I don’t know why I take Nintendo so personally, but there’s a special kind of angst that grows every time I go home and see my Wii U after Nintendo makes any announcements. Distracting myself with two of the SNES’s best games will only get you so far after you step on your fans, and continue to repackage your old games for the upteenth time as something we should be excited for. Anyway, 4A Games is much cooler than you [...]
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again; it’s a great year for horror. You can add another entry to that list of announced titles as Among the Sleep, a survival horror game from the perspective of a young child has surpassed it’s goal of $200,000.00. This means that Krillbite Studios, the developers behind the title can stop messing around and start focusing on reminding us why childhood was so darn frightening. I’m excited about this game because the [...]
I had almost forgot about the Nvidia Shield, but if that wireless PC streaming works out, I could be convinced. Speaking of streaming, any time the 360 adds an app, I can’t help but think, “Yeah, that could be cool on the next Xbox.” Shaq returning to video games is a dumb and glorious idea, but not as dumb as Silicon Knights/Precursor Games continue to act in crowdfunding their game. Some companies should not be allowed to talk to the [...]
I don’t want it to seem like I was cheering against Blizzard’s auction house, but anyone who had as many connectivity issues as I did with the game has to laugh at the situation now. I’m also fascinated by the fact that I cannot bring myself to help fund a sequel to one of my favorite games of all time, even if it is made by essentially the same people. Silicon Knights, I mean, Precursor Games, needs to raise money [...]
Acid Wizard Studio, developer of the upcoming survival horror game Darkwood, have launched an Indiegogo campaign for the game and are looking to raise $40,000.00 in funding (which is pretty modest considering the scope of the project). Despite the creepy atmosphere and aesthetics of Darkwood, the video pitch itself is rather light-hearted and funny. That doesn’t last long, however as the team gives us a more in-depth look at the game and the progress they’ve made since the pre-alpha trailer that was [...]
Short term memory seems to be a theme here. I forget all of my Gearbox issues anytime Borderlands 2 is discussed. I don’t know what it is, but more Borderlands just feels good. EA is going to try again with The Sims 4, and says it is single player and offline, but you know it is gonna have an ugly side. Finally, Volition makes me reconsider all of my political activism and hopes that someday I can vote for someone [...]
While I do want Gearbox to be taken down a peg after their handling of the bad reviews of Aliens: Colonial Marines, if the misrepresentation goes through, we’re going to be seeing a lot less/different E3 demos. Grand Theft Auto V wanted a lot of attention this week, I could care less personally. I’m most excited for a new 3 person “truck” in Planetside 2, which should help me ignore just how annoyed I am at Katie Couric jumping into [...]
Today was an absolutely lovely day in good ole’ Berlin. The sun was shining, the temperature was just right and so I decided to accompany my wife on a little trot through town. This was a huge freaking mistake as during my absence the “spiritual successor” of Eternal Darkness, Shadow of the Eternals was revealed over on IGN. Further details will be released on IGN on Monday, but what we do know is that Precursor Games will be heading the project [...]
Changing up our news coverage a bit here on HN. As someone who is borderline addicted to following the video game industry, I’ll be bringing you a wrap-up of the chewiest headlines I can find a couple of times a week. It looks like 2K is going to salvage the XCOM shooter after all without taking as big of a risk to the reestablished franchise, but no one has any real idea of how well that game is going to [...]
It has been a timewarp around games recently, I thought we were on the cusp of a new generation. I guess leave it to a Nintendo news week to take you back to the classics, but I don’t know if that magic is working anymore Big N. I will say I’m feeling better about the future of my 3Ds, but even less so for my Wii U since the only thing I want to play on it is Earthbound (by [...]
