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Ever want to build your own Ponyville? Well thanks to the fine folks at Gameloft (hmmm, I feel like maybe I just talked about them not too long ago...) you're going to get the chance to tomorrow. That's right, you only have to survive one more cold, dark , pony game-less day until you can construct Rarity's Boutique wherever you want in your very own Ponyville. Hell, it'll be better than playing Angry Birds Star Wars, which also, unfortunately, also comes out tomorrow. Expect reviews of both! For now though, feast your eyes on some Twilightlicious (hey, Tara Strong coined that one, not me) screenshots after the jump.
Yup, they did it. PETA, the real life Team Plasma, has finally went and parodied Pokémon, everyone's favorite monster cockfighting simulator. While it makes more sense then their Super Tanooki whatever game did, it's kind of a leap to protest the abuse of fictional animals. But it's PETA, so I guess expecting it to make sense is kind of a stretch.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
Terrible indeed. I'd been playing Rovio's Bad Piggies (for a review, coming soon) and enjoying it quite a bit, thinking "Maybe Rovio ain't so bad". Guess I was wrong. Still though, not the worst video game-related thing to happen to Star Wars in recent memory...
It's pretty common knowledge I'm not a very big fan of the Angry Birds. I mean, I thought Space was pretty alright mostly because they actually spent the time trying to innovate on their existing formula (rather than just toss a new theme on it like they did Seasons and Rio). Bad Piggies looks like it is actively trying to turn the whole Angry Birds formula on its head, by making a game about building instead of destroying. In the just released today gameplay footage (which you can see below, by the way), it shows you'll be building adorably ramshackle little vehicles for the pigs to drive (and fly) in to traverse very Angry Birds-looking (so basically Worms-looking) terrain. It --at least to me anyways-- looks leaps and bounds more fun than flinging birds at wood over and over again. Then again, I've always been more of a building guy than a destroying guy. Must be all those impressionable years with Lego bricks in hand.
[via yahoogames]
AMC dropped a short but very sweet trailer of the upcoming 3rd season of The Walking Dead today! There's a lot of action going on, which makes me wonder (and hope) if they are going to up the amount of action scenes. You can see a bit of the prison, and some Michonne, and a whole lot of undead ass kicking! Can't wait for Oct. 14!
If you were wondering what Wii U's NintendoTvii feature looked like, wonder no further! Watch as your gamepad magically becomes a remote! Marvel as the Wii U brings Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Instant Watch all to one place! Giggle at its stupid name! (wouldn't Nintendo TeeVii look at least a little better?)
Check out this video and see the truly unique ways in which Wii U launch title ZombiU uses the gamepad screen. If you don't think this is at least kinda cool, you're probably being an overly cynical butt and you should stop that. It's why you don't have any friends. Anyways, check it out.
After the big 'ol bucket of disappointment that New Super Mario Bros. 2 was, I want to be skeptical about this one, but you know what? It looks pretty good. The graphics show some major improvement, there's an actual map screen this time (which is something I complained about in my NSMB2 review a lot) and Challenge mode seems like a fantastic idea. I'm just not going to let my hopes get too high though. Cross on over for the trailer and the gameplay vid from the Wii U Preview event.
That's right! Everyone's favorite gun-heel toting, hair magic usin' Umbra witch is back! Much to the impotent rage of console fanboys (and boneheaded Kotaku commenters) this Bayonetta is a Wii U exclusive! There's no hard facts on it yet...besides the fact that it exsists, but still...Bayonetta 2! Hit the jump for the trailer, which doesn't have any gameplay, or anything much really, except for some gunshots, a blade, and Bayonetta's signature footwear (which is now blue!).
Yup, it's $299 for the Basic Set and $349 for the Deluxe Set, both of which are comin' atcha on November 18th. Not bad! Hit the jump to see what each set nets you.
...and it has a certain speedy blue hedgehog in it! After seeing the first trailer probably half a million god darn times (because they play it repeatedly on the TVs at my job) it's pretty refreshing to see some new footage for this great looking Disney flick. Hit the jump to see it, and get some sad news regarding whether or not the movie will feature any mustachioed plumbers.
The best sock puppet show of the 90s... okay, probably ever is back! This time the intrepid duo will be review video games as part of their weird variety/interview/whatever it was show. The catch, though, is the games are hilariously fake. In the first episode, Sifl and Olly cover 2 titles for the Zeus 720's Kinetic add-on, Slap Dat Ass: Beat Jams and a home health diagnosis app. Check it out-- and the new series' promo vid-- after the jump!
[via machinima]
