Team ICO, AKA Our New Overlords, Bless Us With TGS News

Anyone remember that weird game, Patapon, that got posted a little while back?



No?

Well, it's a weird looking game that Sony showed at I believe both Gamer's Day and e3.

Now, for some new news on it: the game is being developed both by people that worked on Loco Roco (makes sense)... AND members of Team ICO.

Not only that, but Team ICO is indeed working on two games: maybe one PSP game and one PS3 game. Maybe two PS3 games. Maybe they're being archaic and are making a PS1 game that'll be available to play on the PSN, which would cover both PS3 and PSP. Maybe it's a fucking Sony-branded board game. Who cares. We might get news of it at the Tokyo Game Show this year.

Oh, and if you've lived under a rock for the past seven years, Team ICO are the people behind ICO (duh) and Shadow Of The Colossus. Two of the most imaginative, besutiful games in existence.

This news comes from the 1up podcast, available here.

-K

Avalanche of Ratchet And Clank Future Movies Kills 12, Injures Hundreds

GameTrailers has uploaded a LOT of Ratchet And Clank Future: Tools of Destruction movies. I swear, if this game doesn't win an award for something, I will honestly be shocked.

I mean, I know it won't win "Game of The Year" stuff - Bungie's pulling aside the over-given Halo 2 awards to make room for Halo 3's upcoming ones (although I really do feel that Bioshock will be the best FPS this year, bar none) - but goddamn if this is not one of the prettiest and most personality-filled games I've seen. Watch the Ice Pirate Dance Off, catch the two pirates making snow angels. Look at the bug-squashing gameplay, and look at how natural the world seems.

By the way, the game's hitting October 23rd, 2007. Do a dance of joy.

And, yeah, I know: I posted to the game's page on GameTrailers and didn't embed the videos here, like other sites. It's easier this way, and you can watch stuff in HD as well. Who doesn't want that?!

-K

Guitar Hero 3 Guitars: Pretty

The Xbox 360 one:


The PlayStation 3 one:


The Wii one:


The PS2 one:


I don't know why I posted both the 360/PS3 ones -- they're exactly the same.

-K