Three Words I Said To The Man I Defeated In Gears Of War That I'll Never Say Again 
New Doom 3 For Xbox 360 And PlayStation 3 Supports Head-Mounted Displays 
Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land 
Why Robin Makes Batman Better 
Resistance: Burning Skies: The Kotaku Review 
Harley Quinn's Revenge Is Batman: Arkham City's Bad New Ending Resistance 2 drops early this November. Good thing developer Insomniac is almost finished. Whew! Insomniac’s Ted Price brings the good news:
Capcom’s retro-and-then-some Mega Man 9 was always due for a September release, we just didn’t know when in September. Do now. It’s been announced that the game is due for release in Japan on September 24, for 1000 Wii Points. No word yet on a date for North America or Europe, but with Capcom being so hot for the West lately, it shouldn’t be too much later.
Back in 2005, Kojima Productions rolled out the first look at Metal Gear Solid 4. It’s 2008 and game site 1up is looking back with Metal Gear Solid 4 Associate Producer Ryan Payton — who has since left the company. This exchange is insightful:
What, PS3 owners, you never played BioShock on 360 or PC? Not even for a minute? How the hell are you meant to make an informed purchasing decision without some hands-on time with the game and? How the hell indeed. You’re getting a demo, and you’re getting it soon, with 2K announcing that one will be made available “worldwide” on October 2. Before you scramble for a calendar, that’s just under three weeks away.
Resident Evil 5 is being made by a couple of folks. It’s been made by a lot of folks — over 400 people, actually. Wowzers. These days big games take big numbers of people — just check out the credits of any big game. According to Capcom:
This is a papercraft model of Nintendo’s own late, great Gunpei Yokoi. Considering the amount of papercraft we see that’s devoted to Nintendo characters, it’s a strangely fitting tribute to the father of the Game & Watch, Game Boy, Metroid and Kid Icarus. Click through for the full, downloadable template, which is courtesy of Raccoon Sam.
That headline make any sense to you? At all? Great, then this’ll be of interest. Blizzard have announced that they’re opening Azeroth up, and will be allowing players to transfer their characters from PvE servers to PvP servers. So now there’s no excuse for you not to stay in touch with friends and former loved ones. It’ll cost you, of course, but hey, what about WoW doesn’t cost you?
PvE-to-PvP Paid Character Transfers Now Open [WoW Forums]
Independent games need all the support they can get… as long as it’s not from a publisher. Kind of makes it dependent, really. But aside from publishers, you could always give your favourite indie game a leg-up, and nominate it for the GDAA’s 2008 Independent Game Awards. Heck, if you have a title on the boil, this could be your big chance.
Entries close on October 22, so you have over a month to get yourself sorted – just don’t leave it too long. The finalists will be announced and contacted in November, and must be prepared to make a trip to Brisbane for Game Connect 2008.
Press release with all the details, after the jump.
Do not try this at home. Do not try this at a friend’s home. DO NOT TRY THIS. EVER. Some dude decided it was a good idea to create DIY flame cannons and then strap them to his wrists. And then test them in a garage.
Disaster, they say, is around the corner. Until then, enjoy watching the Street Fighter II posturing.
Pyro 2.1 wrist-mounted flame cannons [BB Gadgets via Gadget Lab via S-Kill Capcom]
Couple weeks back, we posted a creepy, creepy Half-Life 2/Tom Cruise video. Also absolutely brilliant, but still, creepy. Well, this week, as promised, the clip’s creator has put the Combine Metro Cop costume up for sale on eBay, and boy, is it great. It’s referenced wherever possible from Valve’s own designs (eg they used a Russian gas mask for concept art? This uses a Russian gas mask), and is loaded with incidental details, right down to a Combine ID tag and a fully-functioning voice-changer, for that authentic, garbled Combine radio chatter. Half life 2 COMBINE Metrocop costume (working voicebox) [eBay]
