Metal Gear Solid: Rising: Revamped: Revengeance: Part Four
Posted: August 15, 2012 Filed under: News, Video games | Tags: bayonetta, hideo kojima, metal gear rising, metal gear solid, platinum games, raiden, revengeance, rising, solid snake Leave a comment
Noted hero and food picture taker Hideo Kojima took to Twitter to mention that that game will be released on February 19th in North America, the 21st in Europe, and the 22nd int he UK. The game has been in the works for quite awhile by Platinum Games (Bayonetta) and features hack-and-slash gameplay instead of the traditional playstyle Metal Gear is so well known for. You can catch a trailer here.
Pure Chess
Posted: August 13, 2012 Filed under: Review, Video games | Tags: . gary kasparov, chess, lifelike graphics, no multiplayer, playstation, pure chess, vita, voofoo studios, what Leave a comment
I’ve always been a sucker for chess. I consider myself a smart guy and chess is a game for smart people so it only ever made sense to like it and to play it. I genuinely like it; there’s very little more satisfying than a very well executed checkmate that your opponent never saw coming. The downside is that I’m pretty bad at chess. Read the rest of this entry »
Ouya — the open source, Android powered console — is a go
Posted: August 9, 2012 Filed under: News, Opinion, Video games | Tags: 3ds, android, handheld gaming, katsuhiro harada, kickstarter, microsoft, nintendo, open source, ouya, playstation, playstation 3, sony, tekken, vita, wii, xbox 360 Leave a comment
Yesterday I talked about “The Future of Handheld Gaming” wherein I said quite definitively that phone-gaming is a bit of a fad and true handheld gaming can (and hopefully will, survive).
Somewhat related to that is the news that Ouya — the open source console powered by Android — pulled $8.6 million dollars via Kickstarter. They’ve lined up some companies, too, and well, are now accepting pre-orders. This is huge news, of course: while the Vita has been stumbling its way through cross-play gaming, with an Android console that becomes a huge reality — taking games with you on your cell phone seems to be a real possibility.
The only question is, will developers jump for it?
Katsuhiro Harada — Mr. Tekken — recently said that he believes that a one-console future is the way to go, and while that would make things a cinch for devs and likely help the big three settle their differences, it at one point seemed unlikely. I remember imagining as a kid that that would be the future… I kind of doubt it these days, but with projects like Ouya going big, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft are going to have to find a way to compete. Ouya will likely feature tons of free games — courtesy of Android’s already huge library — as well as premium content designed for the Ouya itself. Something open source like this will be ripe for piracy, too — SNES/NES/GB roms on your Android powered console? Probably.
God knows console sales have been interesting over the last little while, but with a retail price that pretty much trounces the competition, not to mention the 3DS and Vita, I’d be worried if I was one of the big three.
MGS Standalone Editions Stealthing Their Way to PS3, Xbox
Posted: August 8, 2012 Filed under: News, Opinion, Video games | Tags: metal gear solid, metal gear solid hd, peace walker, playstation, snake eater, sons of liberty, vita, xbox 360 Leave a comment
Kojima Productions recently announced that Metal Gear Solid HD Collection will be tactically, espionagely, and actionly making its way to the PSN Store and Xbox Live Marketplace. 2 and 3 will be released in a bundle for Xbox on the 21st of August, while they’ll be released separately for the PS3 that same day. On the 28th, Peace Walker will be released for both consoles, with a full three-game bundle set for the PS3 the same day.
They haven’t released pricing, but it should vary from title to title and console to console.
And no, Peace Walker HD will not be released for the Vita. Thanks for nothing, Hideo.
The Future of Handheld Gaming
Posted: August 8, 2012 Filed under: Essays, Opinion, Video games | Tags: 3ds, android, cell phone games, facebook games, farmville, handheld games, handheld gaming, ios, mobile, nintendo, phone games, sony, vita 3 Comments
I don’t like talking about “the future of handheld gaming” because whenever you do, someone almost immediately mentions how the handheld console is dead, and long live iOS/ Android. It is a bit of a loaded idea for two reasons:
1) Phones cannot handle “serious” gaming and
2) It is typically said by someone quoting someone else.
“Non-gamer” websites frequently refer to this statement, citing sales numbers and so on, like the insane success of something like AngryBirds. These are the same fools who will then go on, saying how the mega-success of Facebook games like FarmVille are proof of the decline of the game industry itself. It’s typically said by someone who doesn’t know anything, kind of like people who claim to be “social media experts” or “gurus” because they’ve figured out how to use HootSuite. It’s a meaningless sentiment that doesn’t look at much beyond itself. Read the rest of this entry »
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