Bodycountlead Stuart Black isn’t impressed with how realistic you can make your game. In fact, he thinks realism can get f*cked if it doesn’t help the game, and should be discarded in favor of fun. Can anybody argue with that? Only a complete moron. “If realism doesn’t help the game, f*ck it, throw it away,” declares Black. “I’ve known Codemasters all my gaming life, but I’d never thought about working for them....
Soon even the soft or less-elite modern combat veterans will be able to get in on the World War II arcade shooter action. Infinity Ward’s downloadable,Call of Duty: Classic, is set to make its proper debut over Xbox LIVE Arcade on Wednesday. A recenttweetby European Xbox LIVE man Graeme Boyd (viaKotaku) revealed as much, adding that the downloadable will set Euro gamers back 1,200 Microsoft Bucks. US Xbox LIVE man Major Nelson followed soon after viahis blog, echoing the price point....
Most of this went down while Destructoid was away, but if you haven’t already heard,Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is pretty broken on the PlayStation 3. There’s a rather nasty little bug that randomly wipes your entire save file, and in a twenty hour game, that’s not nice news. Players have reported booting the game up, only to get the error message, “Save file corrupt, will now overwrite, press X to continue....
The Capcom fighting titleTatsunoko vs. Capcomis almost perfect on the Wii as is, if you ask me. The only thing missing is a good controller. Mad Catz brought along the Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Arcade FightStick along to CES to show off, and Alex Verrery gave us a quick rundown of the new controller’s features. The chassis is based off of existing Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 sticks, but they have redesigned the joystick and buttons for this new release....
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicleson the Wii seems to get better and better with each passing tidbit of information that comes to light. The latest bit of juicy confirmation fromFamitsutells us that a 2-player co-op mode is a reality. Oh, but there’s more — Your starting point in the game will change, depending on which character you decide to play as. Not exactly ground-breaking stuff for anREgame, asResident Evil 2andResident Evil 0did something like this as well — but who’s complaining?...
While many “hardcore” gamers enjoy dumping all over the Wii’s technical capabilities, you never really expect a corporate CEO to tackle Nintendo’s waggle box with the exact same criticisms. Nevertheless, IBIBO CEO Ashish Kashyap has admitted that he regrets buying the Wii, mostly due to its poor hardware performance. “Nintendo Wii is something that I bought, but did not use much,” says Kashyap. “It lacks online social engagement and does not have very strong supply of titles in India....
Blogging programmer, Ashish Derhgawen, has presented us a slice of our most horrific future, wherePongplaying super robots will enslave the world with paddles forged from the very reasoning of sin. Well, not really, but what hehasdone is set up two computers toplay aPongcloneagainst one another, using a webcam to imbue one of the machines with cycloptic powers. Inspired by acomputer that can play on a PSPwhile using a webcam to view the on-screen shenanigans, Ashish hooked up two machines, as per the video above, then set them upon each other in gladiatorial combat, that each warrior may compete for valor and their master’s favor....
According togamesindustry.bizdata, the Japanese hardware sales week ended on August 24 shows a fall in console and handheld sales. The Wii sold a mere 35,173 unit compared to its previous mark of 53,036 last week. The PlayStation 3 sold 9020 units, compared to its 11, 393 and the Xbox 360 is apparently back on the shelf and selling terribly as usual. Microsoft managed to sell 3,555 units compared to its blisteringly hot 7,358 of last week....
The first of today’s deals comes from Gamestop. Reader MuddBstrd tells us that promo code “GS30” gets you 20 percent off the title price on all in-stock items, even new releases. You’ll also get free shipping. He suggested you getPersona 3 Portable. I’m with him on that. Amazon is getting rid of FIFA 2010 today. If you want in on the discount action, you had better get on it, as it’s all going very fast and ending soon....
Perhaps I should count myself lucky thatX-Bladesis due out next month, but honestly I really would have liked more than screenshots to work with for the past year. I believe we’ve only ever had one trailer in all that time, and even that didn’t really show much. Southpeak’s commitment to marketing this game has been impressive. For a title that wouldn’t ordinarily get a lot of promotion in the Blogocube, it has to be said that the publisher’s tactic of posting a handful of screenshots every week or two has helped keep it in the public eye where ordinarily a game of this nature would be swiftly forgotten....
Arguably, the biggest disappointment of last week’s Nintendo Media Summit was Sega’sMadWorld. The simple reason: it simply wasn’t playable. As dozens of journalists shuffled into a demo area, more than a few made a beeline for Sega’s kiosk, only to be met by Sega reps unwilling to relinquish the Wii Remote and Nunchuk. Revealed earlier this year, I suppose we can’t get too upset that Sega won’t let us get up and personal with the bloodyMadWorld....
[I loved visiting Disneyland as a child. I still love it when I get to head out to the West Coast and visit Disneyland. So, I’m all for destroying Disney World, as I have absolutely no emotional attachment to it. While you’re waiting for BioShock, give this game a shot, eh? — DMV] Ever want to storm Disney World and punch out Mickey Mouse or machine-gun Donald Duck? Somebody else did too and they made a game out of it....
Fans ofDragon Age II(me) and superfluous DLC (also, sadly, me) will have another reason to revisit Kirkwall on October 11. BioWare’s latest addition to Hawke’s adventures,Mark of the Assassin, will team the hero up with elven assassin, Tallis, as they attempt to steal an ancient relic from an Orlesian nobleman’s fortified estate. The DLC will flesh out the Orlesians and Qunari and adds new environments, foes and gear While that sounds horribly generic, Hawke’s new companion, Tallis, sounds a tad more interesting....
