Castle Crashers for XBLA can't come out quick enough. Well Dtoiders we're in luck because a Castle Crashers flash game has been released on kongregate and it's awesome.
From Kongregate Tom Fulp, creator of Newgrounds.com and programmer for “The Behemoth” has vowed not to shave his face until the release of his next console game “Castle Crashers” for the X-Box 360 live-arcade.
Newgrounds office workers have noticed Tom’s behavior and sanity steadily declining as his beard grows.
Will Tom win his battle to finish Castle Crashers, or will “The Beard” win in the end? Play this game to find out.
It's been featured on Digg, it's graced the pages of Kotaku, and now Gamesradar's list comes to the Dtoid Cblogs, the 15 best video game stories ever. I was pleased to find that I own 14 of the 15 games, meaning that even thought my most recent video game purchase was Lair, I have the best taste in video games in the world.
The list includes:
Metal Gear Solid (PS/PC)
Grim Fandango (PC)
The Longest Journey (PC)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2/Xbox/PC)
Beyond Good and Evil (PS2/Gamecube/Xbox/PC)
Astro Boy: Omega Factor (GBA)
Portal (PS3/360/PC)
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father (PC)
Bioshock (360/PC)
Planescape: Torment (PC)
Fallout 2 (PC)
God of War (PS2)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox/PC)
Final Fantasy VI (SNES)
Silent Hill 2 (PS2/Xbox/PC)
The only game I don't own is Astro Boy but from the description of the plot and video the game looks pretty cool. Plot wise my favorite game is probably Grim Fandango, if you have never played that game get on ebay or amazon right now, you will not regret it. You can even ask Chad about it.
So check out the article and few videos then give your opinion, did they miss anything? Anything overrated?
Forget the fact that I was born, raised, and continue to live in California, I just bounded past Jim Sterling on the Pip Pip Cheerio scale, officially becoming more British than him. The reason you ask? Well that would be my new glass monocle!
Some of you would say "Jim already has a monocle, even though it's plastic his accent more than makes up for it." Well my friends that is not all.
Also, spats!
Eat your heart out Jim Sterling........you too Scrooge McDuck.
I know very little about the upcoming game This is Vegas but from what I'd seen it seemed interesting. Now that I've seen the video my interest has been peeked. In the video your character arrives at a club and through missions and mini games (one of which is a wet T-Shirt contest, nipples and all) turns the club from a lack luster showing to a Big Bumpin' Vegas party.
Well the game is now on my radar, and if they show some interesting variety it looks like it could be a worthwhile purchase.
What the hell was I doing in 2003 that I missed this?!?!? I'm convinced that if I had even thought that there might be Monkey Island machinima, my life would be much better than it is today. Though it might not be as funny as the real thing (and really, what could) the movie does bring a sense of longing for the good ol' days of hilarious Lucasarts Adventure games.
Enough talk, go check out Monkey Island 2 Outtakes. Oh, and keep your mouse handy, there are some hidden clips if you click the right objects during the scenes. I found 3 but it looks like there is four.
About a week ago You have to burn the rope made the rounds on the community blogs, it's a very fun game but the best part was the song that played after you beat it. Now that song can be yours, you can click here for the direct download or here to go to the artists player that includes all the music including the song played while walking through the tunnel and the song played while fighting the grinning colossus.
And if you missed the game altogether check it out here.
If you hate yourself and love to be frustrated by crazy asian shooters this is your week, Ikaruga comes out on XBLA Wed 1am PDT. No doubt the recent confirmation Of Ikaruga will bring both talk about it being the best week ever and at the same time complaints about the 360 dpad in the next RFGo.
Press Release:The Japanese arcade hit "Ikaruga" receives the full Xbox LIVE Arcade treatment and is poised to launch on the platform this Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. GMT (1:00 a.m. PDT).
"Ikaruga" is a fast-paced scrolling shooter with a twist - players must constantly switch their ship's polarity to maximize their damage output and avoid incoming enemy fire of the opposite polarity.
"Ikaruga" on Xbox LIVE Arcade features a two-player co-op mode both locally and over Xbox LIVE. Newcomers can also easily bring their skill up to speed by using the game's slow motion training mode.
"Ikaruga" is a perfect combination of beautiful, manga-style storytelling and challenging arcade heroics, all brought to life in a gorgeous HD environment.
Gamers itching to obtain a moment of "Ikaruga" glory will be wise to master the chaining system that detects when enemies of the same polarity are destroyed consecutively. Doing so will reward players with huge score bonuses, which will be key to topping "Ikaruga's" leaderboards.
The ability to relive a particularly harrowing battle is also possible thanks to the game's record and replay function, which is new to the Xbox LIVE Arcade version of the game.
From the Japanese developer Treasure, "Ikaruga" will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB.
Independent developer Void Star Creations unveils two new downloadable content packs for their hit Xbox LIVE Arcade title, "Poker Smash" this Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. GMT (1:00 a.m. PDT). The new content includes two Action Mode Environments in the Environment Pack and an additional 15 Puzzles in the Puzzle Pack, giving "Poker Smash" players a total of 13 immersive environments and 70 mind bending puzzles. The "Poker Smash" Environment Pack and Puzzle Pack will each be available for 100 Microsoft Points.
Sure we all know that Saints Row is a lack luster imitation of GTA but since it was the first GTA clone to come out on next gen and wasn't terrible it was worth a play through. Now with GTA coming out in a matter of weeks the argument to own both GTA4 and Saints Row 2 becomes a little tougher, that is until THQ played their ace card or as I like to call it, the Busey card.
