Hat Of Sheer Awesomeness!

By now it should be a given you’ll be buying Scribblenauts when it comes out mid-September.  If Scribblenauts doesn’t nab a Game of the Year award or two then something has gone horribly wrong somewhere, and its sheer charm and creativity make it a must-have.  Still, Warner Bros. and 5th Cell seem worried that Maxwell, the main character, is too intimidatingly awesome, and have taken steps to make sure that the player is properly prepared to control him.  Simply put, if you reserve the game you get a rooster hat.

This giant red hat comes exactly as you see in the game, with three red blobs sticking out the front and white ear coverings that, sadly, aren’t actual headphones.  Despite its technological limitations there’s pretty much nothing you can’t do with headwear like this, making it one of the most useful pieces of swag ever.  It’s only available at GameStop and EB Games in the US and Canada, but seeing as there’s one on every street corner that shouldn’t be too much of an impediment.

It’s almost time for Gridrunner Revolution.

Waaaay back in January it was announced that Gridrunner +++ would release in April on PC.  Seeing as August is right around the corner it’s pretty obvious that was wishful thinking, but the time has been used to rip out Gridrunner+++’s soul and insert a shiny new one in its place.  Adapting the controls from the 360’s gamepad to a mouse started off as a small tweak and turned into a complete rebuild of the game from the ground up.

Now that the controls have been modified and all levels completely re-balanced to work better to work better with them, the new Gridrunner is just about done.  It’s received its final name, Gridrunner Revolution, and is in the last round of testing before release.  In preparation for the joyous day, Jeff Minter has written an excellent history of the series at his blog, and the gameplay video of the first few levels (taken prior to the name change) played on easy is available below. It’s gonna be beautiful.

As for the fate of the 360 version, that’s still a mystery.  The game was submitted to Microsoft last summer and disappeared into a corporate limbo.  Until someone at MS gives the go-ahead, there’s nothing else that can be done.  Still, the PC version is coming along nicely and Llamasoft has been very careful to make sure it runs on even low-spec machines.  An XBLA version would be nice, but at this point it seems unlikely.

“Rare footage of Daigo actually angry…”

For years, when you thought of Daigo or Justin Wong, it brings back the epic battle that took place at Evo 2004 dubbed as “Evo Moment #37″. This year will undoubtedly go down in the history books as the two power players face off again, this time in Capcom’s latest fighting release: Street Fighter IV.

Enjoy the footage as Justin (Balrog) takes on Daigo (Ryu) Grab some popcorn, take the phone off the hook and get hype!

You must defeat him to stand a chance…

Unless you’re disconnected or had no interest in the the fighting game extravaganza that took place last week at EVO 2009, then I am sure you caught the awesome showdown between Justin Wong and Daigo “The Beast” Umehara. It was an explosive, balls-to-the-walls battle that kept attendees and fans enjoying the broadcast via Ustream off their seats. Justin put out an amazing effort, but in the end, Daigo took the title as the world’s first Street Fighter IV champ. Ryan “Gootecks” Gutierrez was able to catch Daigo, moments after his victory to discuss the tourney and gain some insight behind the legend.

Live stream available.

Couldn’t make it to EVO? It’s okay, as the folks at SRK are setting up a live stream for the event! The stream can be found at http://www.evo2k.com/live and it starts tomorrow. Time to get hyped!