As much as I lovedDJ Hero 2, I’ve all but forgotten that I still have it in my collection. I might have to pull it out, because these latest DLC release tracks sound hot: If you ask me, they should release an entireDJ Hero: RJD2disc. I’d buy it. Get all three for 620 MS Points or $7.98 on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, respectively. Tracks will be sold individually on the Wii for 300 Wii Points each....
Arc System Works would like you to know that the arcade game of the same name,BlazBlue Continuum Shift II, is being ported down (across?) to both the PSP and 3DS. Japan can expect to see both versions hit shelves on March 31st, priced at 5,229 yen. In the mix of the many modes of BlazBlue CSII here’s a new Abyss Mode, which is a dungeon RPG where you’ll fight enemies to earn powerups, working to get down to the bottom floor of a city called Kagutsuchi....
Do you just wish you had moreInsanely Twisted Shadow Planet? Well, do I have news for you. “Shadow Hunters” is new DLC that will be hitting the Xbox Live Marketplace next week and it expands on the Lantern Run multiplayer mode that was already in the game. It will also take place after the conclusion of the campaign, where you and up to three other friends will finally get rid of that pesky dark plague once and for all....
The New Zealand Herald rana storyearlier about three of their teenagers who, like most teenagers, are (were) terrible drivers and managed to get themselves into a high speed police chase that ended in their deaths. That’s all well and good, but then we have Maurice Williamson (the National Transport Spokesman) saying that video games are somehow at fault! Here’s a quote: “Three Auckland teenagers were killed when the vehicle they were in crashed off the Northwestern Motorway in Auckland during a high-speed police pursuit on Christmas Eve....
id Software hasbeen in New Orleansfor SIGGRAPH 2009, discussing graphics and all the technical stuff that you and I like to ignore because we prefer to assume that videogames just magically happen inside our television sets. id’s senior programmer J.M.P. van Waveren was talking about “Virtual Texturing,” and included some hotRAGEscreens to punctuate his point. The pictures are mostly environmental shots, meant to demonstrate how id Tech 5 technology can create “unique, very large textures....
It kind of feels good to have a little break after having an onslaught of great games attackingour walletsthe last few weeks. Aside fromGeometry WarsDS (above), nothing on this week’s list appeals to me at all. Which is not a bad thing. Like I just said, it’s good to have a break and be able to catch up on all the games we’ve been meaning to play.Expect the releases to be like this until the end of the year kids....
When I think back on fond NES memories, I often recall countless battles played out on in the 8-bit sand of Technos’Super Dodge Ball. This was one of those rare games that had universal appeal and almost infinite replayability. Remember how cheap Team Russia was? I was extremely pleased to hear that lethal ball beaming is making its way back to us inSuper Dodgeball Brawlersfor the Nintendo DS, and these new gameplay videos make me so happy that I could BARF....
Guys. Guys. Hey guys. There is a 1993 arcade game from Irem calledNinja Baseball Bat Man. There is a game calledNinja Baseball Bat Man. A game calledNinja Baseball Bat Man.Ninja Baseball Bat… Why are we only learning about this now, dammit!? Thank you, James Rolfe, for unearthing this Holy Grail. I share your sentiments in hoping thatsomebodyhas the sense to bring this to a digital download service,anydigital service!
Those of you in Europe should already know,Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Skiesisn’t like most other games. It combines the ruthless shmup insanity from the minds at Treasure (Ikaruga,Gunstar Heroes,Bangai-O Spirits) with the accessibility-focused philosophies of Nintendo. On one end, you’ve got the developers who made a giant, homicidal, fang-faced black orb named “Melon Bread” a re-occurring character in their games, and on the other you have the director ofStyle Savvy....
This Nintendo release schedule from their investor relations media is always interesting. There’s always stuff that you already know. There’s also always a few things that are new and juicy. Aside from that, it’s nice to look at to help see where your money is going to go this year. So, the good stuff: Mistwalker Wii RPGThe Last Story(we told you about it this morning) is high in my interest list....
It’s been a long time coming, but silver-haired game hater Jack Thompson has been permanently disbarred. That’s right folks, in thirty days time, the man who once so proudly flaunted his lawyer credentials in peoples’ faces will soon have to go from being “Jack Thompson, Attorney” to just plain ol’ John Bruce Thompson, Nobody. The Court approves the corrected referee’s report and John Bruce Thompson is permanently disbarred, effective thirty days from the date of this order so that respondent can close out his practice and protect the interests of existing clients....
Dungeon Siege IIIhas become a surprisingly polarizing game since it launched this week, most notably among the perpetually annoyed demographic of PC gamers. The biggest issue facing the PC version is that the mouse and keyboard controls are rubbish — an issue Obsidian aims to fix. Lead designer Nathaniel Chapman brought the good word, claiming that the PC control scheme is the one thing he wanted to have more time on, and that his team is now on the case....
OnLive will be released on June 17 for the PC and Mac, the same week as E3 2010. The cloud gaming service promises to offer instant streaming of PC games from various publishers such as Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, 2K Games and many more. The service will run for $14.95 and additional subscription plans will be announced closer to the launch. Despite everything I’ve heard about the OnLive service, I’m still not sold on the idea....
