Last year’sSan Diego Comic-Con cosplay match-up was almost Poison…ous. Yeah. This year’s is a bit cuter. The Man Pikachu at least has a sweet face, right? The Pikachuette? Adorbs! Elsewhere in our cosplay gallery you’ll find the angriest bird ever, a cool tat, excellent make-up work and WOAH.
Here are two things you should already know:Left 4 Dead 2isplayable at Comic Conand the build Valve isbringing has two new zombies, a new level and several new items. What may be fuzzy are the details. If you happen to be in the San Diego area, you can check outL4D2at the EA Gaming Lounge Thursday through Saturday, 2-9 PM and 12-5 PM on Sunday. The EA space is located in the Gaslamp Quarter Hotel....
The above image may look strange and confusing to you, but don’t worry. The spinning apple and mass of equations are all part of a brand new and mysterious Sega game, Project Ringo. Sega has been loving its teasers lately, and as with all the others, this one tells us very little. Over atthe teaser site, we have something just a tad bit more revealing, showing the silhouette of something which may or may not be a cute new mascot....
When I first started here at Dtoid, I’d flip out over every littleMega Man-related tease. I’d see aMega Man-themed countdown clock or hear that there was going to be some big “Mega Man-nouncement”, and I’d throw together a post filled with theories as to what it could be. Then I’d wait with bated breath until the announcement went down, only to see that it was all build up for the release of some newMega Manflavored cola or shoe shine polish....
For a while there, I was under the impressionSplatterhousewouldn’t make it out of development hell; it’s nice to see that’s not the case. Since the last time I gave the game a serious look, it seems the team at Namco Bandai has updated the art style for the better. Exaggerated outlines? Yes please! The original set ofSplatterhousegames was pretty violent for the time, so this is going to sound weird, but jeez, look at all of this blood....
If you love toys, floppy-haired boy heroes andResident Evil, then you’re infor some good news. Square Enix has revealed a new range of figures, including a reinvigorated Play Arts line that includes more attention to detail and articulation than ever before. The first figures to get such quality treatment have nothing to do with Sephiroth for once — they’ll be Sheva and Chris fromResident Evil 5. JoiningRE5‘s racist heroes will be some newFinal FantasyMaster Creatures....
Several members of theStreet Fighter IVroster, including the huggable Zangief, won’t be making an appearance in theiPhone version of the game. According to a recentGamePropost about the handheld port, eight of the possible quadrillion usual suspects will be useable in the game: Able, Blanka, Chun-Li, Dalsim, Guile, Ken, M. Bison, and Ryu. If you feel sad and slighted we suggest you grab some tissues. The price ofSFIViPhone isn’t something to celebrate....
It may have an unreasonably generic name, but Capcom’sDark Voidis looking as hot as baked beans and I am very much looking forward to it. It’s been very quiet on theDark Voidfront, but a few pieces of artwork have been released that show a variety of “survivalists.” The survivalists are humans in a parallel world who are fighting against a group of aliens called the Watchers. These humans have reconfigured Watcher technology which they now use against their former enslavers....
Rising Star Games has revealed that it will be bringing Grasshopper Manufacture’s curious titleFlower, Sun, and Rainto the Nintendo DS to Europe this October. Originally released for Japanese PlayStation 2s in 2001, this early Goichi Suda (“Suda 51”) designed title is just as confusing and bizarre as you’d expect from the man. A detective story with a twist (vampires, luchadors, etc.), the DS port ofFlower, Sun, and Rainhas been updated to make use of the Nintendo DS touch screen, which will be used to “solve mysteries....
Take-Two is dropping the lawsuit nukeon 3D Realms for failure to develop the sequel they both wanted,Duke Nukem Forever.3D Realms closed up shop, never finishing the game, thus breaking an agreement they had with publishing rights owner Take-Two. Take-Two has been pretty patient. I mean, the game had been in development for a decade or so now, right? “Apogee continually delayed the completion date for theDuke Nukem Forever,” Take-Two said in the complaint....
Do you likeTarget? I meanreally, really likeTarget? If so, you won’t want to miss the chance to ski down Target Mountain in their special edition ofShaun White Snowboardingfor the Wii. Ubisoft and Target worked together to add this content to copies ofShaun White Snowbardingpurchased at the retailer. Target Mountain will feature five different events, two slopes and one chalet, and a lounge area — all plastered with Target logos. “We’ve actually offered the player something really useful; it’s not just that we built something with branding on it,” said Trent Ward, creative director on the Wii version of the game....
When I was young, I had dreams of becoming a doctor, fostered as dreams tend to be by the games I played. Had I taken that long and expensive road through med school, I would have invariably been asked what prompted my pursuit of medicine. It’s simple, I’d reply:Team Fortresstaught me that healing folks is not only useful, it’s also damn fun. Unlike that game, though, I’d imagine that the most efficient way of mending your war buddies isn’t hacking them into little bits with an axe emblazoned with a red cross, but hey — it’s not the first time my world view has been warped by the compartmentalized reality of a video game, and it’s not likely to be the last....
[For his Monthly Musing, mgspada tells us about the bias he had for Rare games, and how they finally lost his support. — JRo] I wouldn’t typically consider myself a biased person. For the last three console generations, I’ve owned every console there is because I love video games. I can point out the positives and negatives in any console, past or present. I will defend when necessary, and strike when necessary....
