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Impressions Spectrobes: Origins Brings Brawling to Monster Collecting
When Spectrobes comes to the Wii later this year it will bring with it a shift for the monster collecting game from the slow pace of role-playing to button-mashing action. Spectrobes: Origins will be the third game in Disney’s original franchise. The first two titles, both released on the DS only, shipped more than 1.6…
By Brian Crecente Published March 24, 2009 -
Impressions: Split Second Blends Well-Timed Destruction, Racing
Split Second is a racing game about timing, but not just the timing of turns, of drifts, of jumps, but of exploding bridges, spectacular plane crashes and releasing a wall of water into a trio of speeding cars. “Split Second is an action arcade street racing game set in the world of a global reality…
By Brian Crecente Published March 24, 2009 -
Warhawk in Spaaaaaace
Informed sources tell Kotaku that newly minted LightBox Interactive Studio, made up of members of Incognito, are hard at work on a new take on Warhawk. The game, described as Warhawk in space, has been in development for some time, we’re told. Reached for comment this morning, Dylan Jobe, president of LightBox Interactive Studio, had…
By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2009 -
An Early Glimpse at GDC
The Game Developers Conference might not be officially kicking off for another hour or so, but we were able to get some early photographs of the prep work for the big show. Don’t forget to check back throughout the week to keep up with the news breaking at this year’s GDC. At the very least…
By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2009 -
Warhawk’s Dylan Jobe Leaves Incognito, Forms New Studio
This morning Dylan Jobe announced that he and other members of Incognito Entertainment have left the company to form their own studio. LightBox Interactive will be working on several new games for Sony Computer Entertainment of America and the “Playstation family of platforms.” Incognito was founded in 1999 in Salt Lake City with Scott Campbell…
By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2009 -
Max Payne 3 Hits This Winter
Max Payne 3 is currently in development and scheduled to hit the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 this winter, Rockstar announced this morning. The sequel, in development by Rockstar Vancouver, will tell the story of a retired police detective “embroiled in a world of corruption, turmoil and intense violence.” “We’re starting a new chapter…
By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2009 -
iPhone Kindle
To: Ash From: Crecente So I was sitting in a double session of Tristan’s guitar class yesterday, bored with the games on my iPhone when I decided to check out the eBook Kindle App I had downloaded. A quick search and one-click purchase later I was reading World War Z, all without ever having to…
By Brian Crecente Published March 20, 2009 -
Apple’s Portable Game
After years of being a punch line among hardcore gamers, Apple has gotten serious about gaming, they just happened to use a cell phone and not a computer to do it. With 30 million iPhone and iPod Touch users around the world and 25,000 applications available in their online store, Apple’s smartphone has suddenly become…
By Brian Crecente Published March 20, 2009 -
Wii Fit Officially Topples Halo 3 in Sales
Yesterday’s news that Wii Fit continued to ride high on the U.S. video game sales chart last month told only half the story. I just confirmed with the NPD Group that the fitness title’s lifetime sales has topped Halo 3’s. As of the end of February Wii Fit has sold 6 million copies in the…
By Brian Crecente Published March 20, 2009 -
Reviews
Resistance: Retribution Review: More Action Than Shooter
In Resistance: Retribution, gamers return to the world of the Chimera invasion, guiding a disgraced Royal Marine as he fights to save Europe’s last bastion for humanity. The game, set between the PlayStation 3’s Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2, makes another attempt to turn the fast-paced, controller-heavy shooter genre into something enjoyable on…
By Brian Crecente Published March 20, 2009 -
Gameloft Sells 2M iPhone Games
Gameloft sold more than 2 million of their 27 iPhone games on the App Store in eight months, helping to push the mobile game publisher’s revenue up 15 percent in 2008. The company’s 2008 annual results, released this morning, show that seven percent of Gameloft’s annual sales came from console games, a new market for…
By Brian Crecente Published March 20, 2009 -
Excerpts From Columbine: A True Crime Story, a victim, the killers and the nation’s search for answers
Excerpts from Columbine: A True Crime Story, a victim, the killers and the nation’s search for answers by Jeff Kass Reprinted with express permission of the author Excerpt, from Chapter One On the day of Columbine seventeen-year-old Dylan Bennet Klebold is wearing a black T-shirt with “Wrath” printed in red letters across the chest. The…
By Brian Crecente Published March 20, 2009 -
Best Buy’s Zombie Invasion Thrills Attendees, Corporate
The success of last week’s zombie-infested Resident Evil 5 launch event at the Stroudsburg Best Buy may lead to future gaming premier events at the retailer across the country. The Stroudsburg, PA event drew more than 400 people from the area and neighboring states to make their way through a haunted house and pick up…
By Brian Crecente Published March 20, 2009 -
Scheduling for GDC… Still
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: What Should I Do Tomorrow? It’s amazing how late some companies leave it to schedule things. Even more amazing is how late some companies leave it to cancel appointments. It’s made for a very frustrating, very time consuming week. Can’t wait until Monday, when I can concentrate on reporting and…
By Brian Crecente Published March 19, 2009 -
The Watchmen Xbox 360
The Fresno Beehive is giving away this fairly impressive Watchmen-themed Xbox 360. I love the skin, but those are my two least favorite characters. To enter for a chance to win, just head on over to their site and write up your review of the Watchmen movie in 50 words or less. Each review comment…
By Brian Crecente Published March 19, 2009 -
Free Codes for Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack
Activison just shot us a few codes for the Xboxs 360 version of the Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1. Head over to my Twitter feed for your chance to grab one. I’ll be Tweating them for the next hour or so. Stealing an idea from Major Nelson, I’ll be putting posting…
By Brian Crecente Published March 19, 2009 -
Nintendo’s Big GDC News
With the Game Developers Conference less than a week away, it’s time to start thinking about what we all expect to hear at the big show. As we’ve mentioned before, this will be Nintendo’s year at the show, meaning they will be the company with all of the splashy news. With the DSi due out…
By Brian Crecente Published March 19, 2009 -
PixelJunk Eden Encore, New Resistance 2 Content At GDC
Next week’s Game Developers Conference is going to be packed with hands-on, presentations and even a little news. Over at the Playstation Bloggers Lounge, Sony has set up a number of interviews for some of their upcoming and current titles. Q-Games founder and president Dylan Cuthbert will be on hand to talk about PixelJunk Eden…
By Brian Crecente Published March 19, 2009 -
Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack Detailed
The first map pack for Call of Duty: World at War hits today and includes a new Nazi Zombie Coop level plus tons of new fun features for zombie killing. The new level, set in an insane asylum, includes Perks-a-Cola soda machines and an electroshock defense systems. The pack also comes with three new multiplayer…
By Brian Crecente Published March 19, 2009
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