Archive for January, 2012

Ninja Gaiden III

Posted on Jan 16, 2012 01:18:00 AM

Ninja Gaiden III is the 3rd installment in the Ninja Gaiden series.

     

Ninja Gaiden 3 is an upcoming action-adventure video game developed by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo Koei. It is the sequel to Ninja Gaiden II and will be released in March 2012. It will be the first title in the series not to be directed by franchise mainstay, Tomonobu Itagaki. In his place will be the designer of the Sigma series, Yosuke Hayashi.

The game will explore Ryu’s more human side as he descends into a hellish realm. It will deal with the sword of the Archfiend from Ninja Gaiden II.


Ninja Gaiden III Screens” was posted on Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:18:00 -0800

EA Demos To Unlock Items In Other Games

Posted on Jan 13, 2012 04:40:36 PM

You know, I didn’t bat an eyelid at the Mass Effect/Dragon Age pre-order crossover stuff, because it seemed like a random lark within Bioware games. Not so! And not limited to the preemptory pounds, either. EA look like they’re going to try the cross-pollinatory approach across a bunch of their other games, too, starting with Mass Effect and Kingdoms Of Amalur demos. We mentioned this briefly yesterday, but there’s now a video (below) detailing precisely what you’d be getting for playing either game’s demo in the other game. This could be some clever meta-commentary on how trad sci-fi and fantasy settings are basically two sides of the same coin, of it could be a mad marketing ploy dreamt up to shift more units: YOU DECIDE!


EA Demos To Unlock Items In Other Games” was posted By Jim Rossignol on January 13th, 2012 at 11:31 am

Oh My GoodNes: Abobo’s Big Adventure

Posted on Jan 12, 2012 08:29:36 PM

Abobo was the large bald man in Double Dragon, the perpetually angry and brutal swine whose car-sized fists were the doom of many an intrepid sprite-puncher. Browser-based mini-epic Abobo’s Big Adventure isn’t a Double Dragon rehash though – it starts that way but it soon becomes apparent that it’s actually a homage to the NES itself, with a variety of easily recognisable worlds, enemies and play styles. It’s a joy to play, although nearly as tough as an actual NES game at times. Because a lot of the fun lies in discovering the sheer amount and variety of stuff that’s packed in there I’m tempted to recommend playing it immediately rather than watching the trailer below. There are more surprises that way.


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Binary Domain

Posted on Jan 12, 2012 01:37:28 AM

Sega’s new squad-based shooter from Toshihiro Nagoshi moved from Valentine’s Day debut to end of the month. Sega’s squad-based shooter Binary Domain was originally scheduled to arrive on Valentine’s Day, but the game and its release date have split up.

A new trailer for Binary Domain reveals that the game is now scheduled to arrive on February 28 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in North America. No mention was made of a European release date, and as of press time, Sega had not responded to GameSpot’s request for comment.

Binary Domain is set in Tokyo in the year 2080, a time when humans are locked in battle with robots. In the game, players take control of a human peacekeeping team set on regaining control of the city. However, as the peacekeepers continue their fight against the robots, they begin to ponder whether or not they are becoming robotic or robots are becoming human. The game is the latest project from Toshihiro Nagoshi, who is best known for his work on the Yakuza and Super Monkey Ball franchises.


Binary Domain pushed to February 28” was posted by Eddie Makuch on Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:37:28 -0800

Dustforce – Sweeping Up Has Never Been Such Fun!

Posted on Jan 11, 2012 03:25:01 PM

It’s probably the most bizarre idea for a video game you’ve heard today, but you’ve got to admit it looks pretty damn fun. like Super Meatboy but with a broom. It’s called Dustforce and it’s out in a week on Steam.

Thanks to TR for the heads up.

Trailer Park King: Episode 2

Posted on Jan 10, 2012 10:01:59 AM

Time to relive your fantasy of being The King of the Redneck Trailer Park. The trailer park’s imminent gamer, womanizer and bootlegger returns in this new installment from Freelance Games. Find out what happened to Truck, from Trailer Park King episode 1, and where The King is now. Meet all new characters and possibly a zombie! Trailer Park King episode 2 still promises to offer up the 3 B’s, babes, beavers and beer.”

     

How can it get any better? This Indie Game marvel is downloadable through the Xbox Live Marketplace for a measly 80 points. That’s only $1. How can you beat $1 for a good time?


Trailer Park King Episode 2 Screens” was posted on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:41:59 -0800

Super Crate Box Review

Posted on Jan 10, 2012 09:22:57 AM

Some retro platforming insanity that’s available for Pc and iPhone, as reviewed by and excitable geordie.

Watch a WWE Legend Burn Down a Village in Skyrim

Posted on Jan 9, 2012 12:32:07 PM

I believe the famous professional wrestler, given name Randall Mario Poffo, once said “The same fire the dragon breathes, he shall burn by.”

True words, brother. But we’re going to see a lot of the former, not so much the latter, in this video of the opening sequence in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, where a modder replaces the dragon with Randy “Macho Man” Savage.

This thing seems like a clever soundfile mod—still a very good one, if that’s all it was—for about 40 seconds. Then, I promise you are going to dookie on yourself from laughing so hard. Bravo to FancyPantz, the mod’s creator (and uploader of this video.)

What’s that? You want this mod? Why, you may discover it (and some nice screenshots) here, young adventurer. Enjoy. I have to go clean up now.

Watch a WWE Legend Burn Down a Village in Skyrim

http://kotaku.com/5873967/watch-a-wwe-legend-burn-down-a-village-in-skyrim

By Owen Good Jan 7, 2012 11:00 AM

South Park: The Game

Posted on Jan 9, 2012 07:54:00 AM

South Park: The Game is an epic role-playing adventure that will allow the user to befriend Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny and explore the quiet little mountain town like never before.

     

South Park: The Game will be different. For one thing, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are heavily involved. In fact, they’re writing the script and all the dialogue and working closely with Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian to make the game as true to the show we’ve come to know and love as possible.

This includes making the game look exactly like the show itself, which is now animated in HD. According to Game Informer’s January cover story (print edition, sorry no link – they have lots of coverage of the game here) the animation in the game will look so similar that anyone watching could easily mistake it for the show.


South Park: The Game Screens” was posted on Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:54:00 -0800

Did You Notice When Noby Noby Boy Touched Uranus Last Week?

Posted on Jan 6, 2012 04:37:19 PM

Noby Noby Boy’s Latest Achievement Comes From Reaching Uranus

Keita Takahashi’s Noby Noby Boy was weird. The 2009 PS3 release from the creator of Katamari Damacy involved an elastic quadroped quadruped character that players could floppily stretch along the game’s environment. All the elongation of the game’s players gets aggregated to help Girl, Boy’s counterpart go further into Noby Noby Boy’s simulated-to-scale virtual universe.

Its execution made NNB feel like more of a digital toy than a console game and it eventually wound up on iOS in 2010. Somewhere out there, people are still continuing to stretch their various Boys. We know this because Girl just recently reached the planet of Uranus.

How impressive is that achievement? At its closest, Uranus is 2,570,000,000 km (1,596,923,964 miles for you Americans) from Earth. It’d take modern spacecraft more than five years to reach the celestial body. But, the collective players of Noby Noby Boy did it in less than two three years. Who needs NASA, right? Next up is Neptune, which is 4,400,000,000 km (2,734,033,245 mi.) away from Earth. Happy boy-stretching, Noby players!


Did You Notice When Noby Noby Boy Touched Uranus Last Week?” was posted By Evan Narcisse Jan 5, 2012 2:30 PM