Developer Renegade Kid has confirmed that its previously announced Dracula title has been shelved. The deal was signed with Gamecock — which no longer formally exists — last year. The game, called Son of the Dragon was rumored to be a Wii game that would follow the adventures of Dracula’s son. The intellectual property is [...]
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EA showed off the new G.I. Joe game in New York this past week and our very own walking dictionary, Samit Sarkar, got to check it out. He’ll have a preview of it coming soon, but until then, I wanted to speak about one of the awesome bonus features the G.I. Joe game is going [...]
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Everyone screams. It’s the universal sign of terror or excitement. After watching an episode of American Idol it’s become clear to me that screaming is also a valid form of entertainment. Contestants scream when they talk, wail when they lose, and threaten to blow my speakers when they win. There’s one female contestant that howls [...]
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With Nintendo’s Wii being the end-all best-selling anything and everything of all time (if you believe Nintendo), you’d expect to see mind-blowing sales numbers of Wii game titles. And if we’re speaking about Mario Kart Wii or that stupid Wii Play, then sure, you’ll get those through-the-roof numbers. But how does Capcom fare? The lifetime [...]
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Mindlessly playing around with this this Home of the Dead: Overkill on the internet poster creator isn’t helping me get my review of the game done. You can see my latest creation above. It’s not near as good as my previous one, where I had it looking like each character with an open mouth was [...]
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According to one loudmouth with a radio show, the Wii needs to pull its products from store shelves until they make significant changes to their advertising. Instead of promoting family fun and active lifestyles, the Wii actually contributes to obesity and injures people, claims a new lawsuit. Michael Torchia has decided to press a suit [...]
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For a system that is known more about “family” bollocks and not for its on the internet support, you could be forgiven for assuming without confirmation that local multiplayer would be a given in any Wii game. Sadly, however, High Voltage’s The Conduit will lack local multiplayer, even though the possibility is there for a [...]
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There are some new “choose your own adventure” style flash videos on the official Japanese Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop webisite that reveal more about the game’s combat system and enemies. Highlights include Frank getting shot at by a fat zombie, Frank pwning a poodle down with a chainsaw, and Frank driving through hundreds [...]
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While we’re all excited that Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime II: Echoes are getting their New Play Control! “Wiimakes,” what we really want is a new adventure. Damn it. If the Japanese Web site is any indication, one might be on the way. A new teaser blurb has appeared on the site, reading: “Follow Metroid [...]
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While Wii Music certainly didn’t fail, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is still slicing his forearms and smashing his head against a brick wall, tears streaming down his face about the fact it never sold eighteen million billion trillion duplicates like everything else on the Wii. Actually, that was a lie, but he’s still disappointed. “I [...]
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