Sony are Marketing the Playstation 2 and the PSP in
Latin America through something called “Gamer Kit.” It seems a
bit late don't you think.
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If proof was needed that piracy is affecting the
gaming industry, Square Enix will be laying of 800 members of staff,
which is a shame.
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Clock Tower was originally produce by Human
Interactive for the Super Nintendo but will soon be released on
Virtual Console.
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As with all successful games, Starcraft II:
Wings of Liberty is the focus of the scammers. People are
receiving emails promising to provide a CD key for the game but
sending the user to a fake Battle.net address. I just thought I
would let you know.
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Trailer: Dustforce (Hitbox)
Not often do games about sweeping up dust and leaves
land in my inbox, especially ones that look this damn good.
Dustforce is an 'acrobatic platformer'
and it's just shot up my 'I want this game now' list.
Players use their trusty broom to leap, sweep and leap again, pulling off
some crazy moves along the way. The broom can be used to slide down walls
and spring across tricky pits and obstacles. It's all incredibly stylish
too, with lovely fluid animations and movement. The controls take a little
getting used to, but eventually you'll be pulling off amazing maneuvers.
There's a
demo available to download for anyone who
wants to give it a go. The final version is set to include a level editor,
more polish and lots more content.
Freeware Game Pick: Tricky Truck (Peter Sotesz)
Tricky Truck is a new physics-based
simulation game created by the developer of Sumotori Dreams, where the
objective is to maneuver your vehicle around bends or walls before parking
it safely at the designated spot. The camera control is on manual
operation by default, and you have to avoid crashing into any PCB boards
while driving on the road.
Some of its other features include a replay mode, checkpoint system, and a
fixed camera angle that can be toggled on and off. A hard difficulty
setting is available for all eight levels, in which players have to
operate the truck using a limited view from the driver's seat.
Medal of Honor trailer with Linkin Park's latest
single 'The Catalyst'
How to hack a Nintendo Wii and DS
An interesting Video
Cosplay American style
31st of July 2010
Square
Enix would like to become a "community platform operator," which is
part of their strategy for globalisation.
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This
should please commander Tim. Taito are releasing DariusBurst
Another Chronicle in the arcades. The game will be based on
the PSP game DariusBurst.
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Falcom
has released some information about the next game in the Legend of
Heroes series. Zero no Kiseki will provide up to
sixty hours of gameplay and will be for the PSP.
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Ceck out the trailer below
Zero no Kiseki trailer
Trailer: Blocks: The Devilish Delivery Game (Darkwind
Media)
Blocks: The Devilish Delivery Game is a
physics-based puzzler/racer in which you carry crates around levels on a
hovering platform. The box must be taken all the way to the end, but there
are plenty of obstacles along the way to impede your progress.
The general look and feel of Blocks reminds me a lot of Ludosity
Interactive's Bob
Came in Pieces, which is a good thing.
Being able to control the two thrusters separately is a nice touch,
although it's one of those elements where depending on how well it's
implemented, it could either be really good fun or frustratingly
difficult.
Either way, a demo is available to download from
the
Blocks site which shows a fair number of levels. The game will
be released for PC and Mac soon.
Freeware Game Pick: Frogatto (Lost Pixels)
Frogatto is a freeware 2D platformer
which stars a frog that can swallow and spit out enemies as projectiles.
At the beginning of the adventure you'll discover that his reach is rather
short, but the coins that you collect along the way can used to purchase
upgrades that'll increase the length of his tongue.
The game features six distinct areas with thirty levels split between
them, and you can use magical pedestals to teleport yourself to the start
of any location that you have previously explored. You'll want to open any
treasure chests that you find as well, since some of them carry life
capsules or huge coin bonuses.
Frogatto is free to
download for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
users (the iPhone version costs $5). Depending on how thorough you are
when searching for secrets and hidden areas, playing the game from start
to finish could take up to a couple of hours. One interesting piece of
trivia about the development team is that all of them were involved in the
Battle of Wesnoth
project, and working together on the turn-based strategy game was how they
got acquainted with each other. (Mac/Win/Linux, 92.1MB)
Cute women
30th of July 2010
Bloomberg of Japan has reported that the Nintendo 3DS will be released
in Japan on September the 29th.
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Square
Enix have trademarked Gun Loco. Is it a spin off of Final
Fantasy 7, with Barret as the main character?
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Radiant Historia is similar to Star Ocean. According
to Famtisu, the game "takes place on a world with five warring
countries. A mysterious disease suddenly turns people into
sand."
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Virtual-On Force will be released in Japan as a box version of
Virtual-On Oratorio Tanagram. The Xbox 360 game will be
released on December the 22nd and will cost 6,090 yen ($70).
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Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together trailer
God Eater Burst’s new Aragami
Browser Game Pick: Nyalamander (Ijiwaru Neko Cat)
Nyalamander is a mouse-controlled 2D
scrolling shooter in the style of Salamander and the Gradius series,
featuring six levels to beat and a handful of power-up items for the
player to collect. Upgrades are in effect the second you pick them up, and
when your ship is destroyed you can still save the options if you gather
them before they disappear into space.
The level orientation switches from horizontal to vertical after each boss
fight, and you have the option to continue playing from any stage you've
beaten previously at the main menu screen. The autofire feature can be
activated by scrolling up with the mouse wheel, and to turn it off you
just need to scroll down using the same wheel.
Note that the game does not store a record of your unlocked levels between
browsing sessions, and you'll have to start playing from stage one again
if you close or switch browser windows. (source)
Bayonetta
Chinese Cosplayers
28th of July 2010
Macross Frontier The Movie: The False Diva will be included with
the Playstation 3 version of the game.
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Atlus
has announced that Radiant Historia will be released on the
Nintendo DS.
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Metroid: Other M Story trailer
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 trailer
When CDs spin the Neptune characters transform
Trailer: Fish Fish Bang Bang
Fish Fish Bang Bang is a one-button arena
shooter created by Robert Fearon (using sprites from Farb's
Fishie
Fishie), where players get to shoot at evil fish invaders and
collect shiny gems for points. Your fish in the middle of the screen will
always rotate in one direction, but the rotation switches the other way
around whenever a button or a key is pressed. Each level presents a
different layout and shape for the enemies to appear from, and there are
gems to collect in the latter stages as well.
A demo will be released sometime this week, while the full version should
be available to download from the Bagfull of Wrong site in a fortnight's
time from now. Fish Fish Bang Bang is Bob's submission for Indie Kombat -
a friendly competition between two developers (the other being Farbs)
where they take each other's games and remake them into something ten
times better than the original.
XBL Indie Game Pick: Platformance (Magiko Gaming)
Platformance: Castle Pain is a tough
platformer available on the Xbox Live Indie Games service. You take
control of a knight who must battle his way through a dangerous castle and
save the princess.
If Super Meat Boy and Journey to the Center of the Earth had a love child,
this would probably be it. There are spinning axes to dodge, bats to flee
from, spikes to bound over, octopuses to not make friends with and ghosts
to beat a hasty retreat from. Certain obstacles can get a little
frustrating, but there are plenty of checkpoints so you'll never be sent
too far back.
Download Platformance: Castle Pain from the
Xbox Live Marketplace for a mere 80 MS
Points - that's one dollar, folks!
My Little Pony with a difference
26th of July 2010
In an
interview with Gamasutra, Warren Spector compares Epic Mickey
to Deus EX. “You know, the graphics may be different, the
hero may be different, the fiction may be different, but there’s some
real Deus Ex-y gameplay in this, if people will give Mickey a chance.
I think we’ve made it work, and the Wii is a terrific piece of
hardware, and Nintendo’s a great company. It’s been great working with
them.”
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Dai
Sato, writer of Anime hits like Cowboy Bebop, expresses his
issues with the Anime market. He said, “we can’t do our own
anime” and depend on subcontractors for in-between frames.
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Yoshinori Ono announced at this years Comic-Con that he's working on an
online version of Street Fighter 3rd Strike. With
production of the game only recently started, it is not expected for
this product to be completed soon.
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5bp's
Steins;Gate will be turned into an Anime series.
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