Monthly Archives: December 2011

Konami has released the English-captioned Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance video in which franchise creator Hideo Kojima explains the game’s abrupt shift in direction.

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Three new presentations have been added to the rapidly growing schedule for GDC 2012.

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Viacom appears to have gone on some sort of YouTube copyright infringement rampage, with the result that a huge number of videos related to the VGAs have been pulled. One of these is the official trailer for The Last of Us, hosted on the game’s own YouTube channel, resulting in a copyright infringement notice smack in the middle of its own website. Whoops. Sony told Kotaku it hopes to have the matter resolved shortly.

Exent’s Rick Marazzani has predicted a hard year ahead for social gaming companies.

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Adding to the industry’s growing tradition of trailers for trailers, check out this behind the scenes exploration of the Transformers: Fall of Cybertron VGA cinematic.

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Bizarre, low-fi cult favourite Xbox Live Indie RPG Four Winds has arrived on mobile devices, with an App Store port called Four Winds Fantasy DX. You can grab the challenging title for 99 cents or local equivalent, which is pretty good value considering the multiple endings. A Steam version is apparently on the way, too.

Thanks, IndieGames.

Shigeru Miyamoto has said The Legend of Zelda is a prime candidate for one of Nintendo’s infrequent Western collaborations.

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Atsushi Inaba has been busy on Twitter, responding to fans criticising Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance – and Kojima Productions.

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According to Siliconera, the newly-announced console version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will feature content not found in the arcade version, as well as “comprehensively reworked” online play in response to complaints about previous games’ netcode. It’s due some time next year.

Do puzzle games need stories? Crush 3D has one, and this story introduces it while also giving you a run down on the Sega 3DS exclusive’s gameplay.

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Labour’s cabinet reshuffle has seen former federal minister for home affairs Brendan O’Connor relinquish the portfolio governing Australian classifications in favour of the human services seat. O’Connor has been an outspoken champion of classification reform, demonstrating a genuine understanding of the needs of the games industry and its customers as well as the protection of children from mature content. Under his guidance, the nation has come closer to the introduction of an R18+ ratings category than ever before. He will be replaced by former minister for defence material Jason Clare, whose views on classification reform are as yet unknown.

Thanks, GamePolitics. [image]

In a move sure to horrify those who close the curtains when the Google car comes around the corner, a Dutch company called Pool Worldwide created a shooter experience for Google Street View. Called Google Shoot View, the overlay included a crosshair, a rifle, and sound effects, but wasn’t actually a game. Nevertheless, Business Insider reports Google pulled the plug, citing a violation of the service’s terms of service. For the few days it existed over the weekend, Google Shoot View brought enough traffic to crash the company’s servers, and had up to 3,000 concurrent users.

AppData has released figures today, showing the Daily Average Users of Facebook titles, and Zynga tops the list with five: CityVille, CastleVille, FarmVille, Texas HoldEm Poker, and Words With Friends. Good news for the firm, which is getting ready to launch its initial public offering. Figures range from 10 million for CityVille to 5.7 million for Words With Friends, with the later gaining 500,000 users in the last week alone.

EA’s The Sims Social came in sixth place with 5.6 million DAU, which hit 6.1 million DAU a month ago. Monthly Average Users for EA’s title have dropped from over 35 million to less than 29 million .Thanks, IndustryGamers.

Altus is teasing a game announcement, and apparently it starts with the letter “G”. According to a newsletter we received as part of the Atlus Faithful, the first clue is said seventh letter of the alphabet, and the second clue to the mystery game is posted on Facebook. It’s the letter “R”, which is apparently the last letter in the game’s name. Many folks are guessing away on the Facebook page, with likely names being Guilty Gear or, what we think it is, Gungnir: The War Hero and the War God’s Demon Lance – the game Sting Team released on PSP in Japan over the summer. If so, as long as the name is, we’re hoping Atlus doesn’t put a clue up for every single letter.

Naughty Dog has said the inspiration for the fungus affecting the human population in The Last of Us, was inspired by the Cordyceps fungi showing in BBC’s Planet Earth series, meaning the title is most definitely not a “zombie game.”

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Spicy Horse has announced BigHead Bash, a side-scrolling arena shooter for Facebook. A beta version of the game is currently available, and all you need to do to gain entry into it, is “Like” the game on its official Facebook page. The full version of the game, which will contain various character customization, will be made available in February. A video is posted below. Thanks, Eurogamer.

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When Obsidian showed South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker an early build of combat in the new RPG based on the series, the show’s creators told the firm it wanted the kids to not only cry more, but bleed more as well.

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Kalypso has announced its to publish Hard Reset: Extended Edition in North American during early 2012.

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Like Xenoblade Chronicles before it, it looks as though Nintendo’s optional 3DS accessory Circle Pad Pro will launch in the US as a GameStop exclusive. Launching in the country on February 7, the peripheral will run you $19.99 and works as an additional shoulder button attachment for games such as Resident Evil Revelations and METAL GEAR SOLID 3D Snake Eater.  Mentioned as part of the Nintendo Release Schedule posted earlier this morning, we contacted GameStop to see if it would be exclusive, and our local shop said “yes”, but we’ve yet to hear back from Nintendo on the matter.

Epic is hosting a Gears 3 event, which mixes up the game’s multiplayer portion every day for the next 12 days. Called Twelve Days of Gearsmas, some of the events haven’t’ been announced, as the firm plans on releasing them as a surprise, but what is known so far is posted below. Folks can even try their hands at winning will daily prizes on the Gears community site. Prizes range from a Beta Tester t-shirt, to the GoW3 Vault created by Calibur11. Hit up the break for the schedule. Thanks, GamesRadar.

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