New Era Capshas produced a series of caps featuring art fromBatman: Arkham City. They sent us photos of the three styles, which include a logo cap and a rather striking design using some of the black and white (and crimson) art from promotional materials. Hats used to be so simple. All of these designer hats I’ve been seeing in the past few years just weird me out for some reason. I think it’s the intentional lack of symmetry they usually display....
Name them all! This opening video for upcoming Japanese PSP gameBattle Robot Spiritswill either be a who’s who of anime mecha or a mess of lasers and boxy metal heaps to you, depending on your interest level. I’m a huge f*cking nerd, so it does something for me. Over 20 mecha anime series are jumbled together for this brawler. Anime fans will recognizeMacross Frontier, Code Geass, Armored Core, and evenFull Metal Panic?...
Look for ‘signature multiplayer elements’ Going into E3, all I truly wanted to hear more about wasBattlefield 4‘s multiplayer. Who didn’t? The single-player campaign had, up until that point, been DICE’s promotional focus. Perhaps the studio knew it’d have our attention early on. From the sound of it, one of the goals is to have more overlap between the two components. “There are signature multiplayer elements that we want to bring into single-player,” general manager Karl-Magnus Troedsson toldOfficial PlayStation Magazine....
Early on inMonster Hunter Wildsyou’ll gain access to a quest to Slay 12 Bulaqchi, a bug-like monster. Here’s the best place to find and slay Bulacqchi in the Plains for the Buggin’ in the Desert quest inMonster Hunter Wilds. Where to find and Slay Bulaqchi in the Plains The best place to find and slay Bulaqchi in the Plains map ofMonster Hunter Wildsis on the lower levels in between regions 2 and 3 on the map....
So sayeth Todd Howard Bethesda’s supposedly working on some pretty unexpected stuff. Todd Howard, director of bothFallout 4andSkyrim, says that the developer-side of the business has three projects that are quite unique. Speaking at DICE in Las Vegas today (and as reported byGameSpot), Howard said “We have three longer-term projects we’re doing that are all … we’ll talk about them at a much future date. But they’re different than anything we’ve done before while also being a Bethesda-style game; (they’re) big and crazy....
With Bungie soon able to cast off the shackles ofHaloand pursue fresh IP, Bethesda’s Ashley Cheng has beentalking aboutthe studio’s future, and positing that only a very small number of publishers could afford to snap up the house that built Halo. Naturally, Bethesda is one of them. “I suspect Bungie only owes Microsoft two more games and they’re done.Halo ODSTandReachand that’s that. No moreHalofor Bungie,” states Cheng.“You can count on one hand the number of publisher’s around who can afford to publish Bungie’s next game: EA (via EA Partners), Activision, Ubisoft, Microsoft, and of course, Bethesda....
Here’s a look I attended my first BlizzCon this year, and I doubt it’ll be my last. Amidst a sea of people at nearly everyOverwatchevent (seriously, all the panels were jam-packed, some with no standing room, as were all of the demo stations — it wasn’t even close compared to any other game), I got to play all of the new content Blizzard is rolling out in the near future, including the Necromancer, Sombra, Varian & Ragnaros, and the upcomingHearthstoneexpansion....
We saw an early version of Sony’s wearable visor television thing at last year’s CES and laughed loudly and rudely in Sony’s face. Now that silly space visor is a real thing, called the Personal 3D Viewer, model number HMZ-T1, priced at $799. This thing claims to give you the experience of watching a 150 foot 3D screen from 12 feet away, and features 5.1 surround sound and easy HDMI connectivity....
Sony and Microsoft like to tell us how long we’ll be playing our current consoles. That’s great when you consider that we’re getting our money’s worth out of the boxes. Game developers seem to have the systems figured out, and continue to impress us with what they can do with them. But at least one developer says that they are close to reaching the techincal limits of current game systems....
$24.99 for three map packs Season passes can be a gamble, even with higher-profile games. That’s why I’ve yet to pay up front for content that might not turn out to be great despite the savings associated with doing so.Halo 4will get in on that action with its War Games Map Pass, priced at $24.99 and included with limited-edition copies of the game (but not theHalo 4Xbox 360 bundle). This pass gets you three map packs — due out around December, February, and April, respectively — at 15 percent off....
Gun Metal, Half Minute Hero, Epigenesis, and more Our friends at Groupees are currently in the middle of theirBe Mine 12 charity bundle campaign, and they’ve given us 10 codes to hand out to the Dtoid community! Included in the bundle are codes forSang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves,BeatBlasters III,Gun Metal,Half Minute Hero,Epigenesis,Echo of the Wilds,A-Train 8, plus another mystery game, and music and game bonuses. A portion of the proceeds from the bundle will go to Aid For Japan, which helps children who were orphaned by the 2011 earthquake....
Eight PS3 consoles built into one single rack server To help power it’s recently announcedPlayStation Nowstreaming service, Sony has developed new PS3 technology — according to sources close to the project. The proprietary hardware consists of eight custom console units that are integrated into a single rack server. According to Digital Foundry — Eurogamer’s technical analysis section — Sony first experimented by placing traditional retail units in data centers to run the service, but scrapped the plans because of the sheer amount of space needed, in addition to power efficiency issues and other undisclosed setbacks....
As I was surfing the net today, looking for stories, I happened upon a trailer for what I thought was called “Double Boob” and got all excited before realizing that there’s an “L” in there. But I’d already downloaded the trailer, so I figured I’d watch it anyway and came to find that it actually looks pretty good. This isDouble Bloob, and it’s one of the games that Nibris was working on back whenSadnessseemed like it might actually show up someday....
