Day one of E3, Activision dragged DJ Shadow out on stage at their massive booth on the show floor. I told Activision to knock it off, because it’s far easier to sit back and listen to one of the world’s best performing live. Activision didn’t listen, as day two of the show had DJ Z-Trip — featured as a character inDJ Hero— doing the same damned thing. Come on, Activision, what’s up?...
E3 was due to close in thirty minutes. I had only just finished my appointments. I had a text from Sony community manager and Shawshank Redeemer Jeff Rubenstein. He was telling me to get to the Sony booth immediately. KnowingKillzone 3, the sequel to my favorite shooter of 2009, was on the cards, I spent the last of my energy reserves getting there. I think it was worth it. We already have a preview, but I couldn’t resist squeezing in some time with this game and, most importantly, getting to grips with the jetpack....
[E3 community blogging contest winner:atheistium talks about the new Xbox 360 Dashboard and new focus on casual games from all three major companies.] Now that most of the ‘important’ E3 stuff is out of the way, I can look back at what really excited and impressed me about E3. Let me see, apart from a mini clip of Lara Croft swimming around (rather than the promised trailer you bastards), I can say that E3 was one big epic fail....
With the death of Pandemic and Electronic Arts not exactly putting its marketing weight behind the thing, a sequel forThe Saboteurseems unlikely. Nevertheless, EA has said that a sequel could come … provided enough people buy the first game. “We’re hoping they’re going to want Saboteur. I think they will,”says EA CEO John Riccitiello. “Then we’ll probably sequel that too.” Bit of a Captain Obvious, here — since when has EAnotwanted to make a sequel of something that sells well?...
Each day brings us yet another step closer to Microsoft’s chilling vision of the future — a future where we’re expected to jump around like spastic mimes in order to play videogames that were once so simple to enjoy. Joining in with the “me too” motion control craze, a number of developers have come out in support of Natal,Gears of Warstudio Epic Games being among them. “We’re just sitting down with [Natal] in the next two weeks I think, to bring our studio guys in to have a look....
Driver: San Franciscowas going to bethe first Ubisoft game to make use of the company’s new Uplay Passport, however, there’s been a printing error on the inserts in some North American copies of the game. As a result, the Uplay content — 11 multiplayer modes and the Film Director feature — is now freely obtainable by all. Yeah, even outside of North America. When playingDriver: SF, you’ll come across a Uplay Passport menu, which is how you can access the aforementioned locked-out modes....
Red Faction: Guerrillais still quite a ways off, and the wait is slowly bringing me closer to insanity. If I could hit myself in the head with a large hammer just hard enough to make me go into a comma until June, that’d be magnificent. Today we’re getting a closer look at the game’s weapons and vehicles with a new trailer (after the break) and some artwork in the gallery below....
The new fighting game character news just keeps rolling in today! Courtesy of the latest issue of Famitsu, we get out first look at the newest addition to theStreet Fighterworld. I continue to approach allStreet Fighter IVnews with cautious optimism. The game is being produced by a man who worked heavily on the god awfulCapcom Fighting Evolution, and visually there are manyniggling complaintsto be made about the game thus far, but at least it’s a newStreet Fightergame....
Today, Square Enix has tossed out some free DLC for Square Enix’s latest RPG,Infinite Undiscovery. According toSiliconera, the DLC consists of two vouchers that allow players to gain greater access to synthesis items. These items are apparently awesome and can’t be found in the game’s stores. The DLC comes on the heels of fan outrage with what Namco-Bandai is doing withTales of Vesperia. Namco ischarging for contentthat allows players to boost their stats and hoard money without actually playing the game....
What was this week like in terms of game releases? There werea few good titles, definitely, but were any of them suitable for Friday Night Fights use? Of course not. So, once again, it looks like we’re going to be playing the same old same old. But that’s perfectly fine, because the Destructoid staff has recently gotten back intoStreet Fighter IVdue to a rekindled rivalry between Nick Chester and Brad Nicholson....
Are you getting excited for E3? In past years, Destructoid has brought themostamazingcoverageof the expo, and this year will be no exception. From the conferences, to the show floor, we got your backs. Even though I’m filled with E3 excitement, the FNF show must go on, and this week with an added bonus! Thanks toJohnnyviral, this week is the premiere of the firstLeague of LegendsFNF. Starting at 9:00 pm EDT, if you want to play this insanely popular PC game with your Dtoid brethren, come join in!...
Things are going strong for Friday Night Fights as usual. We’ll be playing all your current favorites that somehow never get old, no matter how many hours you pump into them. Under normal circumstances, there would be a caption for the picture above, however, today isanything but normal. You see, trying to create a caption worthy of the pure awesomeness that is Raptor Jesus would be like dividing by zero — it’s just too damn risky....
Yep, news is still flowing out of Nintendo’s GDC 09 keynote. Nintendo is once again expanding the Wii Virtual Console, this time adding support for arcade titles. Yay! As you might have expected, the new category is already accessible from home, and four games are up for sale: It’s also worth mentioning thatSpace HarrierandSolvalouare on the horizon, but nothing other than “coming soon” was announced. While I personally don’t feel the sudden urge to leave my cozy office and go download any of these titles, I am however excited about what games could potentially be in the pipeline....
