been. Amusingly, this is the build that hardcoreDiablofans would probably have liked, since theyrailed against the use of colorin the current incarnation. So, for those purists, here’s a grey and dreary look at what you could have had. Does this look good to you? I can’t say I care for it, but then, I think we have enough games that use this color palette already....
Dynasty Warriorsis one of the most enduring button mashers on the market, but thanks to the PlayStation Vita’s overwhelming abundance of gimmickry, Omega Force can now introduce a new concept for its series –screen mashing! The above trailer reveals the new interface forDynasty Warriorson the PlayStation Vita. Not sure how I feel about a game in which you touch random points on the screen to do everything, but if it’s used to enhance a more traditional hack n’ slash interface, I might be sold....
Cliff Bleszinski and Ice-T took to the stage at Microsoft’s E3 press conference to play a littleGears of War 3.The demo showed Marcus, Dom and Cole on a ship in the middle of an ocean being attacked some sort of tentacled monstrosity. In the excitement, Cole takes control of a heavily-armed exoskeleton called a “Silverback” The presentation felt heavy on cutscene and light on gameplay, butGearslooks just as sick as ever....
Sony has been working hard on getting third-party publishers to support PlayStation Move, and now, they can count 2K Sports among them. The sports publisher trotted out none other than Kobe Bryant at Sony’s E3 press conference this evening to help demonstrate the Move integration thatNBA 2K12will include. Called “NBA On The Move,” the feature allows you to use the Move wand to point an on-screen reticle at a player to whom you want to pass the rock, and by pulling the trigger on the controller, a player will take a shot....
Housemarque’sSuper Stardust Deltawasn’t shown off for the first time today, but this trailer for the game is the new hotness if I do say so myself. If you’ve ever tried playing a game in this series without twin sticks — talking about you,Super Stardust Portable— well, I envy you. It’s far from ideal, and all the more reasonDeltafor PlayStation Vita looks so darn good. Love those eye-popping colors.
In the longest press release the world has ever seen (which you can view after the jump), Electronic Arts has revealed the first batch of games under its casual Hasbro line of games. Hasbro’s popular Littlest Pet Shop line of toys will be brought to life in its very own games, scheduled for release on the Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC this fall. From the description, the game appears to play on the “gotta’ catch ’em” all gene that is present in all children, with a strong emphasis on collection and relationship building with their digital pets (instead of, you know, other children)....
At 7:30PM AEST,EB Games Australiaannounced that they will be hosting Australia’s largest gaming event in history. The event is three years in the making and will be held on October 15 and 16 on Australia’s Gold Coast and will be 10,000 square meters of pure win! With major publishers like Electronic Arts and Ubisoft confirmed (and Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Activision and more rumored), this will rival international events such asPenny Arcade Expoand E3....
“We have the fastest elevators in the industry,”Mass Effect 2executive producer Casey Hudsonjoked at a Comic-Con panelin July 2009. What if by fastest, he meant waiting in none at all? Elevator rides were aMass Effectstaple. On a design level, the elevators were a means of avoiding loading screens. But lacking in significant narrative or visual value, these excursions became too dull too fast for most. The stares into oblivion. The shifting....
