Archive for April, 2009

Let the Terminator onslaught begin. Here are a couple of new trailers for T4. The co-op looks pretty hot. I sincerely hope this isn’t one of those thrown together movie game tie-ins like Transformers. Anyways, enjoy the trailer!

Patapon 2 starts where Patapon ends, but thankfully you don’t have to play the first one to get right into this one. Just like in the first Patapon you play as the god to a species of eye ball like creatures called Patapons. The Patapon are sailing towards the end of the world when a Kraken like monster destroys their ship. The surviving Patapons wash ashore a strange new land, and they call upon you once again to lead them. This strange new land is inhabited by a tribe called Karmen who immediately become your enemy; the battle between you and the Karmen serves as the main plot along with the continuing quest to reach earth’s end. Read the rest of this entry »

Yeah you heard about the secret Capcom Captivate event held for the privileged press right? Well they have provided more screens from my most anticipated game of this year, Dark Void. I bet most of you didn’t know this game was based off of the Unreal Engine. It’s probably one of the best looking UE3 games since Gears Of War. Enough with the uptalk, check out the screenshots! Read the rest of this entry »

I was checking out the waybackmachine to scan through some of the old vgt.com pages. It’s amazing to see how things have changed in the past 10 years. Yep, I took a look at 1999. Videtorial was the term I coined back then for video game editorials. I still use it today. I wonder how big vgt.com could have been if I stuck with it? Everything happens for a reason. I’m happy with where we are today. I’ll be posting most of the reviews and previews back to the vgt.com archive soon. If you want to take a look at the internet archives, check out this link: Video Game Time

Here’s a Videtorial I wrote in February of 1999:

Quality VS. Quantity

You know, when Howard Lincoln first mentioned this quality vs. quantity theory during the birth of the N64, I didn’t think it would work. I thought that we needed more of a selection of games to choose from, period! I was afraid that it was going to be Sega all over again. When Sega released the Saturn with 5 titles, all of which were good, we were stuck with those 5 titles for months. Then when some 3rd party stuff hit the streets, it was less than mediocre. Nintendo on the other hand came out with about the same amount of titles, but the quality was on a much higher level. They exploited the system right away with some top notch titles. But like Sega released a few dogs also. Those few dogs weren’t actually bad games, but they were games that people weren’t interested in. You know what games I’m talking about. Soon after that, they have just release quality title after quality title. Even though I might not like all of these games, they are in the top 10 Blockbuster rentals continuously. You never see any Playstation or Saturn games in the top 10 rentals. Is it because people who own Nintendo 64’s are to cheap to buy the carts and they rent more often? I don’t know what it is but it’s amazing to me. The ironic thing is that Nintendo isn’t doing that great in Japan. Sega is way ahead of them and that’s saying alot. Sony is still #1 across the world. Now the new Sega Dreamcast may change all of that in the future. Developers have accepted the system with open arms, which is a good start. Sega will also be doing the quality vs. quantity theory with the Dreamcast system. I think it will work out. This means that we won’t see 80 baseball games hit the shelves in one week! Sony is having this problem now. Too much crap is flying on the shelves and sales are low. So when quality titles like Metal Gear Solid hit the shelves, there’s a gaming frenzy. Either way you look at it, there are still too many games to play. I know this because I have to dabble into everything that comes into the office. Grand Turismo came in, I played it for a day, passed it on to get reviewed, then went out and bought it. Have I had time to play it since I bought it? NOPE! I’m still on disc 1 of Final Fantasy VII. Too much work, not enough time for play. Too many games, not enough time to play. Now onto the web stuff. I’m sorry there was no Mega-Monday update. I’ve been busy with a couple of projects including our fanzine. There will be a huge update for Wednesday though. I’ve had some complaints about the page loading to slow. I never see this because of my high speed connection. Plus, once it’s loaded in cache it should be fast for everyone. But to appease my readers, I’ll be making some changes this week to speed up the loading process. Thanks for the feedback on that one guys. That’s it for now. SEND SOME FEEDBACK!!!

Torrence Davis
Editor In Chief

Today registration opens for MLG Gamebattles and Playstation’s Killzone 2 online championship. Only residents of the U.S and ages 17 & up are eligible. There will be $60k in rare Playstation prizes, including replica weapons, t-shirts and even authentic Helgan suits!

Psn users that have Killzone 2 please participate to show MLG that Killzone and other Playstation titles are wanted in their circuit. For more info on this tournament visit the registration page.

Me wants real bad! I used to do mad notebook graffiti in High School. I tagged up my locker too. This application by German engineers is fucking incredible. I will pay money RIGHT NOW to get this. It would be hard to do on a small screen though. Here’s the video which came from cnet.com:

Bionic Commando’s multiplayer demo is now available on Xbox live; Capcom has confirmed that there’s no plans for a demo on PC or PSN. Bionic Commando ships in North America May 19th and May 22nd in Europe.

Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce is now available for PSP. Strikeforce is looking like a solid PSP title, but I suggest downloading the demo off PSN before heading to the stores. With more details here’s the full release. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you ready to take on Miami’s worst criminals? Miami Law, a game with a story worthy of  its own prime-time action/drama TV show, will be available exclusively for Nintendo DS on June 9, 2009. With more details here’s the full release. Read the rest of this entry »

Final Fantasy XI owners want a new sword? Want to go on a quest after a group of bandits? Well the annual feast of swords is here and that’s exactly what they plan to give you. With more details here’s the full release. Read the rest of this entry »

Today SEGA announced Wacky World of Sports, an outrageous new sports game exclusively for Wii. Wacky World of Sports brings some of the world’s most obscure sports to the video game world for the first time, and will hit stores later this year. With more details here’s the full press release. Read the rest of this entry »

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* More on why I hate sites like IGN

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The week of May 1st Chinatown Wars owners with a Wi-Fi connection will be able to acquire the “Bulletproof Hellenbach” vehicle from Rockstar social club. With more details here’s the full release. Read the rest of this entry »

Today Rockstar released patch 1.200 for Bully: Scholarship Edition on the PC. The patch tackles a compatibility fix that will improve streaming performance, as well as a fix for random lock ups and crashes for Windows 64-bit users. For more info or other tech problems visit Rockstar’s support web page.