Monthly Archives: September 2009

Microsoft’s Kudo Tsunoda has said that it’s not possible to release a patch in order to make older 360 games work with Natal.

Speaking during a Natal demo of Space Invaders Extreme and Beautiful Katamari at TGS, Tsunoda told D’toid that a “significant amount of code” would have to be altered in the games, therefore, a “simple update wouldn’t be enough”, forcing a publisher to re-release the game entirely.

Sorry kids. No Bomberman: Act Zero Natal for you.

More through the links.

New screens for South Park: Let’s Go Tower Defense Play were released by Microsoft this morning, and we have posted each one after the break for you.

To be made available via XBL on October 7, it’s exactly as the name suggests.

A tower defense game.

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Harmonix has announced that tracks from Alice in Chains, Breaking Benjamin, Just Kait and Kula Shaker will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store on September 29 for Xbox 360 and Wii and October 1 for PS3.

Nice bit of AIC there, honestly, and the BB tracks are two of their biggest hits to date along with a new one off the band’s upcoming CD, Dear Agony.

Here’s the full thing:

• Alice in Chains: A Looking in View, Check My Brain, No Excuses, Rooster, Would?
• Breaking Benjamin: I Will Not Bow, So Cold, The Diary of Jane
• Just Kait: U Suck
• Kula Shaker: Hey Dude, Knight on the Town

Alice in Chains and Breaking Benjamin tracks are available individually like the rest of the lot for 160 MS Points ($1.99/£.99/€1.49), and 200 Wii Points ($2.00/£1.00/€1.50).

The AIC track pack will run you 680 MS Points ($8.49/£5.25/ €6.59), and the BB 440 MS Points ($5.49/£2.49/€3.99).

Like Seth Rogen, Jason Statham makes a movie every week, and this week, Crank 2: High Voltage has been added to the US PS Movie Store.

Other HD offerings include: Ghost of Girlfriends Past, Observe and Report, Rob Zombie Presents The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins, Fighting, Fighting (Unrated), Sunshine Cleaning, Adventureland, Boot Camp, and the 100th addition to the Bring It On movie franchise, Fight to the Finish.

There are loads of HDTV offerings featuring the American version of The Office, Heroes, Bones, House, Warehouse 13, and many others.

Just think UK, you’ll be getting this stuff soon.

The full this is listed over on the US PS Blog.

Some Army of Two: The 40th Day screens surfaced this morning out of TGS.

Kotaku has the lot.

Each shows Salem and Rios doing what they do best. Shooting stuff.

It’s out for PS3, PSP, and Xbox 360 in January.

A clip from Heavy Rain, showing the infamous scene where Madison strips at gunpoint for a nightclub owner, has surfaced over on D’toid – which compares the scene to Jamie Lee Curtis’ in True Lies.

Unlike True Lies, this scene is not meant to be sexy.

If you have not seen it, well, like a lot of games lately, it shows her identical lady bits as the nightclub owner gets out of his chair to go grab her ass.

Before he can cop a feel though, thankfully, she smacks the creep upside the head with a lamp for his perversions.

Seems like sweater puppies are the “in” thing lately in Mature games. We blame Kratos.

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ND Games has revealed that it will bring From Software’s Ninja Blade to PC in October.

Already available for Xbox 360 the game includes quick-time events, on-rails sequences, platforming and what Eurogamer calls “extreme violence”.

Can’t go wrong with that.

Hit the link for more.

Thanks, The_Villa.

EA has announced that Battlefield Heroes has hit the 2 million registered players mark.

To celebrate, the Heroes of the Fall update and a new map are on the way September 30.

“Along with this new map, ‘Heroes of the Fall’ includes a slew of changes including upgrades of the Gunner class and improvements to the friends system,” said Ben Cousins, general manager, Battlefield Heroes team. “We’ve also added a brand new ranking system for the game – players can earn cool new titles for their heroes as they play – showing everyone on the battlefield how dedicated they are.”

Set against the backdrop of autumn colors, the new map will be infantry-focused and set in a village with dozens of intersecting canals, battles taking place on the bridges and crossings, and alleyways and channels can be used to sneak up on enemies.

Starting today, EA is accepting proposed names for the new map over on the official website, where players can submit a proposed name for the map, and possibly have it selected.

Full thing is posted below.

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Nintendo has announced that Wii Sports Resort has sold over 1.25 million units in North America.

The Wii MotionPlus has sold 2.9 million units, including ones sold with Sports Resort, and 1.36 million standalone sales.

WMP bundled with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 moved through 257,000 units.

That’s a lot of WMP peripherals in the hands of the continent.

Nintendo announced a second MotionPlus bundle for the US this morning, with Wii Sports Resort for October.

Thanks, GI.biz.

Capcom has released a fact sheet for Dead Rising 2, and it provides you with a background story on our new hero, ex-motocross rider Chuck Greene, and the zombie outbreak in Fortune City.

Here is just a smidgen:

Like millions of Americans, Chuck is gripped by the TV sensation that is Terror is Reality. Hosted by the flamboyant Tyrone King and ably assisted by his two glamorous co-hosts, Terror is Reality pits ordinary members of the public against an arena full of zombies with a simple challenge – kill more zombies than your opponents and stay alive. The lucky winner will collect big money and the chance to come back and secure even greater prizes.

Like a modern day gladiatorial contest, those lucky enough to get a grandstand seat urge the contestants to spill more zombie blood, with over the top takedowns greeted by rapturous applause and the promise of slow motion replays on the arena’s jumbotron. So, what is it that has forced Chuck to risk his life, is he trying to recapture the fame of his motocross days, does he have a reason to hate zombies, or is it simply the lure of big money?

Sounds terrific. The full thing is past the break.

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You’ve heard about the moose head helmet, the weapons, the wheelchair, and many other wonderful things regarding Dead Rising 2 this morning, but now comes some more details on the multiplayer aspect.

Turns out, a series of multiplayer challenges for up to four players online include “jumping into giant hamster balls and mowing down the undead; seeing who can place the most drill buckets on zombies’ heads” and “taking to the arena on a motorbike with chainsaws for handlebars” and that trusty antler helmet.

There is also the option to “fight dirty” by messing with other players scoring.

Game is slated for release before March 31 on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

Thanks, Shack.

After the break. You can see very clearly what’s going on here. The game seems to work well with Sony’s wand, although the guy playing does appear to be holding both the motion controller and a standard pad. At the same time.

This is footage taken from yesterday’s Sony TGS press conference. PS3′s motion system is slated for a spring 2010 launch.

Thanks, Syrok.

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And you thought you were going to have to make do with one shot? Capcom’s just released 11 more screens of Dead Rising 2, showing off tons of new melee weapons. VG has them.

Um. Is that Chuck in an armed wheelchair?

Decent quality shakycam footage of the White Knight Chronicles: Awakening of Light and Darkness trailer debuted at TGS yesterday’s after the break, thanks to Siliconera.

It’s all looking a bit Final Fantasy, but there’s some awesome CG going on there. Great turtle monster thing.

No date. PS3-only.

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Nintendo’s confirmed a €50 price cut for the European Wii. Note: this doesn’t mean it’s coming down in the UK.

The machine will now retail for €199 on the mainland.

It was announced earlier this week that Wii’s UK trade price had been reduced by an unspecified amount, but no reduction has yet been seen at retail.

Thanks, GI.

There’s a HD video of the Mercedes SLS AMG in action in GT5 on YouTube. You’d be hard pressed to separate game and film in parts.

The Polyphony racer was confirmed for a March 31 ship in Japan at TGS yesterday.

Watch the video after the break. It’s Dead Rising 2. It’s mental. It’s got Chuck killing people wearing a moose head.

An event for the game’s kicking off in Tokyo right now, so watch for more.

Thanks, GiantBomb.

Update: New shots.

Update 2: Fact sheet outlining Terror is Reality background.

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Capcom’s gearing up for the start of a Dead Rising 2 press event in Tokyo right now.

It’s called Terror is Reality XVII, and Unity’s warning to “expect crazy DR2 news to start flooding out in a few hours.”

Mountains over there. Zombie mountains. Watch them.

Microsoft’s demoing Natal with Katamari and Space Invaders at TGS this week. You can watch a video of the Katamari demo after the break.

Get write-ups from Kotaku and IGN.

Looks as though it works, although that’s a lovely bright white room going on there. Project director Kudo Tsunoda told Kotaku there that the setting’s irrelevant thanks to the camera’s infrared sensor, though, and that the system can be used in total darkness.

If you say so, Kudo. Natal’s expected at the end of next year.

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A couple of new off-screen FFXIII gameplay movies after the break, one showing general character animation and the other showing combat. Neither have audio.

The Japanese version ships for PS3 in December. It’s looking pretty “swish,” to say the least.

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