Nintendo President Satoru Iwata recently revealed during a question and answer session with investors that the Vitality Sensor revealed awhile back is still actually being developed. Despite there being little to no news on the peripheral after nearly two years of development, it is still actually a thing. Apparently Nintendo ran into a problem with the peripheral and that is that not every human body is the same.
Speaking to investors Iwata said that “there are large individual differences in the biological information of humans.” He provided the example saying that they are aiming for 99% customer comfortability rate and that is why the peripheral is taking so long to develop. Due to the difference in feedback from various users Nintendo has decided that they will not be releasing the Wii Vitality Sensor quite yet and has no release window in sight at the moment but reassured investors that the peripheral is still in development. As odd as it may be.
If you like seeing aliens invading Earth and then being fought back by the U.S. Army then you are in luck because if you happen to pick up Battle: Los Angeles when it releases on June 14th on Blu-ray then you will also be given a demo to play Resistance 3 for no extra charge besides paying more for the Blu-ray disc.
The demo included is said to have 30 minutes of gameplay and will be the first time that the public has had access to the title short of reading about it online or watching video footage. No word has been released by the company as to whether or not the demo will eventually show up on the PSN but it is easy to guess that it will a few weeks after the movie’s release.
Do you think your computer can handle the awesomeness of Duke Nukem Forever? I don’t think so. But if you believe your gaming rig has enough power then you can take a look below at the requirements your PC will need to have to even run the game. The requirements shown first are the minimum requirements needed while the second set are what the recommended settings should be.
From the looks of things the settings aren’t too severe so most people shouldn’t have too much of an issue getting Duke to run on their computer. Then again I don’t use a PC to game very much so for all I know this could require an entirely new set of equipment to run. Not really. Either way check out the specifications needed below:
Minimum Specifications
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.0 Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ 2.0 Ghz
Memory: 1 Gb
Hard Drive: 10 Gb free
Video Memory: 256 MB
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 7600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
Recommended Specifications
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ 2.6 Ghz
Memory: 2 Gb
Hard Drive: 10 Gb free
Video Memory: 512 MB
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS / ATI Radeon HD 3850
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
OTHER REQUIREMENTS & SUPPORTS
Initial installation requires one-time internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client, Microsoft DirectX, Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (ATL), Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, and AMD Dual Core Optimizer. (AMD optimizer required only for specific AMD processors to run the game correctly, but installs for all of them.)
Software license terms available at www.take2games.com/eula.
It looks like Square Enix will be lending a hand to Deep Silver and Techland by handling the distribution for Dead Island in the United States. Previously it was said that Deep Silver would be handling Techland’s upcoming zombie apocalypse game on their own but today it was announced that the Deep Silver and Square Enix would instead collaborate to release the title across the world.
Deep Silver’s Chief Operating Officer Geoff Mulligan stated that “Square Enix’s impressive distribution and marketing capabilities, combined with their proven success with launching top-notch AAA titles, makes them the absolute best partner for Dead Island.” He also said that they are “thrilled to be partnering with their dedicated and talented team” which is a good news for Square.
Dead Island will be released sometime in the fall season for the Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3 and give players a chance to fight with mostly melee items with guns only being a last resort due to a limited amount of ammo. After the impressive marketing we’ve already seen for the title expectations are certainly high.
If you have been wanting to try out the uDraw and have been suffering from the limitation of not owning a Wii, it looks like you are in luck as THQ announced today during a fourth quarter fiscal 2011 report that they would be bringing the artistic tablet to the Xbox 360 & PS3. Since launching late last year, the Wii version of the uDraw has shipped over 1.7 million units which certainly shows that this port of sorts should be a smart move.
Aside from a “Holiday” release, not much else is known, but I am sure the 360 and PS3 versions will work identical to the Wii tablet with the uDraw studio bundled in. It will however be interesting to see just what games will support the uDraw though as there certainly is a lot of potential for the device. Since THQ publish the Smackdown vs Raw games as well, I personally would like to see a new way to create logos and designs in the create a wrestler as it takes hours during the current process. Either way, there is no doubt the uDraw should do well for all consoles it lands on if history repeats itself and we can now look forward to having a new toy to play with on the Xbox 360 & PS3.
Yes, you heard that right. We have seen many games featuring the ever popular Nicktoons, but now it looks like Spongebob and company are ready to strap on a glove and play “America’s favorite pastime”. 2KPlay Announced Nicktoons MLB today, which will mix Nicktoons such as SpongeBob SquarePants, ZIM, Dudley Puppy, Fanboy, Chum Chum, and Ren and Stimpy, along with professional players from 30 different teams on the Xbox 360 with Kinect, Nintendo Wii, and Nintendo DS.
2K Play & Nickelodeon both had a statement on the announcement of this new toony title:
“The Nicktoons are an animated bunch and it’s no secret they have been petitioning our office to facilitate this unprecedented match up,” said Steve Lux, Vice President for business development of 2K Play. “Whether an extraterrestrial from Planet Irk, superheroes who wear underwear on the outside of their costumes, or a secret agent dog, time will tell if these heavy hitters have the grit to play in the big leagues.”
“Our Nicktoons stars are taking the field and plan to ‘go yard’ against the best players in Major League Baseball,” said Shaan Kandawalla, Vice President of Digital Retail Games for Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group. “Nicktoons MLB will introduce a whole new rivalry on the baseball diamond and mark the first time our popular animated characters and MLB’s players will be featured in the same game.”
This certainly is a different direction for the standard sports fare and if Mario can do it, I guess why not the toons we all grew up on? Of course there are a few that I don’t really know myself mixed in, but here is to hoping we will see an appearance from “Patti’s Pulverizers” (which has about a 1% chance of happening, but props for anyone who can match the reference). High Voltage will be working on the console version of Nicktoons MLB and Black Lantern Studios will be giving a hand with the DS release. Nicktoons MLB officially releases this summer and it certainly will be interesting just how this title pans out, so we will keep you updated when more is released over time.
No you actually read that right. But first let me address the fact that the Red Faction: Armageddon demo has went live today on the Xbox Live. Unfortunately the planned release for the PlayStation 3 demo didn’t happen because well… THQ can’t control the PSN. Either way, fans of Red Faction will be able to get their taste of destruction with the magnet gun allowing them to demolish buildings, form worm holes in the ground and destroy everything in site.
Now if the demo is downloaded one million times then a cute little addition will be given to everyone who downloaded the demo. That bonus will be a unicorn that shoots rainbows out of his butt and can cause a lot of pain to his enemies. Though it seems that he isn’t very happy being used as a weapon either as you can see below. Fans will be able to access the full game when it releases in stores on June 7th for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
Tecmo Koei previously announced that they would be releasing the Japanese voice track for the game for free but did not place a release date on the actual release. If you take a look on the XBLM then you will know now that the Japanese voice option is available for download as well as a slew of other content that costs a little bit of money. When the PSN finally goes up you will also be able to purchase this content or download the voices for free.
The new content includes some costume packs, a weapon pack and a new stage and background music package. Unfortunately the Costume Packs do cost money which is unfortunate because they were previously mentioned to be free but instead will only cost $1.00. You can find the full list of content released today as DLC below with prices included:
Costume Pack 0 (DW1 costumes) – 80 MSP/$1.00
Costume Pack 1 (DW6 costumes) – 80 MSP/$1.00
New Stage & BGM Pack 1 (Sanjiang Castle map, plus eight music tracks from DW5/DW6) – 240 MSP/$3.00
Weapon Pack 1 (Dagger-Axe and Bomb) – 160 MSP/$2.00
Just a heads up to all the zombie lovers out there, oh and those who love Call of Duty: Black Ops online too I suppose, the new Escalation DLC pack is available now. The price tag will run 1200 MSP ($15) and is currently exclusive to the Xbox 360 only with a PC and a PS3 release some time in the near future. With this download pack you will get four new multiplayer maps and one special zombie map called Call of the Dead.
Matt Vella went into detail about the zombie mode and talked about each of the famous characters that you will be seeing. This includes Sarah Michelle Gellar of Buffy The Vampire Slayer fame, Robert Englund the voice of Freddy Krueger, Danny Trejo from Machete and Michael Rooker from The Walking Dead. But then again you should also watch out for George Romero because he seems a bit under the weather and angry.
Well at least there is a silver lining to the cloud of darkness that is hovering over Sony at the moment. Sony Online Entertainment revealed that they had been hacked yesterday and that they had lost 12,700 credit card numbers at that time. However it was stated at the time of revelation that these cards were relatively older and that the database hacked was outdated until 2007.
Because of this Sony told Gameindustry that only 900 of those credit card numbers are active today. This means that if you have any type of credit card registered to the SOE in the past then it would be best to keep an eye out on your statements because you never know if your card could be one of those 900 active. Things keep getting worse for Sony as they are continuously hacked and losing personal information, at least this helps clear the mind of 11,800 people.
