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Bionic Commando demo glitch allows friends, extends time limit
If you've put much time into the Bionic Commando multiplayer demo on Xbox Live, you'll be aware of two painful facts. 1) You can't invite friends and 2) five minutes isn't nearly enough time to, ahem, get into the swing of things. If you would like to get rid of both of these annoyances in one swoop, Capcom Unity forum member Toshin has got you covered. The process is pretty simple: Open up the demo and press start, which will open the main menu (with the Xbox Live, Options and Quit Demo selections). Don't leave this screen. Have a friend send you a game invite for any game. Accept the invite, then choose no when it asks if you want to quit your current game session. You will be booted to the demo lobby, only now you can invite friends to the game and the time limit has been removed. Be sure you don't edit either the frag limit or the game mode, as doing so will crash the demo. We tried it, and it definitely works. Watch the process in the video above.
Video: Bionic Commando meets The Office
Okay, so don't laugh but, after watching the video above, we've reached the conclusion that we would totally play Bionic Middle Manager. We would then anticipate the (inevitable) sequels, Bionic Regional Manager and Bionic Division Vice President with great relish. You know how it's just incredibly fun to file things? Now imagine bionically filing things. Pretty sweet, right?All kidding aside, the latest bit of marketing for Bionic Commando is pretty funny (and gruesome). Is it too much to hope for an unlockable suit and tie in the game?
Latest Bionic Commando screens are full of swinging ... dreads
For all of you hotly anticipating the May 19 release of Bionic Commando, Capcom has dropped a gaggle of screens on us for your perusal, just below. Featuring Nathan "RAD" Spencer's (likely smelly and gross) flowing dreads in action as he swings through Ascension City -- as well as a variety of other combat scenes -- we can't help but reminisce on the days of yore when the dude couldn't even jump. Now he's in three freakin' dimensions!GRIN's upcoming action-adventure/third-person swingin' shooter has been available for multiplayer demoing via Xbox Live and PlayStation Network for the past few days, but for those of you without access to the internet ... well, we wonder how you're reading this. But maybe you're at the local library and needed your daily Bionic Commando screenshot fix. Bang! Here it is!%Gallery-51688%
Street Fighter IV PC to be joined by Resident Evil 5, Bionic Commando
Capcom just sent a press release our way confirming that the GFW Live-compatible Street Fighter IV will be accompanied by two other big Capcom games on PC: Resident Evil 5 and Bionic Commando. July will see the release of Street Fighter IV and Bionic Commando, with Resident Evil 5 arriving sometime later this year, featuring support for NVIDIA's new GeForce 3D Vision technology. Considering that Street Fighter IV supports GWF Live, we're assuming the other titles will, but the press release makes no mention of it. It only cites the games are "optimized for the PC platform and will have new PC-specific features added." We've put in word to Capcom and will update you all as soon as we hear back.
We're not going to help you win this Bionic Commando contest
If you've got seven friends who don't mind changing their Xbox Live mottos to "Bionic Commando = RAD" you could win a Bionic Commando lunch box and 64,000 MS points for you and your buddies to split. Each of you will also get a code to download Bionic Commando Rearmed, if you're among the lucky chosen ones.But we're not helping you. Seriously, we don't care if you're coming up on the May 13th deadline and you just need one more. The answer is no.... OK, maybe. But we want the lunchbox.
Bionic Commando demo due tomorrow on Xbox Live
Lube up your arm, because ... eww, that didn't sound great, did it? Well then, open your claw and swing from a pipe, because ... yikes, that's not much better. OK, listen, the Bionic Commando demo is coming out tomorrow on Xbox Live, and we can't think of a cute way to lead into that information that doesn't sound dirty. Sorry, it's early.Just as a reminder, if this multiplayer demo is eventually coming to PSN, it hasn't been announced. We'll let you know if we hear anything.%Gallery-24249%
Bionic Commando has Resident Evil 5 to thank for 'M' rating
Technically, the now-gen revival of Bionic Commando is rated "M" because of some violence and light language. But the reason that Capcom didn't trim that to go for a Teen rating is a bit more complex. MTV Multiplayer reports that the game was originally supposed to ship with a demo for the definitely M-rated Resident Evil 5.Plans changed and Bionic Commando ended up being released after RE5, and since it had already gotten an infusion of dirty words and blood, the rating stuck. Bad news for some, but good news for us who want one more reason to feel superior to 15-year-olds.
Bionic Commando multiplayer demo swings onto Xbox Live this month
Ready to try your luck at bionic swinging in 3D? You'll be able to get an early hands-on with Bionic Commando in a multiplayer-only demo on Xbox Live later this month. The demo will offer 8-player deathmatch on "Vertigo," one of the game's 16 multiplayer maps. The full game will also feature team deathmatch and capture the flag modes.There's no word on a PS3 demo -- perhaps Sony's bandwidth policies have taken their toll? For now, only Xbox 360 owners will be able to get an early taste of struggling with the game's controls.%Gallery-24249%
New Bionic Commando trailer drops science on abilities
Gamers are getting their chance to go Bionic this May when Grin extends it's retail arm to deliver Bionic Commando. In a new series of trailers (dubbed "Lab Reports") the developer showcases some abilities gamers will use to navigate and survive the treacherous landscape.We know. You're worried about the journey ahead, but you have the wits and will to complete your mission and the heart to continue when the going gets tough. We believe in you. Also, you will have a gigantic bionic arm capable to decimating foes and traversing the world in any direction... so, stop crying about it!%Gallery-24249%
Bionic Commando (dread) locks on to May 19 release
Nathan Spencer is ready to finish off Capcom's gaming assault of Q1 & Q2. GRIN's long-awaited three-dimensional continuation of the classic NES series now has a date: May 19 on Xbox 360 and PS3. A PC version, also in the works, will be available "shortly after the console release."Before the game comes out, make sure you check out all the various pre-order bonuses available -- you wouldn't want to miss out on a lunchbox, would you? And then, warm up with some Bionic Commando Rearmed (here's to hoping Bionic Commando will be at least half as good!).Update: Europe will be receiving the game on May 22nd.%Gallery-24249%
Trophies: Bionic Commando
1 Platinum 3 Gold 4 Silver 42 Bronze Difficulty: Difficult Online Trophies? No Time to Completion: 25 hours DLC Trophies? No View Trophy List Read More About the Game %Gallery-9695%
Buy Bionic Commando, get a comic book with original Dave Gibbons art
Make that three copies of Bionic Commando you'll have to preorder: one at GameCrazy for the lunchbox, one at GameStop for the patches, and now one from Capcom's online store for this Bionic Commando: Chain of Command comic book.The book fills in the story gap between the NES Bionic Commando game and the new one. Chain of Command was serialized in digital form on the Bionic Commando website, but if you want the printed version with exclusive cover art from Dave "Watchmen" Gibbons, you'll have to buy the game.Oh, he's got a chain for an arm, and he's a command-o. We just got that.
Resident Evil 5 cinematic director in talks to make Capcom film
Jim Sonzero, the cinematic director who worked on soon-to-be-released Resident Evil 5 told MTV that he's in talks with Capcom to develop a live-action film based on one of the company's properties. No young upstart, Sonzero has worked on commercials and a feature film, Wes Craven's Pulse (presumably, Jim Sonzero's Pulse lacked a little marquee punch).Sonzero's not talking specific IPs, so we'll leave it to you in the comments to speculate. Here, we'll start. Vin Diesel + blue armor + an arm that is a gun = box office gold.
Capcom commits to May release for Bionic Commando
Put a fresh coat of polish on your mechanical claw, throw on a clean tank top and part your hair, because Capcom just announced that Bionic Commando will be released on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, in all territories, sometime this May. To put the news another way, just look for this box on retail shelves during the month that follows April and precedes June. You'll find Nathan Spencer and his bionic appendage swinging onto the PC during the months following the console debut.
Capcom: No online play for Bionic Commando: Rearmed the 'right choice'
In a rather exhaustive postmortem of Bionic Commando: Rearmed on Gamasutra, Capcom producer Ben Judd shared his opinion that excluding online play from Rearmed was "the right choice." Said Judd, "After seeing the large amount of headaches, additional production time and cost that comes with adding online, I'm glad we made the choice not to include it." He noted that many digitally distributed games are plagued with online problems and that "additional sales would not have been equivalent to the additional pains" needed to add online play to the game. While we certainly have to agree that digitally distributed games have their share of online problems -- something any XBLA user can tell you -- we can't help but imagine the glories online play could have brought to Bionic Commando: Rearmed. At least we'll still be able to swing online in the upcoming 3D remake.
Capcom reveals Q1 releases for Europe, North America
Capcom Europe revealed today -- and reiterated in a few cases -- the release schedule for its titles in the first quarter of 2009. February TBA - Flock (XBLA/PSN) February 20 - Street Fighter IV (X360/PS3) February 27- Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop (Wii) February 27- Neopets Puzzle Adventure (Wii/DS/PC) March 13 - Resident Evil 5 (X360/PS3) March TBA - MotoGP (Wii) Q1-2 TBA - Bionic Commando (X360/PS3) All these dates are believed to be official European release dates. We're currently awaiting Capcom US to release its own list of dates (if it even plans to do so). We'll update if anything changes. Update: Added Capcom's North American information after the break. Update 2: Bionic Commando will not be hitting Europe in March. The timetable is the same as the US: in the first half of '09.
Telling stories: The next hurdle for story telling
As games have evolved, so too has the role of storytelling in the titles we play. As we turn the corner on 2008, we asked multiple industry personalities across all walks of game development on titles such as Dragon Age: Origins, Bionic Commando and Guild Wars for their thoughts.What's next for in-game story telling? In this, our final segment looking at video game narratives, our collective of industry professionals offer insight into what they believe is the next big challenge facing the evolution of story telling in the games we play.
Telling stories: The games that got it right
As games have evolved, so too has the role of storytelling in the titles we play. As we turn the corner on 2008, we asked multiple industry personalities across all walks of game development on titles such as Dragon Age: Origins, Bionic Commando and Guild Wars for their thoughts.It's rare that story tellers get all of the pieces of their narrative to fit together exactly right in any medium. But in this industry, where story shares a balance with gameplay and endings often get the short end of the development stick, weaving a complete and compelling tale must be a daunting task. Now, gifts unwrapped and bellies full, our panel of industry personalities sound off on those games that they feel were up to the challenge, delivering storytelling experiences above and beyond their peers.
Telling stories: How much is that ending in the window?
As games have evolved, so too has the role of storytelling in the titles we play. As we turn the corner on 2008, we asked multiple industry personalities across all walks of game development on titles such as Dragon Age: Origins, Bionic Commando and Guild Wars for their thoughts.Epic Games' Michael Capps recently caused quite an uproar among gamers with his suggestion to offer the conclusion to games as premium DLC rather than as part of the core experience. As the latest in our continuing week-long feature, we asked our panel of industry personalities what they thought of the proposal. Interestingly, much of the group was noticibly more tight-lipped in their responses than when answering other questions.
Telling stories: What's up with lame endings?
As games have evolved, so too has the role of storytelling in the titles we play. As we turn the corner on 2008, we asked multiple industry personalities across all walks of game development on titles such as Dragon Age: Origins, Bionic Commando and Guild Wars for their thoughts.While narrative has taken on a larger role, time and again we end up being left unsatisfied in the final moments with endings that fail to wrap up stories in interesting or compelling ways. In our continuing week-long feature, we asked our diverse collection of industry personalities why so many endings in the games we play leave us cold.
