The Kill Kast is back again and this time they are talking portable gaming. Stephanie, Rebecca and Eric get together to talk about what they’ve been playing which includes Persona 3, Limbo, Borderlands and Hulu Plus on the PS3. As always we chat about some recent news and we go into our topic of the podcast which is portable gaming; what we like about it, what we hate about it, why we play portable games or why we don’t, and what we hope to see in future. More importantly we talk about our upcoming Halo: Reach contest which no one will want to miss out on. So check it out, find out what our big contest is and enjoy the podcast. Thanks for listening!
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So we don’t live in Japan where everyone plays Dragon Quest, population density is huge, and public transportation is extremely common. Nor do we live in the land where having a bar where you can gather to play and exchange game items is not only normal, it’s expected. As a result, many North American players have expected to miss out on the features of tag mode that helped make the game such a success in the land of the rising sun. Nintendo seems to have realized this, and so has organized a series of Dragon Quest IX events at local retailers and malls to spread the word about the game and give US players the chance to get some new treasure maps.
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Frozen Codebase, the developer for the previously in-production Metalocalypse video game, has confirmed that the game is no more. The studio’s founder, Ben Geisler, has shared that they had been developing the game for Konami, and that Konami no longer holds the license for the game.
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After Nintendo’s momentous E3 presentation, many (myself included) were anxious to know when we can get our hands on the 3DS, but all Nintendo would say was that it would release by Spring 2011. Today, via a phone interview, Nintendo PR manager Yasuhiro Minagawa confirmed that on September 29th, Nintendo will reveal both release schedules and pricing for the new device.
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At Comic Con 2010, during a panel called “Building a Horror Entertainment Franchise: Dead Space 2″, EA and Visceral Games announced two new entries into the Dead Space franchise: Dead Space Aftermath and Dead Space Salvage. Keeping in line with the previous Dead Space tie-ins, Dead Space Aftermath is an animated feature film, and Dead Space Salvage is a graphic novel. Aftermath delves into the story behind the first-responder mission to Aegis VII, while Salvage tells the tale of a group of miners who discover the USG Ishimura.
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After being left hanging at the end of Q-Games’ PixelJunk Shooter, many couldn’t help but wonder what would come next in the sequel to the critically-acclaimed game. Thanks to Sid Shuman, Senior Social Media Specialist for PlayStation Blog, we have some new details regarding PixelJunk Shooter 2, as well as a trailer to show off the game and all of its awesomeness. According to Shuman, PixelJunk 2 expands upon its predecessor in many ways. One way includes the use of light and darkness. Apparently going through dark areas will “attract invulnerable apparitions – the spectral remnants of a “lost civilization” — and almost instant death.” Be weary of the darkness, folks.
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In an attempt to put a stop to rampant piracy, Lodndon’s High Court has ruled that the sale of R4 cards and similar products is illegal in the UK. The ruling was made against a supplier of electronic devices to the UK, Playables Ltd, who argued that the device allows users to “play homebrew software”. They also argued that the device is readily available online for as little as £10 ($15). The court disagreed saying the device must circumvent Nintendo’s security system in order for the R4 card to function.
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In case any of you haven’t heard the big news by now, Capcom and Namco Bandai are planning on releasing two new fighting games, bringing together Tekken and Street Fighter in what seems to be one of the most exciting crossovers in the history of the genre. The already-hyped game isn’t set to release until at least 2012, but there was some gameplay footage for Capcom’s Street Fighter X Tekken that was shown at Comic-Con this year. The footage features none other than the stars of Street Fighter and Tekken –Ryu and Kazuya.
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Madden NFL 11 is set to release in just a few weeks and EA Sports wants to give their loyal Madden fans a demo that is fitting for one of EA’s biggest franchises. Releasing today on Xbox Live and PSN, the Madden NFL 11 demo is the most “robust” demo to ever be released for the franchise. The demo features full 5 minute quarters, full GameFlow integration, the ability to create offensive and defensive game plans and much more. Voted by the fans, this feature rich demo will have the Indianapolis Colts vs the New York Jets. Check out the full details of what is included in the demo and the new screenshots released today.
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At San Diego Comic Con, Tom Waltz of the recently announced Silent Hill 8 team let everyone know that a Silent Hill comic is heading our way! (Luckily the game name Silent Hill 8 is till a tentative title, yugh to out of sequence numerical titles.) It’s going to be a crossover with the upcoming game, but there’s something kind of strange going on here… See, the comic takes place in 1867, because they wanted to go for a more historical story-telling of the Silent Hill universe. Fine and dandy, but they’re planning a crossover character to be in the story where someone from Silent Hill 8 will also be in the comic, Silent Hill: Past Life — even though the game takes place in a modern setting. I love the craziness of the Silent Hill universe so I’m interested to see what kind of mind-destruction they have planned with this story.
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There’s no doubting the fact that NBA 2K10 was a financial success last year, and for the most part was also a critical success. But what a lot of gamers found out about 2K10 right when they started playing the game was that it was full of technical problems. Was this expected? To some, yes. 2K Sports hasn’t had the greatest track record when it comes to polish and online play, but even the NBA 2K vets were shocked at how buggy the game was. So when the new cover was announced it got me thinking, was this just a way to make the game stand-out on the store shelves, or was this 2K’s way of saying “Hey, we’re sorry for last year, we have Jordan now and he’s cool right? This year is going to be totally different I promise. Isn’t Jordan awesome?” and then still give us a buggy game?
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Some Mass Effect fans noticed something strange with the “Lair of the Shadow Broker” screenshots: the guns in them don’t exist in the current game or DLC. Quickly responding was BioWare community manager Jarrett Lee, who explained that these new weapons were part of an upcoming DLC weapon pack that will be released before “Lair of the Shadow Broker.”
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Attendees of the “Street Fighter Mania!: SSFIV and Beyond” panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday got a huge surprise when Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono revealed not only Capcom’s development of Street Fighter X Tekken, but also announced the development of Tekken X Street Fighter by Namco Bandai. The crossover games feature characters from both series and use different engines respectively.
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Harmonix had been dropping hints of some of the artists featured in their upcoming Rock Band 3, and they finally revealed more tracks yesterday. During the MTV Games panel at Comic-Con, Harmonix named six more tracks headed for the title, which includes songs by artists such as Marilyn Manson and The B-52s. Also with the six RB3 tracks came the news of three tracks in Dance Central.
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Perusing the list of summer game releases coming up, I sighed at the thin crowd lined up until September. I noticed a few singing games coming out over the summer from Disney like Disney Sing It: Family Hits and Disney Sing It: Party Hits. Family Hits got me nostalgic for the old Disney songs and I broke out in shower tunes of Aladdin’s A Whole New World. Taking a break from The Little Mermaid’s Under the Sea though, Kingdom Hearts kind of burned that song into the ground for me…
So it got me wondering, do you all like to sing in games? Are you the lead singer of a plastic band when your friends get together? Let us know what your favorite game to sing in is! SingStar? Lips? Karaoke Revolution? Desperately awaiting Glee? Or will you be joining me on some PS3 Aladdin reminiscing? Let us know!
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