Monthly Archives: October 2009

It would appear that Jonathan Blow, the time-defying mind behind Braid, is looking to set a new project into motion. Over on the official Braid blog, Blow’s hoping to hire a programmer to “do very interesting work with full-body motion tracking.”

When asked by Joystiq if motion controls were being applied to his previously announced new project, The Witness, Blow was only able to say that he “can’t talk about this right now,” and added that “it may not even actually happen (depending on whether I can find someone qualified to do it!).”

So there we are.

Is it time for another Nintendo DS iteration already? Fortunately for our wallets, the answer appears to be “no” – for now, anyway. However, according to a Nikkei Shimbun report obtained by Wired’s GameLife blog, Nintendo is touching up the DSi in a few crucial areas.

If the report is to be believed, Nintendo’s set to release a DSi with 4″ screens – a nice chunk of added real estate over the current model’s 3.25″. It’s supposedly coming out this year.

Can you guess what Nintendo said when asked about this hardware revision? “We don’t respond to rumors.” Oh Nintendo, you crazy kook – what won’t you say?

More through the link.

What’s that? A new Excitebike for WiiWare? It’s so true. As true as the fact we’re sitting in an airport waiting to fly to Leeds for the EG Expo. It’s that true.

You probably want to watch it in action. Hit the link. It’s out on November 9, amazingly.

Thanks, Destructoid.

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DJ Hero is out tomorrow in the US and Friday in the UK.

IGN UK has gone live with the first review for the game, giving the game a 9.3.

Here’s a snip:

Those quibbles aside though, we’re full of praise for FreeStyleGames’ sterling work on its inaugural franchise debut. DJ Hero is a beautifully structured experience that understands the rhythm-action genre thoroughly enough to appeal directly to progression-obsessed fans, yet knows how to juggle its goods to offer a music experience that’s never frustrating and wears its unpretentious accessibility with pride. Its perfectly-judged difficulty curve ensures there’s a richly rewarding sense of accomplishment as you hone your turntable skills and, even if you’re just looking for a quick spin, the quality of the game’s audio is compelling in itself. Hands-down, it’s the most exciting, refreshing music game we’ve played in ages and, whether on or off the decks, DJ Hero succeeds admirably in its goal to bring people together to party – and isn’t that what music’s all about?

This is only the start. Expect more reviews to go live soon.

Whoops. iPhone developer Smells Like Donkey has told Develop that around 80 percent of all downloads of its Tap-Fu title were illegally downloaded.

Pirating games on iPhone is easy, apparently, thanks to “a kernel patch that bypasses Apple’s DRM system” that “would take an average person five minutes in Google to find.”

This doesn’t bode well. Tap-Fu costs $1.99 on the App Store, but even that clearly isn’t cheap enough for some.

Hit the link for the full thing. Thanks, Joystiq.

Speaking in the latest Bonus Round, analyst Michael Pachter has predicted that Modern Warfare 2 will sell 14 million units, just in 2009 alone.

“Last year sold about 8 million in the Christmas quarter, I think most people think this will do 10-12. It really depends on marketing – if they blitz the airwaves and we see ads on every basketball game, football game, college football game, every beauty Pageant … maybe 14 million,” said the Wedbush Morgan analyst.

So far, the original Modern Warfare has sold over 13 million units, as of May 2009. Although MW2 is much more antcipated then COD4, so he might just be on to something.

Thanks, Boomtown.

Speaking to GamerZines, Insomniac’s James Stevenson has said that if anyone thought that Resistance was the last new IP coming from the studio, you thought wrong.

“We don’t really want to talk about anything outside of A Crack In Time, but what I will say in general is that, if you think that Resistance is going to be the last new IP from Insomniac obviously that would be a silly thought,” said Stevenson.

“At some point in the future there will be new IPs, but when, where, why, how, you know, who knows?”

And what about that Resistance 3 billboard? Simply put: no comment.

Find more through the first link.

It’s 5pm on a Monday, so let’s welcome you home with sexy Bayonetta billboard posters from Japan.

The first billboard went up on Friday, which can be ripped down by the public to reveal a second and slightly more revealing poster.

Sexy.

The game is out this week in Japan for the PS3 and 360. It’s out next year in the West.

Thanks, Kotaku.

Capcom’s just sent out some character art for Super Street Fighter IV, which does look awesome.

The art consists of Ryu, Ken, Juri, Deejay, Viper, Sagat and Hawk. Find the art over at TLG.

The game is out next year for PS3 and 360.

Nelson’s confirmed that this week’s Arcade games will be Inferno Pool and Rainbow Islands.

Both will go for 800 MS points each.

And that’s your Arcade round-up for this week. Happy Valentines Day!

Didn’t buy it last year? Waiting for it this year for some odd reason (you odd fellow)? Good news for you, then.

Dead Space releases on Games on Demand tomorrow, alongside Colin McRae: DiRT: the first one, and not the second.

Both will be available for £19.99 at release.

Thanks, CVG.

2k’s just released a brand new single player trailer of BioShock 2.

To say it looks great is a massive understatement.

As it says at the end of the trailer, previews embargo expires on Thursday. Expect a massive shitload of previews out by then.

Catch it after the jump, thanks to CVG.

It’s out on PS3, 360, PC worldwide on February 9.

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Game’s just released a full list of it’s stores that will be open on November 10 for anyone looking to buy Modern Warfare 2 at the witching hour.

Is your local one there on the list? Ours is! Find the list after the jump.

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Speaking in an interview with Shack (via D’Toid), Telltale’s Dan Connors has revealed that the studio has lined up something “that’ll blow everybody’s mind”.

Asked what would they be doing after Wallace and Gromit and Monkey Island was finished, Connors said:

“We’ve got product in production right now that we’ve been talking about but we haven’t really set a release date to. Everything else, we’re just ….we’re out in the streets, sort of talking around to different folks to figure our franchises that make real good sense for a May-June timeframe.

“Hopefully we’ll pull something in that’ll blow everybody’s mind. We’re pretty excited about the people we’re talking to, so hopefully we’ll have a pretty huge announcement here soon.”

Exciting, kids. Today’s keyword is “exciting”. Find the full interview through the first link.

Epic’s announced it’s holding a double XP weekend to celebrate Hallowe’en for Gears of War 2.

The madness begins as of this Thursday, October 30, and ends on November 2.

Sounds awesome. Find more info over at the Epic forums.

Thanks, Beefjack.

Media Molecule’s confirmed on it’s website that it is bringing back the pumpkin head that was released last year for LittleBigPlanet, and will be released for free on Thursday.

It was the first seasonal costume to be ever released for the game last year.

If you didn’t catch it then last year for free, surely you’ll get it this year… right?

It’s been announced that the European head of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios Michael Denny will open the inaugural Develop Liverpool with a keynote speech.

The keynote itself is called “Quality, Relevance, Innovation”.

“The Develop conference always represents an important gathering for the Industry, offering a great opportunity for sharing both knowledge and insights. The UK remains a beacon for the Global games development industry, and the North West has been a creative hub within the UK development scene for many years,” said Denny.

“I’m very much looking forward to the event, and it’s a privilege to be invited to deliver the opening keynote at this inaugural event in Liverpool.”

PR is after the break.

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Nelson’s confirmed that this week’s Live Deal of the Week goes to Fable II Pub Games.

Once 800 MS points, it’s yours for 400 MS points. Remember, if you have Fable II itself, you can play this to have money from Pub Games switched to the main game itself.

Remember: Gold members only.

Nintendo Everything has five new shots of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles.

Go find them through the link.

The game is out on November 27 for the Wii.

Nippon Itchi has announced that a new Prinny is in development for the PSP.

No title was given, however. Not even a date, as well. It comes off the heels of Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero, released earlier this year.

Also confirmed is a PS2 port of Shadow of Memories for the PSP from Konami. No more info was given, other then that it’ll release next year.

From IGN and Gamespot, via Eurogamer.