First details on Braid dev's new game
Post-apocalyptic FPS. Nah, just kidding.
eurogamer.net
Iga_Bobovic
Games can be good for you, say scientists
Wii titles and DDR, to be specific.
eurogamer.net
Iga_Bobovic
Gears 2 All Fronts accidentally released
Then pulled. But some people got it.
eurogamer.net
Iga_Bobovic
New CSI game coming to PC and consoles
Ray! Riley! Catherine! Nick! Not Warwick.
eurogamer.net
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Ubi to launch new games on Facebook
Play the first one right now. TickTock.
eurogamer.net
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Bleszinski on Dark Corners SP and Natal
Locust homeworld? Also: Gears film update.
eurogamer.net
Iga_Bobovic
KZ2 Napalm & Cordite this Thursday
Still no word on price for add-on, though.
eurogamer.net
Iga_Bobovic
UK charts: Harry Potter and the No. 1 Hit
Film tie-ins boss the latest top 40.
eurogamer.net
Iga_Bobovic
Is DirectX throttling 360 performance?
Devs reveal info about writing to the metal.
eurogamer.net
Iga_Bobovic
Wii Sports Resort vs. Wii MotionPlus
You wanted to know exactly how it works..
eurogamer.net
Iga_Bobovic
StarCraft II Insights
The team on the latest Zerg tech tree changes, why StarCraft II is like Team Fortress, the art of balancing and more.
ign.com
Iga_Bobovic
Capcom explains why no online co-op w/ Spyborgs
(it's because they're lazy)
gonintendo.com
Ravenprose
Runes of Magic suspends users for exploit
Users get upset at lack of communication.
eurogamer.net
Iga_Bobovic
Serious Sam 3 drops cartoon look
Too early for other revelations, says dev
eurogamer.net
Iga_Bobovic
Publishers schtum on UK price increase
Only EA openly responds to Activision's play.
eurogamer.net
Iga_Bobovic
New cinematic from THQ's Darksiders
They're using an even more giant worm!
eurogamer.net
Iga_Bobovic
Gamers should fund development - Valve
Then we'll end up with games we really like.
eurogamer.net
Iga_Bobovic
Super Monkey ball step and roll announced
Balance board madness - see the trailer inside
youtube.com
gamingeek
Mind Twist Announced
Creators of Magic: The Gathering tabletop phenomenon now focus online and introduce Mind Twist.
ign.com
Iga_Bobovic
IL-2 Sturmovik IGN Hands-On
A flight combat game for the masses that can also kick your teeth in.
ign.com
Iga_Bobovic
SDCC 09: Star Wars: Republic Heroes
Both Jedi and clones take up arms against the droids.
ign.com
Iga_Bobovic
Red Steel 2 Aussie Nintendo preview
Is this writted by our own lovable wang-head?
aussie-nintendo.com
gamingeek
Little Kings Story Destructoid preview
If you waste your money on Sports resort, you deserve death
destructoid.com
gamingeek
Gamepro Little Kings story review
"a fun-filled and wholly engaging experience for even the most jaded gamer"
gamepro.com
gamingeek
Little Kings Story review from CheatCC
"one you absolutely won't want to miss"
cheatcc.com
gamingeek
Little Kings story had 2 player mode cut
IF a sequel happens, it will be there
411mania.com
gamingeek
New SMT Game Confirmed for DS.
Known as Strange Journey. Will feature First Person Element.
kotaku.com
darthhomer
NOM Wii Sports review
"Makes the original seem lacking in every department. A lovely, polished party game."
officialnintendomagazine.co.uk
gamingeek
Little King's Story Gametrailers Review
Its a video so you have no excuse to be lazy
gametrailers.com
gamingeek
Japan - Club Nintendo gets all new goodies
Son of a..... look at this stuff!
gonintendo.com
gamingeek
Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition Released o
10 Bucks. Can Switch Between New/Old Versions. GO GO GO
bit.ly
darthhomer
Beyond Good & Evil 2 Might Not Be Released
Ubisoft: "Whether or not it comes out remains to be seen..."
gonintendo.com
Ravenprose
Avatar golf footage leaked
Microsoft looking to copy Wii Sports?
computerandvideogames.com
gamingeek
FFCC My Life as a Dark Lord review
The best Wiiware game since World of Goo
gamingvice.net
gamingeek
Little Kings Story creator on what's next
LKS 2 more adult? And a wolf security guard game?
gamasutra.com
gamingeek
Home is beta until it hits "final quality"
Sony has "philosophical targets" to hit first.
eurogamer.net
Iga_Bobovic
BioWare explains Mass Effect save usage
Tiny details in first game to make an impact.
eurogamer.net
Iga_Bobovic
Castle Crashers IGN Hands-on
Yup, it's just like the Xbox 360 version, but that's a good thing.
ign.com
Iga_Bobovic
White Knight Chronicles Update
New details emerge on how you'll be kicking ass in combat.
ign.com
Iga_Bobovic
Madden NFL 10: Online Franchise and Elite Status
IGN gives their final thoughts on gameplay and details on two new features.
ign.com
Iga_Bobovic
Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny Progress Report
By Zeus' beard! IGN has played as Kratos, the God of War.
ign.com
Iga_Bobovic
Roundtable: The Year of Fighting Games
From Street Fighter IV to BlazBlue and beyond, 2009 is a fighting fan's dream.
ign.com
Iga_Bobovic
LittleBigPlanet PSP Progress Report
Sackboy is in our pockets, and we're happy to see you.
ign.com
Iga_Bobovic
Capy Talks Might & Magic DS
IGN sits down with the guys behind the game and talk strategy, development, and process of creating gamer crack.
ign.com
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Sigourney Weaver in Avatar
Other actors from the film to lend voice to the game include Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi and Stephen Lang.
ign.com
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Microsoft accidentally uploaded the forthcoming Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection to Xbox Live Marketplace late last week for half its planned cost.
"Earlier this morning, the Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection Game Add-on was briefly made available on Xbox Live for 800 Microsoft Points," the company said in a statement about it (thanks Joystiq).
"The content has since been removed and will launch on Tuesday, July 28th worldwide as planned, together with the Dark Corners Game Add-on. Pricing will remain as originally intended (1600 and 1200 Microsoft Points for All Fronts Collection and Dark Corners, respectively). - Eurogamer
Well, I guess you could've had Dark Corners for two-thirds the normal price then.
(btw, the LOL smiley in my original post was directed at Microsoft's mistake, not at you missing out, 'cause that sucks. I don't think I was as clear as I should've been)
Golden Sun DS
http://media.ds.ign.com/media/949/949592/imgs_1.html
Nostalgia
Although I'm excited for Dragon Quest IX (and hopefully VI) the most, this new RPG from the creators of FFIII and IV remakes and Avalon Code is another title I'm real excited about.
It's called Nostalgia and it looks like it's inspired from Skies of Arcadia. With exploration and airship battles, it really looks Skies of Arcadia crossed with a Miyazaki film.
http://media.ds.ign.com/media/142/14265033/imgs_1.html
Looks great! And the art-****looks more cartoony than rendered polygons!
Check it out!
Sands of Destruction
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Now Playing: Golden Sun Dark Dawn, God of War Ghost of Sparta, and DKC Returns
I'd like to say I'm looking forward to Golden Sun, but I'm not. I gave the first installment a few tries but I could never force myself to go more than a few hours with it. It just felt too generic.
Nostalgia caught my interest until I saw the screens. Ugly. Too many DS games have raised the bar and have dumped the polygon look. Not sure why anyone would make a game like that these days. There are better directions to go.
Sands of Destruction looks great. That'll have to go up on my radar.
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14352258/metroid-prime-trilogy/videos/metroidprimetrilogy_trl_trailer_71709.html
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Now Playing: Golden Sun Dark Dawn, God of War Ghost of Sparta, and DKC Returns
I want single player levels, not multiplayer
I also want wireless on 360 as well as a hard drive.
Death to Hamsters and associated Wii whores. The Little King decrees it.
Just dont talk to me anymore.
rabbids DS looks good
muramasa <3
prof layton movie <3<3<3
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Listen to Wu-Tang and watch Kung-Fu
How did you know it was me?
WTF is this?
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NPD
The Wii is just beating the crap out of the other consoles, even in software.
if only they were buying the good games and not just the wii fits and the carnival olympics
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There is a Carnival Olympics game? Is Sonic in it? SOLD
Interesting how software in 08 had a wii spike and now its much lower and how the software was being beaten by 360 in 07. So basically wii launched end of 06, then did okay software wise, then as the userbase grew it spiked in 08 and now has come down but is still just in the lead.
LMAO at the prince of persia movie.
Oh shoot, I started doing more updates but it looks like someone else is doing it too. I will halt my nefarious activity.
And bring you more:
Nintendo Voice Chat podcast summaryWii Sports Resort
- Craig gave it a 7.7
- Matt pretty much agreed with Craig’s score, was hoping it wouldn’t be overrated
- Game does insane stuff for the casual crowd…Bozon’s niece got addicted to swordplay, family didn’t want Bozon to take the game home
- Some games in there that aren’t super great
- Really good compilation of mini-games but in terms of polish, doesn’t have everything you’d expect out of a really awesome Wii title
- Feels like step 1 for the mini-games
- Matt thinks that not having a Mario Bowling is a missed opportunity
- Ideas you’d expect Nintendo to use but then they don’t really use it that often
- Craig thinks the airplane controls well, skydiving portion is actually fun
- Can tell which games are tacked on and which are good efforts
- Bicycling isn’t fun
- The more Craig plays Wii Sports Resort, the more he understands what MotionPlus actually is - More like a glorified tilt sensor
- MotionPlus still not 1:1 but makes Wiimote much better controller
- Cycling is Bozon’s least favorite game, Craig thinks it’s the boxing of Wii Sports Resort
- In terms of controls, basketball isn’t the best
- Review scores have been all over the place
- Wii MotionPlus already over 150k+ sales
- Tiger Woods selling very well with the pack in
- Also showed up as multiplatform (NPD), Matt wants to know how well the Wii version sold
The Conduit
- The numbers are out there but IGN can’t say exactly
- Less than 100,000 copies sold
- Released in the middle of June so it only had a few days of sells
- In its first true month, Bozon thinks it’ll sell over 100,000 in its first true month
- It’ll gain speed, has a huge ad campaign behind it
- Bozon thinks it’ll do fine
- Matt thinks it’s very sensationalist to say that the Wii’s last hope has bombed at the retail
- It’ll have legs
- There’s been issues with the online component, Craig’s heard that the online experience isn’t too protected
- High Voltage would love to release an update in the future but not sure if the system is in place for them to do that
Metroid Prime Trilogy
- Trailer released last week
- IGN has the game, can’t say much about it
- Bozon played a little bit of it
- Matt going to visit Retro Studios
- Trailer a compilation of the three games, can see a little bit of the interface
- Great value but many people have played these games before
- It’ll get a high recommendation for those who haven’t played the games
- Slight downer is that widescreen mode is sort of faked - zoomed in/cropped for cutscenes
Club Nintendo
- Prizes announced
- Platinum members can choose between Mario hat or Doc Louis’ Punch-Out!!
- Will send members a code to download the game
- Won’t need the actual game
- Still a demo but pretty cool
- Craig a little concerned that they might have pulled out Doc Louis from the actual game just to put him in here
- Just fighting Doc Louis
- Gold members get a calender
- Craig/Bozon don’t think the prizes are crappy but want stuff from Europe/Japan
- Good first start
- It’s free
- Need to start changing the prizes like the classic controller
Might and Magic
- Really cool
- Sort of has a match three element to it
- More about strategy then plying a bejeweled game
- Line up units that are the same color/type, freely move them around
- Certain amount of moves for each round
- Can build walls or do attacks
- Based on unit you have, wait a few turns, then launches attack
- Level up units
- Becomes hybrid between strategy and RPG
- Original IP that has Might and Magic name attached to it
Mega Man Star Force 3
- Craig liked the series when it came out on the GBA, now getting sick of it
- Capcom is remaking the original Battle Network game for the DS
- 3D mechanic isn’t as good as the 2D one, doesn’t look as clean
Spyborgs
- Matt played it
- Have to go in knowing that it’s a straight up brawler
- Doesn’t have a gimmick/hook which is kind of disappointing
- Not a bad game
- Looks really good
- Has a nice art style, good tech behind it
- Matt thought the controls worked pretty well but has more waggle in some cases than Matt would like (can turn it off, it’s in the finishing attacks)
- Good that you can switch between characters and play with co-op
- Better looking than a lot of Wii games
- Look isn’t too gritty or adult but it has aged up, Matt thinks it’s more visually appealing
- Controlled camera
- Fight armies of bosses and characters
- Eventually fight the big epic boss that ends the level
- Can use IR to point over things that look like they’re cloaked
- The title is horrible
Reader questions
- Daemon Hatfield is not on the IGN Nintendo Team anymore - he’s in charge of the downloadable content
- Nintendo Team would go with Punch-Out!! over the Mario hat for Club Nintendo
- Matt recommends avoiding LCDs for playing Wii, plasma has a softer look
- If Nintendo chose not to include Wii Sports in the box, Matt/Bozon don’t think the system would be the sales juggernaut that it is today
- Craig’s Wii Sports Resort review score is the average of the UK + Australian IGN scores (it was a coincidence) - going to sell a lot
- Bozon didn’t get a chance to play Fossil Fighters but it’s basically like Nintendo copying other people’s dig up copy of Pokemon - animation is terrible…Might end up being a good game but Craig isn’t impressed (he hasn’t played it yet either)
- Not many Wii games that have truly stronger controls than 360/PS3/PC
- Bozon played Darkside Chronicles again, has hope, comes down to the levels/how much shaky cam there is, better than Umbrella Chronicles, depends how much the bar has been raised
- Drift/lag isn’t a huge deal in Wii Sports Resort but it’s not perfect
- Wii does have a technical edge over the GameCube but it’s not as gigantic as some people were trying to say when the system first came out
Where is everybody?
Helloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Steel sucks balls.