[Editor’s Note: We’re not just a (rad) news site — we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware that it may not jive with the opinions of Destructoid as a whole, or how our moms raised us. Want to post your own article in response? Publish it now on ourcommunity blogs.] Let’s say you’re out for a leisurely cruise along the coast of an island, just off the mainland....
To say that Epic’s Mark Rein may be proud ofUnreal Tournament 3is something of an understatement. Just watchour exclusive chatwith the man to find that out. Lately,he’s been bigging upthe graphical power of the game, claiming it to be better looking thanGears of War. Ouch,Gearsfans. Ouch. Rein also continued Epic’s latest trend of saying really, really nice things about the PlayStation 3. “It’s a really high end experience that pushes the graphics bar up even higher thanGears of War....
What’sPress Startyou ask? Well let me tell you!Press Startis a cheesy movie aboutthe world of videogames and it’s actually really good. The movie is made by gamers who have a real grasp on gaming culture unlike those big Hollywood blockbusters that justsuck. The originalPress Startcame out way back in 2007 and the sequel is finally set to come out on March 11. Here’s the trailer! It seriously looks super cheesy, but it’s one of those movies that you have to give a chance....
It’s no secret that the economy is doing absolutely horrible right now. That doesn’t mean we can’t poke fun at our ever growing crisis. Enter CertifiedCBFresh as they mash the economic situation withStreet Fighterand … HOLY DOLPHINS! That guy at the 0:45 mark TOTALLY looks like Chad Concelmo. The king of dolphins aside, this spoof does a great job of blending togetherStreet Fighterand the U.S. economic situation. SONIC BLOOMBERG!
Wanted: Weapons of Fatehits store shelves tomorrow. Since it’s so close to launch, Universal released a pretty teaser trailer loaded with action, narrative and sexy quotes from past coverage of the game. Hit the break to the check it out. I usually don’t bother with licensed games that don’t have the bald-headed stud Vin Diesel, but I believe I’ll giveWeapons of Fatea spin. Slow motion effects still give me a hard-on, plus there’s the promise of decent story elements....
I doubt anybody expectedWarriors Orochi 2to get the mauling it received when Ireviewed it, given my love of all things Koei. Sadly, sometimes a reviewer has to hurt the things he loves. It’s the only way they’ll get better. Speaking of getting better, Koei has responded to complaints about excessive slowdown on the Xbox 360 version ofWarriors Orochi 2by promising that a patch is imminent.WO2on the 360 contains the worst slowdown I have ever seen in my life and it was the sole reason why I gave Koei’s latest console release an abysmal score of 2....
While the Spike Video Game Awards may have been the official reveal ofUncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, but Jimmy Fallon scored the first public gameplay demonstration. On Monday night’s episode ofLate Night with Jimmy Fallon, Naughty Dog’s Evan Wells and Christophe Balestra appeared to show off what they’ve been working on for the last year. Destructoid has seenUncharted 3, but we’re sworn to secrecy for a while yet. So, until we can deliver our preview, watch Jimmy play and awkwardly fanboy out....
Grand Knights Historyreleases in Japan next week and Marvelous Entertainment has released the above trailer to celebrate Vanillaware’s debut on the handheld. It has me torn. While I’m not a fan of traditional turn-based RPGs, finding them to be monotonous despite often being interested in the plotlines, I have had so many wonderful experiences with Vanillaware titles that I want to give this one a chance. Thankfully, with no release outside of Japan announced, I may never be faced with the decision....
The player has 2 minutes to find the exit of each cube, leading the character into the entrance of the next.. Work is also being done to use invisible markers such that the cube itself appears entirely white to the naked eye.
Editor’s note: We’re not just a (rad) news site — we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware that they may not jibe with the opinions of Destructoid as a whole, or how our moms raised us. Want to post your own article in response?Publish it now on our community blogs. As a lifelong, I-seriously-considered-getting-a-Princess-Peach-with-a-parasol-tattoo-on-my-inner-thigh Nintendo fan, I basically lost my mind when I first heard thestill fresh rumorsabout the company’s new Wii follow-up console (codename: Project Cafe)....
Wii Sportsis easily one of the Wii’s most popular titles, due in no small part to the fact that it came packed with the system. You’d think Nintendo might do it all over again withWii Sports Resort, but Nintendo of Canada’s senior supervisor of communcations and advertising Matt Ryan says that is not the case. Check out his comments in an interview withToronto Thumbs: The long-term plan is difficult to say, but I can tell you that there are no plans to make Wii Sports Resort what is packed in with the Wii purchase … what is in the Wii box will remain the same....
TheNintendo Wii video service Wii-no-Masounds pretty interesting. Now that Wii Remote will actually be like a real remote control, right? The only problem is that it’s Japan-only right now as Nintendo is only working with Japanese television companies for content. The service is set to launch in Japan tomorrow, so Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has been busytalking it up today(Japanese video). He lays out all of the details of the service, covering everything from their goals for the service to the DSi connectivity with the softwareDokodemo Wii-no-Ma....
Stuart Beattie, the script writer working on theGears of Warmovie adaptation has someambitious hopesfor his latest project. Beattie is planning to portray the backdrop of the planet Sera entirely in green screen, just like300, as it’s the only way the movie can portray such a sense of scale. “There’s no way to build that world any other way, really. That’s a huge world,” stated Beattie in an interview. “It’s a planet and it’s a bubble and it’s a building....
