Monster Hunter Tri is out in Japan in less than a month, and to get the hype train going they've released a brand new trailer which captures all forms of the word, "epic."
Check it out above. New Monsters, new weapons, new areas, a closer look at the town... I really can't describe it in words, so just give it a quick watch. You'll see what I mean.
This weekend is full of all sorts of fun activities, usually full of some hotdog grilling, pool parties, fire works, and just time off to relax. Speaking of hotdogs, pop in some Bionic Commando. You should also check out this RAD contest, Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest.
So from team Unity, have fun this weekend!
Grant and intrepid still-not-a-real-boy intern Gerald are currently knee-deep in Naruto fans at the LA Convention Center, as Anime Expo 2009 is officially on and crazytime. As you can see, the boys are making friends at the Capcom booth, showing off Tatsunoko VA Capcom Ultimate All-Stars and snapping photos of Capcom-flavored cosplayers. Are you going to the con this weekend? Will you be wearingCapcom regalia? If so, stop by so we can snap an image of your soul and paste it on Capcom Unity for all to see, just like these here folks. Watch this space, as I'll update it with more pictures from the show as they come in.
TvC is spanning the globe this weekend, making appearances at the Japan Expo in Paris France, and at the Anime Expo in LA.
Check out the rest of the screens here!
Stephen T of Kotaku (ne MTv Multiplayer) just posted an interesting piece on why swimming either sucks, kills you or is eventually removed from most video games (barring those starring Aquaman, of course). Stephen fired some email at Mr. B. Judd regarding Nathan Spencer's inability to backstroke his way to victory: turns out that a gigantic metal arm is not actually a flotation device. Read up on deep thougts about dog paddling from industry luminaries like Ben Judd, Pete Wanat, Dave Perry and Darren Bridges from Sucker Punch.
Awesome sci-fi (definitely not SyFy) blog i09 dug up a link to concept artist Mitchell Mohrhauser's blog that immediately attracted my attention for the piece above. It's obvious that Nikolai Tesla's lab was inspiration of this piece. Tesla, of course, is the de facto leader of the human resistance attempting to stop the Watchers' invasion of Earth in Dark Void.
In reality, Tesla was a slightly crazed eastern European scientist who worked with Edison until their opposing views on electricity drove them apart (turned out, Tesla was more right than Edison). As the years went by, Tesla became more and more wacky, eventually becoming convinced that he could tap into an invisible energy source to power his "Teleforce," a weapon that the press quickly dubbed a "death ray." In 1934. For reals.
In the game world of Dark Void, Tesla has been using his supergenius to build the Ark for the human survivors, and has also created the jetpack that he straps on Our Hero Will as soon as he shows up. Will fortunately doesn't seem to have too many issues with being used as an experimental human torpedo, much to the inevitable delight of you, the player.
Mohrhauser is clearly channeling a lot of the same creative energies that the boys at Air Tight were grokking when they came up with Dark Void. Crossing fingers that Dark Void is a hit, we should get this guy involved with production design for the sequel.
We've written about this father's epic quest to make the world's bestest and cutest Mega Man costume for his son before, but this video from College Humor was too good to pass up. Pew pew pew!
Lost Planet makes the Akrid weak spots super obvious... The giant orange glowing spots! Most Akrid have glowing butts, which we all know is where the massive damage can be done. Wait... Ok well, without taking that sentence further, I have a little Unity contest for you over the holiday weekend. Tell us where your glowing weak spot is. It can be something psychical, like a glowing butt, or even metaphorical like, "My weak spot is when all the office donuts are gone." (That's Seth's)
Leave your funny weak spot in the comments to this blog. We'll chose one of our favorites to get a little prize that has the Lost Planet Art Book, LP Colonies for PC, the rare Lost Planet keychain, and some other Capcom swag.
Have fun, be funny, and PLEASE keep this PG-13 or below.
Hey, kids! Do you hate zombies, mutants, zombie mutants and/or mutant zombies? Then do we have a Wii game for you! Our firends at IGN have just unleashed a new trailer for Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, which we've helpfully embeded above. The guys also have a ton of new screen shots, so you look at them, too.
If you're going to Comic-con this year, not only will you have the opportunity to play this game, but you might also score a limited edition REDSC t-shirt that is so friggin' cool it will blow your mind, thus allowing zombies easier access to nibble on your delicate, tasty grey matter.
So we've been working on a little something new with our friends from Mad Catz. Think "limited." Very limited.
We'll have some more information coming your way at the EVO World Finals-stay tuned.
