This makes all the modular lighting solutions I’ve seen before look kind of bland. French company Remake has gone above and beyond on this homage to Pac-Man. This would be cool enough if it was a solid piece, but the pieces can be arranged to your taste, allowing you to set the scene however you wish. The only downer about the setup is that it does not move, so you won’t be witnessing a chase anytime soon....
Ladies and gentlemen, we are in the midst of the biggest multiplayer gaming season of the year!Gears of War 3hits in just a few days, followed byBattlefield 3at the end of October,Uncharted 3the week after that, andCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3the week after that! Add to that the recent releases ofDead Island,Resistance 3andWarhammer 40,000: Space Marineand you’ve got the recipe for a multiplayer feast like none other! I expect Friday Night Fights will be very busy in the coming months!...
Despitethe numberof timesthat I’ve felt slapped down by Square-Enix these past few months, I am still totally psyched about the upcomingBlood of Bahamutfor DS, and thse new screens fromFamitsuonly serve to amp me up more. Funny how the games I’m most excited for are DS or PS2 games … I think my metaphorical retro slip is showing. So what do we know to date aboutBlood of Bahamut? well, not too much, other than Think & Feel are working on it, the greatShadow of the Colossus-like beast in it is called the Gigant, and the protagonist are named Ibuki and Yui....
Halo,Final Fantasy,Call of Duty,Uncharted… you name a major modern franchise, and GameLoft’s been “inspired” by it. Now the mobile powerhouse has its eyes onThe Legend of Zelda, with a mysterious new title that has been teased in the video above. I’m in two minds about GameLoft nowadays. I think they’re very talented mobile developers who generally get away with the copycat software because they pick on big franchises who won’t lose anything, create game experiences that the official devs just wouldn’t bring us, and are sometimes justbetterat giving us mobile experiences than the real deal....
The National Football League andWorld of Warcraft: two things with a lot in common. Wait. Hear me out. Both are the dominant players in their respective worlds (professional sports and MMOs). Both can make you waste an entire day doing nothing but eating and drinking while sitting in front of a screen. Both have a rabid fan base that can talk your head off about the smallest point of minutia and bring up stats that no normal person would ever remember....
Suda51 is one of my favorite game designers. While the games that his company,Grasshopper Manufacture, puts out aren’t always very deep from a gameplay perspective, I can’t help loving them. Sometimes you just have to have a little style over substance and this dude has it in spades. Late last week, at an event called, “Foreign Video Game Unlawful Assembly 2K8,” Suda announced that Grasshopper’s first title,The Silver Case, will be hitting the PSN download service....
Within the past few weeks, you, the average Destructoid community member, have seen some of your peers promoted to front page editor status. WhileBraddoes mostly news andConradwas recruited for his features, they both possess a common trait: on their Community Blogs, they were prolific, eloquent writers. I would be honored to say that I am here to join the newbs for the same reasons. Unfortunately, I can’t. You may have previously known me as Dexter345, Destructoid reader since the beginning, lover ofEarthboundand hater ofMega Man, one of the many fine individuals ofDtoidLosAngeles, and all around pretty cool guy (if I may say so myself)....
WithHalf-Lifefans making love to copies ofThe Orange Boxeverywhere, Valve is now turning our attention to the final installment of its current Freeman-flavored story arc. As the final chapter of theHalf-Life 2series,Episode Threeis looking to end the series with a bang,as Valve confirms. “We’re going to try and do something pretty ambitious for that project,” stated Valve’s David Speyrer. Unlike withEpisode One,Episode Twodidn’t come with a trailer for the next and final installment....
Only those that played Persona 4 will get this, but seeing as how it’s one of the highest rated PlayStation 2 games available, I’m betting that many of you will get this. Tipster Mario S. sent in thislocal news storythat sounds exactly like the beginning of Atlus’Persona 4. A young man, whose body clad only in underwear and a T-shirt, was found near the top of a 1,000 foot broadcast tower....
Here’s how much I love thePaRappa the Rapperfranchise: When I see a used copy of any of the series games in a store, I rage. I playUnjammer Lammyon almost every flight I take, and I fly about 100,000 miles a year, so that’s a lot. I playPaRappa the Rapper 2at least once a month, every month. I sing the NanaOn-Sha jingle to myself at random during the day. I don’t just like this franchise....
[Editor’s note: Who says changing your favorite game has to be in the realm of practicality? I would totally play BigPopaGamer’s version ofMadden. Read on for his take on improving theMaddenseries as part of theMonthly Musings. — CTZ] So for those of you that know me, you know I am a bit of an armchair quarterback. I love my football (college and pro) games. I don’t play them that much, only when the newest upgrade comes along....
Ready for something a little different for your DS? How does an adventure in the skies sound? Check out the description ofNostalgia, a new game from Ignition and Tecmo on the way this September: Set in an alternate-reality version of 19th-century Earth, Nostalgia casts you as Eddie, a headstrong Londoner who amasses a group of memorable companions to traverse the worldin his steampunk-inspired zeppelin. As you navigate the open skies, you’ll explore mysterious foreign locales, slay all manner of fantastical enemies, complete a variety of thrilling quests, and ultimately, save the world from unfathomable evil....
It stands as testament to how far videogames have come when voice acting — once a totally ancillary feature — can make or break a title.Arc Rise Fantasia, released for Wii last year, was a solid roleplaying game with a potentially great story, but the localized actors completely wrecked it. Luckily, the game’s publisher agrees and won’t be making that mistake again. “I agree with a lot of the concerns you have with the voices inArc Rise,” Ignition’s Shane Bettenhausentold Siliconera....
