Three years after their hit with Ghosts ‘N Goblins, Capcom continued the adventures Arthur and his heart boxer shorts with Ghouls ‘N Ghosts. The gameplay was essentially the same as Ghosts ‘N Goblins with a few additional moves such as the ability to shoot weapons straight into the air and being able to shoot while jumping. This game also introduced Arthur’s special gold armor. After the arcade, the game was ported to a wide variety of systems including Sega Master System, Sega Mega-Drive, Sega Saturn, PS1, Sharp X68000, Supergrafx and the Virtual Console on the Wii. Much like it’s predecessor, Ghouls ‘N Ghosts is considered to one of the most punishingly difficult games of the time.
We got five, count em’, FIVE gameplay clips from Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Comment Baron Witzbold has some suspicions about the multiplayer mode shown above. Says Witz: ” It has an EXP system now it seems, well to be more correct an EXP system like COD4 with showing how much exp you get from kills and what not. Plus seems like they also added “challenges” too judging by the message that pops up on the screen that says “CQB Level 2 Complete”
The above statements are those of Witzbold and do not necessarily reflect those of the Kotaku staff. In other words, if you disagree yell at him in the comments, not us. Just remember, he holds the ban hammer in his mighty fist.
At the recent Sam’s Club yearly management meeting it was revealed that the bulk/discount retailer will be begin taking pre-orders for games, launching the new process with Super Smash Bros. Brawl. They will also be hosting midnight SSBB launch events at every Sam’s Club store that will include not only the game but each store will have around twenty Wii’s on hand as well. The game will retail there for under $US 44.
This is a new thing for Sam’s Club so it will be interesting to see if people will actually attend a midnight launch there as opposed to going to a game store or other brick and mortar store. We have also been informed that Sam’s will soon be stocking Rock Band at just under $US 150 (something tells me it will be $US 149.99) which is about a $US 20 cheaper than most places. If you’re a Sam’s Club member, keep an eye on their website as they will be adding more options for pre-ordering SSBB and other titles in the future.
The upcoming golf game We Love Golf will be featuring alternate Capcom costumes for each of its ten characters. The European and US versions of the game will be getting two new characters and Capcom is asking for your help in deciding what classic costumes will be available for them. For the male character you can choose between Frank West (Dead Rising), Balrog (Street Fighter), Guy (Final Fight), Ken (Street Fighter), Dhalsim (Street Fighter), and Captain Commando (Bionic Commando). The ladies also have a nice list to choose from including Cammy (Street Fighter), Morrigan (Darkstalkers), Rouge (Power Stone), Roll Caskett (Mega Man Legends), and Ashley Graham (Resident Evil). You can vote for yourself in the sidebar of Capcom’s Official blog. What will be your picks for classic Capcom golf fashion? Personally, I’m voting for the Frank West boxer briefs ensemble.
Worlds in Motion has a quick write—up of something that may become a new trend: passively multiplayer … web browsing? From the GameLayer’s website comes a description of a Firefox add on that turns web browsing into something else:
Kotakuite Gene has discovered some Phantom Hourglass Gashapon in Kobe. Six different “sound drops” are available playing such classic Zelda sounds as the Rupee discovery sound, the bow and arrow and the Heart container sound. Gene has already figured out multiple uses for his purchases which he was more than willing to share with us.
They’re great fun. Playing the ‘discovery’ sound when you find some old leftovers in the fridge, playing the prize sound when you find 100yen down the back of the couch, and playing the phantom sounds when your boss nearly catches you on youtube at work.
Video Games: providing the soundtrack of our lives. If you’d like to hear what each one sounds like, Gene has thoughtfully provided us with a YouTube clip of samples.
It’s an older musing, but one well worth a read through — a quick history of a few decades of film, from the big budget, big blockbuster hits of the ’30s to the film noirs of the ’40s and ’50s – frequently low or limited budget pictures that fall squarely into the B movie category. Born from pragmatism but still managing to be more affecting than many of the big budget fluff films of the same era, film noir and its history may provide a paradigm for games of the future. Why?
For all you living room rock stars out there, Virgin Megastore along with MTV Games and 1Up is presenting the I Love Rock Band Valentine’s Day Bash. If you live in NYC, Orlando or LA, you can bring your self made band to the Virgin Megastore to battle against other bands for your chance to win a bunch of prizes including a $500 Virgin Gift card and other unannounced gifts from Dreamauthentics, Sprint, MTV GAMES, Logitech and EA Games. The tournaments will take place on Feb. 13 at the Virgin Megastores in the Disneyworld Resort in Orlando, the Union Square store in NYC and the Hollywood and Highland store in LA. Starting times vary at the different locations so be sure to check out the official contest page for all the info.
A few weeks ago, Leigh Alexander made the case for media convergence in the gaming industry — now she’s back making the case against. With the talk of user-driven worlds, personalized content, more media cross—overs than you can shake a stick at (because 95% of games-cum-movies or movies-cum-games are oh—so—successful, yes?), there is a downside — and is this what we really want?
A teenage boy has been arrested on suspected arson charges for burning down a Palmyra, MO church. What makes this game related you may ask? It seems that GameFaqs forum poster “Jediknight12345″ (original, eh?) made a post in the “Current Events” page asking readers if he should burn down a school and a church. The post was quickly removed by forum administrators and then a few days later another post showed up from the same person. This time, Jediknight12345 bragged that he had in fact burned a church/school down, described how he did it and even went so far as to post pictures of the event for posterity. Fellow forum posters immediately alerted local news station WGEM and authorities leading to the teenager’s arrest. According to recent reports, the arrested suspect was a member of the church and its attached school.
Kid Arrested for Church Fire After Posting About it Online [YouTube - WGEM Report]
