Get reacquainted with Mickey, Sora, and Donald…in HD Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remixlaunches this week, and you’re able to celebrate with a brand new launch trailer showing off the game’s various Disney flavored locales. Watching it brings back memories, as it’s over 11 years later and I still can’t believe the first game was even made. We happened to get a review copy pretty late, so expect my thoughts in the near future....
Music games that simulate musical performance have often been criticized, ridiculed andlampoonedfor being too repetitive and for lack of a better word, fake.Synonyms aside,Rocksmith— a new game that lets you plug and play an actual guitar to your gaming system — is something that is geared towards actual learning rather than simulating an experience. Plus, with the recently announced cooperative gameplay feature, it’s enough to pique the interest of most guitar players — old, new and well, fake alike....
That smoke’ll make you choke! Earlier this year, SEGA issued a bold apology. Thecompany apologizedfor accidentally naming its Halloween character “Boob” instead of “Boo.” Even earlier in the year, SEGA madeanother apologyfor how shitSonicgames have been recently and that company has “partially betrayed” fans. Sega Games CEO Haruki Satomi offered the following statement to Destructoid: “Seeing our fans across the world respond to our recent interview withFamitsu, lets us know we’ve made the right first step in acknowledging who we are and where we want to be....
We have UK writers, so it’s time for a UK show The UK, it exists and Destructoid now has writers there. Great British Pounds Sterling. Eastenders. Steptoe and Son. The Destructoid UK Podcast (DestrUKtoid). Destructoid UK Editor Laura Dale is joined this week by Claire Sharkey, Steve Turner, and Joe Parlock to discuss UK early exclusive amiibo, pantomimes, sex fanfiction, and thirteen-year-old kids in drag. Oh, games too. Have a listen oniTunesorDirect Download....
Yes, you read that correctly. Today’s episode of The Destructoid Show is the closest we’ve actually come to the late-90’s flashback episode I’ve been dying to do that gives me an excuse to buy a Rammstein shirt and some UFO pants and dye my hair blue again. For starters, there’s a trailer forMechwarrior Online, and it’s absolutely badass. I seriously love this trailer, can’t figure out why, aside from the giant robots being dropped out of a spaceship and stuff....
I was a Sega child, so I was always in the “Sonic > Mario” camp. I’ve also been a Mega Man diehard (big surprise, right?) since his very first game. So while schoolyard kiddies spoke passionately of the rivalry between Mario and Sonic and their dream crossover games, I instead fantasized of a partnership between my boys in blue. When Archie Comics picked up theMega Manlicense, everyone knew it was just a matter of time before Sonic and Mega Man joined forces....
Someone at Nintendo sure loves her With everything going on in thisMario Kart 8trailer, I’m once again left confused as to why no one came up with a more memorable title for the game. Regardless, it’s looking great as ever, and should be yet another convincing reason to own a Wii U when it releases this spring. But, as much as I’m happy to seeSuper Mario Galaxy‘s Rosalina end up here followingher revealforSuper Smash Bros....
Ever sinceRiftmade a splash on the MMO scene in 2011, Trion Worlds have been hard at work consistantly creating new content for it’s devoted fan base. With it’s first expansion,Rift: Storm Legion, Trion Worlds is look to bringRiftonto a whole new scale. Along with increasing the level cap from 50 to 60, players will also have one new soul per calling allowing even greater customization of their character. The biggest addition fromRift: Storm Legionare the continents of Dusken and Brevane; each nearly matching the size ofRift’sbase game world....
A different Phantoms than the Affleck flick Ubisoft’s cutting ties with two of its free-to-play titles that weren’t as successful as it had hoped. Later this year, the servers for bothGhost Recon PhantomsandThe Mighty Quest for Epic Lootwill be permanently shut down. Ghost Recon Phantomsis a shooter based on Ubisoft’sGhost Reconfranchise. It has been around for four years, but that comes to an end on December 1. According toSteamDB, Phantomshas around 1,000 concurrent players at any given time (although this number is likely low given that some people play directly through UPlay)....
Of course you do With gamescom now behind us, you’d figure that CD Projekt RED would keep a tight lid on all things related toThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. But apparently not, as it would seem. A week after the show, the developers decided to unveil an extended look at their game for all to see. At a whopping 35 minutes, this is definitely the deepest look at the game we’ve gotten thus far....
Just have to wait for it to reset I love watching stuff get made. Whether it’schocolate,chains, orsweet ninja swords, I always find it fascinating to see the step-by-step process that goes into making a finished product from a bunch of raw materials. In this video, Wes Swain shows how he built an emulator with USB outputs into a concrete replica of a Thwomp from the Super Mario series. You may remember Wes as the cool dad who created aMario Kart themed nurserylast year....
Wow! Now, don’t get me wrong. I love Atlus’Persona 3just the way it is and I wouldn’t change a thing, but check outthis posting from game director Katsura Hoshino from back in 2007. Its two videos show off a prototype ofPersona3’s battle system. Fights take place on the field themselves in the first video. Notice how shadows just seem to pop up from out of the ground. That’s so cool. You also have to love the victory dances....
The first Colin McRae: DiRT received “generally favorable”reviews, and sold a few copies worldwide. So Codemasters releasing a sequel,Colin McRae: DiRT 2for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable is no surprise. The game will be headlined by McCrae — the British rally champ who tragically died in a helicopter accident last year — honoring his life and career. The sequel throws out more cars and tracks, said to be twice as detailed as those seen in Codemaster’sRace Driver: GRID....
