Posted 9/14/09 3:00 pm EST by Brian Warmoth in News, Wii
"Castlevania the Adventure," Konami's 1989 Game Boy debut for their vampire hunter franchise, appears to be next in line for the company's ReBirth treatment. "Gradius ReBirth" and "Contra ReBirth" have already updated classic Konami properties with new looks as WiiWare downloads. Now, Simon Belmont will follow in their footsteps.
Posted 9/4/09 1:00 pm EST by Jason Cipriano in Features
"Deadly Towers"; it's a title that often provokes looks of disgust (among other things) from gamers that are old enough to have owned a Nintendo Entertainment System. In spite of this, twenty-three years after I played the game for the first time, I've finally found some kind of a redeeming value about the worst game that I have ever played.
Posted 8/10/09 4:22 pm EST by John Constantine in PS3, Reviews, Wii, Xbox 360
“Madden” is intimidating. No two ways about it. It has a great reputation, for sure. High Metacritic scores year in and year out alongside annual mutli-platinum sales in the US alone, no other game franchise in the world commands the same level of respect over so many different releases. Not even “Tetris”. But it also has a reputation for being unforgiving, with complex controls, demanding AI, convoluted game modes, and an increasingly exclusive multiplayer community. It’s also seen by the gaming community as a series slow to change.
Posted 6/15/09 11:37 am EST by Russ Frushtick in News, Video
At E3, Kojima revealed that he is working on four games, and apart from "Castlevania," they're all "Metal Gear" related. The "Metal Gear Arcade" announcement was probably the most surprising, but this official trailer reveals that it's not really that much of a departure.
Graphically, the game looks a check of a lot like "Metal Gear Online." It's the arcade box that's probably the most intriguing, as it's got surround sound and apparently some sort of 3D goggle attachment that I've yet to try out. And, unless you live in Japan, you probably won't be seeing much of it either, 'cause the odds of this one hitting the states are slim to none. Kojima did say that an American release is "possible" but such an expensive set-up seems unlikely for your neighborhood Nathans.
Even if we don't end up seeing it Stateside, I'd be curious if Kojima and Konami make strides to create a more streamlined experience. You can't very well expect everyone that's walking into an arcade to create a Konami ID. Or can you?
Posted 6/4/09 1:56 am EST by MTV Video Games in e3 2009, konami, Metal Gear Online
by John Constantine
Konami knows which side its bread is buttered on. The Hideo Kojima side! Kojima Productions fourth project announced at Konami’s press conference is “Metal Gear Arcade”, a brand new cabinet amusement based on “Metal Gear Online”. The game is currently only set to release in Japan but Konami hopes to release the game worldwide.
The cabinets were only shown in an incredibly small picture, but Kojima said that they would be networked across the country and feature specialized controls to reproduce the “Metal Gear Online” experience. Not only that, but the cabinets will be equipped with specialized goggles because the game will be 3D. 3D like sci-fi movies in the 1950s, not like polygons. Neat!
Posted 6/4/09 1:42 am EST by MTV Video Games in castlevania, e3 2009, konami
by John Constantine
When Hideo Kojima walked on stage at Konami’s E3 press conference this afternoon, announcing that he was going to be showing off four games that Kojima Productions is working on, you could literally hear the crowd start holding their breath. They let out that breath as screams when the fourth game turned out to be ‘Castlevania: Lords of Shadow’.
Posted 5/28/09 1:06 pm EST by Russ Frushtick in PS3, Rumors
The Kojima Productions website has been getting a lot of attention in the days leading up to E3. It all started with a stormy sky over an empty field, which resulted in the forums lighting up with ridiculous speculations on the shape of the clouds.
More recently, though, the site has been much more forthcoming, with a countdown clock (to the E3 announcement next week) and lightning strikes which reveal series of letters. And, after the letters have rolled, we get a very clear look at this handsome gentleman:
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Wow, he sure looks familiar! If I didn't know better I'd say that's Big Boss, Solid Snake's poppa. But, in a recent interview with Famitsu, Kojima has said it may not be the case, saying that he wears his [censored] different. Yes, the interview is infuriatingly censored, keeping the juiciest bits a secret until next week.
Personally I'd love to see a return to the 'Metal Gear Solid 3' style of gameplay, which emphasized stealth over straight-up action and had a clear-cut, easy-to-understand storyline.
To complicate matters, though, recent scans of the Famitsu interview revealed a character who looked a heck of a lot like Raiden, albeit with a bandana over his left eye. Oh, and his eyes are brown, not blue. Who could it be? The return of Gray Fox? Intriguing to say the least!
Thankfully next week will put most of the speculation to rest. We'll be reporting live from E3, so be sure to check back and we'll have all the juiciest 'Metal Gear' news you can stomach.
Posted 4/15/09 9:30 am EST by Stephen Totilo in activision, dj hero, Music Games, Scratch: The Ultimate DJ
The lawsuit, analyzed by gaming website Gamasutra, details months of drama. Read More...
Posted 4/13/09 7:00 pm EST by Stephen Totilo in Fun, Six Days In Fallujah
If a game based on a real and recent battle needs to be accurate, can it -- and must it -- be fun? Konami gave reporters some answers.
Posted 3/23/09 12:00 pm EST by Stephen Totilo in HAWX, Rune Factory Frontier, What We're Not Playing
I tried a lot of games this weekend and made the following snap judgments about what to keep and what to reject for what is something of a special Monday edition of What We're Not Playing... Read More...