Mike Fahey

Lionsgate Sees Wii Movie Streaming In The Near Future

A top executive for Canadian film and television distributor Lionsgate thinks that the Nintendo Wii could be streaming movies by the end of this year. Curt Marvis heads up the digital media division of Lionsgate, so he knows all about the digital distribution of movies and televisions shows. The question is, how well does he…

Three More Fallout 3 Screens Emerge From The Pitt

Bethesda continues it’s fine tradition of releasing three screenshots at a time, with a trio of shots depicting life in the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout 3’s The Pitt downloadable content. The top screen has to be my favorite of the three. The one depicting the arena is nice, and you can never have too many…

New York Drops DLC Tax Plans

New York Governor David Paterson‘s December tax proposal that would see the state nickel and diming downloadable content has been scrapped in favor of large amounts of federal stimulus money. Paterson’s proposal, issued in December, included a section titled “Close Digital Property Taxation Loophole”, which would impose taxes on all digitally-delivered items, including iPod songs,…

New Fable II Downloadable Content In The Works

A post on the Fable II development blog reveals that Lionhead is currently hard at work on new downloadable content for their award-winning role-playing game. Lionhead’s Sam Van Tilburgh tipped us off to the blog post, perhaps in order to make sure that you all weren’t simply trading in Fable II after you finished the…

Capcom Brings The Darkside Chronicles, Resident Evil Classics To The Wii

Capcom has big plans for Resident Evil on the Wii this year, officially announcing Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles as well as two classic remakes coming via the Resident Evil Classics line. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles is the sequel to last years on-rails shooter The Umbrella Chronicles, this time based around Resident Evil 2.…

Red Baron Rules The PlayStation Network Skies

The skies over the PlayStation Network get a bit more dangerous today, as Sierra Online releases Red Baron Arcade, an action-oriented remake of the classic PC combat title. Voted the 4th best PC game of all time by Computer Gaming World in 1996, the PC version of Red Baron was World War I air combat…

Army Of Two: The 40th Day Is Official

After a lovely week and a half of rumor and speculation, EA Montreal pulls back the curtain on Army of Two: The 40th Day, now under development for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PSP. Yes, the name has been confirmed, as well as several of the details leaked last week, including the new setting…

Midnight Club DLC Delayed, Frustration Soothed By ’64 Impala

The South Central downloadable content for Rockstar’s Midnight Club: Los Angeles may have slipped a week, but the 1964 Chevy Impala is here to provide much-needed comfort. While the free South Central expansion for Midnight Club: Los Angeles contains the maps, the South Central Premium Upgrade is where the good stuff is, with new missions,…

Protect Your Gil With The Final Fantasy XI Security Token

The newly-announced Square Enix Security Token will keep dirty hacker hands off your hard-earned gil via the magic of the constantly-changing login password. Much like the Blizzard Authenticator released for World of Warcraft last year, the Square Enix Security Token is an actual physical device that, when linked to your Final Fantasy Online account, generates…

F.E.A.R. 2 Gets Scary New Maps In April

Monolith plans on injecting new life into F.E.A.R. 2 multiplayer next month with the Toy Soldiers map pack, which promises to deliver a new perspective to the F.E.A.R. 2 online experience. Monolith will begin releasing premium downloadable content for F.E.A.R. 2 in April, including a premium theme, a picture pack, and this Toy Soldiers map…

Frankenreview: Resistance: Retribution

The fight between humanity and the Chimera spills over onto the PlayStation Portable next week with the release of Resistance: Retribution. Developed by Sony Bend, the developers behind the Syphon Filter series, Retribution follows the story of former British Royal Marine James Grayson in the wake of the bombing of the Chimeran tower in London…

New Conduit Trailer Channels Awesome

This new trailer for High Voltage Software‘s The Conduit makes it easy to believe that the game can live up to the title of "The definitive Wii first-person shooter." I wish I could say there were a whole bunch of amazing first-person experiences to compare it to on Nintendo’s console, but sadly that isn’t the…

Sega Does the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Sega continues to milk their license with license with the International Olympic Committee, announcing the development of Vancouver 2010, the Official Video Game of the Olympic Winter Games. Despite poor review scores on their previous outing, Beijing 2008 developer Eurocom once again steps up to the plate for Sega, this time taking on the wide…

Sackboys Playing Hot Shots Golf In Japan

LittleBigPlanet’s Sackboy continues his relentless invasion of all things Sony, the Japanese version of Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds gets flooded with the little scamps tomorrow. Tomorrow, players of Minna no Golf 5 in Japan will be able to download the loveable stitched stars of LittleBigPlanet and take them out on the course. It…

Nintendo Raising UK Wii Trade Price

With the British pound continuing to depreciate, Nintendo has announced that they will be increasing the price they offer the Nintendo Wii to UK retailers, who could pass the increase on to consumers. While the recommended retail price of the Nintendo Wii in the United Kingdom will remain at £179.99, Nintendo is increasing the price…

We Rock: Drum King Track List Revealed

505 Games has released the full track list for We Rock: Drum King, with Queen, The Clash, and Fall Out Boy all providing music to drum your Wii remotes along to. The focus on drums makes the song list for We Rock: Drum King quite a bit different from what you’d see from Rock Band…

Warhammer Online Massively Merges Servers

With subscriber levels currently hovering at around 300,000, Warhammer Online developer Mythic is bringing down 63 servers in order to make sure everyone has other people to play with. It’s a common practice in the massively multiplayer online role-playing industry these days; popular games launch, opening server after server to deal with the flood of…

The Evolution Of Chris Redfield

.html Let’s take a look at how far Resident Evil 5’s Chris Redfield has come since his video game debut in the original 1996 PlayStation game. GameTrailers has posted a look back at Chris Redfield’s zombie-fighting career, from his first appearance in the original Resident Evil to his updated look for this week’s Resident Evil…

Disney Makes Split/Second Official With New Screens

Following last week’s early reveal via GameTrailers, Disney Interactive Studios makes battle racer Split/Second official, with a couple of new screens to sweeten the deal. Coming early next year for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, Split/Second is, as Crecente observed, a melding of Death Race and Burnout, crafted by Pure developer Black Rock…

The Secret To CCP’s Success

During a recent visit, CCP North America president Mike Tinney explained how the EVE Online developers continue to expand in an economic environment where many online gaming companies are cutting back. The recession hasn’t been kind to online game developers, with companies like Mythic, Nexon America, Funcom, and NCsoft all experiencing job cuts and studio…