Irate father nails Xbox to tree (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox
After having "warned 3 boys about their behavior while playing the Xbox," a rather vengeful father had decided to create folk art with the console, according to the mother's CNN iReport. In the comment section, the mother said the kids do not "totally hate dad .
Metareview: Too Human (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Adventure, RPGs, Metareviews
It's been almost ten years since we first saw Too Human at E3 1999, at that point reportedly a 4-disc action adventure for the original PlayStation. In that time, the game has jumped to GameCube and then to Xbox 360, re-emerged as a slideshow, overshadowed by a lawsuit, and later became the most downloaded action demo on Xbox Live in its first week.
XBLA's Duke Nukem 3D passed certification, coming 'soon' (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters
Cigar-chomping testosterone factory foiling alien invasion news now, with word that the Duke Nukem game you've all been waiting for -- again -- may be arriving imminently. Speaking to Shacknews, 3D Realms' George Broussard has confirmed that the Xbox Live Arcade version of Duke Nukem 3D has defeated the development galaxy's most dreaded scourge, the Microsoft certification process.
Alex St. John: We're playing the 'last generation of consoles' (via Joystiq) - Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Online, Business
Congratulations! You're now a part of history ... or at least, a part of Alex St. John's alternate reality. Spend enough time with "the guy who talked Microsoft into the console business" and you might start seeing a big red countdown -- the kind that ends in KA-BOOM! -- tattooed on your gaming console, the UK's Telegraph reports.
Lara tackles Thailand in new Tomb Raider: Underworld trailer (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Adventure The new flesh-and-blood Lara? Pretty. Cool. But it's the texture-and-polygon one in Tomb Raider: Underworld - the proper, next-gen sequel to the series-reviving Tomb Raider: Legend - that we're really excited about.
This Wednesday: Galaga Legions invades XBLA (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action
Caution: Do not look directly at the above screenshot. Doing so will result in your eyes melting. If you're still able to read this, it means that A) you don't just come to Joystiq to look at all the pretty pictures and B) you're also a good listener.
Famitsu corrects its Last Remnant PS3 release date (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, RPGs
Famitsu has posted a correction on its website (via IGN) about an incorrect The Last Remnant release date that appeared in the latest Famitsu PS3 publication. The issue, dedicated to Square Enix's recent DKΣ3713 event, incorrectly listed the PlayStation 3 version of the game as coming November 20, the same day as the Xbox 360 release.
SCEA: Universal compatibility for PS3 Rock Band 2, GH: World Tour and Rock Revolution instruments (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm
It's about time someone stepped in and took an active role in fixing this nonsense. SCEA Director of Publisher Relations Michael Shorrock has announced on PlayStation.Blog that Sony has reached an agreement with Activision and Neversoft, Harmonix and Konami to ensure that all the instrument peripherals for Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Revolution will work across all games for PlayStation 3.
Alan Wake devs come out of seclusion for update (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Adventure
When a tipster wrote in to say that Remedy, the studio behind oft-delayed Alan Wake was updating on the game's progress on company message boards, we were understandably excited, until we saw the message from Remedy CFO Mika Reini, which is basically the equivalent of David Blaine waving from inside his hydro-chamber to let people know that he is not, in fact, dead.
To be clear: Dragon Age: Origins is coming to consoles (via Joystiq) - Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, RPGs
We've been getting some mixed signals from BioWare in recent days about Dragon Age: Origins and its fate on consoles, going so far as to make us wonder if the console versions of the game will be wholly different from the one coming to PC.
New games this week: Too Human edition (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360
Wow, we can't believe we finally got to type that headline. This week, we get to welcome one of the few games that's actually older than Joystiq itself: Too Human, Denis Dyack's epic story of cybernetically enhanced, Norse-inspired technogods.
New games this week: Too Human edition (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360
Wow, we can't believe we finally got to type that headline. This week, we get to welcome one of the few games that's actually older than Joystiq itself: Too Human, Denis Dyack's epic story of cybernetically enhanced, Norse-inspired technogods.
