Archive for December, 2009
More co-op content for Uncharted 2 not likely, but possible
Naughty Dog’s co-president Evan Wells has given a little hope to those hoping to see some cooperative play being delivered to Uncharted 2: Among Thieves via DLC. While saying that “the arena-style type of gameplay, like our Survival and our Gold Rush modes” are more likely to be digitally distributed in the future, co-op isn’t [...]
Latest Dragon Age DLC dated for early January
BioWare and EA have nailed down the release date for Return to Ostagar, the Dragon Age: Origins downloadable content that was announced last month. The Xbox 360 and PC versions will arrive next Tuesday, on January 5th, for 400 MS Points and 400 BioWare Points respectively. The PlayStation 3 version remains dateless for now, though [...]
Forza finds its way under a lot of Christmas trees
Looks like Forza Motorsport 3 had itself a good holiday last week. Developer Turn 10 Studios has tweeted about a sizable increase in users that occurred during the festivities. “Merry Christmas Forza faithfuls! We saw a huge jump in users this week and over the past day or so, we added approx 1 new user [...]
Digital copies of Prey *gulp* sold out
One would think that you can never run out of something that’s digital but, oddly enough, it has happened nonetheless. Prey, the rather enjoyable mid-2006 sci-fi shooter from 2K , was sold out during its Steam holiday sale. Yes, sold out. The price point of $2.25 — 80% off the normal price — was so [...]
Best Friends 4 Life, courtesy of the Nintendo Entertainment System
“Childhood Friends” by Hamish Steele, via Tiny Cartridge.
Unlike some videogame-inspired artworks, which seem to spring fully formed from their creators foreheads like some pixelated Grecian god, this triptych has been years in the making (full thing below). “The painting depicts scenes from three video I used to play when I was younger on my [...]
Dragon’s Lair, Space Ace, Cobra Command lead laserdisc revival on iPhone
Long gone are the glory days of the laserdisc arcade game, a time when our younger selves would gladly part with an endless stream of quarters, enduring death after untimely death, for just a few more precious seconds of smoothly animated cartoon cutscene from “that guy who did The Secret of Nimh.”
But now, thanks to [...]
Super Mario Galaxy 2 : a PAL release date ? (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
According to LiveWii.fr, Nintendo has finally set a release date for its new platforming game with Mario and it should be available for the end of August. It would be possible as Nintendo is used to deliver a game after holidays since the Wii is out.
But the question that remains : if this [...]
Top-Grossing iPhone Apps: Call of Duty Back on Top
Every week, sister iPhone site FingerGaming rounds up the top-grossing iPhone and iPod Touch applications, as current that day in the iTunes App Store, and this chart is now available on Gamasutra. This week’s U.S. iPhone revenue charts see Activision’s increasingly evergreen Call of Duty: World at War Zombies and Gameloft’s distinctly Halo-like N.O.V.A. leading [...]
Analysis: Storytelling In Emily’s Holiday Season
[In a holiday-themed column, Emily Short looks at the narrative in Christmas-themed time management PC casual game Delicious: Emily's Holiday Season, a casual title replete with an unusual amount of story content.] Ever since Miss Management, I’ve been hoping for another time management game with a decent narrative arc, memorable characters, and a connection between [...]
Gamasutra Debuts Honorable Mentions For Games Of Decade
Gamasutra has just completed its reader-specific Game Of The Decade vote, and is revealing Honorable Mentions spanning BioShock to Katamari Damacy, with the Top 12 to debut tomorrow. Readers responded to this question of naming a game released this decade for any console, handheld, PC or online platform, and why they believe it outdid any [...]
