Archive for 2010:

THING THAT LOOKS A BIT LIKE A DREAMCAST SPOTTED IN THE MIDDLE-DISTANCE OF A VIDEO DEMONSTRATION

Is everyone excited about another year of this sort of thing?

possibly-a-dreamcast

“Dreamcast spotted in a Japanese research centre! Obviously not, but I like to think that between making mobile cinema toys, these guys all sit down for a bout of Sega Rally 2 on the DC in the background” – Gary.

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THE 578 MOST DISAPPOINTING VIDEO GAMES OF 2010

Presented in alphabetical order, with the subtext being that video games reached a peak of innovation and “playability” in 2001 and have been getting gradually less interesting ever since. At least to men in their late 30s.

1

100 Rogues
1001 Crystal Mazes Collection
101 MiniGolf World
101 Shark Pets

2

2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (video game)

3

The 3rd Birthday

6

6th British Academy Video Games Awards

8

8-Bit Rebellion!

A

A Shadow’s Tale
Ace Combat: Joint Assault
Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943
Age of Hammer Wars
The Agency: Covert Ops
Alan Wake
Alice in Wonderland (2010 video game)
Alien Breed 2: Assault
Alien Swarm
Aliens vs. Predator (video game)
All Round Hunter
Alpha Protocol
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
And-Kensaku
Another Century’s Episode: R
Apache: Air Assault
APB: All Points Bulletin
Ape Escape Fury! Fury!
Aqua (video game)
Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel
Arcania: Gothic 4
ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead
Army Men: Mobile Ops
Army of Two: The 40th Day
Arrow of Laputa
Arsenal of Democracy (video game)
Wikipedia talk:Articles for Creation/The Incident (video game)
Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/State-tistics
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
Atelier Totori: Alchemist of Arland 2
Attack of the Movies 3D

B

Back to the Future: The Game
Backbreaker (video game)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame
Battle Dex
Battle Kid: Fortress of Peril
Battle Punks
Battlefield Play4Free
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem
Bejeweled 3
Bejeweled Blitz
Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex
Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction
BioShock 2
Blacklight: Tango Down
Blade Kitten
Blaster Master: Overdrive
BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale
Blaze Union: Story to Reach the Future
Blood Drive (video game)
Bloody Good Time
Blur (video game)
Bokujo Monogatari: Futago no Mura
Bola (video game)
Bomberman Live: Battlefest
Brunswick Cosmic Bowling
Business Tycoon Online
Buzz!: The Ultimate Music Quiz

C

CSI: Fatal Conspiracy
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Car Town
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Chaos Rings
Chaos;Head Love Chu Chu!
Chime (video game)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (video game)
Chu’s Dynasty
Cities XL 2011
Civilization V
Clash of the Titans (video game)
Clone Wars Adventures
Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force: Herbert’s Revenge
Club Penguin: Game Day!
Combat of Giants: Dinosaur Strike
Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs Fight for Survival
Combat of Giants: Mutant Insects
Combat of Giants: Mutant Insects Revenge
Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight
Coredase
Cosmos X2
Costume Quest
Crackdown 2
Create (video game)
Crime Scene (video game)
Cross Days
CSI: Unsolved
Cut the Rope
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force

D

DJ Max Portable Hot Tunes
User:Dagnor/Battle Dex
Dance Central
Dance Dance Revolution (2010 video game)
Dance Dance Revolution (Wii video game)
Dance Dance Revolution Music Fit
Dance Dance Revolution X2
Dance Evolution
Dance on Broadway
Dante’s Inferno (video game)
Dark Void
Dark Void Zero
DarkStar One
Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage
Darksiders
Data East Arcade Classics
Dead Nation
Dead Rising 2
Dead Space Ignition
Dead or Alive Paradise
Dead to Rights: Retribution
Deadliest Warrior: The Game
Deadly Premonition
DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue
DeathSpank
Deca Sports 3
Deca Sports Freedom
Def Jam Rapstar
Dementium II
Digimon Story: Lost Evolution
Digital: A Love Story
Din’s Curse
Disney Channel All Star Party
Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Disney Sing It: Family Hits
Disney Sing It: Party Hits
Distant Worlds
Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance
DJ Hero 2
DJ Max Portable 3
DJ Max Technika 2
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Doodle God
Doritos Crash Course
Double Spoiler
Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening
Dragon Ball Online
Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team
Dragon Ball: Origins 2
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
Drawn: Dark Flight
Dream Chronicles: The Book of Air
Dreams of Witchtown
Duck Attack!
Durarara!!

E

EA Sports Active 2.0
ESPNU College Town
EA Sports MMA
Echochrome II
Elemental: War of Magic
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Epic Mickey
Eschalon: Book II
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
EverQuest II: Sentinel’s Fate
Eversion (video game)
Everybody’s Tennis Portable
The Eye of Judgment: Legends

F

F1 2010 (video game)
Fable III
Faery: Legends of Avalon
Fairy Wars
Fallout: New Vegas
Fat Princess: Fistful of Cake
Fate/Extra
FIFA 11
The Fight: Lights Out
Final Fantasy XIV
Fire Emblem: Shin Monsho no Nazo: Hikari to Kage no Eiyu
Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage
FlingSmash
Flip’s Twisted World
Florist Shop
Fluidity (video game)
Football Manager 2011
Frobot
Front Mission Evolved
FrontierVille
Fruit Ninja
Furry Legends

G

Game Room
The Garfield Show: Threat of the Space Lasagna
Gbanga Famiglia
Geometry Wars: Touch
GEON HD (video game)
German Truck Simulator
Get Fit With Mel B
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Ghosts ‘n Goblins: Gold Knights
Gladiator Begins
Global Agenda
God Eater
God of War III
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
GodFinger
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
GoldenEye 007 (2010 video game)
Gran Turismo 5
Gray Matter (video game)
Grease (video game)
Greed Corp
Green Day: Rock Band
Guardians of Graxia
Guilty Party
Guitar Hero (iOS)
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Gundam Musou 3

H

Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X 2
Halo 2600
Halo: Reach
Hamlet (video game)
Harms Way (video game)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (video game)
Hasbro Family Game Night 3
Heavy Fire: Special Operations
Heavy Rain
Hector: Badge of Carnage
Hero Core
Heroes of Newerth
High School Dreams: Best Friends Forever
HoopWorld
Horse Isle (video game)
Hotel Tycoon Resort
How to Train Your Dragon (video game)
Hubert the Teddy Bear: Winter Games
Hummingbird Mind
Hydro Thunder Hurricane
Hydrophobia (video game)
Hyperdimension Neptunia
Hysteria Project

I

ICarly 2: iJoin the Click
Ilomilo
Infinity Blade
International Cricket 2010
Iro ni Ide ni Keri Waga Koi wa
Iron Man 2 (video game)

J

J-League Winning Eleven 2010 Club Championship
James Bond 007: Blood Stone
Jett Rocket
Jikandia: The Timeless Land
Jinki: Extend
Joe Danger
Johnny Two Shoes
Kinect Joy Ride
Just Cause 2
Just Dance 2 (video game)
Just Dance Kids

K

K-On!
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Keroro RPG: Kishi to Musha to Densetsu no Kaizoku
Kick-Ass (video game)
Kimi no Nagori wa Shizuka ni Yurete
Kinect Adventures
Kinect Sports
Kinectimals
King’s Bounty: Crossworlds
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Kirby’s Epic Yarn
Konung III: Ties of the Dynasty
The Kore Gang
Kowa-Oto
Kud Wafter
Kung Fu Rider
Kurohyo: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho

L

LOGOS cards
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
The Last Airbender (video game)
Last Ranker
Last Rebellion
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
Lazy Raiders
Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (video game)
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4
Lego Universe
Limbo (video game)
Line Attack Heroes
List of Front Mission Evolved characters
Little League World Series Baseball 2010
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest
Lord of Arcana
Lost Horizon (video game)
Lost Planet 2
Love (computer game)
LovePlus
Lucha Libre AAA: Héroes del Ring
Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals

M

M.U.D. TV
Madden NFL 11
Mafia II
MAG (video game)
Mahotsukai no Yoru
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
Major League Baseball 2K10
Malicious (video game)
MapleStory DS
Mario Sports Mix
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!
Marvel Pinball
Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet
Mass Effect 2
Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond
Max & the Magic Marker
Medal of Honor (2010 video game)
Mega Man 10
Megamind (video game)
Memories Off: Yubikiri no Kioku
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Metro 2033
Metroid: Other M
Michael Jackson: The Experience
The Mighty Decider
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Misshitsu no Sacrifice
MLB 10: The Show
Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.
ModNation Racers
Mom-chan Diet Wii Figureobics by Jung Da-Yeon
Xenoblade
Monday Night Combat
Monsteca Corral
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd
Monster Jam: Path of Destruction
Moonbase Alpha (video game)
Mortal Online
MotoGP 09/10
Motto! Stitch! DS: Rhythm de Rakugaki Daisakusen
Mount&Blade: Warband
My Baby 3 & Friends
MySims SkyHeroes
Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull

N

N.O.V.A 2: The Hero Rises Again
NBA Elite 11
Nail’d
Namco Museum Remix
Napoleon: Total War
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
Naughty Bear
NBA 2K11
NBA Jam (2010 video game)
NCAA Football 11
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010 video game)
Need for Speed: World
Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent
Neuroshima Hex!
New Carnival Games
NHL 11
NHL 2K11
NHL Slapshot
Ni no Kuni
Nier (video game)
Nightmare House 2
Ninety-Nine Nights II
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise
Nobunaga’s Ambition
Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
Numen: Contest of Heroes

O

Okamiden
Orbiter (simulator)

P

PDC World Championship Darts Pro Tour
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX
Pac-Man Party
Pang: Magical Michael
Panzer General: Russian Assault
Pearl Harbor Trilogy – 1941: Red Sun Rising
People Power: The Game of Civil Resistance
Perfect Dark (Xbox Live Arcade)
Persona 2
Phineas and Ferb: Ride Again
Pinball FX 2
Pinball HD
Pirates Plund-Arrr
Planet Minigolf
Pocket Frogs
Pokémon Black and White
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
Poker Night at the Inventory
Pop Island – Paperfield
Power Gig: Rise of the SixString
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Wii)
Prison Break: The Conspiracy
Pro Cycling Manager 2010
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
ProtoGalaxy
Puff Puff (video game)
Pure Football
Puzzle Quest 2

Q

Quake Live
Quantum Theory (video game)

R

R.U.S.E.
RHEM 4: The Golden Fragments
Radiant Historia
Radirgy Noa Massive
Radirgy: Noir
Rage of the Gladiator
Ranch Rush 2
Raskulls
Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time
Record of Agarest War 2
Red Dead Redemption
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
Red Steel 2
Reign (online game)
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
Resonance of Fate
Riddim Ribbon
Rig ‘n’ Roll
Rise of Prussia
Risk: Factions
Rivality
River City Soccer Hooligans
Robocalypse: Beaver Defense
Robot Unicorn Attack
Rock Band 3
Rock of the Dead
Rock-Paper-Sumo
Rocket Knight
Ronin The Samurai
Ronin The Samurai HD
The Room (video game)
Rugby League 3
Rugby League Live

S

SBK X: Superbike World Championship
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3
Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse
Saw II: Flesh & Blood
Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
Scrap Metal (video game)
Secrets Can Kill Remastered
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes
Settlement Fight
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom
Shadow at the Water’s Edge
ShadowPlay
Shank (video game)
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge
Shaun White Skateboarding
Shining Hearts
The Shoot
Shrek Forever After (video game)
Silent Hunter V: Battle of the Atlantic
The Silver Lining (video game)
Simplz: Zoo
The Sims 3 (console video game)
The Sims 3: Ambitions
The Sims 3: Late Night
SingStar Dance
Singularity (video game)
Skate 3
Sniper: Ghost Warrior
Snoopy Flying Ace
So Ra No Wo To
Social City
Solatorobo
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Sonic Colors
Sonic Free Riders
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (video game)
Space Ark (video game)
Spellforce 2: Faith in Destiny
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Splatterhouse (2010 video game)
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction
Split Second: Velocity
SpongeBob’s Boating Bash
Sports Champions
Star Trek Online
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Stargate: Resistance
Start the Party
Storm Over the Pacific (video game)
Strategic Command WWII Global Conflict
Strimko
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Meat Boy
Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll
Super Scribblenauts
Super Street Fighter IV
Super Swap
Superstars V8 Next Challenge
Supreme Commander 2

T

TV Superstars
Taiko no Tatsujin 14
Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Dororon! Yokai Daikessen!!
Taiko no Tatsujin (iOS)
Taiko no Tatsujin Plus
Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Minna de Party 3 Daime
Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
Tap Tap Revenge 4
Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
Tecmo Bowl Throwback
Terror Attack: Project Fateh
The Ball (video game)
The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout
The King of Fighters XIII
Things on Wheels
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
Time Crisis: Razing Storm
TNA Impact!: Cross the Line
Tokyo Mono Hara Shi: Karasu no Mori Gakuen Kitan
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Tony Hawk: Shred
Tournament of Legends
Toy Soldiers (video game)
Toy Story 3: The Video Game
Trail of the Twister
Transcendence (video game)
Transformers: War for Cybertron
Transformers: Cybertron Adventures
Transformers: War for Cybertron (Nintendo DS)
Trauma Team
Treasure Isle (Zynga game)
Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll
Tron: Evolution
Tron: Evolution – Battle Grids
Two Worlds II

U

UFC Undisputed 2010
Ultra Coliseum DX: Ultra Senshi Daishuketsu
Un Juego de Huevos
Utatchi

V

VVVVVV
Valkyria Chronicles II
Vancouver 2010 (video game)
Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment
Vanquish (video game)
Victoria II
Voodoo Dice

W

W.L.O. Sekai Renai Kiko
WRC: FIA World Rally Championship (2010 video game)
Wakeboarding HD
War of Legends
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising
We Rule
White Album 2
White Knight Chronicles (series)
White Knight Chronicles 2
Wii Party
Winning Goal
Winx Club: Believix in You
World of Tanks
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars
Worms: Reloaded
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011

X

X Games SnoCross
X-Scape

Y

Yakuza 4
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Decade Duels
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tag Force 5
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s: Reverse of Arcadia

Z

Zangeki no Reginleiv
Zeebo F.C. Foot Camp
Zero Gear
Zombie Panic in Wonderland

Think that’s all of them, apart from the ones for telephones and the ones that start with letters from the Greek alphabet.

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SONIC THING

To celebrate Sonic’s 20th birthday, and to keep with the tradition of ruining anything Sonic-related, Sega have decided to betray his roots entirely, by having him endorse a rival’s product.

Only available in America, off MadCatz’s (quite poor) site

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YET ANOTHER BLOODY DREAMCAST GAME IS COMING OUT

It is called Sturmwind. We suspect that’s German for Storm Wind. It’s about horizontal alien attack and looks surprisingly OK, especially as its Wikipedia entry says it was originally meant for the Atari Jaguar CD.

Here’s the official trailer.

And here’s the press release, so we can say we’re still supporting the people who do this sort of thing even though we think they’re actually just a bit mental:

Recently, redspotgames revealed their latest Dreamcast title on “neues,” a news program on the German channel 3sat. There Max Scharl, CEO of redspotgames, presented Sturmwind for Dreamcast for the first time, including scenes from the game. But aside from a few clips in the background, this announcement was largely comprised of screenshots rather than video.

Since then, Sturmwind has been the recipient of wide-ranging international media feedback. The interest in this Shoot ‘em Up for the last Sega platform has taken hold not only in the Dreamcast scene, but far beyond. redspotgames has been thrilled to receive such interest from outside the target audience.

Now redspotgames, an indie publisher based in Munich and Duranik, a two-man developer team from Erlenmoos, Germany, present the official Sturmwind trailer on their YouTube pages. The trailer features several levels as well as some of the game’s impressive bosses. It has also been revealed that the environment is completely destructable and that the game will feature vertical scrolling sections in addition to the horizontal. Sturmwind is still on target for a Q2 2011 release.

Preorder can be made at http://www.redspotgames.com/shop. As the publishers note, payment is not required until Sturmwind becomes available.

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BY PUBLIC DEMAND: THE SEGA TOILET GAME

Judging by the huge number of urine-based puns lined up in our email inbox this morning, you would all be MADE HAPPY today by us mentioning this – the SEGA weeing urinal game. It’s the most disappointing Japanese piss video you will see today.

From loads of places on the internet, over the past few days, via lots of people. Like, at least three. Thanks everyone.

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A REVIEW OF A NEW SEGA PRODUCT

Well, sort of.

It’s actually the Blaze “10-games-in-one” Megadrive system. But it’s new! I bought it from a real shop! Yesterday! Just like when Sega used to have consoles stocked in shops!

So… is it any good?

There's a Sad Onion on the back of the box too...

The box looks authentic, like a real Sega product. This is EXCITING!

The Megadrive logo is wonky. The kind of attention to detail that put Sega where they are now...

The console itself is very, very light. The controllers are tacky and the d-pads are sharp enough to cause serious injury if carelessly hurled during a heated gaming session. You can however plug in regular Megadrive controllers. There is also a cartridge slot for your Megadrive games. The whole thing runs through 2 composite leads, one for video and one for audio.

Oh dear :(

…and this is the game selection screen. Fatal Labyrinth appears to have been elided into one word. The colour’s a bit washed out, but it IS on a 42″ TV.

ESWAT vs the dreaded flash!

And this is an actual game running from the console. Verdict? The colours are a bit washed out, and the sound is tinny but it’s less of an arse than trying to get your old Megadrive running on an LCD TV with a decent picture. It’s a bit finicky about some Megadrive games, but it’s played most of the ones I’ve tried. Overall? It’s a cheap bit of fun, and if your old console is totally knackered you could do worse than give it a punt.

7/10, or if you want it in stars *** out of *****

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PS3 GETTING STREAMING ITV SUPPORT

That would seem to be the perfect fit.

ps3-itv

X-Factor. Call of Duty. X-Factor. Call of Duty. X-Factor. Call of Duty. X-Factor. Call of Duty. X-Factor. Call of Duty. X-Factor. Call of Duty. X-Factor. Call of Duty. UNTIL YOU DIE OF NEGLECT AND INFECTED BED SORES.

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ONE LAST ROLL OF THE DICE FOR ‘EPIC MICKEY’

Someone at Disney thought that paying a big-name photographer lots of money to take photographs of a plastic child’s toy in a variety of London locations might boost sales of the Wii platform game.

epic mickey photos

We have not requested the high-resolution originals.

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FACEBOOK RAPES OUR CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

Facebook  have been guilty of many things – breaching people’s privacy, messing up people’s lives and jobs and all those infuriating ‘repost this status if you agree’ comments. But now they’ve gone too far. This is war:

There is no funny alt-text that will make this alright... :(

You are looking at ‘Crazy Taxi,’ the Facebook game. When I asked someone who played it if it was anything like Sega’s Crazy Taxi, he replied “Sadly no. It’s like a Chase HQ / Out Run combo with jumping. Minus all the fun.”

You can watch it in motion here if you want. I don’t recommend it, it’s just too awful. :(

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SEGA PUTTING DREAMCASTS INTO WASHING MACHINES

In an ironic twist, Sega have copied Sony, by secretly putting Dreamcast consoles inside washing machines.

Back story:

The missus went out, so I thought I’d impress her by showing her how much of a modern man I am, by attempting  the washing.

After several swears, a couple of threats and a few minutes of ham-fistedly mashing 80% of the buttons and twisting its FOUR dials, this little beauty popped up:

It’s the proper logo colour too. Not that stupid blue one.

The washing machine even appears to be washing things, and it hasn’t caught fire.

Brownie points all round. This’ll make up for the last eleven-ish years of erratic mood swings.

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