Telltale Games has announced what it’s calling “the Citizen Kane of poker games,” and it might be right — Poker Night at The Inventory sounds like the best thing ever.
The game will star Penny Arcade’s Tycho, Max of Sam & Max, they Heavy from Team Fortress, and Homestar Runner’s Strong Bad. They’re going to — get this — play poker. The game features fully-voiced characters, and will used Telltale’s dynamic dialogue system as the character trash talk each other, tell stories, and react to the game in progress.
Poker Night at The Inventory will be available on Steam this fall for both PC and Mac, and will cost $4.99.
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After having it bluntly confirmed that GoldenEye 007 would indeed have no DLC whatsoever, I struggled with whether or not to top this story off with our intrepid hero, Captain Obvious. On the one hand games on the Wii just don’t get DLC, but on the other it isn’t impossible for them to get it and that means there’s always that chance. Thus putting Captain Obvious up there is basically saying that a Wii game not having DLC is a foregone conclusion, which is saddening.
However, since this story basically backs up that conclusion we have Captain Obvious above and the short response I got from Julian Widdows, Executive Producer at Activison Blizzard UK, when I asked him what the chances were, if any, of GoldenEye 007 getting DLC right here: “None. Sorry.”
Sad to hear it, but considering the fact that I played the original (and still do on occasion) over and over with the exact same levels and no idea what DLC meant (Double Large Cranberry?) I think I’m going to be just fine without it this time around too.
Anyone surprised by this?
XSEED Games has given us a copy of the Limited Collector’s Edition of Ys Seven for the PSP! Along with the game, you’ll be getting the soundtrack consisting of 20 songs, a 60-page art book and a 12.5″ by 34″ cloth map.
In order to win this prize valued at $49.99, you’re going to need to add some kind of caption to this image of some Ys SEVEN characters relaxing in a pool. The best/funniest creation will win the Limited Collector’s Edition of Ys SEVEN.
One entry per person and contest is open to US residents only. You have until September 3 at 11:59PM CDT to submit your photos to the comment thread below. Happy captioning!
This has got to hurt: Square Enix has confirmed that when Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep lands on the PSP this September 7 it will not be landing on the PSP Go as a downloadable game, nor are there any plans to release it on Sony’s digital distribution only handheld. Just to drive the point home: that’s one of the biggest franchises on the PSP not coming to the most recent iteration of the PSP.
The confirmation came first from PR firm Ogilvy, which handles Square Enix releases, when the company was queried about a PSP Go release for the game. One of its reps responded, “Just found out that there unfortunately are no plans to release KHBBS on PSP Go. If that changes, I will certainly let you know!” Later Square Enix themselves confirmed the fact as well.
To be fair, this is the first high profile game that hasn’t had both a UMD and digital release on the platform so this could simply be a one time thing. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for all those Go adopters out there that it is or their expensive gaming platform is going to look more and more like a useless piece of plastic with every big game that chooses not to land on it.
No ‘Go’ for Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep [Because I Told You So, via 1Up]
No Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep For PSP Go Owners [Kotaku]
Despite the iPhone being better than the PSP, Sony has used its obnoxious little pet Marcus to make fun of the system (again) for having terrible games. The irony, in case you couldn’t tell, is almost eye-scorching in its amazing lack of self-awareness.
The very fact that Marcus exists is proof that Sony will always give the PSP a raw deal. The PS3 gets the genuinely funny Kevin Butler, while the PSP gets this flapping gargoyle of a child. It speaks volumes of what Sony believes the PSP audience to be when this homunculus presumes to speak for them.
Anyway, maybe when Sony can offer a real digital download solution for the PlayStation Portable, it’ll be better at handheld gaming than Apple. Right now though, with a wealth of robust games that cost less than five bucks (not to mention all the freebies), Apple is better. I’ll take paper tossing over $40 digital versions of games that I can get for cheaper at GameStop.
Keita Takahashi may be famous for making bright, happy games such as Katamari Damacy and Nobi Nobi Boy, but the quirky developer has a bleak and depressing view on the future of the games industry. In fact, he doesn’t think he sees much of a future at all, and certainly not one with him in it.
“I’m actually not thinking about a future in games. It’s not that I’m not interested in them, but I want to try lots of different things,” he explains. ”At E3 I saw people putting on speeches but I thought the future seemed a bit dark.”
The Japanese designer isn’t impressed by 3D or motion control, either: The 3D games didn’t spark my interest. I think motion control’s a bit old now, I don’t think those games are the future. It all seemed a bit dull.”
Harsh words from Takahashi, but do you agree? Is a future of 3D gaming and waggle input as dull and dreary as he believes, or is there enough fun and magic left in this industry to keep things bright?
Katamari creator sees ‘no future’ in games [CVG]
Amazon France may have let the Ubisoft cat out of the bag when they listed not just a collection of three Splinter Cell games for the PS3, but also a collection of the first three Prince of Persia games as well. The listings were spotted by TheSixthAxis and one of their commentors respectively and show the two collections as landing in November.
Of course neither of these collections are confirmed, but a commenter over at The SixthAxis said that he saw the trilogy listed in a pre-order book for whatever game store he works at. Grains of salt should probably be taken liberally until Ubisoft plays catch-up some time this week and confirms or denies them both. One also has to wonder if these will be PS3 exclusives as they both contain series that are now multiplatform. It would be a safe assumptiion that the games would be brought into HD for these ports, but nothing is stated on the page.
With both series veering away from their roots gameplay wise (despite a lapse backwards by PoP), it would be great to have these collections around to remind you of where they game from. However, these aren’t the Amazon listings I really want to see confirmed.
A press release from Sony says that Latin America will get localized “blockbuster” games in 2011. That’s good news for them. Killzone 3 and inFAMOUS 2 are coming in Spanish. Killzone 3 will also get 3D and Move support as well as a Portuguese language version. Killzone 3 will be available there in February 2011 while inFAMOUS 2 will follow in the spring. Muy bueno.
What’s crazy is that there’s still PS2s being sold. Latin America gets a new bundle called the PlayStation 2 Gamer Kit. This kit contains a PlayStation 2 system, two controllers, an 8MB Memory Card, and three unnamed games. The PSP gets a kit too. The PSP Gamer Kit bundles a PSP system, a Traveler’s Case, and three games. Both will be available in August.
Activision’s done it again! Continuing its strategy of charging UK gamers extra money just because it can, Starcraft 2’s publisher is offering the highly anticipated strategy sequel at an inflated retail price. Activision has done this before with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and is planning to do likewise with Black Ops.
Starcraft 2’s recommended retail price in the UK is £44.99, which is more than PC games usually cost. Fortunately, there are many retailers who aren’t massive twats, so they’ve shaved ten quid off the asking price anyway.
That doesn’t change the fact that Activision is being incredibly slimy with its continued UK price gouging.
This is what Activision does though, and it’s not like gamers will ever give that publisher an incentive to stop. While we continue to pay inflated prices for games and DLC like idiots, Activison will continue to exploit our gullibility. Just remember to shop smart — there is no reason for you to pay above the odds for this game, even if it is Starcraft 2.
Starcraft 2 gets inflated RRP from Activision Blizzard [CVG]
Activision’s done it again! Continuing its strategy of charging UK gamers extra money just because it can, Starcraft 2’s publisher is offering the highly anticipated strategy sequel at an inflated retail price. Activision has done this before with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and is planning to do likewise with Black Ops.
Starcraft 2’s recommended retail price in the UK is £44.99, which is more than PC games usually cost. Fortunately, there are many retailers who aren’t massive twats, so they’ve shaved ten quid off the asking price anyway.
That doesn’t change the fact that Activision is being incredibly slimy with its continued UK price gouging.
This is what Activision does though, and it’s not like gamers will ever give that publisher an incentive to stop. While we continue to pay inflated prices for games and DLC like idiots, Activison will continue to exploit our gullibility. Just remember to shop smart — there is no reason for you to pay above the odds for this game, even if it is Starcraft 2.
Starcraft 2 gets inflated RRP from Activision Blizzard [CVG]
