Burnout Paradise is coming to the PC, Electronic Arts announced today.
The game, the first ever in the franchise to come to the PC, is being “rebuilt specifically for the PC” and will include expanded multiplayer, enhanced online feature and new “community driven content.”
Criterion will be holding a press conference on their website later today to talk more details about the upcoming game. Hit up the jump for the full release.
British tabloid Daily Mail isn’t know for it’s love of video games. In fact, most think that the paper totally hates them! So reviewing Grand Theft Auto IV is a primo opportunity to vilify gaming. Sure, it gets its digs in and calls the game a “sickening glorification of gangland savagery” and falsely says someone was stabbed at the midnight launch. Then the tone of the piece totally changes! Giving the game a five out of five, Daily Mail writes:
Now that Grand Theft Auto IV has been released, it’s type for the next big hype machine to kick into high gear: Metal Gear Solid IV. To get whet your appetite, GameTrailers has Part 1 up of the franchise’s history. Interesting stuff! Watch it. More »
There it is, have a look, the cutest bus in Tokyo. To promote DS game Kawaii Koneko (“Cute Kitten”), the above bus was wrapped in cavity inducing sacchrine. The pet sim went on sale way back in January and lets players pick from eight different breeds like Russian Blue and American Shorthair. The bus ad features cutesy Japanese celebrity person Becky. See that old dude flagging down that pink bus? His teeth hurt.
Pic of Becky, a cat and part of a wheel after the jump.
So, SOME DUDE over at the GTA Forums noticed that the Rockstar Social Club site have the above image. It depicts a plane ticket for a “Mr Niko Bellic”, bound for “San Andreas” from “Liberty City.” Let the speculation begin! Spoiler? [GTA Forums via videogaming247]
The wheels of the announced BioShock movie keep on churning. With a big time director aboard and a major screenwriter in talks, the game’s publisher Take Two must be thrilled. It is! Just listen to Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of Take-Two:
BioShock has been hailed as one of the most highly cinematic and richly plotted titles in interactive entertainment, making it extremely well-suited to film… Our ability to attract a major studio and unparalleled creative team speaks volumes about the strength of our BioShock franchise.
Thing I’ve always been curious about: How much do shit film adaptations hurt the games? Granted, I doubt the Super Mario Bros. movie turned people off from the Nintendo games. But still! As more and more game movies are made and as the game industry continues to eclipse the film industry, publishers should realise one thing: They need you more than you need them.
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Ignore, for a moment, the commentary indicating the game’s propensity for crashing. Raging Thunder isn’t exactly a big-budget title. What it is, however, is a shining example of just why the iPhone holds so much potential as a gaming device. If some backyard coders can come up with something that looks this good, and takes such precise advantage of the iPhone’s accelerometer, imagine what proper devs can do. Or, at least, what a creatively engineered copy of Mario Kart could do.
[via Gizmodo AU]
You’ve see what Mark Whalberg looks like in Max Payne. Now, have a look at actor Chris O’Donnell as created-for-the-movie white collar exec Jason Colvin. He carrying a briefcase and wearing a coat! There’s snow flurries!! HOW EXCITING. Hit the jump for a shot of bloody carnage.
Prince William, future King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, is apparently a deft touch at Wii Sports. Oh, and shit-talking. While visiting a youth project in Wales, the Prince was challenged to a game of Wii Sports by 18 year-old Martyn James. Martyn got his arse kicked, with Prince William even taking the time to talk some trash to the poor kid, telling him (no doubt with a sly snarl on his face) “you know you’re not allowed to beat me”. All Martyn could say was “I was stitched up” before curtseying and walking, bowed, out of the room.
William Serves Up A New Talent [Sky News, via Go Nintendo]
Get out those wallets, ’cause Microsoft and Tecmo have some tender-lovin’ DLC they want you to buy. With Ninja Gaiden II being released this June, three Ryu Hayabusa ninja outfits will be available for purchase at 200 MS points a pop. That’s right, the equivalent of $US 2.50 for skins! In Europe, select retailers in the UK, Italy, The Netherlands, the Nordic countries and France will giving out the pictured skin to 39,000 customers who either at launch or for pre-orders. Everyone else, pay up! NG2 DLC [NeoGAF via Xbox 360 Fanboy]
