Welcome to TGV’s Evening Topic, where every day we present to you a topic for discussion of the various trends and issues within the gaming industry and culture.. Tonight, in our sophmore post we’ll be discussing a gameplay feature with roots further back than some might assume; Quick Time Events Starting with the arcade version of Dragon’s Lair (1983) Quick Time Events (QTEs) have slowly become a trend in today’s [...]
As part of a new (and hopefully) daily feature, the staff here at The Gaming Vault will be offering up a topic for discussion at every evening GMT, relevant to the most current gaming issues and events. Today, in our inaugural post, we’re going to raise the topic of a rising and popular trend in games… Downloadable Content. Fable 2′s Knothole Island went up on the Xbox Live Marketplace earlier [...]
The plan: choose a game neither of us have played, and start recording the moment the disc hits the tray. No rehearsals. No planning. Unadulterated, unscripted commentary as we play. The grand return of the main G&G series is here! To mark the occasion we bring in our first guest Lunchbox to play some Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe for Xbox 360. With our comic book fantasies and fanfics brought [...]
Nintendo has recently filed a patent application in the US for an in-game assistant that, well, assists you through tougher parts of levels. Main man Shigeru Miyamoto is behind the idea, with the basic premise being to help those who aren’t as used to, or as good at, gaming as those who’ve been playing games for several years. “In some of these games, a volume of the story or the [...]
The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) has revealed their rating of the upcoming DS-title, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. This is a first for a DS-title. According to the BBFC the game “countains very strong language and drug references”. This isn’t surprising for a game with a drug dealing minigame. The ratings board also reveals that Chinatown Wars comes with 168 minutes of cut-scenes. Chinatown wars comes out in [...]
Scandinavian gaming magazine Game Reactor reveal that Rockstar’s upcoming Batman: Arkham Asylum will feature Batman’s abilities improve throughout the game, not unlike most common RPGs. “As in a role-playing game, Batman will possess an experience system whereby it is possible to open up for new abilities and new gadgets. He [Batman] will need to use a large number of said gadgets, as in many of the game’s difficult encounter he [...]
Nintendo is preparing to launch a new channel for their home console called the “Wiinoma Channel”. Wiinoma is the much awaited video channel for the Wii and will feature “family oriented content” like cartoons, quizzes and educational programming, exclusive for the Wii. Most of the content will be free to download (with ads, mind), though some programmes will cost a few Wii points. The channel will be launched in Japan [...]
A spokesman from Lionhead has told videogaming247.com that a release date for Fable 2′s Knothole Island DLC is “very close”: “We’re very close to a release date for the DLC, plus the patch of course,” said the spokesman. As we know, Knothole Island was pushed back a few months due to “technical difficulties”. Those of us who know of Fable’s development history can only hope that this will be the [...]
A source at VideoGaming247 has claimed that Traveller’s Tales is currently at work on a Lego version of Rock Band. There might actually be some substance to said rumour, because TT confirmed in a radio interview that a Lego game is to be released this year, but didn’t mention the game’s identity. Traveller’s Tales has previously been rumoured to be working on Lego Harry Potter, which Warner Bros. was quick [...]
The Gaming Vault is proud to give you yet another trailer from the upcoming Square Enix game; Blood of Bahamut. The Jump Festa 09 trailer showcases the 4 main characters in the game, a boy named Ibuki, a girl named Yui, Kamos Ogrekin (probably an ogre) and a wolfman named Santiago. The trailer also shows off dual screen cutscenes, as well as our main characters battling massive foes of various [...]
