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 Yes, we know, you have a DVD drive in your PC. Most of your buddies will as well. But not everybody has a DVD drive in their PC yet, which is why World of Warcraft still ships on four compact discs instead of a single digital versatile disc. Lich King, though, Lich King will be shipping on DVD only, the first WoW release to do so (Burning crusade shipped on both DVD and CD). So, uh, why does this matter? Being so low-spec-friendly, WoW was the last bastion of the CD in PC gaming, a format that dominated the industry from the mid-90s til the early years of this decade. With Lich King shipping on DVD only, we’ve probably seen the last of the CD, at least in non-shovelware titles. Goobye, old friend! We had some good, good times.
Gouken, known for teaching Ken and Ryu, is making an appearance in Street Fighter IV as a computer-controller challenger. Today, the game’s official blog offers details on how to face off against this opponent: Things like do not use any continues, do not lose the first round in any fight and get a certain number of “perfects” depending on what the machine is set to. Easier said than done. But who said this was going to be easy? galleryPost('gouken', 3, 'Gouken'); 「剛拳、見参！」 [SFIV Blog Thanks, TurboIIFC (Lino Martinez II)!]
We heard last month that a bunch of people were going to be left out of Warhammer Online’s credits. Didn’t seem like the right thing to do, especially in the wake of similar fiascos involving Manhunt 2 and Okami. Well, turns out Mythic are now going to do the right thing, and will be making the entire credits – which will contain everyone that ever worked on the game – available online. And not just for WAR; they’re going to go back and do this for Dark Age of Camelot as well. The full statement announcing the move (made by the IGDA’s Jen MacLean) can be found after the jump.
Nintendo printing money for good. The company is releasing a Pink Ribbon DS Lite to help raise money for cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The portable is the Polar White DS with a breast cancer awareness pink ribbon. For everyone one of these that’s purchased, Nintendo will donate US$5 to the charity and has already guaranteed minimum of $100,000. Truly a great reason to pick up this DS.
Nintendo DS Lite Limited Edition Pink Ribbon [Amazon via DS Fanboy]
No doubt the more fanatical amongst you have already dissected every last frame of today’s Halo 3 teaser from Bungie. While dissecting, however, did you catch this line? Says, quite clearly, “MADDIE, WHERE ARE YOU?“. Now, in all likelihood, this’ll have something to do either with somebody/something in the game called Maddie, or at the least some obscure, related facet of the Haloverse. It’s just a shame nobody at Bungie was aware of the high-profile 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeline McCann, who was commonly referred to in the media as simply “Maddie”, because that’s the first thing I thought of when I saw the words. Second thing was “ooo, that might be a little much”. An “oops, awful coincidence, that” message from Bungie couldn’t hurt. Provided it was an accident, at any rate.
UPDATE: Bungie has responded to the similarity, calling the reference “an unfortunate and unintended coincidence”.
We’re on the home straight (sorry couldn’t resist). With just 3 sleeps to go until Top Gear Australia graces our screens, another sneak peek has hit You Tube. If the preview is any indication, the local version of the popular UK program should make for entertaining viewing.
Here, three Japanese celebrities promote Hudson’s latest Momotaro Densetsu game in the 20th anniversary of the popular Japanese series. Famitsu notes that Hudson has railed in a “new-half” (aka, a “shemale”) for the promotion. So, two of them were born women, and one of them is actually a women. So, who’s who? Rather, who’s what?
『桃太郎電鉄 20周年』のテレビCMにニューハーフなニューフェイス [Famitsu]
The great thing about Spore is all the stuff we can make. No, make that, the great thing about Spore is all the stuff really talented people can make. Check out these images from Korean site Ruliweb of in-Spore created Starcraft Terran faction buildings and vehicles. Check out the Vulture, Siege Tank, Goliath, Wraith and Battlecruiser! The attention to detail is astounding. There are three words for this and they are “only in Korea”. Have a gander in the gallery below.
Sporecraft Gallery PC 게임 화면 게시판 [Ruliweb Thanks, Torokun!]
Nothing fancy here for Mirror’s Edge and its inevitable collector’s edition. No tin boxes, no action figures, no unlockable outfits or in-game trinkets. No, Mirror’s Edge is keeping things practical, offering you a CE (provided you preorder it directly from EA) that for $130 will get you the game and…a bag. An awfully nice bag, made by Timbuk2, which is also a bag that’s a replica of that used by the game’s courier starlet, Faith. It won’t beat out other CEs for quantity of goods, but it certainly has them beat on the quality front.
Some people didn’t like BioShock‘s ending. It was constricting, people complained. Maybe you didn’t, maybe you did. But for better or worse, rest assured the Xbox 360′s ending will be the same as the PS3′s. According to PS3 version’s senior producer, Melissa Miller:
When you get a chance to work on something that was really creative you get the temptation to re-do things…We chose not to.
That means that the PS3 version will have the same final hours that the Xbox 360 does. Of course, developer 2K Marin is adding extra features to BioShock PS3, but the grist of the game is still the same. Mmmm grist.
‘BioShock’ PS3 Developers Chose Not To Improve Game’s Faulty Ending [Multiplayer]
