Did they honestly think it would go swimmingly?! To quickly sum up the above picture, Capcom just held a contest in Central London urging gamers to “run around and find fake body parts scoured across the city, and wave them around at Westminster Bridge”. It was only publicized to the gaming community, and not to the general public (bad idea). Read more… »
From the NES to the PS2 multiplayer has been a big factor in gaming. The N64 doubled that with 4 controllers ports, allowing up to 4 friends to play each other at the same time. Games like Goldeneye and Super Smash Bro’s were an instant hit. The Dreamcast also sported 4 ports and the PlayStation 2 had a multi-tap to increase the amount of players allowed to participate in a game. But what happened to friends all huddled around one television, laughing and smiling? The answer lies in one word; online.
The upcoming DLC for Call of Duty: World at War will be released this month on the 19th. This heavily anticipated DLC (also known as Map Pack 1) will include 3 new multiplayer maps; Nightfire, Station and Knee Deep. Also included is a new zombie mode map by the name of Verruckt. The pricing for this DLC is still unconfirmed at the moment. Read more… »
Looks like I made a pretty big blunder in my last post accusing XMO: Wolverine it of being packed full of QT events, as according to a recent interview with the Project Lead there is no quick-time events to be seen.
Sure, it’s not spelled the same way as the pictured SNES game (X-Kaliber 2097) , but I can dream right? The news comes from a newly registered trademark with the ESRB: it’s a delightfully sleazy way for us to see all the latest games when they are just hitting the development stage. Read more… »
Today Eidos revealed what appears to be the final box art for the Arkham Asylum game. The game is a 3rd person action game that pits the Dark knight against the residents of Arkham, including big baddies like the Joker and the Mr. Freeze.
The ‘Daily Limit’ is a feature that we publish at the end of each day, containing the day’s interesting articles from around the web. The Daily Limit is short, to the point and pretty much just links.
Today creeping onto the XBLA is the latest Final Fantasy spin-off, Crystal Defenders. Crystal Defenders is yet another tower defense games, except with the ‘twist’ per se of featuring characters from Final Fantasy Tactics and being based after the events of Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift.
With the Wii flying off shelves since it was first released, I was very surprised Nintendo stuck with their original price plan for so long. Last year Nintendo could of raised the price to £250 and it would of still sold like hotcakes. Now that the sales have started to decline slightly, they decide to raise the price.
In the recent issue of Famitsu magazine, there is a little hint regarding Capcom’s announcement tomorrow of a new Wii Resident Evil. It looks like Wii users are going to be receiving a sequel to Umbrella Chronicles entitled Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles. Click continue for the full page scan.
Thanks to a tip from one of our community users, it seems like Resident Evil is adding some competitive modes in addition to the friendly “Mercenaries” game. 2v2 Competitive play in a Resident Evil? Yes please! So far it’s only been confirmed for the PS3, but something tells me it will be announced for both soon (Thanks to Basic Elite).
Thousands of people stand patiently outside a movie theatre in Vancouver, Canada. It’s below zero, and a thick crust of white snow covers everything in the vicinity. There’s a light buzz in the crowd, as many of those in line excitedly rub their covered hands together, standing huddled with friends while sipping coffee or cocoa. Others sit in a small circles on the ground, playing networked games on their DS or PSP’s. Read more… »
