Call of Duty: World at War once again making an appearance which means absolutely nothing. We aren’t good enough for the sequel, as far as Activision has indicated thus far.
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The Conduit - 4
Indiana Jones and the staff of kings - 3
Another code R - 4
Bonsai Barber - 7
Wow, those are some ridiculously harsh scores! EDGE is known for being absolutely brutal with their numbers. Seriously, how do they get away with this stuff? Thanks to Zephyrflare for the heads up!
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- SUDA51 on creating NMH:DS - “It’s like taking a sh!t. A lot of things influenced No More Heroes - things I saw, or heard, and something that came from inside. Something that needed to be eliminated from my body, like waste. That’s why I created No More Heroes.”
- better AI this time around
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“The global recession served to benefit Nintendo at its competitors’ expense. …Expect most consumers to defer purchasing a PS3 or an Xbox 360 until they have purchased an HD monitor.” - Wedbush Morgan analyst, Michael Pachter
Well, it’s true that if you want to play games on the 360/PS3, you’re going to be spending more [...]
- classic elements of the series return
- new ability: transform into monsters when you obtain the ‘transformation belt’
- monster form gives you new actions for battle, as well as new conversations to enjoy
- monster transformation example: “Golden Moko Moko” gives you different reactions from the townsfolk, with some hating the appearance while others love it
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- town’s name is Loklak
- town is divided into 5 areas
- town gate lets you pick a server based on experience, offers an information desk that tells you about sales and upcoming events
- main square lets you trade/buy items/materials, allows you to combine items, offers an ‘interior workshop’ that creates furniture for your guest house
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A portion of an ONM review…
If you’ve never played it, add a few points to the score. For everyone else, this is rather needless.
+ Unrivalled suspense
+ A series highlight
+ All the GameCube extras
- No new Wii-specific features
- Very clumsy controls
Full review here (thanks Cook!)
A shot from the game has been given a complete makeover, and it ends up looking like a shot from the music video! Man, SEGA needs to remake the game with this style!
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Blast Entertainment Ltd, part of the Mastertronic Group, today announced the launch of Bob the Builder Festival of Fun for Nintendo Wii. Following the success of the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS Bob the Builder titles, this original game for Nintendo Wii, featuring the enormously popular Bob the Builder, has launched in the UK and [...]
Yesterday, we told you about two NCAA players that were suing EA over the use of their likenesses in last year’s NCAA game. While many were siding with EA on this one, a bit of support for the college players has risen up overnight.
It’s really a tough call to make. I can’t say [...]
When I think of in-game cameras, there are two that I consider to be the best of the best. That accolade goes to both Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Galaxy.
Super Mario 64 had a fantastic camera for a 3d environment, and its that system that developers still look at today. [...]
LOS ANGELES – July 1st 2009 – 505 Games today announced it has secured the global publishing rights for a video game based on the original high school musical, Grease. Working in collaboration with Paramount Digital Entertainment, 505 Games will oversee and publish a Grease video game for the Nintendo Wii™ and Nintendo DS™.
The Grease [...]
Well, there’s the main character for Rune Factory 3, as we showed you earlier last night. Is this character a guy or a girl? Hit the jump for your answer.
Once again, the lead in Rune Factory is a guy…but it’s sure hard to tell this time around. What happened to the lead [...]
Check out more screens in our Flickr set
July 1, 2009 - Nerd Alert! cdv Software Entertainment USA is making available some new screens from their upcoming brain teaser title for Nintendo DS™ - “I Heart Geeks.” In “I Heart Geeks,” players will be challenged to solve a variety of fun and dynamic physics puzzles before [...]
“Active Health allows you to input any exercise completed on Wii Fit into your personal activity log but the two systems do not directly sync with one another.” - Nintendo of Europe rep
As of right now, Active Health With Carol Vorderman is only due to come out in Europe. It is unclear whether Nintendo [...]
