Enslaved: First pic of new game
From Ninja Theory - this guy is nearly nude
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Gamepro Scribblenauts review
An incredibly charming and interesting gaming experience; puzzles are brilliant and the dictionary is massive. Tons of potential here.
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EA stock drops 25%
Pachter watch! He says they are overeacting - Wii HD coming
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1up review Mario and Luigi 3
"Mario & Luigi is quite simply the best Mario RPG to date -- and I say this as an ardent fan of Paper Mario"
1up.com
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Pachter Watch - 360 will be last place this holida
Wii HD coming soon! I get paid for this shit!
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Dvader
Shantae prequel announced for DSiWare
WayForward, creators of Contra IV and Boy and His Blob, is making a new Shantae game for DSiWare. Awesome!
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1up Hands on Rabbids Go Home
Rabbids Go Home actually has the potential to be enjoyable all the way through
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gamingeek
Dammit Reggie (Interview)
Reggie mentions Kid Icarus in passing reference, taunting fans
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Ellyoda
New Genesis Game Back On Track
Pier Solar - Pre-order, get your name in the credits.
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1up says Yakuza 3 is in fact being localized
Through sources, localization is in development, though not officially announced
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1Up.Com Ratchet and Clank Preview
How would you know if it's getting 'long in the tooth' if you've NEVER played it before, fucktard?
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My prediction makes the most sense, because Epic Mickey has to come out on the most epic of all consoles, and the PSP is just that! Read this article to find out why!
WarioWare Snapped: More like WankioHair Crapped!
It has often been said that Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is the greatest story ever told. In fact, several Islamic churches (Synagogues) are using Advent Children to replace the Koran because it is so much more relevant and true. It really is among the most influential and inspiring cinematic marvels of our time, joining such celluloid classics as Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Cool Runnings and Critters III to become an icon of film.
Seriously, what good is a well-made game if it looks like shit? The DS is incapable of producing good looking games, with most titles looking like they were made on a Sega Genesis or something. That's not what people want from their videogames! They want graphics. The PSP has ten hundred more graphics than the DS, making it the technologically superior system. Just compare Coded Arms to New Super Mario Bros. I think we can all agree which is the better looking, thus better playing, game (it is Coded Arms).
If you think that gameplay is somehow better than graphics, you really need to stop being so shallow. I am sick of gameplay whores who think that things can look like shit so long as they have clever mechanics, tight controls and fun ideas. That's certainly not what I got into gaming for, and anybody who truly cares about games being taken seriously as an art form would agree with me.
i may avoid scribblenauts for the time being as i think it will be very annoying to play on my paranoid DS touch-screen
edit: GG i think you may have to get M&L 3 eventually. fawful is back, he has FURY! and he has chortles! the dialogue is crazy funny. i don't think you can resist
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Really looking forward to Scribblenauts this week. Once again I'll guarantee it - the game will be a million seller before the end of the year. Make a note of it now because for everyone who said I'm wrong, I'll be throwing it in your face as soon as the press release for its sales are announced.
Bowser's Inside Story is a game I'm looking at, but probably won't pick up. I liked Superstar Saga enough, but never quite completed it as I got a little tired of it after a while. But god do I miss being able to play handheld games on a big screen. God bless you GBA Player. You were the greatest invention ever.
But frankly despite either of these games, I'll probably keep on playing Harvest Moon: Magical Melody with 20 minute runs of Muramasa in between. Harvest Moon games are pretty hard to pull me out of, so I think that's just one more testament to Muramasa's art. It's too pretty to put away for long.
They are good games but I think I hit franchise fatigue. Maybe if it was out in a year.
This week brings Scribblenauts, Need for Speed Shift, and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story to North America, while Japan gets Ys Seven and a remake of Square Enix's SaGa 2.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending September 19th, 2009.
Games Released in the United States:
Nintendo Wii:
- Animal Planet: Pet Vet
- Chicken Blaster
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
- NHL 2K10
- Our House: Party!
- Pacific Liberator
- Tornado Outbreak
- Toy Story Mania
Xbox 360:
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- Heroes Over Europe
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
- Need for Speed: Shift
- NHL 10
- NHL 2K10
- Panzer General: Allied Assault (online)
- Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
- Qubed
- Tornado Outbreak
- WET
PlayStation 3:
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- Heroes Over Europe
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
- Need for Speed: Shift
- NHL 10
- NHL 2K10
- Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
- Tornado Outbreak
- WET
PlayStation 2:
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
- NHL 2K10
Nintendo DS:
- Animal Planet: Pet Vet
- Ant Nation
- Bleach: The 3rd Phantom
- Chicken Blaster
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- Dreamer: Top Model
- Learn Geography
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
- My Boyfriend
- Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Destiny 2
- Our House
- Princess in Love
- Scribblenauts
PlayStation Portable:
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
- Need for Speed: Shift
PC:
- Age of Empires III: Complete Collection
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- Madballs in Babo: Invasion (online)
- Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
- Need for Speed: Shift
- Race On
- Red Faction: Guerrilla
- Resident Evil 5
- Runes of Magic Chapter II: The Elven Prophecy
- Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold
- Time of Shadows
5th Cell's Nintendo DS puzzler Scribblenauts will debut in the United States this week, arriving alongside anticipated multiplatform offerings like Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, EA's racing franchise update Need for Speed: Shift, and a pair of NHL-licensed hockey sims from EA Sports and 2K.
This week will also bring the stateside premiere of Nintendo's DS RPG Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, along with PC ports for Resident Evil 5, Batman: Arkham Asylum, and Red Faction: Guerrilla.
Games Released in Europe:
Nintendo Wii:
- Cate West: The Vanishing Files
- Clever Kids: Pet Store
- Go Play: Lumberjacks
- Hasbro Family Game Night Volume 2
- Kart Racer
- Love is...in Bloom
- NewU Fitness: First Personal Trainer
- Spectrobes: Origins
- Toy Story Mania
- Wacky World of Sports
- Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's Wheelie Breaker
Xbox 360:
- Heroes Over Europe
- Need for Speed: Shift
- NHL 2K10
- Raven Squad
- WET
PlayStation 3:
- Heroes Over Europe
- Katamari Forever
- Need for Speed: Shift
- NHL 2K10
- SingStar: Motown
- WET
PlayStation 2:
- SingStar: Motown
Nintendo DS:
- Blood Bowl
- Casper Scare School: Spooky Sports Day
- Cate West: The Vanishing Files
- Charm Girls Club: My Fashion Mall
- Charm Girls Club: My Fashion Show
- Charm Girls Club: My Perfect Prom
- DJ Star
- Happy Party with Hello Kitty and Friends
- The Humans
- Kirby Super Star Ultra
- Littlest Pet Shop: Friends City
- Spore: Hero Arena
- Teen Queen: The Clique
- Yamaha Super Cross
PlayStation Portable:
- Blood Bowl
- MotorStorm: Arctic Edge
- Need for Speed: Shift
PC:
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Blood Bowl
- Clever Kids: Creepy Crawlies
- Clever Kids: Pet Store
- Dawn of Magic 2
- Heroes Over Europe
- The Humans
- Majesty 2
- Need for Speed: Shift
- Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold
- Order of War
- Pole to Pole
- Raven Squad
- Red Faction: Guerrilla
- Resident Evil 5
Namco Bandai's Katamari Damacy series sequel Katamari Forever gets an early English-language release in Europe this week, arriving several days in advance of its planned U.S. release date.
Gamers in Europe will also get an early look at Sony's PSP racer MotorStorm: Arctic Edge, while the PlayStation 3 and PS2 receive the UK-exclusive karaoke title SingStar: Motown.
Games Released in Japan:
Nintendo Wii:
- Forever Blue 2: Umi no Yobigoe
- The House of the Dead: Overkill
Xbox 360:
- Fuel
- Terminator: Salvation
- Velvet Assassin
PlayStation 3:
- Fuel
- Makai Senki Disgaea 3 Append Disc: Raspberyl-hen Hajime Mashita
- Tales of Vesperia
- Tears to Tiara Gaiden: Avalon no Nazo
- Terminator: Salvation
- WET
PlayStation 2:
- Canvas 3: Tanshoku no Pastel
- Hachi-One Diver
- Jigoku Shoujo Mioyosuga
Nintendo DS:
- Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS
- Clash King V201
- The Idolm@ster: Dearly Stars
- Kintaihi Shounen no Jiken: Kyakusen Eris-Gou no Sangeki
- KORG DS-10 Plus
- Motto! Hamster to Rasou: Akachan ga Umare Tayou
- Ookami to Koushinryou: Omiowataru Kaze
- SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu - Goddess of Destiny
PlayStation Portable:
- 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de
- Amagoushi no Yakata Portable: Ichiyagi Wa, Saisho no Junan
- Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 4
- Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! Battle Arena 2 - Spirits Burst
- Memories Off #5: Encore
- Memories Off: Sorekara Again
- Taikou Risshiden V
- Tantei Jinguuji Saburo: Hai to Diamond
- Ys Seven
- Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4
Namco Bandai's formerly Xbox 360-exclusive RPG Tales of Vesperia comes to the PlayStation 3 in Japan this week, along with the real-time strategy sequel Tears to Tiara Gaiden: Avalon no Nazo and the Disgaea 3 expansion episode Raspberyl-hen Hajime Mashita.
Nintendo's Endless Ocean follow-up Forever Blue 2: Umi no Yobigoe and a localization of Sega's The House of the Dead: Overkill are set to arrive for the Nintendo Wii. Nintendo DS releases for this week include Square Enix's Final Fantasy Legend II remake SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu - Goddess of Destiny, the music synthesizer software upgrade KORG DS-10 Plus, and Namco's Idolm@ster series spinoff title The Idolm@ster: Dearly Stars.
The PSP will also receive several anticipated releases in the coming week, including a port of Sega's adventure title 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de, Konami's baseball franchise update Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 4, and Falcom's action-RPG sequel Ys Seven.
I'm really curious to see how Overkill performs in Japan. I could see the Japanese populace being really into that game.
Wont the uber violence and swearing put them off? I dont know if this has been dubbed in Japanese or if they will even get the humour?
GTA always does well over there so I think they can handle it. Plus most of the violence is very over the top. Honestly I don't expect to do that well, but if it manages to sell 50K copies I won't be surprised in the slightest. A lot will depend on if it's dubbed or not. I think this may really strike a chord with the kind of gamers who are really into American stuff.
I thought that Japan didn't really take to really violent games though and this version of HOTD is really americanised....... by brits.
Jesus, I was bored so I popped over to GGD and got a face full of Carnage corner. I dont know how some of you stalwarts manage to read that shit daily and not have your brain explode.
LOST IN SHADOW IMPRESSIONS
Game of the show?? Maybe it doesn't qualify, but aside from the more obvious public choices from the show floor such as Muramasa, it's the game that most surprised and amazed me, along with having left that nagging feeling of anticipation that only another trailer, screenshot, or hands-on will cure. But enough of my rhetoric and hype...
Previously known as Tower of Shadow and changed just days ago to Lost in Shadow (likely due to a conflict with a very unrelated PSone game from the late '90s)—a welcome alteration, considering some of my only feedback from the initial showing was that the working name was pretty generic and uninspired for such a creative title, though it's still not quite as creative or avant garde as, say Chiaroscuro, which I timidly suggested—this is one of those high-concept, stylish games that is as brilliant as it is difficult to describe.
To look at still images or even the trailer, the game may appear to be a typical platformer, but the twist is that unlike simply manoeuvring a main character through a level, you are both directly and indirectly in control of a main figure plus the environment, which becomes a character of its own, making it more of an action-puzzle platformer. What? Exactly. In this game, you control the shadow of a boy as he climbs a mysterious tower, and as a being of the darkness, he can only interact with the shadows of things from the real world and foreground; such as jumping from the shadow of one ledge to another. That's the simple part. But by making the light sources a living part of the game that you can manipulate with the help of a winged sylph/navi/cursor you instantly add another dimension of game play and some very non-traditional characters to the mix. As we all know, light can sometimes cast some tricky illusions.
In one scene from my private demo that hasn't been shown in any trailer or screen shot that I've seen released, was a small city-type plaza with a number of street lampposts scattered around that each cast shadows in a different direction, similar to people sitting around a camp fire and each person's darkness points outward at a unique angle. By manipulating the light source(s), the playable landscape changed dramatically in real time. I'm all about games that take a new look at everyday concepts, so the possibilities immediately tickled me in places only shadows could find.
Visually, the game looks both surreal and whimsical, yet rustic in a medieval sort of way. My very first thought was to compare it to Ico (PS2) and its sequel because of its heavy use of ancient, abandoned stone masonry and grand architecture that evokes a certain emotional response that tries to connect with whatever civilisation left it behind...plus a touch more steampunk. Even the name subtly alludes to Colossus. At least Lost adds in some ethereal punch in the colour department with its appealing gradient hues; something lacking in its spiritual siblings on the PS2.
But while there's something in the air that seems to connect Team Ico's games to Lost in Shadow by sight and tone, they're vastly different games, and in fact Lost in Shadow seems to have just as much in common with something like the Oddworld series or Zack & Wiki when it comes to actual gameplay: puzzles, platforming and non-traditional character usage. However, because Ico is on a very short list of games that to me are all-time masterpieces—pinnacles of the medium—to draw any comparisons really tugs on my heartstrings, which fills me both with hope and scepticism; enough so that it was my only other feedback to Hudson: pleeeeease take your time to polish this into the gem I know it can be.
loving is sharing ...
let us non-ggd forumites have some
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Have some what? Shattered pieces of my brain?
It was all sorts of references to gimmicks, mini games, grandparents, retirements homes and kids.
Are the mods there (completely) useless or what?
Why do I always picture the C man like this?![LOL](/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
"you have the right to remain silent, spread your arms and legs so i can find those dslites you're carrying, you filthy scumbag nintendo fan"
"what have we here, so you been wanting to play modern warfare on the wii haven't you? you knew this was going to happen all along you commie bastard"
"come 'ere luigi you italian filth. now tell us where's that fat fucker mario hiding"
"admit it you think rogue squadron is a good series, don't you? and you've been calling for a wii mote plus - light-sabre game, haven't you you SOaB?!
"you bought guitar hero 5 for the wii when you knew perfectly well the game is also on the ps3 didn't you, you emo bastard?"
"boss, look here! i think found miyamoto!"
"fuckin nintendogs ... you make me so mad. DIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!"
"wario, another stupid side-kick. i'll show you some smooth moves with that wiimote once i lock you up. now tell me where that fat fuck mario is"
"another fuckin wii-sports party. can't you grandmas play a real game on a real console using a real controller? why do you have to make me arrest your ass every time?"
"boss, i found the real miyamoto. i'm going to let the bastard have it. this one is for mario, this one is for wii sports, this one for wii fuckin fit and this one for not making zelda and metroid on a real console so i could play them. it's all your fault"
anyway sorry about that. how bored am i?
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You sir win
Where? The Third Reich?
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
8. CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE INFINITY WARD ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
Still number 8 in the all format UK charts. Do you see this? The price will never come down. How old is this game?
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