| Capcom Announces Upcoming Downloadable Games For Xbox 360 and PS3
Today, Capcom has announced several upcoming games, to be distributed as downloads for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PCs. The Capcom Digital Initiative starts with these digitally distributed titles on Xbox Live Arcade, The Playstation Network and PCs: Classics being redone for HD include:
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
"Capcom will maintain the integrity of the popular game by utilizing the original game code while upgrading the graphics with new artwork and high resolution 1080p images. Again, all of the art, from character animation to stage backgrounds, will be completely redrawn by Udon Entertainment, the company responsible for the official US Street Fighter series of comics. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix will include both online and offline competition for one to two players." - Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
"The new version of the game features newly created 1080p HD graphics, several new game modes, improved game balance, new stage backgrounds courtesy of Udon Entertainment and online play." A couple of licensed games were also announced:
- Rocketmen: Axis of Evil
"In this arcade shooter, players will join the heroes of the Alliance of Free Planets in their white-knuckled, frenzied struggle to free the Solar System.
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Microsoft's XNA-Based YouTube for Games
Last year, Microsoft outlined a vision of a "YouTube for games" that would allow countless games created by students, hobbyist, and independent developers to be downloaded and played through Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live. While exact details remain unannounced, GDC 2007 offered a few glimpses of what's to come. To facilitate the creation of games for the YouTube-style Community Arcade, Microsoft has been pushing the XNA game development platform, a push that continued in force at the conference. In fact, the publisher's expo booth was entirely branded around XNA, as opposed to Xbox. A free development kit called XNA Game Studio Express was released in December. At GDC, Microsoft showed off some of the games that were made with the suite since then. XNA is said to theoretically make game development so easy that some users can whip up a working PC/Xbox 360 game in just a few days.
Puzzle Fighter and more Street Fighter lead Capcom's Digital ...
Capcom announced their plan to take on the downloadable arenas of the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 today, a move they dub their "Digital Initiative." The first phase of the Digital Initiative is the announcement of four new downloadable games that are slated for realase sometime this Fall: Rocketmen: Axis of Evil (PS3 and Xbox 360) Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PS3 and Xbox 360) Talisman (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) I believe this is the first time a company has announced concurrent development of a game on both the PlayStation Network and the Xbox Live Arcade. Rocketmen: Axis of Evil will be an arcade shooter based on the popular WizKids property. Up to four players will be able to join the Alliance of Free Planets to blast away at the enemy.
Disney, Stuffed Animals, Draw Kids to Online Games
CNN Money has up a piece looking at the next defining force in online games; neither Blizzard nor Lord of the Rings Online has their attention: it's all about stuffed animals. 'Tweens', as they're called, are a hugely influential market and game-makers are finally responding with online spaces keyed to their interests. Titles like Club Penguin and WebKinz allow older kids their freedom while still providing a safe place to play. Outfits like Disney and Nickelodeon are getting into the fray, and with good reason. Tweens, the article estimates, are a $40 billion demographic. "Club Penguin and Webkinz trumpet their sites as safe, ad-free environments. Disney and Nickelodeon are more frankly commercial and--in a big shift--ad-supported. Marketing to kids is always tricky; no one wants to be seen shilling to children.
Organizational One-Stop: Apr. 23
The Red Sox' five-game winning streak ended at the hands of the Blue Jays and the Drive fell, but the Sea Dogs and JetHawks each enjoyed big offensive nights to win their respective games. The PawSox, meanwhile, had an early advantage wiped out due to bad weather. Here's the organizational recap for Monday: .
YouTube Conspiracy Theory: GreenTeaGirlie
So far my sleuthing has required the Danish skills of my roommate's Icelandic friend, the Morse-code skills of a friend's ex-Navy father, and a webcam. Starting at the end of March, new poster GreenTeaGirlie put up an increasingly cryptic series of YouTube videos dropping clues to a mysterious viral video game. The first puzzle (video embedded below) was to figure out her favorite colors from a string of numbers - 733944832583. Turns out if you punch these digits into your cell phone using the T9 type system, you spell "red white blue." How patriotic. Perhaps GreenTeaGirlie is playing out an interactive-video version of Clue, perhaps she will end up being a corporate green tea shill, or maybe it's some viral school project. Enter an intrepid blogger (me + coffee) with some video editing experience and a webcam.
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