Ninety-Nine Nights IIhas been confirmed for North America thanks to the ESRB and yet another classic videogame rating. As always, it’s the American rating board’s obsession with pointing out anything vaguely sexual that leads to comedic gold. Let’s check it out. Players enter a world of darkness, a world in which war has been waged for close to 99 days, and it is players’ goal to get rid of the darkness....
Headed to XBLA first Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreamsis a gorgeous and finely crafted platformer. It’s so satisfying to switch back and forth between the sisters to pull off some intense maneuvers. The game was just announced for Xbox Live Arcade, along with a trailer for the team’s celebratory live show, taking place on March 21 at 7:00pm CET. What is even more interesting is what transpired on the game’sFacebook pageafter the video was posted....
Good look and lookin’ good Kratos has it all wrong. Hunting isn’t about encouraging your son to shoot an elk and then slowly and sadly sliding a knife into it. Hunting’s about sneaking up on a robomech, capping it in the back, and harvesting its components. That’s not all that happened in Sony’sHorizon Zero Dawntrailer. We got eight minutes of hacking, riding, and brontosaurus-gifaffebots. Lotta good stuff going on in that sentence....
Sony and Guerrilla are really pushing the last minute hype for theirKillzonesequel, as we rarely seem to go a day without hearing something about the high profile PS3 exclusive. Today’s big promise is thatKillzone 2is going to, well,kill you a lot. There are over one hundred death animations — collect them all! Animations are of course dependent on where the enemy is shot. There are insta-drop headshots and writhing death throes from catching a bullet in the back....
The power of language Please save your hardest boss arguments for someone else, asDark Soulsisn’t even hard anyways, as I havedeftly proven a second time. To enough folks, Ornstein and Smough are pegged as toughest. The duo, “was responsible for 111 out of 485 deaths on this run.” Yes, run. The bloke who beat the entire thingwithDonkey Kongabongos, Benjamin “bearzly” Gwin, also beat the entire game using voice commands. Bonus: Google “stock photo man yelling....
If you thoughtFEAR 3was just another mindless shooter where you stomp around and blow stuff to bloody, gory bits, you’d be wrong. It’s really a touching story about family. Well, at least that’s what this trailer would like to have you believe, although there’s no lack of stomping around and blowing stuff to bloody, gory bits. This latest look at the game focuses on the story, which was crafted with the assistance of John Carpenter and Steve Niles....
New game from Asteroid Base looks like a cheerful challenge I don’t know if it’s the weather or what, but today has just felt like a bummer. I just feel gloomy. But then I happened upon this announcement trailer forLovers in a Dangerous Spacetime. The second title fromAsteroid Base, it’s a game for two in which players work together to defend their spaceship from enemy attackers by manning the controls for cannons, thrusters, shields and a laser, moving from one station to another through platform jumping....
As the October release date slowly creeps ever so closer, a select few of us have been quietly keeping tabs on Rockstar’s controversialManhuntsequel on the Wii, waiting for word of exactly how toned down the finished game is going to be. According to acomparisonby Matt Casamassina of IGN, it’s nothing to take to the streets and riot about. As Matt puts it, the AO and M-rated games are surprisingly similar, minus a testicle or two:...
‘You need to have something to lose’ It’s no secret that Ubisoft is aiming toblur the linebetween single- and multiplayer experiences. That’s the predominant theme with a lot of its upcoming titles. Surprisingly, theTom Clancy’s The Divisiondevelopers don’t consider this to necessarily be the hook for their game. Rather, they think it’s the player versus player component. The Division‘s game director Ryan Bernard spoke withOfficial Xbox Magazineand said that Massive’s approach to PvP will be a difference-maker....
I have been looking for an excuse to talk aboutDawn of War IIever since the beta went public (download here), and now I have the perfect opportunity to do so. The latest installment of these faction introduction videos focuses on the Orks, which have always been a personal favorite of mine. So, the multiplayer beta … it’s somewhat different than what I was expecting it to be, but that’s far from a bad thing....
From crowdfunding to major backing The challenge in creating a platformer is figuring out what you could do differently from everyone else. While the same could be said about any genre, you have to admit that it’s especially challenging for plaformers, a genre that is so simple at its core.Cloudberry Kingdom‘s answer is in its AI level creator, which switches up the design of every level you play, every time you play it....
Unable to play in the Championship Series for one year Riot Games has placed a ban on professionalLeague of Legendsplayer Christian Rivera (IWillDominate). “His persistent tendency to engage in verbal abuse and insults, his lack of cordial demeanor, and his treatment of less-skilled players is unacceptable for any player, especially a high-profile professional player who has a regular opportunity to lead the community by example,”the company wrote. IWillDominate “has been in Tribunal nine times and punished eight times, including the most recent permanent ban....
Ramuh shakes things up MMOs are constantly evolving beasts. Particularly in the subscription realm, developers are always searching for ways to keep players hooked, usually in the form of major updates — big content patches that help ease the wait between even bigger expansions. The latest MMO to get an overhaul isFinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, which is seeing its “Defenders of Eorzea” patch this week, bringing up the current version of the game to 2....
