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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land This year’s gathering of some of the world’s biggest LEGO fans – they call themselves Adult Fans of LEGO – at Brickworld 2010 will combine their brick engineering talents for two major video game themed collaborations, one adorably Call of Duty-themed.
A new trademark from PlayStation 3 maker Sony lends more credibility to the rumour that its forthcoming motion controller – still officially the PlayStation Motion Controller – will be called Arc. Konami’s new Gradius Arc trademark, however, is something else.
November now has a theme we can all get behind, with a Flickr group kicking off Novvember, a month-long event aimed at building as many LEGO Vic Vipers from Gradius as is humanly possible.
You can never be too thin, too rich or have too many Vic Viper spaceships from the Gradius series. That’s why it’s so easy to recommend the latest, a special Gradius II edition.
We’ve had some pretty major Weekly Wii updates over the past few months, so it’s about time we take it down a notch and give our Wii points a little rest, isn’t it? Today sees the release of two WiiWare titles and two Virtual Console classics that we could really give or take. I suppose the multiplayer online of Tetris Party for WiiWare (1200 points) is somewhat exciting, as is the prospect of somehow controlling Tetris with your Wii Balance Board, but nothing we’re in a hurry to check out. Digital Leisure brings us The Incredible Maze (500 points), another Balance Board compatible title that has you navigating…incredible mazes. Okay!
The Xbox 360 port of Konami’s arcade boobs + Gradius side-scrolling shooting game Otomedius G: Gorgeous has been pushed back. The game was originally slated for release on September 25th, but the company announced that it holding back the game. The reason? “To eradicate bugs and improve the quality even more”, Konami stated. No other release date was given.
『オトメディウスG（ゴージャス！）』の発売延期について [Konami][Pic]
While we were hunkered down at the Los Angeles Convention Centre last week, wondering “Is that it?” of E3 2008, Konami announced Gradius ReBirth, a WiiWare title that looks to fill the Gradius void in our lives. Like the retro stylings of Mega Man 9, Konami is giving the hardcore what they want — gameplay minus expensive production values — and they’re doing it through digital distribution.
Gradius ReBirth is planned for a winter release in Japan. If it arrives elsewhere, buy it. Convince Konami to restart work on Gradius VI. Seriously.
Gradius ReBirth [Konami]
Konami arcade shooter Otomedius features a touch screen and traditional joystick/buton interface. How the heck is that going to work on the Xbox 360 version? Well! Konami has teamed up with Japanese peripheral maker Hori to offer a solution: The Hyper Stick Pro – Otomedius Gorgeous Version. The specific stick features a touch pad, making it possible to recreate the arcade Otomedius experience at home. Bundle with Otomedius Gorgeous and character badges, the Hyper Stick Pro – Otomedius Gorgeous Version will go on sale September 25th for around ¥27,000 ($AU 265.05). So subtract the $AU 62.36 or the $AU 72.76 that the game will retail and remember touching doesn’t come cheap!
Check out the gorgeous Otomedius Gorgeous trailer here.
Hori Otomedius [Konami Style via Arcade Renaissance]
There’s been loads of games-as-text-adventure parodies, but something about this Gradius one is so brilliant, so charming. Maybe it’s the “C:\>Dodge bullets”? Who knows, this is great. Gradius as Text [Gay Gamer]
