Remember Namco-Bandai’s D3 Publisher? Yes, the same guys who made Naruto: Ninja Council and Puzzle Quest, and who also mixed cowboy bikini samurai with zombie slaying action in Oneechanbara (with the tagline “Bikini Zombie Slayers” in it’s international release) for the Wii earlier this year. Okay, so the latter wasn’t exactly the greatest gift for [...]
Between all the hype for Assassin’s Creed 2 and Beyond Good & Evil 2, Ubisoft Montreal has characteristically avoided any mention of Splinter Cell: Conviction. Until now. Official Xbox Magazine UK has reported that Conviction will apparently be arriving by Christmas this year. Even if it’s pushed back, at least it won’t be far away [...]
By Ravi Sinha Matthew Roth, the fictional journalist of Vertigo’s DMZ, once said, “In a war of extremes pushing against each other, the stories, the interesting stuff, lie in the middle.” HipHopGamer is a major up-and-coming force in gaming journalism, according to one side. Another proclaims he’s already arrived and provides real, straight talk in [...]
After looking at Dead Rising 2′s gameplay, I noticed Chuck (the new protagonist) wielding a dual chainsaw staff. Sounds incredibly cool and it looked amazing when strapped onto a motorcycle for some true mass-scale zombie murder. However, as interesting as the concept was, it’s not original. Not by a long shot. Because Gears of War [...]
By Ravi Sinha It’s one thing to pin a thought based on something that Hideo Kojima kind of, sort of, maybe alluded to. Case in point, the cybernetic ninja version of Raiden rumoured as the protagonist of the Next Metal Gear Solid. However, when it comes to deciding what Kojima’s next magnum opus should have, [...]
Measuring the popularity of Wii Sports is akin to measuring the popularity of the Wii: For every console sold, that’s one satisfied family of wannabe tennis players. I don’t know why I haven’t heard of it more abroad, in Japan even where the console originates from, but this may very well be the first ever [...]
Jamie King and The League of Noble Peers had something going with Steal This Film, a documentary series detailing the movement against intellect property, when they distributed it via BitTorrent’s peer-to-peer protocol. With the Pirate Bay trial drawing to a close earlier this month (with the site’s promoters intending to appeal the case), Swedish film [...]
By Ravi Sinha I find myself fascinated with this creature that is the SCEA hardware marketing head John Koller. My reactions have moved from, “Who art thou, traveler with fuzzy hair and fat lip?” to “Ah, okay. Let’s see what he’s talking about this time.” However, on looking at his latest statements about how the [...]
Defining fans of EA Redwood Shores’ Dante’s Inferno isn’t exactly easy. Did they like the book? Are they fans of the apparently God of War-style gameplay (because they could just, well, play God of War III then)? Well, if it’s starving for a new PSP title, then “they” can rejoice because Electronic Arts feels fit [...]
As noted some time ago, Will Wright departed from EA and Maxis to pursue his entertainment hub for the offbeat, Stupid Fun Club (which is partly owned by EA too). Though VP and General Manager of Maxis Lucy Bradshaw stated that Spore’s future was bright, Wright himself confirmed today that he’ll continue consulting on Spore [...]
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