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“After years of soul-crushing disappointment, fans may find it hard to believe. Yet I’m here to tell you that Sonic Colors is a fantastic game. Not just a step in the right direction, but an unequivocal success. In fact, it’s the best entry in the series since the [...]
I think it’s fair to say that Metroid: Other M is not the Metroid game that many people wanted. Some gamers seem to really enjoy the direction taken with Samus’ most recent outing, while others feel that the character of Samus has been tainted a bit by the Other M outing. While we’ve [...]
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The United States' general election campaign enters its final week, and if we've learned anything about the state of our country, it's this: The one absolutely recession-proof business is political advertising. More »
Haven't you always wondered about what kind of rich, storied cultures surrounded the vertically-centric gunfights of the Tribes series? Like, what's the historical significance of all those jet packs, you know? These pressing questions may soon find an answer -- developer Hi-Rez Studios has acquired the rights to the Tribes franchise, and is using those newfound rights to make a PvP-focused action-MMO titled Tribes Universe.
A post on the forums for Hi-Rez' other flagship title, Global Agenda, revealed a few scarce details for the new project, the most intriguing of which being, "a significant rewrite to the Unreal Engine servers to allow for 100+ players to be fighting in the same map." An alpha testing phase for the game is currently set for early 2011, and players who have reached the Global Agenda level cap will be given priority for invitations. Here we'd hoped we'd have priority for invitations, because we own an actual jet pack. It's true! We made it ourselves.
Lots of games to play equals lots of news to read. This weekend I completed Enslaved (one of my Top 10 favorite games this year, no doubt), and am trick-or-treating my way through the very charming Costume Quest. What are you playing? What are you reading?
The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of October 18, 2010)
Blacklight: Tango Down PSN Exclusive Content Announced – PlayStation LifeStyle
New The 3rd Birthday Videos Show Off Liberation And Crossfire Abilities – Siliconera
3D Dot Game Heroes Sells Six Times Expectations, Demon’s Souls Does Double – Siliconera
Gran Turismo 5’s Red Bull X1 Prototype Revealed (w/Specs!) – gtplanet
Netflix Accounts For 20% Of Peak U.S. Internet Bandwidth: Study – Multichannel News
DC Universe Online gets even more super voice actors – Joystiq
Capcom: Dante Needed to be ‘Completely Different’ – PlayStation 3 News at IGN
inFamous 2 for PlayStation 3 – Preview – G4tv.com
Sony moved 2.5 million PlayStation 3 Move controllers in first 30 days – Los Angeles Times
Sony sells 1 million Move units in Americas – Yahoo! News
Eurogamer: An Audience With Media Molecule Part One – Game Rant
Sony’s PlayStation Move Shooting Attachment hits the bulls-eye – Ars Technica
My Chemical Romance does intro song for Gran Turismo 5 – Destructoid.com
“80% willing to game with 3D glasses” PlayStation 3 News – Eurogamer.net
Ys: The Oath in Felghana goes gold, is fantastic – Destructoid.com
A look at the PlayStation Move ‘Shooting Attachment’ – Destructoid.com
Vanquish Review for PlayStation 3 – GameSpot
Sony CEO on Playstation Move – FoxBusiness.com
A Challenge to the Press – Insomniac Games – Blog
PSN Swords and Soldiers getting Move support – Destructoid.com
Guest Review: The Shoot (PS Move) : DualShockers
Social Media Battle: Xbox vs. PlayStation – Kirsten’s Social Web
PlayStation Move Designers Speak Out – 1UP
First impressions: ‘God of War: Ghost of Sparta’ – USATODAY.com
How To Beat Demon’s Souls In Under An Hour – Kotaku
The Diablo 3 crafting sanctuary panel, much as the name suggests, did introduce a look at the new Diablo 3 item crafting system. However, it also covered quite a few interesting inside looks at the philosophy and process of the upcoming Blizzard game.
As game director Jay Wilson puts it, Sanctuary is a world at war. It's been 20 years since the events of Diablo 3, in which the 3 prime evils were vanquished, and hell has been preparing for revenge ever since. The development team has been working on building that world under seige, and this panel was meant to reveal a little bit about how they've been going about doing that.
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"Fastest-growing sport" is often faint praise applied to niche competitions, but with mixed martial arts, it's no joke. Relentless violence and blink-of-an-eye knockout potential make MMA fight night for the video game generation. Can a video game do that justice? More »
My favorite part of this show? We more than make up for our poor performance in the music section from last week. We also have plenty of news to talk about, a bunch of games that we all played, and another massive round of sweet releases!
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You guys can't imagine our disappointment right now. We camped out for tickets, ponied up for the entry fee and made the long trek to Anaheim -- but we were operating under the assumption that BlizzCon was a celebration of that timeless Dairy Queen treat. We arrived with lists of toppings we'd like to see whipped into soft serve, but we don't think anyone here is going to be able to help us out on that front.
Below are our seven favorite gaming-centric webcomics from this past week. Check them out, and vote for your favorite in the poll after the jump!
Yarn Meetings (Brawl in the Family) Results May Vary (Virtual Shackles) A Very Belmont Romance (Digital Unrest) Vwingtone (Awkward Zombie) That Constant Refrain (Penny Arcade) #1 Fan (Nerf Now) Just in Time for the Holidays (No Cash Value)
Are you ready to hear one of the most startling things you'll hear this month? Listen to the new voice actor for Marty McFly in Telltale's upcoming Back to the Future adventure games, one A.J. Locascio. As far as we know, he's capable of channeling Michael J. Fox's voice using dark voodoo magicks.
Continuing its tradition of putting out quality, humorous browser-based games, Adult Swim recently launched its latest pixelated onus: Corporate Climber. The game's a simple platformer where the player ascends through the ranks of a major, criminally unsafe business by literally ascending through said business' corporate headquarters. Basically, it's like an episode of The Office, only it's way more violent, and way, way less awkward.
Check it out over on Adult Swim's game portal -- that is, assuming you can resist the siren call of Robot Unicorn Attack. You're playing it right now, aren't you? You monster.
#blizzcon Actor and comedian Jay Mohr returned to BlizzCon this year to host the costume and dance contest. We captured a few of his words of wisdom and share them with you. More »
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The rescue of 33 miners trapped underground in Chile for more than two months captivated the world. It also provided grist for our latest 'Shop Contest. More »
One of the twelve new races to be introduced in Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition is the typically cerebral High Elves, pictured below. Sorry, but they shouldn't be any good at football. Not because they're so darn brainy, but because they're built like extremely tacklable stalks of wheat.
The official FlingSmash website is now up and running. It has some new content that you might want to check out, including a brand-new trailer for the title. I guess Nintendo is going for an expanded audience approach with this game. Took them long enough to get it out! Hit up [...]
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Last week we mentioned that Sunday Comics would be getting a redesign in the coming weeks. You're already voting on which ones we should keep. Now we want to hear which new ones are worth adding. More »
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The Diablo III Demon Hunter class uses double crossbows. What, you wanted more than that? She's pretty hot, and uses double crossbows. More »
