For anyone who thinks Captain America would make a more appropriate post to announce the Fourth of July hiatus doesn’t know shit about patriotism. Plus Cap is dead and I couldn’t find a good image of the eagle graphic from the The Colbert Report. If any of you schweinhunds see liberty this weekend, point at her.
It makes sense. If you were making a James Bond movie, you would probably want it to be just like Goldfinger. And if you were making a James Bond video game—nay, any first-person shooter—you would probably want to mimic N64’s hugely influential GoldenEye 007. So it’s no surprise that, when Joystiq interviewed Jeremy Luyties, the designer of the new Quantum Of Solace game, he had this to say:
We’re very influenced by GoldenEye, and we’re also very thankful that a game like that came out that we can learn from. You’ll see a lot of little homages in the game, like when you bring up the map, you’ll see your hand come up, almost like the watch in GoldenEye. There are a lot of little hidden things like that in the game. They’re like little messages from us as a developer, saying “Thank you guys for creating such a great game. Here’s our respectful take on that experience.”
For a little more GoldenEye goodness, hit the jump to see a video of a hacked version of game on a Wii.
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Ever since word got out about Sony Online’s upcoming MMO DC Universe Online—which features all of the DC characters in their native environments—the ‘net has been buzzing with anticipation. Information about the game was painfully scarce, until the fanboy set discovered some ads in the last week’s DC comic releases that pointed them to the game’s secret Myspace.
And what did they find on the site? Well, besides some cool wallpapers and info about an exclusive party at Comic-Con, the page had the first available screenshots of the game. Jackpot, right? Right. Except for the fact that they’re crazy small, as you can see above. But, these should do until E3 or until the game debuts at the San Diego Comic-Con later this month. After the jump, check out a video of concept art from the game.
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This is the age of customization—if we can design our own T-shirts, Nikes, and soda cans, it’s only right that we get a say in how our video games are packaged. Beginning today, Activision is allowing fans to vote for one of two potential cover images for its upcoming Spider-Man: Web of Shadows game.
They might not be radically different, but hey, it’s a start. Eventually we’d like to see votes on actual fan-designed covers, and maybe even more than just two choices. But credit due to Activision, who is running the cover contest in conjunction with other “Seize Control” consumer voting initiatives, like the casting of voice actors in the game. Check out the Seize Control site to cast your vote for the game cover. And if you’re really emotionally invested in seeing Spidey’s forearms, you can go back and vote once every day while you wait for the October release date. Get a look at some Web of Shadows gameplay and an interview with the game’s designers after the jump.
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