Hi Nintendo fans. How’s it going? Things going good? How’s the Wii treating you? Having fun playing whatever it is you kids play on it? Good. Well, here’s another precious gift Nintendo has given to its most loyal fans by way of their weekly Virtual Console release. Are you ready for the excitement you can now download on your Wii? Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire Yeah. That’s it....
I know that plenty ofFinal Fantasy XIplayers out there are not so patiently awaitingFinal Fantasy XIVfor a chance to sink their teeth into a new MMO in theFFuniversie, but while you’re chomping at the bit why not play a bit more ofXI. There will be plenty of new stuff thanks to Square Enix announcing three new battle area add-on scenarios for the game today. The add-ons will release throughout 2010 with the first, “Vision of Abyssea,” coming sometime this summer....
Today political thriller author Tom Clancy lost a little piece of his soul. Tired of paying yearly royalties for the use of the author’s name, Ubisoft have just went ahead and acquired his name for use in videogames and related books, movies, and merchandising products. While Ubisoft aren’t disclosing how much it costs to acquire a human being’s name, but they estimate that it will save the company around 5 million Euros per year … minimum....
While many developers are quite happy to keep this generation going, at least one company has a pair of itchy feet. Ubisoft is apparently ready to usher in a new era of consoles, after declaring that it feels “limited” by the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, especially in terms of non-player character behavior. “Our challenge with the PlayStation 3 and Xbox is that we’re extremely limited in what we can do,” said executive producer of production services Yves Jacquier....
The UK Charts once again shine a depressing light on the buying habits of the average British game consumer.Wii Fitdominates the charts and refuses to yield to the rather wonderfulF.E.A.R 2: Project Origin, which debuts in second place. Most of the top ten is, as usual, a bit rubbish.Mystery Case Files: Millionheir,Wii PlayandMy Fitness Coachmake up the typical nonsense, although the appearance ofProfessor Laytonis a bit encouraging.Left 4 Deadis also enjoying some sort of UK boost, taking as it does the Number 11 spot....
Each week I lament the fact thatSpike TVairsGameTrailers TVin the middle of the night, when I’m either sleeping or obliterated from a night of drinking andRock Band. But the show is actually quite good, usually delivering a handful of world exclusives, and tonight’s episode is no different.BE AMAZEDas the release date forDuke Nukem 3Don Xbox LIVE Arcade will be revealed!HOLD TIGHTas you’ll see the first gameplay footage ofNeed for Speed Undercover!...
After a few weeks of showing literallyeverything abouttheBurnout Paradise“Cops and Robbers Pack” without actually revealing exactly how the new mode would play, Criterion has answered our cries for gameplay footage. The boys are back to their usual antics of goofing off while simultaneously demoing the latest addition to Paradise City in episode 31 of Crash TV, which can be found post-jump In Cops and Robbers, the robbers and the PCPD compete to bring a stack of gold bricks back to their hideout....
Well isn’t this a pleasant surprise? The DOJO has easily become another epic week with the newest videos showing offSolid Snake in action. It looks like on Snake’s stage, he will get a briefing before he fights his opponents from his various team members. The first video goes over Mario and shows Snake kicking some ass.Hit the jump for the very funny briefings on Wario, Samus, Yoshi and METAL GEARS?!Briefing on Yoshi: “How about I capture one so we can see what they taste like?...
Yes, I just got handed a fresh stack of all three Burger King games —Big Bumpin’, PocketBike Racer, andSneak King. All are due out Nov. 19, but I want to give all three to just one lucky person. How can you win them? Make me laugh. Make a video, a funny picture, anything, and post it in our forumshere. The person who makes me laugh the hardest today will be sent, tomorrow, all three games....
Do you frequently browse Naughty Dog’sWeb site? Cool, me neither; this news is meant for our eyes only. TheUncharted 2developer is interested in hearing your feedback on what, if any, new multiplayer playlists should be implemented next. Over on the EuropeanPlayStation Blog— which, by the way, is sexier than its US counterpart — they have got the various options spelled out for us: It’s always nice to see a developer show sincere interest in what the fans have to say, and I’m not just saying that....
Wii Partyhas already been outed as Nintendo’s next big mini-game collection, and thanks toretailer HMV, we have our first details on what to expect. The title is said to feature over 80 games in the standard play mode, including “Remote Control Hide and Seek.” In this game, players will hide their Wii Remotes somewhere in the room, and other players will have to search for it by the sound coming from the controller’s speaker....
In a recent interview withEurogamer, Maxis co-founder and designer Will Wright talks about the seriously terribleThe Sims Online, and then hints at the possibility of aSporeMMO. Interestingly, Wright begins the talk by discussing how he is utilizingSporeas if it were a massively-multiplayer online game, without those nasty “design limitations” such as fees or the inability to pause. He then likens those limitations to what eventually sunkSims Online, specifically targeting the fees....
The last time we checked in the Xbox 360 version ofAge of Conan, it was Funcom reiterating that the title was still on its way. The story has changed quite a bit since then. In an interview withStrategy Informer, product director Jergen Theraldsen said that that the console version of the game is not one of Funcom’s key priorities. From the interview: Development on the Xbox 360 version is not our key priority as there are a massive amount of PC gamers already playing the game, and we rightly have the focus on them....
