Let’s watch GiantBomb unbox a Wii U

So many of the folks I know (including myself) aren’t planning on picking up a Nintendo Wii U any time soon. So with that in mind, I watched this unboxing video from GiantBomb. It’s 17 minutes long but since it’s GiantBomb, I lapped it up.

In the usual GiantBomb fashion, they disclosed the footage limitations Nintendo requested of them. It’s kinda nuts. 10 minute videos in 30 second chunks?

The Nintendo Wii U launches on November 18th, 2013

7 Minutes of Borderlands 2

Please forgive the lame commentary, it’s the price you’ll have to pay in order to see Gearbox’s upcoming sequel.

Some say it looks like a radical improvement over the first Borderlands. I’m not quite there yet. It looks like a logical progression and nothing mind blowing The co-op flexibility is nice, but again, it looks like a logical step forward.

I was hoping to see more complex bosses and enemy types. I wanted to see more than a horde of bugs that spill green blood.

So far so good, but nothing I’ve seen is convincing me to get this on day one. Dual wielding rocket launchers is the kind of crazy I can get behind though.

Borderlands 2 will debut on September 18th, 2012 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

Max Payne 3′s Shooting Explained

I’m actually a few days late with this, but that’s alright.

The Max Payne 3 infomercials continue with Rockstar touting their upcoming game’s shooting mechanics.

http://qsf5.com/2012/01/17/max-payne-3-launch-date-moved/

You’ve got yourself a customer, Rockstar. Seeing footage like this makes the delay a bit more unbearable.

Uncharted 3 MP Beta Begins on June 26; Hype Begins Today

Uncharted 3 multiplayer beta begins on June 26th for PlayStation Plus subscribers — which could be all of us when Sony gives everyone a free month PlayStation Plus.

In preparation of that, IGN will be trickling out footage and info over the next few days. First up, some multiplayer map walkthroughs and a beta FAQ.

Compared to Uncharted 2, the maps from UC3 appear to be more complex. And needless to say, the game is looking very nice.

The only worry I have thus far is the potential balance problems involving the multiplayer perks. They all seem broken.

Resident Evil 15th Anniversary Video From Capcom

Capcom’s Resident Evil franchise is 15 years old this year and it is celebrating it with footage from the old games and new ones.

So Capcom is re-releasing some titles along with two 3DS releases and a PS3/PC/360 release. Here’s the breakdown and release window:

  • Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (3DS) – Summer 2011
  • Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS) – TBA
  • Resident Evil: Code Veronica X (PSN, XBLA) – Fall 2011
  • Resident Evil 4 (PSN, XBLA) – Fall 2011
  • Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PS3/PC/360) – Q4 2011

Five Resident Evil titles pending release and you can bet the house that Capcom is going to announce Resident Evil 6 as well.

Too much Resident Evil? Are we being too saturated?