Welcome to 2010, the year of the metal Tiger. So did anyone go to any awesome parties last night? If so, tell us about them! I just had a small thing with some close friends as I won’t be seeing them as much in the coming months. Oh yeah, I’m moving! Hot sh*t! We told you our most wanted PC and DS games of 2010, meat is tasty,Zelda: Hero of Timefan movie got shut down and videogame blogging sucks even more around the New Years Holiday....
Lets start with the facts. Nintendo is a giant, evil corporation that is hellbent on ruining videogames, the world, and everything. The only things standing in their way are a local, “Mom and Pop” software developer called Microsoft, and a plucky, underdog electronics producer named Sony. For a while, Sony had just barely fended Nintendo off with something called thePS2, but lately it’s been Microsoft leading the struggle to keep Nintendo at bay....
The last we ever saw ofThe Getawayon PlayStation 3 was way back in 2006, where Piccadilly Circus was shown off in impressive, supposedly real-time glory. Of course, that was two years ago, so you’d be forgiven for thinking the title was scrapped. You’d think wrong, however, as Sony hascome out of the woodworkto confirm that the nextGetawaysequel is still coming. Screenplay writer Katie Ellwood has confirmed that the game is in development, and has promised that the PlayStation 3 will provide a more engaging experience than ever before....
The usual crew of Jim Sterling, Atheistium and Wardrox has its forces bolstered by community member Dan Gale to discuss their favorite games home grown in the European territories. FromDungeon KeepertoWorms,The Podcastleis alive with the sound of Eurogaming celebration. Top stuff, our kid. As you will soon hear, we had a rather huge error in this recording that led to us losing practically the entire first half of the show. We had two Northerners on the show, so it may have been stolen....
The other day, I was thinking about how there is not a lot of gray area when it comes to videogame wizards. (Yup, this is the kind of stuff I think about.) I mean, either you are anawesome videogame wizard, generally liked by everyone and using your incredible magic skills for the power of good … or you are agiant asshole videogame wizard, not only spreading evil throughout an in-game world, but usually annoying the actualplayeras well....
ThisTF 2video is just pure awesome. Jim reviewsSonic Unleashed, Midway has a game that looks better thanGears of War 2, Reuters pulls out ofSecond Life, a newPrince of Persiadev diary is out, and plenty more happened over the weekend. Weekend Regulars:Weekend Destructainment: RELOADINGBest of the Network this weekThis Week in the Community: Welcome to theSpace JamGames of the week for 11/30/08: Holy crap, December starts tomorrow! edition Reviews:A Kingdom for KeflingsSonic Unleashed News:Sssh!...
[Editor’s note: Tascar takes a look at how videogame music has evolved over the years. What do you think? Has videogame music gotten worse, better or stayed the same? — CTZ] New Dtoid poster lovemana23 made an interestingfirst postin which he talked about how music brought so much emotion into videogames, focusing on Hiroki Kikuta’s incredible music toSecret of Mana. In reading the post, particularly at the end, a sentiment is expressed that I have heard and read from many blog posts, friends, and myself: the feeling that there is something off or missing from videogame music today....
In an interview at a press event forWWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011this past weekend in Los Angeles, the game’s creative director, Cory Ledesma, lamented that used games are “an issue for the [videogame] industry.” This was in the context of explaining thatSvR 2011will be subject to alockout of online features behind a pack-in codelike the publisher’s mixed martial arts game,UFC Undisputed 2010, which launched in May. Similar to theEA Sports Online Pass,UFC 2010included a one-time-use code on the back of the game’s manual that had to be entered into the main menu in order to use the game’s online features....
Did you know that on top of all this videogame goodness served to you on a regular basis, the ModernMethod Network also brings youJapanese/anime culture,moviesandtoys? Videogames are an ever growing medium and more than anything else, games get some pretty sweet toy tie-ins. This is where sister site Tomopop comes in with their recent barrage of videogame toy coverage from the last week and a half. A bunch of new toys were being teased for games likeGod of War, Onimusha, Mother 2, Mega Manand more....
Valve’s Potato Fool’s Day alternate-reality game (ARG) has taken off since we lastmentioned it here. There’s a history of the findingsright here, which you should check out. As always, it’s impressive to see all of the pieces come together, person by person. The ARG has resulted in a considerable amount concept art forPortal 2. Super Punch has been pretty good about collecting the images: there arevariations ofChell, the robots, and the game’s cover art; arelaxation vault; and even abathysphere, to get you started....
Haemimont Games, the developer ofTropico 3, and Kalypso Media have announced The First Templar, an action-adventure game coming to PC and Xbox 360 in early 2011. The game has players controlling one of two characters (or both!) — a French Templar, and noble woman who has been pegged as a heretic. The team works together to uncover the mysterious of the Templars, in the process bringing to light the secrets of the Holy Grail....
We gotthe newsthat aDragon Questbar called Luida’s Pub was coming about a month ago. It opened three days ago and since then I’m sure it has been jam packed with Japanese people trying all theDQthemed food and admiring the walls full toys and statues. While I was expecting more of a fast foody flair to the whole thing it looks like Luida’s Pub is rocking it classy style. Most of the video is an interview I can’t understand, but I bet he’s saying things like “We’re trying to offer some high quality food with theDQtheme that all Japanese love,” or “What is really great about Luida’s Pub is that you can get great food and eat it in a upscale atmosphere....
Who’s headed to Comic-Con!? Not me, that’s for sure. I’ll be not there and not enjoying theTwisted Metalpanel where I will not see the designs for the post-apocalypticTwisted Metalthat was tossed around before the final desision was laid out. David Jaffe, el creator deTwisted Metal, showed off the apocalypse style Sweet Tooth above over onhis blogafter explaining that he was glad co-director Scott Campbell nixed the idea because now everyone is doing the apocalypse thing....
