Pantera will finally be making their way toRock Bandon May 25. The DLC will take songs from Pantera’s “The Great Southern Trendkill” album bringing a total of ten new songs to the musical Simon Says game. The songs will consist of: “The Great Southern Trendkill” ($18-05-2025 MS Points for the pack; $1.99/160 MS Points/200 Wii Points per song)
Hey, remember that supposed PS3 exclusive from Rockstar,L.A. Noire? The 1940s crime thriller that was set to blend cinema and gameplay like never before, but has nearly achieved the dreaded “vaporware” tag? Well, we’ve finally got some news on it — and there are some very interesting tidbits to be had. IGN AU has an updatefrom Games Convention Asia 2008, and it contains some notes from a talk on the Australian game development industry given by Tom Crago, the CEO of Tantalus and the president of the Game Developers’ Association of Australia....
Electronic Gaming Monthly’srumormonger Quartermannhas caught windthat Remedy Entertainment may not be the guys developing the nextMax Payne. He seems to think that Remedy may have their hands too full ofAlan Wakeand have given the title to the same internal Rockstar team that handled the development forThe Warriors. I was under the impression thatAlan Wakehad gone the way ofDuke Nukem Forever, which means that instead of developing the title, Remedy is sitting around talking about donuts and tossing around ideas forMax Paynetheme parks....
At the time of writing, the Xbox 360 has three SKUs officially on the market — the HDD-less Arcade, the 60GB Pro and the 120GB Elite. If fresh intel is reliable, however, it seems that Microsoft will be literally cutting out the middle man, removing the Xbox 360 pro from its lineup. Kotakuwas handed a photo of some new Xbox 360 packaging that contains no details on the 360 Pro. Previous packaging listed the various SKU options, telling customers what they can get out of the Arcade, Pro or Elite....
The Xbox 360 version ofSacred 2: Fallen Angelwill hack its way onto retailer’s shelves March 24. If you’re a fan ofDiablostyle games, that means you have a little over a month to fix your schedule and prepare to have your soul sucked through your eye holes. If the PC incarnate or the above trailer is any indication, the Xbox 360 version ofSacred 2will not be light on loot or action.In addition to the life-wrecking possibilities of the single player campaign,Sacred 2will allow up to four-player cooperative over Xbox Live....
Samurai Warriors Chronicleshas received its first downloadable content in the form a new free stage, Battle of Ariokajou. It’s the first of several free levels that Tecmo Koei plans to release. The DLC map should automatically download for anybody with Spotpass enabled in the wireless options menu. Downloaded stages are played in the “Gaiden” section of the campaign’s chapter selection screen. I’m not seeing it myself, so we in the West may be waiting a little while for it....
Ok, stick with me on this one because Destructoid is about to get all serious business on your ass. Late last yearDementium: The WardandInsecticidedeveloper Gamecocksold itself to competitor SouthPeakand all was happy time roses and bunny rabbits. Of course that was just an official press release, the real truth was not quite so pleasant and according to an in depth report on the sale thatJoystiq has put together, far from the cute fluffiness of rabbits....
With E3 behind us, I did some reflection and realized that I felt I hadn’t really played that many games while in Los Angeles. Polling some fellow “journalists” (many of which are actually respectable), it seems I wasn’t alone. I’m not sure that I like E3. I’m glad it’s over, and I’m glad to be back with you fine normal folks. The videogame industry is full of a bunch of God damned weirdos, let me tell you....
Wait, what? That’s right. Sega hasn’t had a real console since the deceased Dreamcast, but here we are in 2010 and the company has stormed back into the console wars with a worthy rival to Nintendo’s dominating Wii system. Well, not really, but itisa home console (in a way) and itdoeshave motion control (after a fashion). The Sega Zone Wireless Gaming Console is one of those silly retro all-in-one deals, packed as it is with twenty classic Genesis titles includingSonic the Hedgehog,Alex KiddandGolden Axe....
Shenmue going social game is something I’m still wrapping my head around. I’m dizzy thinking about how this could all turn out. But judging by the new details just released, it looks like the game is in good hands. Shenmue’s daddy, Yu Suzuki, has created a company called Ys Net awhile back.Shenmue Citywill be their first project, saysAndria Sang. Sunsoft will be releasing and managing the game on both Yahoo! Mobage and Mobagetown....
I’ve been keeping an eye onShining Force Featherever since Jimgot a gander at itduring the Tokyo Game Show,and my diligence was rewarded with a new trailer this morning which shows off many of the characters in the game. As usual, I’m loving the character art (and figure it won’t be too long before there are collectiblefiguresof at least half of these characters).The game comes out this month in Japan, so let’s hope the English version won’t be too far away....
Oh that’s bullsh*t. It was bad enough when I found out thatSilent Hill: Homecomingwasn’t due to launch in Europe until November, but now it’s become known that Konami’s latest horror extravaganzawon’t be arrivinguntil February 2009. No reason has been given for the date slip, but the title will now be in almost direct competition with Capcom’sResident Evil 5,which is bloody ridiculous. Hopefully that doesn’t mean the game is due for an even later release to avoid such a scenario, but at this rate, who knows?...
Like it or not,Silent Hill: Shattered Memoriesfor the Wii is being made, and fans of the series are waiting to find out more about what the game will be like. As a quick refresher in case you don’t live and breathe all things Silent Hill like I do, the game is a “reimagining” of the first Silent Hill and stars Harry Mason. That’s supposed to be him in the art you see above, but what I see is more like a man caught somewhere between a heart attack and an epic case of the sh*ts....
