This is what you can order off the secret menu It’s sort of my role here at Destructoid to look at more obscure titles. That’s not because it’s my assignment, it’s legitimately what I enjoy doing. I’ve seen some complain that this year has not been a very exciting one in the industry, but I beg to differ. There was a lot to fall in love with if you looked under the right rocks....
Another licensed movie tie-in for the endless runner Temple Run: Oz the Great and Powerful, aTemple Runlicensed tie-in game accompanying the film release of the same name, has beenrevealed on Twitterby Disney France PR representative Cecile Fouques. It will release on February 27, a week before the film’s release on March 8. The game was also spotted on theFacebook pageof tester Patrick “Pappy” Faulkner. Pricing or platform information is unknown at this time, but if past licensedTemple Runreleases are any indication, expect to seeTemple Run: Oz the Great and Powerfulon iOS, Android and Amazon Marketplace for $....
Thailand’s ridiculous crackdown on videogamescontinues apace, with the country’s authorities devising yet more ways in which they can ruin everybody’s fun. Concerned now about “addiction” instead of violence, Culture Ministry officials are toying with the idea of a curfew on youngsters in online game stores. If the new guidelines go ahead, children under the age of fifteen would only be allowed in such venues until 8pm. Those teenagers up to the age of eighteen would be allowed to stay until 10pm....
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggleis out this week and it’s looking like a really good game. Check out the first ten-minutes above. Art is in the eye of the beholder, Nick got a box of creepyHeavy Rainbox, Jonathan Holmes reviewedNo More Heroes 2,Metal Gear Solid Piece Walkeris a jigsaw puzzle game,Dead or Alive Paradisetrailer is shameless and more happened on 01/27/10. Destructoid Originals:Podtoid 135: this goes in thereTen Minute Taste: No More Heroes 2: Desperate StruggleRev Rant: the Wrex ParadoxUnboxing the Heavy Rain review mailerAre videogames art, and an explanation as to why that question is retardedTHQ: Strong videogame narrative is importantCommunity:The iRock: Technology at its finestCommunity blogs of 01/27/10Forum of the day:Video Game confessionsReviews:No More Heroes 2: Desperate StruggleNews:Fable III reveal taking place during X10 on February 11Um, okay: Here’s what Metal Gear Solid Piece Walker isMass Effect 2 ‘Zaeed — Price of Revenge’ DLC is goMystery: Xbox 360 brings on one more publisherClimax willing to do another Silent Hill gameJapanese Bayonetta gets patch, HDD install optionGet a slighlty darker Pichu for free at Gamestop Jan 30thDetails on canceled Fallout Extreme emerge from vaultBizarre working on a new title, a movie licenseApple’s iPad tablet announced, reaches for gamersCommand & Conquer 4 public beta ‘very soon’Naughty Bear’s box art is pretty much amazingHarmonix partnering with other devs on Green Day: Rock BandCriterion’s Need for Speed shown off today for first timeKitase confirms Final Fantasy XIII DLCEA drops mad dime on Dante’s Inferno Super Bowl adPSP version of Gravity Crash detailed and other goodiesDICE talks Battlefield: Bad Company 2 DRMSid Meier to rock GDC 2010 keynoteCastlevania: Rondo of Blood confirmed for Virtual Console’10 or so’ PS3 motion games reported for this yearNinja Studio (Izuna guys) making secret DS gameIrrational reveals four features cut from BioShockOffbeat:Volks Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma Ayane figure is looking goodMega64: Bring guns to GDC 2010!...
I’m jealous of everyone who will play this for the first time in VR At the risk of being “that one guy on Destructoid who just won’t shut up aboutThe Talos Principle,” hey, this very good and worth-playing first-person puzzle adventure game has come to virtual reality. It’s available as of today on Steam for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive with roomscale support and numerous movement options: “teleport, instant teleport, blink teleport, [and] classic full locomotion (with or without comfort mode)....
On Wii U That leak from yesterday didn’t have everything about today’sNintendo Direct. Potentially big news for fans of Mario’s role-playing games came out: thePaper Marioseries is getting a new entry inPaper Mario: Color Splash. Details were scant in the video, but the first snippet of story was shown, with the trodden trope of “color is leaving, help bring back the color.” Toward that end, Mario now has a paint hammer....
‘I can hear some frakking music coming from somewhere inside the ship!’ We have seen a bit ofFRACTin the past. Nearly a year ago it was put ontoSteam Greenlight, where it went through and was quickly supported by theIndie Fund. Now that it is nearing official release, we may just be seeing more of the unique musical puzzle exploration title that appears to take place in a strange land made of synthesizers and purple polygons....
The beauty of simplicity Confession time: I’m pretty out of the loop when it comes to the indie game scene. I love me someNidhogg,Samurai Gunn, andCrawl, but it’s not uncommon for me to have only heard about these games just before release or later. With that track record, you won’t be surprised to hear that I knew nothing aboutTitan Soulsbefore sitting down with it at PAX. I am so glad that I did, though....
Alpha sign-ups open Behold the announcement trailer forTrove, a voxel-based online adventure RPG with procedurally-generated worlds. In development at Trion Worlds with a small team for the last year, players will be able to explore and destroy a variety of different zones in what sounds like a limitless number of unique worlds. An alpha has already been announced andsign-ups have opened, with the developers expressing a desire to build a community which will help inform the gameplay design going forward....
InRune Slayer, picking the right class can mean the difference between crushing your enemies or getting clowned. With brutal mechanics, punishing enemy hits, and a meta that favors ranged dominance, survival depends on strategy as much as skill. Some melee classes still hold their ground, but mastering distance is key. Here’s the ultimateRune SlayerClass Tier Listto help you conquer every fight. Table of contents All Rune Slayer Classes Tier List InRune Slayer, theWarriorandMagicianreign supreme in S-tier—one’s a walking tank that turns enemies into mush, while the other casually rewrites reality with devastating spells....
Robot, hit the dab Games have all kinds of hidden secrets, and few are as infamous as the Konami code. It’s so pervasive that it’s become the input to trigger Easter eggs in other games, and even demos like one for Unreal Engine 5. Discovered byJon Terpandshared on social media, and confirmed by an Unreal engineer at Epic, inputting the Konami code during theUE5 demoValley of the Ancientsmakes its giant robot dab....
Brian Cargile is another talented young artist with an extreeeeemely specific area of expertise. As you’re able to see, he specializes in masks: gas masks, goggles, full face masks, you name it. As a one-man costume design house called TwoHornsUnited, he sells these bizarre creations for upwards of $280 a pop. That may sound like a hefty chunk of change, but hey, the goods are moving, so he must be doing something right!...
No word regarding specific platforms just yet [Update:Itlooks likeZero Escape: Virtue’s Last Rewardis coming to more platforms as well.] Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, the first entry in Spike Chunsoft’sZero Escapetrilogy, is coming to more platforms, series creator Kotaro Uchikoshi confirmed today during a panel at Anime Expo. Uchikoshi did not mention which platforms the studio has in mind for the 2009 Nintendo DS title moving forward, but haspreviously teasedthe title for Steam and PlayStation Vita over Twitter....
