Saturday, January 21st, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments
In a game where you can create a tag team of a morbidly obese bearded man and a brown bear to fight a tag team of an equally obese non-bearded man and that guy from Infamous, non-traditional characters are expected. Even so, a recent trailer for Street Fighter x Tekken teases some pretty unconventional entrants from both Capcom and Namco Bandai’s catalog.
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Sunday, December 11th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment
UPDATE: Remedy has confirmed a “Q1 2012″ release window for Alan Wake’s American Nightmare.
As has come to be expected with a Spike TV-affiliated video game broadcast, a lot of exclusive trailers and announcements were peppered into the 2011 Video Game Awards tonight. If you missed the show – we definitely wouldn’t blame you for better occupying your time – follow the jump for our summary of the night’s events, and a full list of the award winners.
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
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Electronic Arts and Klei Entertainment debuted the first trailer for Shank 2 as part of a joint press conference earlier today. Scheduled for sometime early next year, Klei Entertainment promises expanded combat controls and a new arcade-style survival co-op campaign. Shank 2 is expected to release on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 3 Comments
Turns out, THQ had to cancel more than just Red Faction to make up for a bad quarter. Some footage of a first-person action game set in the “Avengers” movie universe, once under production at THQ Australia, leaked over the weekend. The trailer – since removed from its original perch on Youtube – can be seen here. A rare first-person super-venture, the game seemed to split its focus on the Avengers’ most iconic members of Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man, each with a unique set of moves and special abilities to use against the legendary Marvel team’s many foes.
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
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Paradox Interactive is looking outside the realm of strategy with their newest game, War of the Roses. A multiplayer-focused action combat game, the campaign stretches across the 30 year war between the houses of York and Lancaster back in the 15th century. Developed by Fatshark Interactive, Roses will also include “unique team-oriented competitive multiplayer experience with an emphasis on melee combat.” War of the Roses is scheduled for sometime in 2012, no consoles have been confirmed.
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Friday, July 22nd, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment
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The Playstation Network has been a depository for quirk before, no doubt, but Sideway is carving a niche for itself on an already niche-filled platform. For starters, you play as a living spray of graffiti, bounding about street art on and around the corners of various building-sized levels. The controls are your age-old basic, with single and double jumps and collectibles (here realized as spray cans), all set to a hip-hip soundtrack.
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Thursday, July 21st, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment
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It’s rare for a game with Pokemon in the title to not be what you expect, but the indelible franchise’s first outing on Nintendo’s 3DS won’t have you obsessively capturing and battling creatures, at least not in the way you are used to. Pokemon Rumble Blast (tentative title) – sequel to the WiiWare’s Pokemon Rumble - plays out more like a beat-em-up with toys, think “Gotta Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em All”. The game supports StreetPass functionality (automating battles between your Pokemon and those of whom you pass), and two-player wireless bouts.
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Monday, July 11th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
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Andrew James and Ed Orman, respectively the Art Director and Lead Designer on 2K’s XCOM reboot/redesign, have left publisher 2K to form their own company. Uppercut Games looks to “bring AAA quality to mobile and downloadable games”, and have announced their first IP, the iOS-bound Epoch, to that effect. No word on what effect their departure will have on XCOM, which (at the time of this report) has not gone gold.
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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 | Posted by Mats Paasche | Comments Off
Heads Up Display or HUD for short is a fast paced news show featuring everything you need to know about the gaming industry, and nothing more.
For the details of all the stories featured in this week’s show head to the news sections of elder-geek.com.
Monday, July 4th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
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When you think of Dance Central type dance games, what’s the first band you think of? Well, you’re getting The Black Peas. Ubisoft proclaimed the glorious existence of The Black Eyed Peas Experience for Xbox 360/Kinect and Nintendo Wii. Expected soon, the game is supposedly the second in the “Experience” series, after The Michael Jackson Experience.
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 | Posted by Robin Meijer | 5 Comments
During its E3 press conference earlier today, Nintendo finally unveiled the WiiU, which was previously only known by its working title: Project Café. The console will be able produce images at 1080p, and features controllers with a touch-sensitive screen that allows users to play games while their television sets are tuned to a different channel, and adds extra functionality to certain games. All available information is included after the jump.
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Monday, June 6th, 2011 | Posted by Mats Paasche | Comments Off
Heads Up Display or HUD for short is a fast paced news show featuring everything you need to know about the gaming industry, and nothing more.
For the details of all the stories featured in this week’s show head to the news sections of elder-geek.com
PS: This will be our last episode for a few weeks because of E3 so we’ve chosen to make it a extra big one. Stay tuned to elder-geek.com/news for up-to-date coverage of everything E3.
Friday, June 3rd, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
A lot of companies are trying to get their news out before the E3 storm. You read our summary of the joint CD Projekt RED/Good Old Games Ustream broadcast earlier today, now its time to sift through Konami’s Pre-E3 announcements.
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Thursday, May 5th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
[Initial reporting done by Eli English]
Gamers waiting for the upcoming THQ title, Red Faction: Armageddon, may be excited to learn that once a million users from Xbox Live have downloaded the demo – released May 3 – the company will release “Mr. Toots”. “Mr. Toots” is a free rainbow unicorn weapon, which is demonstrated in the video of the same name from YouTube star Freddie Wong.
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