Could a little-known company from the UK swoop in and change the way we play, create, and sell games forever. Utilising a device that looks like a super-sized Game Boy Micro? Probably not, but their heart is in the right place.
Imperial zombies return in Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies II for the iPhone, recreating its console cousins’ Shi No Numa (Zombie Swamp) map, with new characters, traps, the Wunderwaffe DG-2, and Hellhounds adding to the portable carnage.
Whoops. File this one under things I should have followed. When EA Sports said Tim Tebow was its coverboy across all versions of NCAA 11, I assumed that included the PSP. It doesn’t. Because there will be no PSP version.
A new survey of portable gamers has revealed that for the most part “portable” can be defined as “will work on the toilet or in bed”. Around 79% of iPhone, DS and PSP owners surveyed by NPD Group said that they use their portable device in the home more than any other location.
While I’ve long been a supporter of the custom console movement, sometimes I see a project that really makes me wonder what the point is. Take this portable, Gameboy-sized NES, based off of a Super Joy III Nintendo clone. Sure, it’s slightly smaller than the original Gameboy and contains 72 built-in games, but oh my god is it hideous to look at. “But it’s all about the convenience!” you say? I have at least five devices within my reach that are smaller, prettier, and more than capable of tackling an 8-bit Nintendo title should I deem it necessary.
LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2, LocoRoco 2 (And More) Dated For Europe – A buncha games have been given European release dates overnight. Which ones? LittleBigPlanet will be out November 5. Resistance 2 will be out November 28. MotorStorm 2 will be out November 7. SingStar Disney on November 7. And LocoRoco 2 on November 21, though that last one comes with a “to be confirmed” sticker.
Often times it’s more work to discover something is crap and shouldn’t be posted than it is to find something that is. But we’ve heard so much noise about a couple things it’s nice to put the rumour smash on two that couldn’t pass the sniff test doused in Chanel No. 5.
First, Electronic Arts is not buying Epic Games, OK? Doesn’t matter that EA has tons of money and someone else with a lot of time on his hands has good ideas for what to do with it. “Rubbish,” says Epic Vice President Mark Rein, a guy who’s in position to actually know something substantive about this.
