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Missed Opportunities: Lionhead Could Have Made LittleBigPlanet
Peter Molyneux still wouldn’t give up the goods on his new game at the “Lionhead Experiment Revealed” panel, but he did give us a glimpse into how Lionhead let LittleBigPlanet slip through their fingers. The studio that brought us Black & White and the Fable games has a creative process called “experiments” where anybody in…
By AJ Glasser - Uncategorized
What Diablo III’s Interface Got From World Of Warcraft
In the latest episode of the Blizzard podcast, Diablo III senior artist Mike Nicholson discusses organizing the inventory system by size and giving skill buttons a World of Warcraft makeover. The Diablo series has always had inventory issues. I’d say 90% of “Town Portal” scrolls are used to head back to town and offload your…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Tomorrow Is Wii Deal Day At Amazon
Wii owners would do well to pay close attention to Amazon.com tomorrow, when the Gold Box fills with more Wii games than you can shake a white remote-control looking dealie at. We normally don’t hear about Amazon.com’s game deal days until whatever the first one was sells out, but this time around we’ve been given…
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Frankenreview: MadWorld
Platinum Games and Sega turn down the color and turn up the violence with MadWorld, a brutal, bloody beat-em up for the Nintendo Wii. As soon as the first black, white, and red all over screenshots of MadWorld first surfaced, everyone knew this wasn’t going to be your ordinary Wii beat-em up. The game’s art…
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Re/Visioned Activision 2600 Classics Finally Arrive
In November of 2007, Gametap promised to continue their Re/Visioned animation series, with comic book talent taking on classic Atari 2600 games. Now those shorts have finally seen the light of day, and they’re brilliant. Since Gametap isn’t quite the original content developer they used to be, the six animated shorts now appear on the…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
The Heavyweights Of Fight Night 4
Decades worth of ass-kickery come to life in the latest screenshots from Fight Night Round 4, showcasing the power of seven legendary heavyweight boxers. Ali. Frazier. Foreman. How can you tell a true boxing heavyweight legend from the rest? Well for one, you could say those three names and I’d know what you’re talking about.…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Xbox Live Arcade Finally Gets A Dishwasher
A year and a half of drooling comes to fruition this Wednesday, as The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai rides a blood-soaked guitar riff onto Xbox Live Arcade. The Dishwasher has come quite a long way since it won Microsoft’s 2007 Dream-Build-Play competition, but its core values remain intact. It’s still a bloody good mess of sexy,…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Nickelodeon Kids Choose Guitar Hero Over Rock Band
Nickelodeon once again justifies our nation’s voting age restrictions, as Guitar Hero World Tour comes out at the top of a rather sad nominee pool at the 2009 Kids’ Choice Awards. Not that Guitar Hero World Tour isn’t a fine game, and out of the four nominees it could certainly be argued from a certain…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s DSi Midnight Launch Spectacular
Nintendo is kicking off the release of the DSi with a ever-so-slightly star-studded midnight launch event at Los Angeles’ Universal CityWalk GameStop. Nintendo’s mom Cammie Dunaway and the host of G4’s Attack of the Show, Kevin Periera will be on hand, counting down to the midnight launch of the third iteration of their dual-screen handheld,…
By Mike Fahey