Halo 3 didn’t ever get a demo, though it did have a beta. Metal Gear Solid isn’t getting a demo. Actually, there’s a lot of games that never get demos. Mostly the games publishers know you’ll buy no questions asked.
If you think about it, a demo could potentially hurt sales, if only temporarily. Say you download a demo before a new game comes out. You play it, you like it, but it’s enough to satisfy for another couple weeks or so, at least until you can pick up the game for a little cheaper used. Right?
Similarly, they could even give you a great demo, but for some reason there’s a problem or a glitch in it. Even if the problem’s not in the full retail game, that demo could definitely effect sales.
Anyway, Grand Theft Auto 4 is not getting a demo. Sorry. It’s a game people will buy, even pre-order, sight unseen. It has a proven track record. If you want it, you’re gonna get it. Period.
Boom!
There is still no firm US release date for the upcoming Nintendo racing game Mario Kart Wii but that doesn’t stop the news from pouring in about it. Mario Kart has always been a blast to play and I’m sure this one will be no different. But I gotta say some of the news coming out for the game leaves me a little wanting. First off the game will not support voice chat. It will have great text chat though right? Well according to the boys over at IGN.com it won’t have great text chat either.
In our original article, we speculated that players might be able to use a USB keyboard or at the very least the Wii remote to enter customized text messages. Not so, according to a rep for Nintendo of America, who contacted us today to clarify. Apparently, gamers will only be able to select from a pre-determined number of phrases that can be sent along as rudimentary texts before matches. Nintendo is clearly playing it safe.
The Wii Wheel will be an amazing new gaming controller right? Kotaku posted a story about a blog post on Wii Wii by Bulent Yusuf. He had a chance to use the Wii Wheel, his impressions?
Finally, the Wii Wheel. This was the most disappointing thing, simply because it’s absolutely crap.
Though Nintendo valiantly tried to convince us otherwise, it’s a silly gimmick that detracts from the quality of the game. Fortunately, you can play using the standard Wiimote and Nunchuk, or you can bust out the GameCube pad and be proper old school.
Don’t know why Nintendo thought this thing was necessary; perhaps it looks good in advertising? A good way of bumping up the price? Either way, it’s rubbish.
You can check out the blog, but you won’t find anything because the post has been taken down. Maybe Nintendo didn’t like him dogging on the Wii Wheel?
Lastly there’s the news that you can purchase the Wii Wheel separately. Although it doesn’t sound like you’ll be enjoying it enough to buy more then one.
This is one Wii game I’m truly looking forward to, because you know it’s gonna be a blast to play. I’m not surprised that the wheel sucks and I was fully planning on turning the Wiimote on it’s side and using it that way. With that said I’m continually disappointed in the Wii these days. Sure voice chat isn’t that big of a deal but it’s still nice for a game to include that right? If no voice chat give us full text chat at least. While it still remains for each of us to decide if the Wii Wheel is any good, I’m not holding out to much hope. Isn’t using the Gamecube controller or really even turning the Wiimote sideways really just making this another Mario Kart game?
What do you think? Let us know.
Unless you’ve been living in a nuclear bunker in fear of flying Wii-motes, you know Nintendo’s little gadget can be used for some pretty neat things. Well owners of the big black monolith, soon you will be able to track your face too! MTV’s Multiplayer Blog has a video and a small writeup on it. The good news is you won’t have to strap on a Wii-mote (eww..not like that), and you won’t have to wear goofy glasses either. All you’ll need is one all seeing Playstation Eye and your face.
So what can you DO with headtracking? Imagine playing a game of Rainbow Six Vegas, and instead of some fancy button combination to lean around a corner, you simply tilt your head. Looking left or right would be as simple as looking left or right in real life. Of course, there is a downside to this - if you look left to look left on the screen…well you are no longer looking at the screen! There’s no word yet on whether the technology will be used in any upcoming PS3 games, but as a proof of concept the potential is very high.
In other Playstation News, rumors are abound that the official Playstation Store will finally be seeing a much needed interface update. According to Kotaku, a revamped store will look more in line with the SingStore that’s already available to our friends in the European region. Considering the existing Playstation Store looks like a 2001 AOL Web-page, this is a good thing.
Once again from the no-brain-er category comes the news that WipEout HD, the upcoming PS3 game, will have fully customizable soundtracks. Thank you!! Any racing game or sports game should have this feature, don’t ya think?
Last game I made a soundtrack for was a Tony Hawk game a long time ago. Even though the soundtrack for the THPS games is usually decent there’s nothing like having your own soundtrack.
Thanks Joystiq
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition was, in my opinion, one of the best “next-gen” games last year. Yeah, there were a lot of good games in 2007, Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, Mass Effect, Uncharted, the list goes on, but I think, for it’s part, Lost Planet was a great gaming experience.
It was one one of the first great games of last year. I don’t just mean last year, as in November or December. I mean last year as in January. That’s right, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition for Xbox 360 was released in January of 2007. Consequently, you can also pick that up for less than $30 bucks. Then again, the PS3 version should be less than most new PS3 titles, at around $40. Plus the PS3 version contains all the downloadable content you’ve had to pay for on the Xbox. So, that’s cool.
So, if you’ve been visiting CounterAgent for any time, or listening to our podcast, you probably know that we love co-op gaming. Can’t get enough of it. Well, it seems we’re not alone out here. Welcome, Co-Optimus, your prime source for co-op gaming. If you haven’t noticed yet, to the far right side of this site is a brand new news feed delivered direct from the guys over at Co-Optimus. That little box will keep you up to date on all the latest in co-op gaming. They’ve got a great index of co-op games as well to keep you up to date on any platform, any genre. Anything happening in the co-op universe, Co-Optimus will have it.
Don’t just take my word for it, well, take my word, but go visit Co-Optimus and see for yourself. I mean, everybody loves to co-operate, right? Right. And aren’t those robots just adorable?
Boom!
According to Joystiq, the most popular video game analyst ever, Wedbush Morgan Securities’ Michael Pachter said today that he believes EA will eventually acquire Take-Two. Currently Electronic Arts has offered $2 billion for Take-Two. They have wanted this to happen for a while, but have only gone public with this new offer recently. By bringing the offer to the attention of the public in general, in particular Take-Two stock holders, EA has in effect begun what may be a hostile takeover.
Funny thing is, since going public, EA’s stock has dropped, while Take-Two’s stock has actually risen to upwards of 47%, making them just shy of the $2 billion offer EA has made.
While everyone is dwelling on the upcoming mammoth of a game, Grand Theft Auto IV, EA may actually be more interested in the 2K series of sports games. Pachter says,
“We think that the real urgency of the EA bid is to avoid competition from Take-Two sports titles scheduled for release later in the year. By our math, each year that the companies compete in sports costs EA $150 million in operating profit.”
We’ll have to wait and see what happens, but I have to say, $2 billion is a lot of money. Can Take-Two really afford to turn them down? How many GTA games can they really expect Rockstar to pump out to keep them making money? They lost any hope of NFL licensing for at least the next few years, I forgot how long exactly. What is a company to do? Sellout?
Boom!
This has got to be the coolest office furniture ever. It’s Han Solo frozen in carbonite for goodness sake. How cool is that? This comes to us thanks to the very talented prop designer Tom Spina. I think I’m gonna go ahead and order one of these and maybe also install a sliding bench/bed that opens to reveal my underground Rancor chamber.
June 12th 2008….mark it on your calender PS3 owners because according to a post over at Kotaku.com that’s the day Metal Gear Solid 4 will be hitting stores. This news comes from the Destination Playstation conference. There is also a rumor of a PS3 bundle with the 80 gb PS3 a dual shock controller and the game.
Sounds pretty sweet although the 12th is a Thursday so this may not be concrete.
Thanks Kotaku
If you caught X-play last night on G4TV then you were treated to a little eye candy. Of course by eye candy I mean that little hottie Adam Sessler. If you were able to take your eyes off him for a second you got a nice little Rainbow Six Vegas 2 preview. Game looks pretty good. They had Chris Masters, one of the designers dropping some of the usual knowledge, i.e. better A.I., more weapons, rewards for playing the game well, and of course the improved CO-OP which will now include the entire story (THANK GOODNESS!!).
All thats well and fine and frankly stuff we’ve heard already. Mr. Master’s also let us in on the fact that the Rainbow Six boys will not have a trilogy of Vegas games. He said this would be the last game based in Vegas. Of course they will be making more games but they won’t be in Vegas. I bet they’re gonna follow CSI’s lead and go from Vegas to Miami to New York.
You may have also seen that Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is number 2 on the 360 sells list on pre-orders alone so I guess you guys are excited about this game, I know I am.
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