PlayStation France CEO, Philippe Cardon, has let slip that a Monster Hunter game for PlayStation Vita is apparently due in the next few months.
In a translated interview with French site Le Point, Cardon tried to quell anxiety over the Vita’s lackluster sales in Japan by pointing to its lack of Japanese focused release software. One title in particular came up, Monster Hunter.
Cordan said. “The games available at launch in Japan do not correspond to the typology of the Japanese public. It lacks a particular game, Monster Hunter, scheduled for the coming months,”
He went on to say.“Had it been there from the start in Japan, the story would have been different.”
Capcom and Sony have yet to release a statement on this story or anything regarding a Monster Hunter title for the new handheld, but with the series’ popularity so high it’s looking like no-brainer.
Thanks to the lovely folks at Codemasters we have three Dizzy T-shirts and three Dizzy badge sets to give away in celebration of the recent HD re-release of Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk on iOS.
For your chance to enter, comment in this post and/or tweet the following:
RT and follow @midlifegamernet for a chance to win some Dizzy prizes from @Codemasters #Dizzy #DizzyPrinceoftheYolkfolk http://bit.ly/wkbPBj
The winner will get drawn on Sunday 05/02/12 at midnight.
Good luck!
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Entries made after the closing date will not be counted.
Please do not tweet more than 3 times a day (spread out throughout the day i.e. do NOT tweet 3 times in quick succession) to avoid annoying your followers. Spammers will not win this competition.
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Today wasn’t a good day, the highlight had to be finding a dead mouse in the bowels of a dishwasher, only to have to repair all the wires he’d chewed through before biting a live one. Mr. Jinx sure did ride the lightning, I had to crack his solid cadaver off the casing with a screwdriver. Naturally my epic day put in a fantastic frame of mind for recording, the more astute of you may notice. Combine that with the awful screen I encounter today, I nearly lost it a few times there but my composure and editing skills kept it together.
Note: Parental advisory, terrible language and visual themes.
I felt the tingling of rage today, bubbling up from my gutty-wuts and forcing out via a dry rasping in my throat. It may’ve just been allergies but I felt it. It seems I Wanna Kill The Guy follows the age-old trope of the rule of three, but also seems to fulfil the rule of being a ball-washing shit-flicker of a game. You’ll see what I mean.
As always, expect explicit language, and some desk banging (just incase that offends anyone).
The phrase “bitten off more than you can chew” has a new meaning to me. I am now quickly running out of familiar screens. Soon I will be in the deep open waters of unknowing and annoyance. Bring a sturdy coat, you may get wet.
Note: This video contains language not suitable for minors, or miners.
Free to play games have a stigma of gimmicky mechanics, low production quality and hidden costs but fortunately this isn’t always the case. ShatnerzBassoon found this out when he reviewed League of Legends and now I have with a significantly newer title, Brawl Busters.
Brawl Busters (avaliable here) is a free to play multiplayer, melee heavy, class based combat game where players set out to beat each other, or AI zombies, stupid with a selection of sport based weapons, special moves and collectable items. Sharing more than a passing resemblance to Team Fortress 2, Brawl Busters cartoon-esque visuals and humorous avatars branding footballs and baseball bats make for a charming, appealing and familiar setup. It’s an easy game to pick up and play. However, there are some nuanced mechanics such as power-ups and environmental navigation that a comprehensive set of tutorial missions ease you through against AI zombie enemies. Once … Read More.
I am a courteous person, part of my job ensures customers are happy and that I am respectful at all times. Inside I am seething. When out of earshot of customers, safe in my little metal cabin that I call home but others call a van I am not a very nice person. Not driving at 60mph on a carriageway? I’ll be right up your exhaust pipe so you can literally see the spittle on my windscreen. X-Factor deploying the Adele music when an unfortunate contestant has a club foot? I imagine taking my trusty Bic biro and thrusting it down old Cowell’s throat, the same way they are forcing this blatant crap on society. *calm down*
Some would say therapy would be an ideal solution to this. Been there, done that. Herbal tea perhaps? Relaxing walks in my picturesque Cornwall. Nope instead what I am going to do is force … Read More.
If popularity is a measure of implied quality then Riot Games League of Legends is up there with the best. With over 32 million accounts, 11.5 million playing monthly and 4 million getting their daily dose of session based strategy fun there’s no shortage of participants.
Sadly though history has shown that mass appeal is no surety of quality, just look at Jeremy Kyle and the resurgence of wolf fleeces, so after a few months of intensive play I thought I would share my thoughts on League of Legends and its long term appeal.
My adventure began quite by chance three months ago when I exposed myself (not in a literal sense) to a League of Legends tournament game on YouTube. With a $10,000 prize it made for compelling viewing and having observed glimpses of talent trees and experience based levelling mechanics I got all giddy, found it was free to … Read More.
Welcome to Spoiler Alert, a new monthly podcast where Greg Giddens and two guests talk about a recently released game in-between pointing fun at each other.
This month is all about Saints Row The Third.
In this show the trio, Greg Giddens, Neale Jarrett (Baron Von Pleb) and Mike Hirst share their experience with this crazy sandbox city title. Prepare yourselves for an hour of anecdotes and crazy stories which may entice you back to this great, utterly bonkers, game.
Of course it’s called Spoiler Alert for a reason, so expect stories about certain quests, and occurrences which you may not have experienced yourself.
So enjoy the podcast and continue to share your own adventures in the forums and the posts below.
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Imagine the scene; Chuck Sommerville – the creator of Chip’s Challenge – is chilling out with a cocktail when he is abducted by Woop the alien. He wants Chuck to make him puzzles to solve, he is not keen but eventually he agrees and sets about creating puzzle challenges for Woop to complete, as a character within the game.
The game is viewed from a top down perspective; each puzzle requires you to get Woop to the exit, a swirling blue vortex. The puzzles range from the basic, moving blocks to clear a passage, meanwhile other levels require you to pickup little power ups to allow you to walk on water or Lava to help you on your way. Sometimes you will come across electrical barriers that will require you to collect F.I.S.H. (Fuel In Silicon Housing) to remove them.
There are plenty of characters, or ‘pets’ as Woop calls them, … Read More.
Dizzy Competition
January 30th, 2012 by Greg Giddens
It’s competition time here on Midife Gamer.
Thanks to the lovely folks at Codemasters we have three Dizzy T-shirts and three Dizzy badge sets to give away in celebration of the recent HD re-release of Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk on iOS.
For your chance to enter, comment in this post and/or tweet the following:
RT and follow @midlifegamernet for a chance to win some Dizzy prizes from @Codemasters #Dizzy #DizzyPrinceoftheYolkfolk http://bit.ly/wkbPBj
The winner will get drawn on Sunday 05/02/12 at midnight.
Good luck!
Terms and conditions:
Entries made after the closing date will not be counted.
Please do not tweet more than 3 times a day (spread out throughout the day i.e. do NOT tweet 3 times in quick succession) to avoid annoying your followers. Spammers will not win this competition.
Midlife Gamer reserves the right to amend these rules and also to disqualify anyone considered to be a negative factor towards the site, the competition or our affiliates.
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