Irrational Games put ona fun promotionforBioShock Infinitein which fans had the opportunity to submit their name for use within the game itself. The winning entry has been decided, and once you get over the sadness that you weren’t selected, it’s pretty cool.
In the privacy of the Destructoid offices, we have this discussion every few days: what’s better, hard copies of games, or digital ones? Editor-in-Chief Nick Chester likes to trumpet that digital is obviously better and that anyone who thinks otherwise is a moron, but some of us still love our hard copies (and to cause him a constant reason to hate our guts). Rock Paper Shotgunrecently interviewed Christian Svensson, Capcom’s Vice President of strategic planning, and he offered some key words about Capcom’s vision of how Digital Distribution fits into the company’s future:...
Bejeweled is always fun, but it’s a different kind of fun when you’re playing it as fast as you can up against 15 other players in 1 minute matches. I…I didn’t know. I just saw someBejeweledaction from across the room and walked up to it. I picked up a controller and started playing. The countdown timer started at the bottom. Bubbles with heads in them were blowing up on the left....
Not losing steam after theChampions OnlineXbox 360 cancellation, Cryptic Studios has plans to reveals its third MMO soon — as in, this summer soon. “I can’t speak to the specifics of what we’re doing,” Cryptic’s Bill Roper toldMMORPG.comin a recent interview, “but it’s true that we have another game in the works. We won’t be making an announcement until late summer, and we’re still a ways off from launch.” Roper dished out those details in response to a question about the Cryptic-tiedDungeons and DragonsMMO rumors....
Themystery titlefrom Airtight Games is calledQuantum Conundrum, and it looks like the type of project Kim Swift (ofPortalfame) would be attached to. It’s a first-person puzzle game, except this time, the subject matter appears to be going for an even broader audience. You play a kid exploring his uncle’s crazy laboratory-esque house; in the demo GameSpot saw, you could change dimensions (for example, the fuzzy dimension makes everything cute and lightweight) and also cause your surroundings to move in slow motion....
WithGrand Theft Auto IVright around the corner, leave it toFox Newsto try and throw a spanner in the works. Using the recent focus on violence and of course, those precious children as its “in,”Fox Newsquestioned the appearance of adverts forGTA IVon buses and trains in the city. With so much focus on kids and violence these days, we wondered why ads for a violent video game have begun popping up again on CTA buses and train stations....
Here is a humble portion ofResistance 3imagery for you to gawp at like maniacs. There are only five pictures, and only two of them show anything remotely interesting, but it’s better than nothing, right? I’ve resolved to give bothResistanceandResistance 2a fair shake before the third is out. I’ve attempted the first game before and couldn’t get into it, but I want to be excited about this. This third one is looking promising for sure....
While everyone was busy freaking out aboutStreet Fighter IVand Mike Patton’s cringe-worthy voice acting inBionic Commando, Capcom quietly announced another sequel. This winter,Commando 3(a new title in theCommandoseries, whose sequel was know in the U.S. asMERCS) will be coming to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. Developed by Backbone Emeryville,Commando 3will give players control of three characters: Animal (a former marine; Smoke (a female covert-top); and Boomer (explosives). The game will feature co-op play, vehicles, online leaderboards, and will cost 800 Microsoft points/$9....
[Contest closed! PSN code winners are TJF588, Isay Isay, CBunn, Laharl Krichevskoy and devroid. XBLA winners are Roager, Occams electric toothbrush, Trevor McGee, KyleGamgee and Aleczandah! Check your emails!] The brand new Captain America pinball table is coming out this week forMarvel Pinball(PSN) andPinball FX(XBLA). The new table is easily one of best pinball tables yet from Zen Studios and we have five codes of each version to give out to you!...
Stabbing a zombie in the face with a knife that explodes is fun, but it’s a lot more fun when there are three other people stabbing zombies with knives that explode. This new trailer focuses on the co-op aspect ofDead Island, and it’s pretty cool. Iplayed the co-op at E3and was suitably impressed. I’m crossing my fingers that the final product will be a good laugh, and maybe even a little scary....
Similar to people who dim the lights in order to achieve the ideal viewing environment for a scary movie, so too do many of us opt for harder — and, in turn, more frightening — difficulties when playing horror games. Upon completingDead Space 2once, Hard Core mode will unlock. In it, you are limited to three saves. “What we found was that it wasn’t really fun to continue to make the game harder by giving the enemies more hit points or giving you less bullets,” explains creative director Wright Bagwell to MTV Multiplayer....
Lately, Electronic Arts has been pretty candid about wanting to make its games online enabled in some capacity going forward. There seems to be some vocal resistance to this notion, but in the case ofDead Space 2, apparently the majority of players were all about social interaction. Talking with GamerZines, Visceral Games executive producer Steve Papoutsis explains that “Multiplayer was the most requested feature forDead Space 2. Numerous people wanted to be able to experienceDead Spacewith their friends after finishing the single player story....
Today marks a most eventful day, for today is the day I try and write more than a single paragraph onSnake. That is what this game basically is. It’sSnake. It has the number 360 after the title, but there is no denying that this is, indeed,Snake. The very fact that I’ve spent the first paragraph repeating myself multiple times should be a fine indication of what a struggle this is going to be....
