The father of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus leaves Sony.
After weeks of speculation Gamasutra has now confirmed that Ico and Shadow of the Collosus creator Fumito Ueda is no longer employed at Sony.
Namco Bandai has absorbed the developer of the Tales RPG series.
Tales Studio, the developer responsible for the Tales series of RPGs since 1995's Tales of Phantasia, has been closed by parent company Namco Bandai. Although a reason wasn't given, Tales Studio has been having financial problems for some time and bankruptcy rumors have been floating around throughout 2011.
Two games in one part! Can you guess which one I like better?
Different things usually happened with Nintendo in two completely different continents. While the NES arrived in 1986 in North America, Japan was already in its third year of Famicom glory. Nintendo’s then-released Famicom Disk System introduced the battery back-up save feature, eliminating the need for long over-drawn password saves. Games like Metroid and The Legend of Zelda greatly benefited from this innovation. It was also this year that Nintendo saw fit to release a sequel to Super Mario Bros, appropriately titled Super Mario Bros. 2. This was a completely different Super Mario Bros. 2 than the one North Americans got in 1988. So what in the world happened?
Microsoft ensures that 'Splosion Man and his wife stay in the Xbox family by purchasing now former independent developer Twisted Pixel.
Microsoft isn’t known for having the best and most productive group of first party developers, but it looks like they are trying to change that with today’s announcement that they have acquired indie game developer Twisted Pixel, developers of XBLA hit Splosion Man.
What's pink, has a bow, and blows? Ms. 'Splosion Man!
A follow-up to the 2009 'Splosion Man, Ms. 'Splosion Man is a simple 2D platformer with high speed and puzzle elements. The titular missus can explode up to three times before landing on the ground, resting against a wall, or detonating with a bomb to recharge, propelling herself through the game's frantic point-A-to-point-B-style levels. Like its predecessor, the game is full of jokes and quirkiness. Is Ms. 'Splosion Man the bomb or just a dud?
The PlayBits are done, but the replays are now available in the article, just click through!
Our review code for Ms. Splosion Man has arrived and as such, Jason played the game for his review live! While his experience with the original game is limited, he did his best to make it all the way through in just two nights of gaming.
It's not the Lost Vikings exactly, but it's close enough that you should be excited.
This year, we're doing something a bit different. In order to bring you coverage as fast as possible, we'll be posting audio recordings of notes from staff members at E3 and later adding in a written version of the impressions. Please click through and check out this staff member's recorded thoughts on the game from the E3 show floor.
Both God of War PSP games, Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta will be packaged and released on the PlayStation 3.
Sony announced during their E3 press conference today that God of War Origins Collection will be coming to the PlayStation 3 this September. Both games will be remastered in HD and will feature 3D graphics support. No other information about the title was revealed.
Check out some side by side PS2-PS3 footage of both Ico and Shadow of the Colossus in this official Japanese trailer.
Check out some footage and description from the development team on this handheld 3DS Smash Bros. influenced brawler.
