We here at Bitmob know it’s difficult keeping up with the fast-paced, new-post-every-second videogame blogs. So we’re making it easy: Instead of sifting through dozens of posts everyday just to digest your daily dose of news, we decided to compile all the best blips and post them in one easy-to-read post. So, essentially, we’re keeping busy so you can stay lazy.
News Blips:
• Duke Nukem Forever is apparently coming out, well, never. Shacknews reports the long-awaited sequel will not be released because developer 3D Realms is shutting down. Guess that’s how the bubblegum pops. [Shacknews via Kotaku] Update: BBC News confirms 3D Realms is no more, thus the developer will be officially remembered for creating a 12-year case of videogame blue balls.
• Eminem fights brain-eaters on iPhone. The rapper is starring in a zombie-filled iPhone game based on his latest video. Real slim chance we’ll play this one. [MTV via Joystiq]
• Piston Honda continues to combat Japanese stereotypes on the Wii. Nintendo confirmed that the bandanna-wearing boxer (now named Piston Hondo) will appear in the upcoming Punch-Out!! sequel. [Kotaku]
• Namco is hungry; registers trademark for God Eater game. Not much is known about what the game will be about, but after using our keen deductive skills, we’re assuming it probably involves a god that is a, uh, eater. Yeah. [superannuation via Joystiq]
• Prototype pre-orders net you tons of trinkets. Depending on where you pre-order the upcoming open-world action game, you’ll get a variety of cool stuff (art book from Gamecrazy, comic book from Amazon, and an action figure from GameStop). Or you can just buy it at Best Buy and get nothing. Your choice. [Destructoid]
Click that “Read more” button for the morning’s video highlights (Bionic Commando high-fives a guy’s arm off!), candy Pac-Mans, and the KU (do they call themselves that?) drumline riffing on Mega Man 2, and…more.
Video Blips:
• 9-5 Bionic Commando shenanigans. Capcom promotes its swing-happy game via ha-ha’s.
• The PSP’s Soul is still burning. Publisher Namco Bandai is bringing its weapons-based fighter to Sony’s handheld. Looks hot.
• Wii-slicer Red Steel 2 debut trailer. The samurai-western uses the Wii MotionPlus to guarantee you’ll look like an idiot 100% more realistically.
Cultural Blips:
• Candy that makes you wanna wakka-wakka-wakka. The folks over at FredFlare are selling Pac-Man-inspired candies that look entirely too fun to eat. Pellet-addicts proceed with caution. [technabob]
• It’s EVE Online’s 6th birthday and you can play if you want to. To celebrate, the developers ate a spaceship. Or at least one disguised as a cake. [Kotaku]
• Kansas University students play Mega Man 2 tunes…on drums. This is probably the best 10 minute video you’ll see of a drumline playing along to a Mega Man soundtrack. [Kotaku]