Mike Fahey

Amazon Instant Video Now Available for the Xbox 360

Deepening the Xbox 360’s pool of video entertainment, the Amazon Instant Video app is now live, giving folks access to streaming video purchased via Amazon, with Amazon Prime members gaining instant access to a vast library of content.

What Does a Squad of Gun-Toting Fetish Nuns Have to Do With Hitman: Absolution?

Teasing tomorrow’s release of the official Hitman: Absolution E3 trailer, Square Enix teases us with an image depicting eight ladies dress in vinyl nun costumes wielding a wide variety of powerful firearms. Could Hitman: Absolution feature the world’s first nun-based online multiplayer? God I hope so. Some sort of multiplayer reveal is what’s expected, but…

Witch Wars is the Ultimate Competitive Mobile Match Three Game, But at What Cost?

Combining the addictive nature of match-three puzzlers with role-playing, spell-casting, and fierce online competition, Witch Wars is a game with powerful mojo, but there’s always a price to pay for dark magics. Don’t let the adorable anime art fool you, Com2uS’ mobile puzzle battler requires lightning-fast reflexes and a keen eye if you want to…

Zone of the Enders HD Hits Japan October 25 with a Highly Importable Collector’s Edition

While the Western world continues to wait for clarification of the ‘fall’ release date for the Zone of the Enders HD Collection, Konami’s mechsperts have nailed down an October 25 release date for Japan, along with a special edition that’ll have U.S. PlayStation 3 players pondering preorder. It’s times like these that the import-savvy Westerner…

$30 Prototype 2 Kicks Off a Day of Amazon Video Game Deals

Prototype 2 for a mere $29.99 is the Deal of the Day at Amazon.com, the anchor for a series of time-sensitive Lightning Deals that includes games, hardware, and game-flavored accessories. Sit and stare all day. [Amazon.com]

The PlayStation Network Unleashes Ultimate Editions for One Week Only

Proving once again that it pays to wait when it comes to the hottest PlayStation 3 games, today Sony is launching Ultimate Editions, a selection of hit PS3 titles bundled with all of their downloadable content for one low price. How much would you pay for complete editions of Red Dead Redemption, BioShock 2, or…

Snacktaku Presents: Memorial Day Cookout Tips

Every year in late May, American’s across the country gather in their backyards for good food, good friends, and large amounts of beer. It’s Memorial Day, one of the greatest free eating opportunities of the year. But one cannot simple charge into the nearest backyard and begin devouring everything in sight. For one thing, many…

It’s Almost Time to Preorder This Amazing $400 Mass Effect 3 M-3 Predator Pistol Replica

Triforce, the creators of many fine video game replica weapons, are getting ready to arm 600 lucky customers with scale replicas of the M-3 Predator Pistol from Mass Effect 3 600 pieces at $400? Surely this is one you can save up for, right? I don’t know, Triforce’s replica M-8 Avenger Assault Rifle was $650,…

Assembling the LEGO Avengers

With the phenomenal success of the Avengers still vibrating in the world’s collective consciousness, the folks at LEGO sent a set of Avengers-themed LEGO Marvel Super Heroes bricks my way. So I spent several hours putting together a stop-motion video of the assembly of Earth’s mightiest minifigs. Is it me, or does the Black Widow…

What the Holy Hell is Zack Wearing in Dead or Alive 5?

I always figured Zack’s ridiculous clothing in Dead or Alive was due to the influence of series creator Tomonobu Itagaki. Turns out he might have been the only thing holding the rest of the team back. In Dead or Alive 5, Zack is a clown with a flower afro. Lei Fang’s in here too, but…

Mounted Combat Arrives in Skyrim

Your Skyrim horse is now good for something other than getting accidentally killed in the heat of battle. Update 1.6, available today on PC, adds the ability for players to charge into battle on their faithful steed. By opting into the latest Steam Beta Update, players can check out the new mounted combat feature in…

So Why Are There Dinosaurs on Pre-Earth Cybertron? Blame Shockwave

In the original Transformers cartoon, Grimlock and the Dinobots are created by Wheeljack and Ratchet after volcanic activity unearthed prehistoric fossils near the Autobot base. High Moon Studios’ explanation for the Dinobots appearance in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron makes a whole lot more sense. The Dinobots’ Fall of Cybertron origin borrows elements from several different…

Mass Effect 3‘s Free Rebellion Pack Drops Next Week

Outed earlier this month via Sony Hong Kong, Mass Effect 3‘s free Rebellion Pack adds two new maps and a slew of new characters to the game’s multiplayer experience on May 29 for PC, Xbox 360 and North American PlayStation 3s, with the Euro PS3 version following a day after. The Rebellion Pack extends the…

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One of the Best Downloadable 3DS Games Gets a Little Better in This Week’s Nintendo Download

Last week it was a Mario Kart patch, this week it’s a version update, with new content added to WayForward Technologies’ Mighty Switch Force inching the 3DS eShop ever closer to iTunes territory. Mighty Switch Force is a puzzling platformer that relies on the tried-and-true switch mechanic, in which platforms and such phase in and…

Can Rift‘s Player-Versus-Player Revamp Save it From the Oncoming Storm?

Trion World’s MMO rift has done well enough for itself, but with Tera underway and The Secret World and Guild Wars 2 looming, they’ve got to be feeling some heat. Can the newly-revamped three-faction Conquest system keep folks playing? I’m not quite sure. I mean, Rift is a solid game with plenty of character options…

The Origin EON-11s is an Impressive Gaming Machine Masquerading as a Netbook

The bigger the gaming laptop is, the more powerful it is. At least that’s been the experience I’ve had in my gaming laptop-reviewing career. A bigger chassis means more bells and whistles, better heat management, and a larger, more vivid display. I’ve equated smaller size with sacrifice, so when Origin PC first unveiled the EON-11s,…

My Entire Diablo III Play Through in Under Five Minutes

Last week I played through the entire story of Diablo III with my Demon Hunter. It took me some 15 hours. Now you can watch the entire thing a little over four and a half minutes. Taking a cue from what our own Kate Cox did while playing through Mass Effect 3 (see below), for…

Map Editor Gives Strategy Fans total Control of Total War: Shogun 2

For the first time in Total War history, fans can creatively assemble custom maps for Shogun 2 using the official level creator, AKA The Editor. TEd for short, the official Shogun 2 editor is free today for owners of the base game or the Fall of the Samurai expansion. Simply download the tool from the…

Tera MMO Log Part 2, Supplemental: Look at All That Rested XP

The plan was to spend a series of four consecutive weeks playing En Masse Entertainment’s massively multiplayer online fantasy role-playing game Tera, reporting back every Wednesday leading up to the final review. Then all hell broke loose. Diablo III arrived. Since I still like to believe I am a single 25-year-old with boundless energy and…