My personal pick for best game of 2009 (Colossal review here!) thus far has finally been announced for North America.
It’s not coming from Sony (who released it in Asia as a first party title… It’s not coming from Ubisoft (who typically releases From Software titles in iur neck of the woods).
But RPG hardcore publisher ATLUS has picked up the slack.
The press release after the break!
They're coming back... and they are pissed.
Bethesda, developers of the best damn game of 2008, Fallout 3, today announced that their up to now PC/Xbox360 exclusive downloadable content will be making it’s way to Playstation 3 owners beginning with Operation: Anchorage this June. The Pitt and Broken Steel will follow 4-6 weeks apart.
That’s not all. Two new pieces of DLC were also announced, debuting first on Microsoft’s console, and following shortly after Broken Steel on the PSN:
Point Lookout: An all new region of swampland, described by Todd Howard of Bethesda as “huge!” Details are sketchy at this point, but the size of the region is supposed to be pretty substantial, and will feature a main questline and several side quests. Howard elaborated in an interview with IGN, stating that the area is based on Point Lookout State Park in Maryland, and states: “picture backwoods Maryland, where the bombs didn’t actually fall, but the world has left it behind.”
Mothership Zeta: Those who were lucky enough to stumble across the Alien distress beacon in Fallout 3 will get to witness the response in Mothership Zeta. This one promies to be a retro alien-abduction story drenched in 50′s pastiche, but with that biting edge typical of the Fallout franchise. Howard promises a pretty stark change of scenery with this one, as the Fallout 3 team has had to generate a lot of new artwork and assets.
But wait… theres MORE…
PC and Xbox360 owners will be able to purchase the add-ons on physical media starting the end of this month! The first disc, containing Operation: Anchroage and The Pitt will go on sale on May 26th. The second will come in August, and will contain Broken Steel and Point Lookout.
PS3 owners will get their shot at a collection of all of the addpons in October when the Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition drops for the PS3, 360, and PC, including all 5 add-on packs.
Howard claims this is it for now, as if it weren’t enough, but he doesn’t say no to more possible add-ons in the near future.
In the best bit of news since, I don’t know, the ratifcation of the United States Constitution, Team Ninja head Yosuke Hayashi has foretold of the release of Ninja Gaiden 3.
As the site’s (or the planet’s for all I know) resident Gaiden apostle, this news gives my heart great warmth. I’ll go so far as to say Ninja Gaiden 2 is the greatest pure action game ever devised, but that might lead to my Pit-fighter fan cred revoked.
So what would you like to see in the sequel? Me–better magic, a story that makes sense in the English language, less swimming and no more volcano armadillos.
Do you want to save money on video games? Sure, we all do. Especially given the current economic climate. So what’s your technique for squeezing as much goodness as possible out of your gaming dollar? Are you a true blue Amazon shopper? A Best Buy rewards enthusiast? A Gamestop trade-in credit junkie? Or are you just as happy to roll on down the hill to Walmart and pick up the latest and greatest at MSRP?
My gaming deal cocktail after the break, then a chance for you to add your tips and tricks in the comments below.
"I seethe with generic rage!"
The Charge:
Arm Yourself!
Opening Statement:
Nathan “Rad” Spencer is back. The original Bionic Commando returns in a 3D action title farmed out to Swedish development house, Grin (Wanted: Weapons of Fate and Terminator: Salvation.) It’s been awhile since Bionic Commando has graced a home console in a true sequel, is our metal armed protagonist able to satisfy a legion of nostalgic fans? Or is this one appendage you’d just as soon cut off and run from?
In honor of Erich’s new bouncing addition to the Asperschlager clan, how about a discussion on video game babies?
Sure, why not!
Holy crap! People still read Nintendo Power?!
Normally, I’d try to remain calm and file this under “rumor”, but unless this is the greatest Photoshop job ever pulled; the latest issue of Nintendo Power is reporting that the impossible has occured, and Capcom are bringing their new mash-up 2D fighter Tatsunoku Vs. Capcom to North American gamers.
Continue reading E3 Spoiler! Tatsunoku Vs. Capcom headed stateside!
This weekend only, the indie brawler Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic is available for the low price of zero dollars on the PlayStation Network by way of a cross-promotion with Sprint. Created by Tarsier Studios and based on the original 2005 title, the game is like a wackier version of Super Smash Bros. with exaggerated cartoon physics and rag doll mania by way of a Shaw Brothers film. Definitely a quick way to get a fun multiplayer fix. And since the game normally sells for ten dollars, this is a sweet deal.
One small caveat: this “free as in beer” deal only works for the US PlayStation store, so us filthy Canadians and the like are out of luck on this one. Drat and bother.
(via Playstation.blog)