Gametrailers has postedthe Spike TV interview with Ken Levine and the entire E3 demo ofBioShock Infinite, and hot damn is it looking fine. Honestly, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to watch it because I’d rather know as little as possible before I can go play it. There isn’t a lot of spoiler material in the footage to speak of though, and if anything it will probably make you want the game even more than before....
We’ve been hearing almost too much about the aesthetics of the New Xbox Experience, but why won’t anyone give us more info on the cold, hard features?GameTrailers userNextGenSuckshas whipped up a video demonstrating how the upcoming optional hard drive installation process will benefitGrand Theft Auto IV.Before you hit caps lock and begin your rant about how it’s not much faster than loading games from a DVD, remember that Microsoft has gone on the record to say that the most significant changes in loading times will be seen on older Xbox 360 titles, andGTA IVisn’t exactly old....
Finallybeing the operative word there. According to our friend Postman over atShoot The Core,Ikarugais finally ready to make its way to Xbox Live Arcade on April 9th, 2008. Turns out the April issue of UK Xbox magazine has been sporting an “Available now” graphic with their info on the game, and this is backed up by theIkarugaproduct details pageon the Japanese Xbox web site. Are we looking at a worldwide release?...
Infinity Ward may know all about modern warfare, but that seems to be all it understands about the world we live in. Showing his naivity, a company repadmitted that PC piracyleft Infinity Ward “blown away,” in a post titled: “They wonder why people don’t make PC games anymore.” “… We pulled some disturbing numbers this past week about the amount of PC players currently playing multiplayer (which was fantastic) …...
Reader Raffi sent us thisvideo he shotfrom a holiday party where a developer for Natal was playingGeometry Warswith just hand gestures. We can’t say for sure if this is really a Natal powered game ofGeometry Warsuntil Microsoft says it is, but it’s no secret that Natal developers are experimenting to incorporate Natal controls into a wide assortment of games. This doesn’t confirm that aGeometry Warspowered Natal game will ever come out, but it does show us that even twin stick shooters are potentially possible on Natal....
Next week, a “Nickelback Track Pack” is coming to the Rock Band Store. I have nothing else to say about this, so here are the songs in the pack: The tracks are going to cost money or something, and will be available for those consoles thatRock Bandis available on. Just… whatever.
Final Fantasy XIIIis steeling itself for launch in Japan, ready to release on December 17. In preparation for the game’s imminent arrival, Tokyo’s wacky Akihabara is goingabsolutely mentalwithFinal Fantasymayhem,plastering imageryfrom the new game all over the bloody place. This is what market saturation looks like when taken to its literal conclusion. There is basically no way you could walk into a game store on Tokyo and not know thatFinal Fantasy XIIIwas coming out....
Will this sad routine ever die? A rumor surfaces aboutMetal Gear Solid 4coming to the Xbox 360, Konami denies the rumor, we wait a few weeks, then it happens again. A Japanese newspaperattributed a quoteto a Konami rep stating that the company is “actively looking into” the possibility ofMGS4on the 360. Today, that statement has beenquietly retracted. The report, which once featured the blog-sizzling quote, now contains no mention ofMetal Gear Solid 4whatsoever....
Sony has released the final box art forMLB 10 The Show, and it’s … veryblue. You can check out the full cover image, featuring AL MVPJoe Mauer, in the gallery below. While it’s nice to see a cover design that’s different from the past two years ofcover-athlete-on-grayed-out-stadium-background, I’m not sure if this was the way to go. In any case, I don’t really care about the front of the box as much as about what’sinthe box, and if myhands-on previewis any indication,MLB 10is going to bring the goods yet again....
If you thought you were done blowing the crap out of stuff in Avalanche’sJust Cause 2, you were, like, totally wrong. Because now you have all new tools to do it. The “Boom Pack” has been released today, and it features three all new weapons… and they’re all kind of bat-s**t crazy. You’ve got the “Quad Rocket Launcher,” which is describe as “half shotgun, half rocket launcher, all carnage.” The “Cluster Bomb Launcher” is exactly what it sounds like; use your imagination....
EA’s recent moves have left a lot of room for speculation in the industry and among fans of it, some worried that theirrecent offer to acquire Take-Two, 2K’s parent company, will affect the future of both. Ken Levine commented on the situation in a recent interview withGamesIndustry.Biz, in which he stressed the key to making great games still lay in the hands of the development team rather than the changing of ownership....
Fun fact: Irrational Games’ Ken Levine once was asked to write a romantic comedy vehicle for Christian singer Amy Grant, probably best known for her hit single, “Baby Baby.” Long before Levine was working on games likeSystem Shock 2,Freedom Force, andBioShock, he had aspirations to become a Hollywood screenwriter. When Hollywood came knocking, asking Levine to rewrite a script calledDevil’s Advocate(not to be confused with the 1997 Keanu Reeves film of the same name), he grudgingly obliged....
NBA 2K10 — arguably the best basketball series this side ofNBA Jam— is slated to hit retail on October 6th. That’s soon. Considering the proximity to release, it’s only natural that we post up the latest trailer for the title that 2K Sports blasted to the media earlier this afternoon. If you dig what the 2K Sports brand delivers, feel free to click the button thing in the header. It’s a short video, mainly showcasing the ebb and flow of the game behind some decent music....
