Mike Fahey

Blizzard’s April Fool’s Day Spectacular

Blizzard pulls no punches this April 1st, with not one but four different pranks featuring pimped mounts, a new Diablo III class, the biggest StarCraft 2 unit ever created, and PVP dance battles. The first prank to come across our desks this morning was the P1mp My Mount feature from the World of Warcraft European…

Red Faction Guerrilla Presents: The Ostrich Hammer

The latest developer diary for Red Faction: Guerrilla reveals where the real power in the gaming industry lies, with the introduction of the Ostrich Hammer. The Ostrich Hammer is a response to a NeoGAF thread, in a screenshot of the main character swinging the game’s power hammer was badly photoshopped with a picture of an…

Jak And Daxter Discover The Lost Frontier

With Ratchet and Clank returning later this year, it’s only right that Sony’s other platforming duo reunite on the PSP and PlayStation 2 this Autumn in Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier. Developed by High Impact Games, The Lost Frontier picks up where the original series left off, with Jak and his fuzzy little pal…

The Vehicles Of Fuel

If you’re going to go open-world racing in the post-apocalyptic world of Codemasters’ Fuel, you’re going to need to pick the right vehicle. Fuel provides players with 70 different vehicles to race across its 5,000 square mile world, ranging from the dinkiest dirt bikes to souped up SUVs and everything in between. Pick your weapon…

The Pitt Still A Bit Broken

When they aren’t upping the price on horse barding, the folks at Bethesda keep themselves busy by trying to get a fully working version of the Fallout 3 The Pitt DLC onto Xbox Live. After a corrupted version of the downloadable content ruined Xbox 360 owners’ fun last week, Bethesda quickly leaped into action, releasing…

What A Day To Launch Legends Of Zork

I suppose April 1st is as good a day as ever to revisit the ruins of the Great Underground Empire, as Jolt Online Gaming launches their free-to-play browser-based adventure game, Legends of Zork. Legends of Zork is basically a graphical, browser based MUD, or multi-user dungeon, with some distinctive Zork flair thrown in for good…

Oblivion Horse Armor On Sale For Twice The Price

Bethesda has cut the prices of its Xbox 360 downloadable content for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion by half for the next week, except the Horse Armor Pack, which is going to cost you. It’s been nearly three years since the April 3rd 2006 release of Oblivion’s Horse Armor Pack, and Bethesda is doing it…

Former Diablo II Lead Artist Lays Down The L.A.W.

Online game developer Nitrogen has just announced L.A.W., a post-apocalyptic multiplayer online game for adults designed by the lead artist for Diablo II and a “well-known movie director from the Star Wars”. L.A.W., or Living After War, takes place after a 2350, after the Earth “Earth has undergone a nuclear war, diastrophism, and 200 years…

Just Cause 2 Screens Fall Out Of Plane And Explode

Eidos shows off a bit of what Square Enix is about to own with a gallery’s worth of explosive new screenshots for Just Cause 2. The original Just Cause was one of the earlier open-world action games, and if I recall correctly, there was a heavy focus on driving, things exploding, and people flying through…

World At War Map Pack Sells Like Zombie Hotcakes

There’s just something about Nazi zombies that brings players out in droves, as the first Call of Duty: World at War map pack saw a million downloads during its first weekend of availability. Call of Duty: World at War players flocked to the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Marketplace to download Nightfire, Knee Deep, Station,…

Amazon Punch-Out!! Kit Contains Real Boxers

Behold the Amazon exclusive Punch-Out!! Heavyweight Contender Kit, containing everything you need to complete your Punch-Out!! Wii experience, including the boxers. The Punch-Out!! Heavyweight Contender Kit contains items that are strictly necessary for the complete Punch-Out!! experience. It’s got a replica of King Hippo’s Crown, an inflatable King Hippo desktop punching bag, and a Doc…

GDC Attendance Slips In 2009

After a record 2008, attendance at the 2009 Game Developers Conference dipped slightly but still stood strong, with more that 17,000 industry professionals making the trip. Last year’s GDC drew in record numbers, with more than 18,000 members of the gaming industry making the pilgrimage to San Francisco for the annual event. This year’s 17,000…

Final Fantasy Crystal Bearers Website Craves Your Clicks

Square Enix has launched a teaser website for the long-awaited Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers, with page visits determining when new videos of the game are released. In case the trailer included in the Japanese version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time weren’t enough, this new teaser site should provide more than…

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising’s “Open World Modern Warfare”

Days after Activision unveiled their teaser for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Codemasters serves up a gameplay trailer and new screens for Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, welcoming us to "open world modern warfare." Of course it could just be a coincidence…modern warfare is a rather common term, covering all things pertaining to warfare in…

Microsoft Discounts PS2 Price Cut

Sony’s Jack Tretton says that dropping the price of the PlayStation 2 to $99 will bring new consumers to the PlayStation platform. Microsoft rolls its eyes. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, Microsoft’s VP of the Interactive Entertainment Business Chris Lewis dismissed Sony’s announcement, suggesting that the key to staying competitive in the console market lay in developing…

PS2 Price Stays The Same For The UK

While the price of the PlayStation 2 is officially dropping in the U.S. and Europe, the price remains the same in the United Kingdom. Starting tomorrow, the price of the PlayStation 2 in the states drops to $99. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has released a statement saying that the European price will be dropping to…

More Banjo-Kazooie To Love Next Week

The Lord of Games isn’t done with Banjo and Kazooie yet, with twelve new challenges and 7 multiplayer games coming to Xbox Live next week as L.O.G.’s Lost Challenges. L.O.G.’s Lost Challenges hits the Xbox Live Marketplace on April 7th, giving the fans who still refer to themselves as such gobs of new content to…

Finally A Dedicated Wii Yoga Game

The Nintendo Wii becomes even more attractive as a Mother’s Day gift with the announcement of Yoga for Wii, a Balance Board exploration of personal wellness. The cleverly named Yoga for Wii is exactly what it sounds like – a yoga game for the Nintendo Wii. Using the Wii Balance Board, players will be able…

Gears Of War 2 Gets Snowblind

More maps, more achievements, and more hiding behind things and shooting come in the Snowblind Map Pack for Gears of War 2, now available via Xbox Live Marketplace. Fans have been drooling over them for several weeks, and now the four new multiplayer maps for Gears 2 are upon us in the Snowblind Map Pack.…

Mortal Kombat’s Frost Much Hotter In Person

There’s cosplay, and then there’s fetish model cosplay. Marie-Claude Bourbonnais does glorious things with her portrayal of Mortal Kombat’s resident female Sub-Zero. Frost was one of the less interesting additions to the Mortal Kombat roster in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, but suddenly I get the overwhelming urge to give her another try. Marie-Claude Bourbonnais pulls…