SDCC brought fighting game fans one of the biggest surprise announcements since (zOMG) Street Fighter IV. Not only is Capcom working with Namco to produce a Street Fighter x Tekken cross-over fighter, Namco is producing their own versus game, Tekken x Street Fighter, presumably using the Tekken 6 engine. Both games are expected to have tag-team fighting and team-up super moves, and both are loosely scheduled for a 2012 release.
Ron and I went to GameStop the other day and picked up an old used copy of an Xbox LIVE Arcade compilation disc. We were delightfully surprised when we watched this amazing marketing video. It was too good to not share with the world. Watch this video right now.
There isn’t much to discuss here, other than the fact that a new video was released for Pokémon Black/White, showing new gameplay footage and new features added to the upcoming games being released sometime next year for the Nintendo DS (and all variations of aforementioned handheld console). Check out the video after the jump!
So there was this game announced back in March of 2009 by Curve Studios (a UK-based game developer) that promised to be an original IP, influenced by old Japanese platform action-based games that were released on the SNES. Cut to present day (a good year and a half later) and you’ll find that Explodemon! has been confirmed for release for Q4 2010 for the PlayStation Network.
Nothing ground breaking here, it is mostly just Microsoft confirming what all the rumors have been saying over the past several weeks. First up, Xbox Kinect will retail for $150 and will come with Kinect Adventures. They also announced a new SKU for the Xbox 360 that will cost $200. This new unit is just like the slimmed down version that is already in stores with the exception of internal storage. Instead of having the large 250GB hard drive it will have 4GB of internal storage.
On top of those two announcement, Mircosoft also detailed their new Holiday Bundle for this year. Instead of bundling a couple of 2 year old games that nobody wants they decided to bundle the Kinect. For $300, you can get the new Xbox 360 4GB with Xbox Kinect. It isn’t a huge discount but you can take that $50 you will be saving and buy Dance Central with it. Oh, I guess I forgot to mention. All the Kinect games will be priced at $50 instead of $60. Read more…
I have been a huge fan of the Civilization series for quite a while now. Getting the chance to see all the cool new shit in Civilization V at E3 had me giddy. The newly announced retail Special Edition is mouth watering but the price is just way to high for me to bite. I don’t think having an art book, making-of DVD, soundtrack, and 5 figurines really is worth the extra $50 which double the original price for a total of $100.
I will be getting the Deluxe Edition from Steam for $60 which includes the game, the soundtrack, making-of video, bonus Babylon Civilization as well as a free map pack when you pre-order (which I will be doing). To add to that, the game is fully integrated with Steamworks which will give you cloud support, achievements, and all the other great stuff that anybody that plays games on Steam has become dependent upon.
So here is my problem with the Special Edition. I love the convenience of having the game on Steam; I am not one of those people that needs a physical copy of the game and actually prefer to not have a disc. The Deluxe Edition on Steam gives me everything the Special Edition has except for the figurines and the art book. I would love to have those two item but there is no way I can justify spending the extra $40 for those two items and then add the inconvenience of having the game on a disc on top of it.
The biggest announcement at E3 2010 was the new Nintendo 3DS. While it was expected that Nintendo would be launching their newest handheld game console at the event, what the device would be capable of was met with much speculation. Nintendo put all of that speculation to bed, however, by having over one hundred of the consoles on display as the crowning jewel of their E3 booth, Ii you can even call it a booth any more… Moving along. The lines to get on the stage to play th 3DS were long and winding throughout day. Depending on what time of the day you got in the line, you could wait anywhere from thirty minutes to an hour to get twenty minutes with the new hardware and a variety of available software.
As many of you know from listening to our podcasts, I’m an avid fan of the Zelda franchise. Though I’ve gotten a lot of crap from Cory and Dr. Whomiller over never having played “the best Zelda” (A Link to the Past), I still think I know a thing or two when it comes to the world of Hyrule; more specifically, what a good Zelda game should consist of. Without further ado, here’s my recap of the Skyward Sword demo that I got to play at E3 this year.
We all know that most of the Golgotron Crew are avid Pokémon fans. Hell, everytime Molly opens her mouth she’s spewing out something about Pokémon or those stupid-ass Final Fantasy games. Regardless, we were all aflutter, and by we I clearly mean me, when we got word that some live footage found its way to teh internetz.
At this year’s E3, NamelessTed and I had the honor of attending the Wedbush/EEDAR party, where we got to hobnob with analysts and the “big-swinging dicks” of the gaming industry. We were definitely outclassed… I mean seriously, Ted should never be in the same room as John Riccitiello, but I digress. We had an incredible time bantering about industry trends and discussing which of the big three were going to pull it out this year. I was going to do a big write-up of my overall thoughts on this year’s convention, but by this point it’s just not worth it; I’ve covered most of it on the last couple of podcasts. I did, however, wake up this morning to an email from the fine people of EEDAR (Electronic Entertainment Design and Research) showcasing what you, the gamers, were excited for and decided to share. There aren’t too many surprises here, though I did severely underestimate the appeal of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. People really like those games… perhaps I should finally get around to playing them. I am, however, NOT ONE BIT SURPRISED at the last of interest in Sony’s “Hail Mary” Twisted Metal. Like I’ve stated on several shows, people want TM: Black 2! FUCK UNIVERSAL APPEAL! DON’T FORGET YOUR AUDIENCE OR WHO BUILT YOUR FRANCHISE! *sigh* Charts after the jump…