Call of Duty: Black Opsowners will want tofor the Call of Duty Elite beta sooner than later, as invitations for the PlayStation 3 version are going out beginning today. Stat tracking, custom player groups, competitive events, and video sharing are some of what you’ll find in the beta. If you don’t see an invite right away, know that more will be going out in the following weeks. Better late than never....
You and I both know that every person that has ever said, “If [so and so] gets elected, I’m moving to Canada!” is lying. Well, it seems that Canada is starting to call our bluff, doing everything it can to attract game developers to the area — when Canadian provinces aren’tduking it out over studios, the country’s cultural industry agency, Telefilm, is handing out boatloads of cash,reports Gamasutra. Recently, Telefilm has been giving Canadian indie development what I’m sure is a much-appreciated shot in the arm, handing out “repayable advances....
Now would be a good time to take a break from your marathon session ofCivilization V— to apply the latest patch and keep playing, that is. Never stop the party, even if it is just you and a bunch of digital historical figures chilling in a sad, unclean room. You can read about what’s been changed in the full notes below. I don’t know why I’m the one telling you this, since my computer can’t even run the game....
Any moment now, Max and I will be starting tonight’s live stream of the Destructoid show with special guest editors Nick Chester, Conrad Zimmerman, and your favorite furry animal, Hamza Aziz. you may check it out at ourYouTube account here. We’ll be doing a recap of today’s events at GDC, so if you’re at least mildly interested in video games, you should come join in on the fun. And if you’re not, why are you reading this?...
Remember all of thoseAlpha Protocolvideos we had running all last week? Well it’s time to watch them all over again as we’re giving away an iPod Touch and the answer to this contest lies in one of those videos! This special 8GB iPod Touch is decked out withAlpha Protocolgoodness and can be yours by answering this question: In which character profile video does the “Sizzle House” restaurant appear in? Rules:DO NOT ANSWER IN THE COMMENTS BELOW!...
Destructoid is no stranger to the words flying out of David Jaffe’s mouth. In fact those words haveflown directly at us. In short (if two sentences are too long for you), David Jaffe has a big mouth and he likes to run it. However, it can get him in trouble or in his mind it can get him misunderstood. Sincehe’s tired of being misrepresentedby these here internets Jaffe has decided to “JUST SHUT THE F— UP for the next 6 months....
There was a time when on-rails shooters were a fairly powerful force in the world of console gaming, but afterGoldenEyelaunched on the N64 twelve years ago, most interested parties figured that the genre had been permanently replaced by the first person shooters. As it turns out, most people were wrong. On-rails shooters are making a comeback, largely thanks to the Wii remote and its built-in pointer controls. Games likeResident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles,Ghost Squad, andHouse of the Dead 2&3have all found financial success on the Wii in a way that probably couldn’t have happened on the 360 or the PS3....
Insomniac Games hit a surprise home run right out of the gate with its first-person shooter PlayStation 3 launch title,Resistance: Fall of Man. Its follow-up, a new installment in an established franchise,Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, should surprise no one. As one of the premiere exclusive titles for the PlayStation 2, theRatchet and Clankgames were defining titles for the console. Fun, smart, and original, it helped to highlight what the PS2 had that other consoles didn’t — compelling and original content....
Some of our more imaginative forum members are on a mission: Make the greatest game known to man. How would this be so? Because it would be all about Dtoid and its robotic juices. The problem is, the boys (and maybe girls) need your help. If you’d like to be a part of this legendary and historic project, join the forums and discuss it amongst yourselves. If the game ends up sucking, then just hang your heads in shame and never appear in public again....
If you’re a seasoned veteran of the internet, then you may rememberthisMario Kartstreet art done by a graffiti artist on some Portland bike lanes a few years back. Jumping on the bandwagon this year, so to speak, is Waze, a free social app that offersGPS navigationwith turn-by-turn directions based on other users’ traffic reports. This weekend, Waze is offering users a chance to win one of five Nintendo 3DS systems they’re giving away by organizing what can only be described as a vehicular scavenger hunt....
I have finally made a decision about how I feel about this game! After the last few months of constantly switching between disappointment and cautious optimism concerning Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, I finally got a chance to sit down with a Microsoft representative here at E3 and put in a good amount of hands-on time with the game. And now I have finally formulated a solid opinion. What did I think?...
Every year at E3, I become obsessed with a game and manage to post approximately 7,000 stories about it in the short span of a week. This E3 that game isSuper Mario Galaxy 2. First there was the grand reveal of thestunning trailerduring the press conference, and now Nintendo was nice enough to send me (and by “me” I mean “everyone”) some official screenshots of the beautiful, awesome-looking, I-want-to-play-it-right-now sequel. Check them out in the gallery....
As you may have heard, Konami let lucha libre wrestlers duke it out here on the floor live for rights to be the fighter on the cover ofLucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring. That just happened (that just happened!) and the winner has been announced here during this last day of E3: Luchador Dr. Wagner Jr., pictured above, defeated arch-rival La Parka, his blood brother Silver King and The Chosen One, El Elegido in a grueling match on the show floor at the 2010 E3 Expo....
