Mike Fahey

Pearl Jam’s Backspacer Gets Day One Rock Band Release

Harmonix continues to jam as much Pearl Jam into Rock Band as they possibly can, with the band’s 9th studio album, Backspacer, available for download on the day it’s released. Pearl Jam is releasing their 9th album without any major record label assistance on September 20th, but they’ve got a pretty strong support system in…

Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta Trailer Beamed Up

The Fallout 3 Mothership Zeta downloadable content hits Xbox and Games for Windows Live on Monday, and Bethesda dropped off the official trailer, in case anyone still needs convincing. Nothing gets me in the mood for a little retro post-apocalyptic science fiction action-adventure like a little operatic chanting. It worked for the original Star Trek…

TMNT: Turtles In Time Price Dropped Like A Foot Ninja

Ubisoft’s HD remake of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time will be just a bit cheaper than expected when it hits Xbox Live Arcade next week. TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, the HD remake of one of the best mutant turtle video games ever created, was originally priced at 1200 Microsoft points, or $15.…

Persona PSP Video Walkthrough

Listen to Atlus’ Aram Jabbari, as he walks us through the new features in the North American PSP remake of the original Persona. Aram goes over everything in this 7 minute-plus video, from the new dialog to the Snow Queen quest, which we already know is coming and doesn’t need to be framed with his…

CrimeCraft Enters Open Beta

Fans of shooting other fans of shooting looking for something new to play with this weekend can check out Vogster’s persistent world shooter CrimeCraft, now entering the open beta phase. CrimeCraft is a third-person shooter that features teams of players fighting against other teams of players or enemy A.I. in a near-future urban setting. It’s…

GameStop Goes Casual

Video game retailer GameStop launched its Casual Digital Store yesterday, celebrating with a 50% sale on select casual PC titles. The GameStop Casual Digital Store, located at http://www.gamestop.com/casual, features the hottest and not-so-hottest casual PC games for purchase, download and play. Powered by RealNetworks, the store features casual and independent titles, from Nancy Drew to…

Aion Class Spotlight: The Sorcerer

Upon reaching level 9, Aion’s Mage gets to chose between the Spiritmaster pet class or the Sorcerer, the massively-multiplayer RPG’s glass cannon. In RPG parlance, a glass cannon is basically a wizard, outputting tremendous damage while wearing the least-protective armor the game has to offer. The sorcerer in Aion is meant to stay behind everyone…

Free Dungeons & Dragons Online Encounters Delay

Dungeons & Dragons Online’s transition into free-to-play game enters a 10×10 room. Up ahead is its original August release date. It rushes forward…pit trap! Saving throw failed, one month delay. Dungeons & Dragons Online was set to become DDO Unlimited next week in North America, morphing from subscription-based game to a new free-to-play model, but…

This Is Spinal Tap Rock Band

The original This is Spinal Tap soundtrack hits Rock Band next week, giving fans a whole new way to experience the joy and wonder of songs like “Big Bottom” and “Sex Farm”. Last month Rock Band players got a taste of the latest Spinal Tap release, Back From The Dead, but that only left fans…

The Witcher Uncensored For North America

Forget the Enhanced Edition of the acclaimed PC roleplaying game The Witcher, because The Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut is out now, adding in all the mature content the North American version lacked. The Witcher novels feature quite a few sexual situations, so it made sense that the game would as well, though perhaps reducing said…

Tropico 3 Is 360 Bound

Kalypso Media makes their publishing debut on the Xbox 360 this fall, announcing an Xbox 360 version of the island nation management simulation Tropico 3. Shortly after the third game in the acclaimed Tropico series hits PCs, Xbox 360 owners will be able to step into the polished loafers of El Presidente, managing the day-to-day…

Stardock Finally Spawns Demigod Demo

Three and a half months after its release, Stardock has finally figured out how to give PC gamers a small taste of Demigod gameplay with a multiplayer demo. The problem that Stardock seemed to be having with releasing a demo for the action real-time strategy title was figuring out how to limit things while still…

Darkest Of Days Weapons Training

This mock weapons training video for 8monkey labs‘ time-travelling FPS Darkest of Days is as entertaining as it is informative. Darkest of Days will have PC and Xbox 360 owners hopping all over time this September, so it makes sense to bone up on some of the historically accurate and futuristically exotic weapons you’ll have…

Frankenreview: Wii Sports Resort

As Wii Sports was to the Nintendo Wii, Wii Sports Resort is to the Wii Motion Plus, packed with a dozen mini-games to help players get the hang of some new Nintendo Hardware. Wii Sports Resort is Nintendo’s first-party showcase for the Wii Motion Plus, the controller add-on that adds 1:1 movement sensing to the…

Dark Void Delay Leaves Void In Fall Gaming Lineup

Another major 2009 release becomes a major 2010 release, as Capcom pushes back Dark Void to avoid a crowded fall game season that doesn’t really exist anymore. At this point, January through March of next year is going to be the biggest first quarter in gaming ever, as an increasing number of games originally slated…

Atari Founder Returns To Development With Battleswarm

Nolan Bushnell, creator of Pong and founder of Atari, returns to game development with Battleswarm: Field of Honor, a real-time strategy / first-person shooter hybrid he describes as “a mash-up between StarCraft and Starship Troopers.” Bushnell has been out of the game making business for quite awhile, but he’s coming back with Battleswarm, an online…

F.E.A.R. 2 Reborn With New Single Player DLC

Experience the end of Alma from an entirely new perspective with the F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn downloadable content, featuring four new levels that thrust the player into the role of Replica Soldier Foxtrot813. Foxtrot813 is just your average Replica soldier, but soon beckoning voices lead him to go against Replica Command’s orders, striking out on his…

Warhammer Online Mac Beta Prepares For Battle

Massively-multiplayer RPG Warhammer Online just got a bit more Mac friendly, as Mythic announces the availability of the beta for the Mac version of the game. I’ve played Warhammer Online with Mac users in the past, but it generally involved them rebooting and twisting dials, injecting strange substances into their machines. Thanks to TransGaming’s Cider…

All The Star Trek Online Screens You’ll Ever Need

Things have been awfully quiet on the Star Trek Online front lately, so developer Cryptic and Atari are startling patient fans awake with all the screenshots they could find. A few of these screens we’ve seen previously, but a good majority of them are new, depicting strange, new words; new life, and new civilizations; and…

Blur Boasts Beautiful Chaos, Massive Damage

The team at Bizarre Creations talk up their new racer Blur, a more intense, more fun experience that’s "really a collection of hundreds of memorable moments." Bizarre is no stranger to high-action racing, but they’re doing something completely different with Blur, the first racing title developed under the company’s new Activision overlords. It’s a battle…