Posted on : 24-04-2009 | By : Admin | In : Games
Unexpected elements come together to create one of the best third-party efforts to date on the Wii.
de Blob first came to live as a simple looking freeware PC title created by university students in the Netherlands. After it got some notice on the Internet, THQ picked up the rights to the game for console versions and later decided to launch the game on the Nintendo Wii. And yet, while THQ has their name front and center on the box, de Blob was…
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Posted on : 23-04-2009 | By : Admin | In : Video Games
Here is how Activision is handling which tracks from Guitar Hero: Smash Hits to reveal: every week gamers can vote on which past Guitar Hero game they want to know about, and the winning game will give up some of its tracks for the Smash Hits compilation. Last week the songs from Guitar Hero 1 that will make it into the game were revealed. Today? Guitar Hero 2. Let’s take a look.
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Posted on : 22-04-2009 | By : Admin | In : Video Games
Nintendo’s Excitetruck was one of the early games for the Wii, and featured some fun arcade-style racing… even if the overall package wore thin after a while. In a game so obviously over the top, why settle for simple trucks? Why not race robots with wings (who have the ability to run on their legs) that have built-in pies for throwing at giant clown faces? I mean, it’s only natural. That’s where Excitebots: Trick Racing comes in. Why settle for fun when you can be insane?
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Posted on : 22-04-2009 | By : Admin | In : Games
Nintendos latest entry into the franchise is great for the new crowd, but will bore longtime series fans.
To be honest, we all should have known something like Animal Crossing: City Folk was coming the second the Wii was announced. Nintendo would have been stupid to leave one of their biggest crossover titles – that is, titles with appeal to both new and core gamers – on the sidelines with their new console and their new approach to gaming….
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Posted on : 22-04-2009 | By : Admin | In : Video Games
One of the things we hoped to see in the upcoming The Beatles: Rock Band package when we speculated on what may be included was the ability to hook up multiple microphones to sing harmony. It was an important part of the band’s sound, and would be yet another way to make the game a strong multiplayer experience. The rumors around the game seem to be indicating that we’ll get our wish.
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Posted on : 21-04-2009 | By : Admin | In : Video Games
In Excitebots, the spiritual sequel to Excitetruck, you gain stars for doing damn near everything. If you drift, you get some stars. Catch a ton of air? Stars. Wipe out your enemies? Stars. The game is filled with mini-objectives on the tracks that give you stars. They are the currency of the game, buying you new bots, new colors, and various other collectibles. Also, you can bet them online.
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Posted on : 20-04-2009 | By : Admin | In : Video Games
Jon Radoff, the CEO of GamerDNA, was in a good mood. His company hosted a well-attended party at the Game Developer’s Conference, mostly organized through Twitter, where scads of industry professionals and writers traded cards, enjoyed some food, and talked about games. This is what he does best, and why he created GamerDNA: to bring gamers together.
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Posted on : 20-04-2009 | By : Admin | In : Video Games
Here is how I imagine the design process for Ninja Blade went down. First, the development team sat down an 11 year-old boy and gave him many, many caffeinated beverages. Then they had him describe, in detail, what exactly it is that a ninja does. This was filtered through the ground-up remains of Ninja Gaiden, and the unholy mess of the game came out the other side.
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Posted on : 20-04-2009 | By : Admin | In : Games
Think of Bop It, but on your iPhone.
What is the 17th best selling iPhone paid application? What was the best application of February 2009 on Blogcritics? What gives you a retro feel, yet also gives you hours of great and addictive game play? If you cheated and looked, then you already know that the answer is Smack Me, a sweet iPhone and iPod Touch game from FunMobility.Smack Me is a…
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Posted on : 18-04-2009 | By : Admin | In : Video Games
This week in gaming we have a new addition to the Wii with the release date and price of the Motion Plus announced, Microsoft suffers another embarrassing hardware failure, and Sony begins to test digital-only distribution for a PSP title. Here are the stories everyone is talking about in the world of gaming.
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