THQ putting Kung Fu Panda 2 on Kinect, uDraw, DS and PS3

We've got evidence to support the existence of a secret, underground contest in the gaming industry to bring a single title to the strangest, most random collection of platforms imaginable. Our proof? THQ's recently outlined release strategy for Kung Fu Panda 2 -- an adaptation of Dreamworks' upcoming animated feature, which will have a PS3 version, DS version, a Kinect-enabled 360 version and a uDraw GameTablet version on Wii. Like, a contest's the only possible explanation, right?

A press release reveals each version has different functionality relating to its respective control scheme. The Kinect version, for instance, lets players "seemingly transform into Po as they block, dodge, duck, punch and kick, no controller required." The uDraw tablet gives players the ability to draw and color in-game characters. The... (Continue Reading...)

East Is West: How Two Classic RPGs Prove the Stereotypes False

Filed under: Features, PC, RPGs
This is a weekly column focusing on "Western" role-playing games: their stories, their histories, their mechanics, their insanity, and their inanity.
"Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet," - Rudyard Kipling

Conventional wisdom holds that role-playing games are easily divided into two categories: Japanese and Western, or, before the technical lines got blurred a decade ago, console and computer games. We can name the stereotypes easily. JRPGs are story-based, WRPGs are system-based. JRPGs are action-based, fast, and simple, whereas WRPGs are strategic, slow, and complex. JRPGs have bright, cartoonish graphics and catchy music, WRPGs have realistic graphics and darker music. JRPGs linear, WRPGs open. In JRPGs, your characters are given to you, in... (Continue Reading...)


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