#ruhroh
Note to flacks: Cops aren't considering concepts like viral marketing or cosplay when an actor staggers into a pub district to point a plastic gun at the patrons. Promoters of Splinter Cell Conviction just learned this in New Zealand. More »
#weekendreader
Every adventure requires an antagonist, someone or something corrupting the world you're in. It's a basic need. Yet why do so many games serve up foes whose evildoing provides more of a chore to be undone than a memorable struggle? More »
Within the span of nine days, we've seen Pokémon Black & White go from being announced to being featured in magazines to, now, appearing in video form on the madness-fueled weekly Japanese show Pokémon Sunday. A Siliconera reader with a penchant for insanityvision (like television, but, ya know, insane) spotted the footage, which has the show's hosts (and Lucario) gasping and commenting on a brief gameplay clip.
Since our resident Pokéxpert Griffin McElroy is out this weekend, we're unable to confirm whether the footage matches the levels of excitement displayed by the show's hosts, but we have to imagine that, somewhere, he just got stood up and cheered without knowing why. See it for yourself after the break.
“The game was completed and passed submission but was not released. Getting the game to fit in retail memory when it was taking twice that meant anything that could be done must be done – implementing on-the-fly texture compression for textures generated in game, offline texture compression/conversion to more suitable formats for other textures, [...]
Enjoy Gaming ltd., European digital and retail publisher, presents ‘System Flaw Recruit’ Nintendo DSiWare, prequel of the world’s first exclusive Nintendo DSi title “System Flaw”, delivering you the first handheld Augmented Reality experience. Available on Nintendo DSiWare as a 500 Nintendo DSi points™ downloadable version. Easy to pick up “true 3D” Augmented reality. The future [...]
#photoshop
This week, Call of Duty's best and brightest bolted their studio like it was a track meet. There's plenty of suin' and stuff left that'll inevitably make this tale of woe even more entertaining. Why wait until court's in session? More »
How is Twitter like Metal Gear Solid's codec system? Two ways: you see a picture of the person speaking next to every statement, and Hideo Kojima writes a lot for both. Andriasang pointed out a Tweet from the game designer, revealing that cuts had to be made to the Japanese version of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker to keep the game at a CERO (Japan's equivalent to the ESRB) "C" rating.
"The PSP is supported by the younger generation," Kojima said. "That is why we avoided the animation of bloodspill. However, 'A Scene' that is critical and essential to the series was pointed out by the rating board." Kojima lamented the fact that the anti-war and anti-nuke messages of the game were ignored by the ratings board, while one bloody scene was seized upon. The American and European releases of the game will be uncut. We believe the scene in question is likely to be a torture sequence, a staple of the Metal Gear Solid series. It is most assuredly not the scene in which Snake fights a giant dragon-type creature.
Celebrate the uncensored nature of the localized game by watching the American trailer above, originally posted on the PlayStation Blog.
This is how Capcom is going to beat out the stores that sold Monster Hunter 3 early. Gamers can play the single player all they want, but they’re not going to be able to go online until the official launch date! Thanks to Kolma for the heads up.
Last we heard about Singularity, the game got pushed back to an amorphous "June" release date by publisher Activision. Heck, the game's developer, Raven Software, even had to lay off some folks last summer to reflect a lightened workload after the release of Wolverine and Wolfenstein.
But the game popped back up on our radar last night when its latest trailer was shown on GameTrailers TV, complete with a solidified June 29 release date (as Amazon and Gamefly listings previously indicated). If you're into WWII-era alternate realities featuring god-like special abilities, the trailer that we've embedded after the break is right up your alley. If not, well, here are the Wonderpets with a very sewious message.
Last we heard about Singularity, the game got pushed back to an amorphous "June" release date by publisher Activision. Heck, the game's developer, Raven Software, even had to lay off some folks last summer to reflect a lightened workload after the release of Wolverine and Wolfenstein.
But the game popped back up on our radar last night when its latest trailer was shown on GameTrailers TV, complete with a solidified June 29 release date (as Amazon and Gamefly listings previously indicated). If you're into WWII-era alternate realities featuring god-like special abilities, the trailer that we've embedded after the break is right up your alley. If not, well, here are the Wonderpets with a very sewious message.
#photoshop
I'd expect a ton of submissions for a product-placement 'shop idea. But for a geriatric video game character, appearing on Sony's console you can triple the number of joke possibilities. Which were infinite to begin with. More »
#screens
In this batch of screens for EA Sports MMA we can see blood, sweat and spit (I think). Tears qualify as sweat in my book. Do they blow snot bubbles? Does anyone know if the fighters blow snot bubbles? More »
Now you can play your GBA games on your original Game Boy! Sure, the shoulder buttons might be an issue, but you finally have a use for that old brick of a portable! Who needs a 3DS when you have a mod like this?!
#music
Reviewing Final Fight: Double Impact this week, I failed to mention the game's remixed soundtrack as a definite plus. It's the product of Simon Viklund, who delivered the outstanding techno score of Bionic Commando: Rearmed. It's available for download, free. More »
You all remember Robopon, right? Of course you don’t, because it wasn’t worth remembering in the first place! Well, that’s what most people that have played the game say about it. There’s no doubt that it was trying desperately to cash in on the Pokemon craze, but it came off as a [...]
#achievements
If Tecmo Bowl Throwback actually plays like its 1991 cousin, with similar players, then in addition to destroying everything on earth with the Run-and-Shoot Houston Oilers, I guarantee I'll get eight of the game's 12 achievements in my first game. More »
#obituary
In the mid-1990s Daryl Gates was like the John Madden of law enforcement. His name appeared above PC games made by Sierra. Better known as the Los Angeles police chief during the Rodney King crisis, Gates died Friday at 83. More »
There've been rumors swirling around about a sequel to Capcom's superhero-flavored fighter Marvel vs Capcom 2 pretty much since the game arrived 10 years ago. And given Capcom's recent success with a Street Fighter revival -- not to mention the sales rampage of MvC2 on XBLA and PSN -- the sequel rumormill has once again begun turning furiously. This week's press-only Captivate event in Hawaii, held yearly by the Japanese publisher, is said to have showcased just such a sequel in Marvel vs Capcom 3 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, claims PlanetXbox360. At the same event, a sequel to Bionic Commando: Rearmed is alleged to have been announced, though no details are given.
According to the report, MvC3 will receive a retail release and will run in "full 1080p." Allegedly, while the full character list is unknown, some have been confirmed. "Wolverine, Spider-Man, The Hulk, Magneto, Storm, and a few others will be back; but the team behind MvC3 have said they will be blowing fans out of the water with the sheer number of characters this game includes," the piece claims. Rather than sticking with 2D graphics of MvC2, the rumored sequel is said to mix Street Fighter IV's graphical style with the last Marvel vs Capcom game's 2D style. The piece finally claims we'll hear more about the title next week and it'll even be playable at E3 in June. When we reached out to Capcom for comment, we were told, "We don't comment on speculation and rumors."
[Thanks Nathan Garcia!]
Editors' note: Joystiq is not attending Captivate this year. We determined the perceived environment, and associated downtime, of the event was not in accordance with our editorial policy. We expect to provide complete coverage of all Capcom titles shown at Captivate during E3 this June. For more information on our policies, click here.
