The Ultimate Retro Console Collectors’ Guide

Eurogamer.net — Sun, 06 May 2012 09:29:00 +0000

Despite the interactive entertainment industry's manic obsession with relentless technological progress, improved audio visual capability and cutting-edge artificial intelligence, the enduring popularity of vintage software proves that good old-fashioned gameplay remains the biggest draw for most players. All three current console manufacturers offer the ability to digitally download past classics to their systems, and on the PC, retro enthusiasts are ably served by the likes of Steam and GOG....

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Retrospective: Second Sight

Eurogamer.net — Sun, 06 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000

It fits that a game about precognition should be so ahead of its time. Playing through Free Radical's psychic-themed stealth shooter today is to tick off a checklist of features big and small that have since become vogue. And yet, in other ways, Second Sight arrived just too late - a misadventure born of unlucky scheduling and scuffles with publishers that led to it launching against the superficially similar Psi-Ops and then being overshadowed by 2004's heavy hitting sequels to Halo and Half-Life....

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Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is [insert topical subject here]

Jordan Mallory — Sun, 06 May 2012 04:30:00 +0000

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Welcome to another edition of [insert name of recurring weekly feature] here on [insert name of internet website]. Say, did you all happen to [see/hear/watch] [globally/nationally significant popular culture event]? Boy howdy, I sure was [thrilled/angry/bemused] by [outcome/result] of [globally/nationally significant popular culture event].

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Team Meat lashes out at the current state of mobile gaming

Dave Oshry — Sun, 06 May 2012 03:48:44 +0000

Sick and tired of the way mobile games treat players, Team Meat aims to do things differently.

In a recent blog post detailing their vision for the mobile version of Super Meat Boy, Meat Boy and Binding of Isaac desginer Edmund McMillen also took the time to voice his opinion on the current state of mobile games. ...

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Ragnarok Odyssey journeying to North American Vitas sometime this year

Jordan Mallory — Sun, 06 May 2012 03:00:00 +0000

In addition to bringing Orgarhythm stateside sometime before the end of this calendar year, XSEED has also announced equally nebulous plans to localize Ragnarok Odyssey for North American audiences and their Vitas. This follows the game's Japanese release last February, though how closely it'll follow remains to be seen.

Set in the same world as Ragnarok Online, Odyssey... is a Monster Hunter-esque runabout wherein the player's (fully customizable) character traverses the world, hunting "monsters and giants" as they do so.

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Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space iOS on sale, first episode free

Jordan Mallory — Sun, 06 May 2012 01:30:00 +0000

Sam and Max may have gone beyond the boundaries of time and space in their latest series of episodic adventures, but does that mean they must also travel beyond the boundaries of your budget?

Nay, says Telltale Games, and to prove it the developer has made the first episode of Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space on iOS totes free..., and discounted the other four episodes to $2.99 a piece.

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Journey Developer’s Next Title To Be Announced This Year

Kyle Hilliard — Sun, 06 May 2012 01:02:24 +0000

Developer thatgamecompany, the team behind Flow, Flower, and Journey, have stated that it is currently looking for a publisher on its fourth game, which it hopes to announce soon.

In an interview with vg247, thatgamecompany co-founder Jenova Chen had said, "we’re negotiating with various partners, so maybe within the next month, we’ll be able to determine which is the [right deal]." At that point Chen said they would like to announce their next project adding, "we announced Flower half a year after we launched Flow....

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Skullgirls for PC may have cross platform play with PS3

Dave Oshry — Sun, 06 May 2012 01:01:46 +0000

Some very interesting news for fighting game fans has entered the arena today.

Skullgirls is getting a PC version and it will not use Games for Windows Live. Better yet, it may have cross platform play with the PS3.

This information comes to us via the Skullgirls Twitter Feed which was spotted by Eventhubs....

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LEGO Zelda will be officially reviewed by LEGO

Dave Oshry — Sun, 06 May 2012 00:19:35 +0000

Back in December, a young man had a dream, a dream made of LEGO.

That man was Michael Inglis, creator of this Lego Zelda video. Now, his dream is one step closer to becoming a reality as 10,000 people have supported his concept at LEGO.com

What does 10,000 supporters mean? ...

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HAWP: Anthony needs to learn to nut up

Tony Ponce — Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Seriously, even Blavis has got more cojones than him. He needs to learn to stop taking part in Ashley's various activities.

The latest episode of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? contrasts sandbox and linear game designs via food metaphors. Yummy yet ultimately harmless food. Naturally, things go horribly wrong.

HAWP: Dinner Metaphors [GameTrailers]...

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