Archives for Jan 15th, 2012

Japanese hardware sales, January 2 - 8: A personal appeal edition

by Jordan Mallory (Jan 15th 2012 11:30PM)

You know, we've been thinking about it, and now that fighting games are big business again, maybe it's time to revive some of the franchises that debuted near the end of the last era? Games that, for all intents and purposes, were never given the attention they deserved by the fighting game ...

The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Captain Jameson

by Jessica Conditt (Jan 15th 2012 10:30PM)

Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to writing free-form poetry on their LiveJournals. We at Joystiq believe no one deserves to starve, and many indie developers are entitled to a ...

Brains for lunch: Capcom's Japanese bar menu revealed, kind of

by Jessica Conditt (Jan 15th 2012 9:00PM)

Cap Bar, Capcom's bar in Shinjuku, Tokyo, is set to open Jan. 25, complete with game kiosks, a Capcom merch store and a Capcom-themed menu -- including the following four teaser dishes: - Ace Attorney pasta and rice - Monster Hunter allaculte and meat - Devil Kings salad and soup - ...

Relax and watch this Namco X Capcom London Fight Club video

by Jessica Conditt (Jan 15th 2012 7:30PM)

Some of you will enjoy a nice, extra day off on Monday, and we would hate for you to get bored while you sit around in your pajamas, not working. If at any point you feel as if you've moved or thought too much tomorrow, go ahead zone out with the above recap video from the Namco X Capcom ...

Engadget goes hands-on with the RetroDuo Portable NES/SNES

by Jordan Mallory (Jan 15th 2012 6:00PM)

We don't know if you guys realize this or not, but CES is a big show. Like, really big. So big, in fact, that our crack team of ground forces couldn't possibly see all that there is to see, no matter how efficient and devilishly handsome they may be. Thankfully, our sister site Engadget was ...

Nexuiz brings the twitch back to FPS on XBLA

by Mike Schramm (Jan 15th 2012 4:30PM)

It's circa 1999, and I'm in my freshman college dorm room, playing a game on my Windows 98 computer. It uses a clunky CRT monitor that takes up most of my desk, but on that monitor a series of images flashes by -- walls, a floor, a skybox overhead, more walls, more floors. Quickly, there's a ...

Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure CES screens are new, recycled

by Jessica Conditt (Jan 15th 2012 3:00PM)

Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure brings five modern-classic animated films into real, still-animated life this March. The following screens offer a glimpse of each movie -- Cars, Toy Story, The Incredibles, Up and Ratatouille -- and how they'll transfer to motion controls. We're not entirely ...

Radiangames wants you to have fun during the zombie apocalypse

by Jessica Conditt (Jan 15th 2012 1:30PM)

If we learned one thing in the Girl Scouts (don't judge -- you'd join for the Thin Mints too), it was to always be prepared... for the zombie apocalypse. Sure, you have a crossbow, an axe and a stash of high-powered weaponry in the barn out back, but what about the downtime? Yahtzee is fun ...

Jagex hires Rockstar's Alex Horton as Chief Creative Officer

by Jordan Mallory (Jan 15th 2012 12:00PM)

Alex Horton, an ex-Rockstar animator and designer whose resume includes Manhunt, Grand Theft Auto 3 and Red Dead Revolver, is now Chief Creative Officer at Jagex, the Cambridge developer most known for its free-to-play MMO RuneScape. Horton's position allows him oversight on the creative ...

The Theater of History: SoulCalibur 5 story mode trailer

by Jordan Mallory (Jan 15th 2012 10:30AM)

Namco Bandai is really ramping up its trailer output ahead of SoulCalibur 5's January 31 arrival in North America. This time, we get a look at the cinematics contained within the game's story mode, and from what we can tell the whole experience can be summed up in three words: Glowing bloom ...