Posts

So hopefully everyone’s studied up on Danimal Cannon since since the release of his amazing chiptune album,Roots. In case you haven’t, he’s an incredibly talented guitarist and chiptune artist who’s performed with acts that you just may have heard of, namely Metroid Metal and Armcannon. As it turns out, Danimal Cannon is going to have a very busy May, as we already heard he was going to be atBlipfest 2012. In addition to this performance, he’s also hitting the road with theProtomen,Powerglove, andCreature Featurefor several stops throughout the Northeast, including shows inMassachusetts(May 18th),Pennsylvania(May 20th),Montreal(May 22nd),Toronto(May 23rd), andNew York(May 24th)....

Pew Pew Pew At PAX East, the first gameplay footage of Trion Worlds’Defiancewas unveiled. This game is notable for two reasons, the first being that it’s a massively multiplayer online shooter for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. The novelty continues with a bit of transmedia synergy. On top of the gameDefiance, there’s also going to be a television show of the same name appearing on SyFy. The pitch is that “the show and the game will influence each other and evolve together over time, with actions in both mediums driving the overall story....

Crossovers are awesome.Capcom, Sega, and Namco Bandai joining forces? Awesome!PokémonandNobunaga’s Ambitiongetting all chummy? Also awesome!Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright putting their noggins together? Unbelievably awesome! If all these different game studios, developers, and mascots could collaborate more frequently, we could tear down the walls of injustice and embrace one another as brothers and sisters. Guild01is another big step towards that dream. In case you’ve forgotten, it’s a compilation of four games by four different developers: Grasshopper’s Suda51, Japanese comedian Yoshiyuki Hirai, Yoot Saito ofSeamanfame, and Level-5’s Yasumi Matsuno....

One again, it’s quite good I keep forgetting aboutEA Access. Perhaps you can say the same. It’s a $4.99-per-month service for Xbox One that gives unlimited access to select games from you-know-who along with other perks like early demos. One of my favorite titles this year,Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, has joined The Vault, meaning it’s free to play for members. EA Access probably won’t be your ideal place to experienceGarden Warfarebut, as ever, I do recommend experiencing it....

MMOpressions Please pardon the lazy portmanteau, butDefiancehas sapped me of a great deal of my creativity. I’m tired, friends. The new MMO — that’s desperately trying not to be an MMO — from Trion Worlds has toyed with me for the last two weeks, and I won’t pretend I’m not glad to be done with it. But here’s the kicker: I really wanted to like the ugly bastard. It’s a grotty, confused construct that doesn’t really know what it wants to be, and it trips up all the bleeding time....

“What I think people want is their own custom experience, in anything.” Jade Raymond, Ubisoft Toronto’s Managing Director, doesn’t believe that the continually expanding budgets and costs of AAA game development are necessary, in fact, she thinks they need to stop. Speaking withGamasutraat GDC, she championed the concept of giving players more control over content, especially in regards to them affecting other players. “[B]y user content, you can think ofDark Souls, and how your game is affected by other people who are playing,” Raymond explained....

And access to the God of War: Ascension beta PlayStation Plus members are getting bothMega Man 9andMega Man 10for free this week. Yes, both games! TheGod of War: Ascensionmultiplayer beta has also opened up to all Plus members as of today. Additionally, the “Recent Winners Pack” forNCAA Football 13is free today. Lastly,Eufloriais on sale for $2.50 to Plus members, 50% off the regular price. That’s a whole lot of freebies!...

Why not Donald Sutherland? It’s probably just because I’ve seen this trailer so many times over the past year not in English that seeing it in English now feels a bit off. I mean, Sony even showed it off again, in full, when Kojima was on-stage at TGStalking aboutMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Painand, later, showcasing some of its new bits, like slow-mo. Not having that instantly familiar David Hayter growl probably contributed to the effect, too, but I’m not ready to write off Keifer Sutherland’s performance based on that small amount of dialogue....

To bring into Phantom Pain tomorrow Everyone look under yourMetal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroeschairs! The game has just been updated on the PS3 and PS4 to allow for a save data upload. This comes a day before the release ofThe Phantom Pain, which has the functionality implemented for aGround Zeroessave download, to bring in a few extras (Mother Base inhabitants and costumes). If you’re planning on grabbingPhantomtomorrow, go ahead and upload your data today so you’re ready....

WE SALUTE YOU! On President’s Day, it’s our duty as bloggers to supply the unwashed, malnourished Kmart-lovin’ masses of America with reminders of awesome, fictional Presidents in games. I mean, it’s not like I get to take the day off, so what the heck else am I going to write about? A Google search and office poll later, it became very apparent to me that most videogame presidents aren’t ones anyone would want in office, in real life....

Also, 7th Dragon III Code: VFD There’s pretty much something for everyone (albeit with an RPG tint) this week. Wii U sees the release ofTumblestone, in addition to the TurboGrafx-16 duo ofNew Adventure IslandandBonk’s Adventure. Additionally, you may pick upR-Type,Chroma Blast, Jackpot 777,andReptilian Rebellion. 3DS is probably the headliner though with the massively successful (in Japan)Monster Hunter Generations, plus7th Dragon III: Code VFDandFinal Fighton the Virtual Console. Also on 3DS isJourney to Kreisia....

Bananas for everyone! Earlier this year, Nintendo CEO Satoru IwatamissedE3 and the company’s annual shareholder meeting due to a growth in his bile duct. He underwent surgery to remove the tumor back in June and has since returned to his normal day-to-day work, reportsReuters. Iwata says he has lost weight but feels healthier. He felt well enough to present Nintendo’s second-quarter earnings, which came inabove expectations. Happy to hear he’s doing well!...

GBA tech demo The above video supposedly shows a prototype demo of the unreleasedMario Kart XXLthat was created byDenaris Entertainment, a company run by the developer of theTurricanseries, Manfred Trenz. My search for more information has left me mostly empty handed, so all we have to go on is the awful looking prototype above. For all I know this is an elaborate fake, but it seems like a really strange thing to fake; though the title screen of the prototype is a modified version ofGameCube’sMario Kart: Double Dash!...