So, here’s a television commercial for Valve’sPortal 2, rated E10+ (thanks, readers!) and coming soon to a reliable retailer near you! Whatwillthey think of next? Seriously though, it’s a cute little video. You can watch it if you want, then complain that our video player made you sit through an ad before you could watch an ad. I’m aware of the irony.
We’ve heard reports that PC users aregoing up againsta number of technical issues withRAGE, which publisher Bethesda Softworks has attributed to driver problems. No matter the cause, it’s disappointing to see any game — especially one as high-profile as this — run into launch-week trouble. Fortunately, newAMD Catalyst drivers are out, and those seem to be helping remedy texture pop-in and unstable frame rates;Giant Bombis reporting noticeable improvements. Those in need of NVIDIA drivers can find thelatest ones here....
Notorious PS3 hacker George “Geohot” Hotz is apparently the next Will Smith, as he shows off his rap skills and puts Sony in its place. Responding to thelegal proceedingsthat Sony is leveling against him, Hotz (who looks a bit like Quentin Tarantino) refers to the company as a group of fudgepackers and invites them to pound him in the ass. He also refers to himself as the personification of freedom for all and dares Sony to exhibit his musical skills in the courtroom....
Looking forward toUnreal Tournament III? Well, if you are, I hope you own an Xbox 360 or decent PC rig, because if you just own a PlayStation 3, you may have to wait a bit. According to Midway’s release schedule, the PS3 version ofUnrealwill come out in 2008, while the 360 and PC versions will come out in 2007. Ouch. FromPro-G: According to new information released today from Midway, Unreal Tournament 3 (formerly Unreal Tournament 2007) will be released in the second half of 2007 for PC and Xbox 360....
First off, the originalPuzzle Agentis hitting the PlayStation Network this Spring. Now for the new stuff: Telltale has announcedPuzzle Agent 2set to come out this Summer. Telltale and Graham Annable’sProfessor Layton-like puzzle game sees you returning to Scoggins, Minnesota to solve the mystery of the terrorizing gnomes.Puzzle Agent 2will be hitting the PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad and PlayStation Network.
Earlier this afternoon Activision and Radical dropped a nice and long trailer forPrototype— an insane open-world action title that allows players to leap over city intersections, run up buildings, and of course, kill zombies with helicopter blades. The trailer, which you can view after the jump, deals exclusively with five mission types in the game: Rescue, Stealth, Disable, Protect, and Infiltrate. The mode names are indicative of the challenge, but we’re really digging the finale of each one....
InRed Steel 2, the harder you swing the Wiimote, the harder your character will swing his sword. Usually, I would complain about a feature like this. I’m a lazy gamer that plays games to relax, not to workout. In the case ofRed Steel 2though, I actually really got into the game thanks to this feature. Jason Vandenberghe, creative director onRed Steel 2,trulybelieves in the controls of his upcoming game. So much so that he thinks it’s the coolest Wii feature ever:...
We’ve teamed up with Namco Bandai to giveaway some greatMagnacarta 2prizes. Over on theofficial page forMagnacarta 2, youcan win anart book, battle atlas and aMagnacarta 2Xbox 360 themed faceplate. Over here on Destructoid, we’re giving away six copies of the game away for the Xbox 360. All you need to do to win the game is create a funny image with a photo editing program using one or all of the pictures from the gallery below....
Over a year ago, Anthony Burch debuted on the game development scene withRunner. Since that time, Anthony has gone on to achieve super-stardom with his video seriesHey Ash Whatcha Playin’,Rev Rant, andOnce Upon a Pixel. The former Destructoid editor now works for Gearbox, creator of the surprise hitBorderlands, and is currently hard at work on their next game. Long afterRunnerwas released, upstart game developer Gaijin Games co-opted use of the Runner name for their auto-run platformer,Bit....
I’m not ashamed to admit I was totally a teen of the grunge era, and there was a time in my life where Eddie Vedder was a god and Pearl Jam’s music was the most intense and alive I’ve ever heard. I don’t connect to their current work as much as I once did, but I have some pretty fond memories of the first five albums. Of course,Tenwas their post popular album, and the rerelease is getting some major support fromRock Band 2(along with MTV, MTV2, VH1 and VH 1 Classic)....
Roombas! They clean sht off your floor so you don’t have to you lazy bastards. Aside from cleaning, Roombas are very hackable and we’ve seen a lot of mods but nothing as good as this. Ateam of moddershacked five Roombas to create a game ofPac-Man. One of the Roombas is Pac-Man while the four others are Ghosts. The Ghost Roombas will hunt down Pac-Man and will run away if Pac-Man Roomba sucks up a power pellet....
We could have easily seen this coming given that the MegaTen franchise is Atlus’ main moneymaker, but I still can’t help but be excited. Basically all the information present is a simple product listing on Amazon.jp for“Shin Megami Tensei (Working Title)” A newPersonagame was probably a forgone conclusion, butas Siliconera points out, thePersonagames (andDevil Survivor) don’t use theShin Megami Tenseititle in Japan. Instead they useMegami Ibunroku, which basically means “Goddess Side Stories,” denoting their status as outside of the main franchise....
A document has surfaced which indicates thatEVE Onlinedeveloper CCP is at work on an MMO based in theWorld of Darknesssetting. For those unaware,World of Darknessis a connected series of pen-and-paper role-playing games that breathed new life into the hobby with games such asVampire: The Masquerade,Werewolf: The ApocalypseandMage: The Awakening. This also had the unfortunate side effect of morons in black clothing and tons of make-up making asses of themselves in public....
