By now, I would hope that most of you already ownCastlevania: Symphony of the Night. In my mind, it’s one of those games you need to play before you turn into a miserable little pile of secrets. This week, it’s only $5 on Xbox Live, in addition toHarmony of Despairand its add-on levels gettinga discount as well. As is always the case with these Deal of the Week promotions, you need to be an Xbox Live Gold member....
Polish developer CD Projekt RED wants to putThe Witcher 2: Assassin of Kingson consoles. In a post-leak interview withGRY-OnLine, game senior producer Tomas Gop confirmed the rumors and speculation of a possible console release by revealing the developer’s goal. “Although PC is a certain choice we made regarding platforms forThe Witcher 2,” he said, “we also want to release the console version.” Gop added later that the game would not be released soon....
Hey Costco, do you know what it feels like to have several thousand people refreshing your Web siteall at once? Well, you’re about to. An e-mail sent today by Costco.com confirms that they’ll be offering PS3 bundles on their site. No word on what is to be included in the bundle in the e-mail, but hell, they could include five games and an extra controller and it’dstillbe cheaper than eBay....
Creative Assembly has spoken a little about itsrecently revealedAliengame, divulging how it got the green light, and stressing the importance of crafting a unique, quality experience. “Well, the team finishedVikingabout three years ago now, and that was … flawed when it came out for PS3 and 360,” said Creative’s Tim Heaton. “… So we developed a demo using some of the technology fromViking, but really quite changed, and we took it to SEGA....
You might recallabout a month agowhen Nick Chester told us about the possibility ofDead Spacecompletely lacking the ability to pause. Many of you shared your disgust at such a thought, and rightfully so. I mean, someone has to look out for the bladders of gamers everywhere. Dead Space‘s Executive Producer, Glen Schofield, revealed the truth behind the game’s pause functionality in aninterview with MTV Multiplayer: “I was saying that in a game like ‘Resident Evil,’ you pause and you go into your menu....
Knock me over the head with a jug of orange juice! What a great deal coming from Capcom. They’ve sliced the price of the zombie mowing horror survivalDead Rising 2in half, down from $59.99 to only $29.99. That’s all versions: PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Dead Rising 2is a fine videogame, and is certainly worth your 30 bones. The single-player side is a delight, and then the multiplayer will keep you coming back....
Isaac Clarke’s go-to weapon inDead Space, the Plasma Cutter, can be yours inDead Space 2from the beginning should you have aDS1save file. As Tweeted by Visceral Gamesprogrammer Louis Gascoigne, the save file doesn’t even need to be for a completed run. I know some people had trouble finishingDead Space, so that’s a nice treat for them. And for all of us, actually — the Plasma Cutter was pretty much the essential weapon....
Departing from the comedic approach ofthe lastBattlefield: Bad Companytrailer, the above video is a developer diary with a clear message: blowing stuff up is good ol’ fashioned fun.Tired of being inconvenienced by annoying buildings that always seem to get in the way at the worst possible time? Why should you have to go through the trouble of traveling around said barrier when a much better solution is at your disposal — blowing the damn thing to smithereens!...
We’ve got an exclusive version of the boss trailer that has been doing the rounds forArc Rise Fantasia. you may watch it if you like by clicking play on the video. But do it in anexclusiveway, because it is exclusive, apparently. The video details a fight against a big green monster who bears more than a passing resemblance to a Malboro from Final Fantasy. As always, the dodgy localization is in place, but I’m hoping the traditional turn-based combat is good enough to make up for the issue....
Not too long ago, Sony gave us the opportunity to check outGod of War IIIand it was — as we had expected — glorious. After wiping ourselves off, we sat down with the game’s design director, Todd Papy. Papy knows his God of War, having worked with David Jaffe on the first title on the PlayStation 2. We talked about the influence ofShadow of the Colossus, working with the new “Titan” gameplay, downloadable content, and more....
With all the recent whining from the so-called “hardcore” spectrum of gaming that casual gamers will invalidate the hobby, turning it into some kind of pixelated Hollywood doppelganger, a lot of people seem to have lost sight of the fact that the influx of cash money these younger sisters, elderly parents and hyper-intelligent dolphins bring with them CAN have beneficial side effects. Let’s suppose that the reason casual games have sucked in the past has more to do with peripheral issues than the actual games themselves....
We nominated seven of the best gamesfrom the Penny Arcade Expo’s show floor and let our community pick the best one of the bunch. Their pick? Gearbox Software’sBorderlands. The upcoming PS3, Xbox 360 and PC title just edged out both Valve’sLeft for Dead 2and Blizzard’sDiablo IIIas the fan favorite, pushing ahead ofUncharted 2, God of War III, Mass Effect 2, andThe Misadventures of of P. B. Winterbottom. We had a lot of good things to say about the cell-shaded team-based first-person shooter/RPG this earlier summer inour preview, and many members of Destructoid’s community echoed that after their hands-on sessions at PAX this past weekend....
And you thought your next house party was doomed. MoreDJ Hero 2content has been released this week. The “Ultra Mix Pack” features: It’s $7.99 or 640 MS Points for you Xbox 360 DJs. You can buy them individually for 300 Wii Points a piece. Anyone still playingDJ Hero 2? Are you sad that we probably won’t see a sequel this year, or are you happy to just have DLC?
