1Up Preview Video: Ninja Gaiden DS
Heres a snippet from the latest 1UP Podcast showing a look at Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword (DS) which is scheduled for release in March. The game will rely heavily on the stylus for controls I guess like Phantom Hourglass.
EA’s Marvel Fighting Game Cancelled
Well the Marvel Comics 3D fighting game featuring an open stage with destructible environments has been canceled. Heres a quote from the GameTap article that featured this news: “EA and Marvel have jointly agreed to discontinue development of the Marvel titles under the EA Games Label. This was a business decision based on EA’s portfolio strategy,” an Electronic Arts rep told Gam...[Read More]
Sega Master System Games Coming To Virtual Console
Filed this under “WHY?”. Having personally owned a Sega Master System and later wanting to kick myself in the nuts for getting it instead of a NES (which I later got) I will say that overall the games were not all that great. Many of the few that were good like Outrun, Forgotten Worlds and After Burner an such have been redone and are better. I guess the only game I would rather play t...[Read More]
Games to See $10 BILLION in 2008!
Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian recently made the following assertions among others: 1. “since the game industry is driven by product cycles rather than consumer spending, he believes the current console cycle will remain resilient even amid reduced consumer spending.” 2. “growth to be driven by continued demand for Nintendo platforms and improving sales trends for...[Read More]
Grand Theft Auto IV Drops April 29th
Yes. April 29th, 2008 is the day Grand Theft Auto IV hits the stores.
PWNED: Street Fighter 2 Influenced Snes Pad design
Ever wondered why the Snes control pad had those L and R shoulder buttons? Well in a recent podcast Kotaku’s Japan Night Editor Brian Ashcraft (aka Bashcraft to Kotaku readers such as myself ) mentioned being told at a press event the Snes pad release was delayed and the shoulder buttons were added so that the controller could have enough buttons for the biggest game out at the time which wa...[Read More]
Undertow Now Free On Xbox Live
The gift for your Xbox live frustrations this holiday season has arrived and its Undertow. Ironically Xbox Live was acting weird fucking up again when I tried to download it. I had to try 3 times before getting it to work. I played the game briefly this morning and it seemed ok enough. Hey its free so download it.
No More Heroes Review
Video no longer available (originally hosted on GameTrailers).
The Club playable demo hit Xbox Live
Video no longer available (originally hosted on GameTrailers). The game is set to feature over nine multiplayer modes, with online leaderboards to compare scores. Online games can feature up to 7 real-time opponents on-line or battle off-line in 4-player split-screen mode. The following modes were released by Sega of America on January 17, 2008. The Club is a video game by Bizarre Creations and wi...[Read More]
Street Fighter IV Playable February 15th!
But no where near you. IGN has reported that the playable debut will be on February 15th at the AOU 2008 Amusement Expo. The expo is an arcade event that will be located at Makuhari Messe just outside Tokyo. Doors open to industry members on February 15th and regulars like us the next day. Soon after that the impressions of the game should be hitting the interwebs.
Bionic Commando Rearmed: NES Classic Re-release
Video no longer available (originally hosted on IGN). Capcom’s NES classic Bionic Commando is being touched up and “Rearmed” for re-release on PSN and Xbox live networks as a downloadable title. Check the video for a preview. I am more excited about this than the new hotdog armed bionic commando in production.
Devil May Cry 4 Demo Hits… Soon
Word is that the demo for Devil May Cry 4 will hits PS3 and Xbox 360 at the end of this month sometime around January 31st.