It’s an odd scene to be a part of. I was sitting on a couch in the penthouse of a Manhattan hotel, a guy who works for video game publisher Sega at my side. A bunch of other men stand near us. (more…)
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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata will be delivering a keynote at this year's Game Developers Conference entitled "Videogames Turn 25: A Historical Perspective and Vision for the Future." 1UP will be liveblogging the entire keynote this Wednesday, March 2, at 9:00am Pacific, so join us then to see what he has to say about the evolution and future of the games industry. Source: http://www.1up.com/news/satoru-iwata-gdc-keynote-liveblog
Capcom’s Seth Killian stops by to discuss the Fate of Two Worlds, Transformers pornography, twenty-year old Street Fighter tips, embarrassing Marvel moments, and much, much more…
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Above: Telltale’s game looks ready to cut to the core of what we loved about the first Jurassic Park film, but it’s QTE-centric gameplay may leave some fans wanting more
Telltale Games has come a long way since it was a 15-man operation with Telltale Texas Hold’em to its credit. Since then, the studio’s been fighting the good fight, keeping the point ‘n’ click adventure genre alive with many successful episodic series and digital releases. Now, the company is pulling out the big guns with its sights set on big licensed properties, like The Walking Dead, Fables, Back to the Future, and Jurassic Park. We recently got some brief hands-on time with Jurassic Park – and from what we’ve seen so far, it looks like the game’s QTE-centric gameplay may divide fans of the film…
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The good news out of Ubisoft today is that the PC version of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood has finally been given a solid release date - March 18. The great news is that the game won't feature the publisher's controversial 'always-online' DRM...
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Welcome to a brand new GamesRadar regular - Highlight of the Week! Every Friday, we'll be bringing you the very best, worst, WTF-iest, lolworthy moment in the world of gaming from the past 7 days. After posting our somewhat low-scoring review of Test Drive Unlimited 2, we thought we'd kick things off with the most unintentionally funny moment from the game. Put it this way: Would you trust this man with your car?
Capcom’s Seth Killian stops by to discuss the Fate of Two Worlds, Transformers pornography, twenty-year old Street Fighter tips, embarrassing Marvel moments, and much, much more…
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Nintendo's DS successor hits the streets in Japan, but does it live up to expectations?
Expectations around the Nintendo 3DS have been sky high since the hardware was announced at last year's Electronic Entertainment Expo. The new portable system's glassless 3D display and unique array of games have garnered it a great deal of attention. The system has just been released in Japan and we’ve had the opportunity to spend some extended time with it to see if it delivers on the positive initial impression it made on us when we first saw it.
What's In the Box
The Nintendo 3DS has shipped in two colors in Japan, Cosmo Black and Aqua Blue. Each Japanese unit comes with a 3DS, a charging cradle, an AC adapter, a new, telescoping stylus, a 1 gigbyte SD memory card, and a package containing six AR (augmented reality) cards that work in tandem with the 3DS’ built in cameras. Five of the AR cards react with the cameras to bring the simple 2D images of Nintendo mascots to 3D life, while the sixth lets you call up a shooting minigame. In addition the system has a few other game applications pre-installed as well. It should also be noted that the 3DS has no language selector in any of its menus, making it difficult for non Japanese speakers to navigate its menus.
Look and Feel
Overall the 3DS has a great deal in common with its predecessors, namely the DSi. The unit retains the same familiar form factor, albeit with some minor cosmetic tweaks that haven’t changed much since the last time we saw it. The dual screen system now has a larger, wider top screen that is more in line with a traditional widescreen form factor. In addition, a slider has been added to the right side of the screen to allow players to customize the unit’s 3D effect. The stylus is now a telescoping accessory that rests next to the cartridge slot. A new analog slider is on hand to supplement the unit’s directional pad for controlling characters. The headphone jack has been centered along the bottom side of the unit and a dedicated wireless switch lets you toggle the 3DS’ wireless connectivity on and off. The front facing set of buttons offer a pleasing amount of spring as does the directional pad, making the system very robust for games such as Super Street Figher IV 3D. Overall the system fits well in your hand and offers a solid play experience regardless of your skill level. That all said, the 3DS has a very set range of working viewing angles that players may find challenging to work around.
Built-In Features
Like the DSi and, to a lesser extent, the two DS iterations that came before it, the 3DS comes with a variety of software apps and pseudo-games loaded directly onto the system. Notable for longtime DS owners, however, is what's missing from the software lineup: Pictochat. If you were longing to repeat the halcyon days of late-2004 when you and some friends would get together and write vulgar messages to one another on your DS Phat, we're afraid that's no longer an option.
In Pictochat's place, however, are a number of more technologically advanced applications. One you've likely heard a lot about is the augmented reality feature, which lets you read specialized "AR cards" that come with the system in order to turn your living room into the backdrop for an honest-to-goodness video game. You can also use these cards to make familiar Nintendo mascots pose for photos. We managed to take the Mario card and the Kirby card, then position them in such a way that it looked as though Mario was kicking Kirby straight in the face. At which point, we taught Mario a lesson and dropped the Samus card down to make it look like she was shooting Mario in the back of the head with her arm cannon.
The system also features a sound editor and a photo editor very similar to those found on the DSi. The primary difference here, naturally, is the ability to take 3D photos in the photo editor. The system comes with two rear-facing cameras which, when processed together, produce a 3D image. The image quality isn't great, and if you're used to snapping photos on a modern digital camera or smartphone, it looks downright grainy. But the 3D effect is still pretty neat, and adds a nice bit of novelty to your amateur photography.
Another included application is the Mii editor, which supports the camera to allow for fully automated Mii-making in your own image. It's not exactly uncanny valley territory, however, because the Mii character options are more or less on par with the Wii, though the camera does a fine job of distilling your facial features into a very basic charicature. From there, you can take your Mii into a variety of scenarios, including the aforementioned AR games, as well as a suite of Mii-focused minigames in the Mii Plaza app.
Finally, one of the other notable hardware features is the ability to do some light multitasking. On the DSi, you could tap the power button to return to the home screen on command, but doing so would force you to lose any progress in the game you were currently playing. With the 3DS, however, tapping the home button will send you back to the home screen, but it will allow you to navigate the home menu and still be able to jump back into the last game you were in with your progress maintained. Unfortunately, the system doesn't support true multitasking, as you're not able to juggle between two or more games or applications. So if you're currently playing Nintendogs and you suddenly want to take a picture in the photo app without losing your progress, you're simply out of luck.
Final Thoughts
In its current state, the 3DS is a very promising little system. When your eyes are locked onto the screen, the 3D effect looks great. Moreover, it's a powerful piece of hardware as well, with games such as Professor Layton and the Mask of the Miracle moving that series into new polygonal territory with great success, and Winning Eleven Soccer 3D rendering player faces with terrific authenticity. It is, on a basic level, a well-made system that has a lot of potential.
But potential can only get you so far, because the current selection of games doesn't take full advantage of everything this little system has to offer. The current selection of games hint at a bright future for new features such as augmented reality and Street Pass, but don't really paint them as must-have selling points for the system. And while certain games look great in 3D, none of them really convince you that 3D is a technology that can really change and add significant value to the way you play a paritcular game.
In the end, seeing the what the 3DS has to offer upon its initial launch reminds us a lot of another portable handheld right after its release: the Nintendo DS. When that system came out back in 2004, it flashed brilliant potential but few must-have titles. But you know how that story ends, because the DS has gone on to become a phenomenal success with a vast library of games that have proven the touch screen to be a valuable addition to the world of gaming. The 3DS could still certainly be headed in that direction, but only time will tell if its various features will get it there.
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Holy hell - EA and DICE aren't showing much of Battlefield 3, but what they are showing is an engine that easily rivals or bests CoD's IW engine. Yeah, it still looks like a 'modern war FPS,' but even the most jaded sourpusses have to admit that it's intense enough to warrant interest... or can at least enjoy the particle effects. Check out the first, far-too-brief, gameplay teaser inside...
We’ve just gotten confirmation that Mortal Kombat has been Refused Classification in Australia. (more…)
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We take a look at Seumas McNally Grand Prize Honorable Mention Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale.
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With recently announced titles based on The Walking Dead and Fables, and a new Jurassic Park game in the works, Telltale Games is very much on our mind. That’s why we thought it worth pointing out that you can get the first episode of the studio’s Back to the Future adventure for free from the official Telltale Games online store…
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2K Games has confirmed that veteran voice actor and Faith No More rock 'n roller Mike Patton will be reprising his role as 'The Darkness' in Starbreeze Studios' supernatural sequel, the Darkness II...
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Trevor Bayne can't legally purchase any victory champagne, but that didn't stop him from joining the elite group of Daytona 500 champions last Sunday. And apparently the rookie sensation, who started competing nationally less than two years ago, made it to where he is with the help of a videogame.
At the age of 20, Bayne becomes the youngest competitor ever to win the Daytona 500. His accomplishment is surely based on many factors - he seemed to have been born with a penchant for racing, having developed an interest in go-karts when he was only five years old. Before he was a teenager, he had won three professional go-kart racing World Championships...
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In 25 days tomorrow, Nintendo launches its 3DS handheld system in Japan, to be followed a month later by the European and American versions. While the arrival of 3DS doesn't mean its predecessor is completely dead, we're definitely moving into the DS's latter days. That makes now the perfect occasion to catch on up all the DS games you've missed. In the days leading up to 3DS's Japanese debut, I'll be looking back at the best the DS had to offer -- my favorite games for one of my favorite systems ever, and some others that I may not be totally enamored with but can respect for their general importance. This isn't a definitive list or anything. It's an op-ed column! Please feel free to voice your dissent in the comments.
Not short on charming revelations, finance-bible Forbes' new article on Valve head Gabe Newell leads with a shot of the big guy himself, standing atop the company offices in Bellevue and hefting a chaingun. Sure, it's a replica – even Denis Dyack hardly ever brings genuine, loaded weapons to an interview – but the three-page profile paints Newell as one of the industry's most powerful figures, strapped or no. By his reckoning, there are standards by which Valve outperforms leaders in the tech field...
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In just a couple of months (all Microsoft would commit to is "mid-April"), you too can jump into the Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta. We've detailed some of the tweaks and changes that Gears 3 brings to multiplayer before -- what we have here is a basic guide to performing well once the beta is actually live. We played a few matches on all six maps available; at the moment, the beta will have the maps Checkout and Thrashball, and as our news story states, you can go to the Gears of War Facebook page to vote on whether to which two of these other maps -- Overpass, Old Town, Mercy, or Trenches -- to play. We like Overpass because it has this crazy moment where the world geometry shifts around, and we have a soft spot for Old Town -- if only because it features roaming chickens and exploding pumpkins. But once you get into the beta, here are some quick tips: Source: http://www.1up.com/previews?cId=3183457 PC gaming Oblivion PC Indie games Playstation Network Gameboy
In case you missed it, we previously talked about how Homefront’s a sort-of videogame remake of Red Dawn in our earlier preview, where we focused on the first level of the single-player campaign as well as several hours of play in the multiplayer. Homefront is a prime example of incongruous single-player and multiplayer components: the former is a brutal, politically savvy meditation on the ramifications of the US being the world’s sole superpower, while the latter is a piece of pure entertainment where you shoot other people over the internet with miniature rockets from remote-controlled helicopters...
Capcom’s Seth Killian stops by to discuss the Fate of Two Worlds, Transformers pornography, twenty-year old Street Fighter tips, embarrassing Marvel moments, and much, much more…
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Dammit we want you to tell us stuff ? like has a game ever caused you to cry? Come on you can admit it! If not then what game has come closest? (more…)
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FarmVille players in China have access to some incredibly bizarre vegetation. Take the “Watermelon Baby”, for example, a Chinese exclusive crop that bursts forth with a pink, fruity fetal-thing that demands a player’s attention. (more…)
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In case you missed it, we previously talked about how Homefront’s a sort-of videogame remake of Red Dawn in our earlier preview, where we focused on the first level of the single-player campaign as well as several hours of play in the multiplayer. Homefront is a prime example of incongruous single-player and multiplayer components: the former is a brutal, politically savvy meditation on the ramifications of the US being the world’s sole superpower, while the latter is a piece of pure entertainment where you shoot other people over the internet with miniature rockets from remote-controlled helicopters...
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Here's a look at the seventh level from Killzone 3.
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Prospero has been talked about before; it was an action-adventure game that was intended to come out not long after Half-Life. During an interview with the Steamcast earlier this month, co-founder Gabe Newell was asked if Valve would ever return to work on Prospero. He didn't completely shoot down the possibility, and in the process, revealed one of Valve's earliest projects that has never come to fruition. "Well a lot of the ideas for Propsero have sort of influenced our other games subsequently," he explained. "So, you know, whether or not we actually go back and do that specific game I don't know, it actually has a lot of appeal to us, we're all sort of fond of it. Nothing every really dies here, it's just a question how long until we get around to doing it."
Valve is well known for many things -- Steam, Portal, Team Fortress. Above all else, however, it made its mark with the original Half-Life in 1998. But what was there before Half-Life?
Dragon Age II’s Hawke might be a male for official marketing purposes, but on my Xbox 360 he’s a saucy female rogue with a fiery temper. Check out some highlights of playing the demo as a lady Hawke. (more…)
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When you let the zombies in your home in Plants vs. Zombies, they don't just eat your brains - they want to play the upcoming PvZ board game with you. Just hope they also bring non-brain based snacks.
Made by Screenlife, the board game pictured here is currently in the prototype stage...
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Above: King of Kong villain Billy Mitchell may be misunderstood, but he knows the value of a quarter
Retro-gaming record-breaker, hot-sauce magnate, patriotic necktie connoisseur... and now coin-op entrepreneur. Is there anything Billy Mitchell cannot do? Well, sure: Mitchell, longtime holder of the world record for the high score on Donkey Kong, can't catch a break from fans of Seth Gordon's 2007 documentary, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. But the movie's Mitchell would rather be rich than be loved – explaining his new Kong-themed video arcade in the Orlando International Airport...
According to an article on Swedish game site Press2Play, we should "forget dreams of Mirror's Edge 2." The report, which was originally published in December, and recently translated by Eurogamer Sweden, claims that a prototype for Mirror's Edge 2 was declined by EA, and that the project has been "stopped."
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