Mike Fahey

January Lips DLC Finds That Lovin’ Feelin’

With nine new songs from the likes of Fallout Boy, The Pussycat Dolls, and The Righteous Brothers due out in January, the Lips song catalog should exceed 70 songs by month’s end. Nine new songs are headed to Lips this month, beginning on January 16th when we’ll finally be able to recreate the bar scene…

The Godfather II Teaches Us About Extortion

Not to be outdone by that other free-roaming mobster game, EA has released a new video for February’s Godfather II, which discusses the ins and outs of extortion. Extortion is the act of unlawfully taking money from someone using coercion – threatening psychical violence, destroying property, or setting pets on fire are a few of…

The Ugliest Consoles Ever

The Sega Saturn was pretty unattractive. The NES was pretty much just a box. Compared to some of the consoles found on Pointless Banter’s list of the 10 Ugliest Gaming Consoles, they’re gorgeous. Take the Rollet Videocolor here. With it’s lovely bright yellow with blue accents, it’s the only video game console visible from space.…

Finally A DS Game About Puffins

Just when we figured that we were doomed to live life without a game about Puffins, Majesco swoops in like a mighty seabird to announce Puffins: Island Adventure for the Nintendo DS. Puffins: Adventure Island (P: IA to the cool kids) turns you into one of pelagic seabirds, learning to dive, fly, swim, and play…

GTi Club+ Speeds Onto PSN

Konami proudly announces that the HD remake of the beloved 1996 arcade racer GTi Club will be available today for purchase on the PlayStation Network in the form of GTi Club+. GTi Club+ is a nifty little arcade-style racer that sees you and your opponents making your way through the tight city streets and winding…

Sumthing Else Releasing Halo Wars Soundtrack

Sumthing Else Music Works continues to release music for every big game Microsoft releases, with the announcement that the Halo Wars Soundtrack by Stephen Rippy will be available for purchase on February 17th. The entire Halo Wars soundtrack, composed by Stephen Rippy and performed by FILMharmonic Orchestra and Choir Prague is represented in the upcoming…

EA Partners To Distribute Wheel Of Time Games

Red Eagle Games have signed a worldwide distribution deal with EA Partners to distribute games based on Robert Jordan’s epic Wheel of Time series of fantasy novels. Red Eagle first revealed plans for games based on the movie adaptations of Jordan’s books back in November, when they also revealed plans to create a massively multiplayer…

Extended Mafia II Trailer, Now With Commentary

Remember the Mafia II trailer that was release during last year’s Spike VGA Awards? Now it’s back, with an extended anding and a written commentary from 2K Czech’s lead animator, Tomas Hrebicek. Having received many questions regarding whether or not the Mafia II trailer was a real-time, in-game movie, Hrebicek clears the air in the…

Coraline Movie Game Features Coraline Movie Talent

D3Publisher is proud to announce that the main voice talent from the upcoming animated film adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline will be reprising their roles in the video game adaptation. Dakota Fanning, Keith David, and Robert Bailey Jr will be voicing their characters from the film in the video game version, which is due out…

New Operation: Anchorage Screens Refuse To Give Way To Commie Bastards

There’s no way in hell General Chase is going to let those commie bastards cross Canada into the mainland, and we’ve got the Operation: Anchorage screenshots to prove it! Once again Bethesda gives us three teasing screenshots of the Operation: Anchorage DLC for Fallout 3, coming out January 27th for the Xbox 360 and PC.…

Final Skate 2 Pre-Launch Screens Are Vegetarian Friendly

With Skate 2 shipping next week, EA released this final batch of screenshots to remind everyone of what they’ll be missing if they don’t get it, without an ounce of dead animal in sight. Having tinkered about a little bit with the demo that was released last week on the 360, I’ll probably show up…

SimAnimals Trailer Is Dangerously Adorable

The latest trailer for EA’s SimAnimals highlights how adorable and cuddly the wild animals in the forest are, as opposed to the ferocious, baby-eating animals we see in the nature documentaries. Due out next week for the Nintendo DS and Wii, SimAnimals is a pet sim that replaces your cuddly, store-bought hamster with an entire…

Dragon Age Prequel Novel Released This March

BioWare crams so much story into their games that they need to release some of it in book form, hence Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne, the novel prequel to Dragon Age: Origins. Due out on March 3rd from Tor Books, Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne tells the tale of the rebel lord Maric, who leads…

Frankenreview: Mirror’s Edge (PC)

While the console versions of EA DICE’s ambitious first-person action adventure game Mirror’s Edge might have slipped past the Frankenreview monster, the recently released PC version encounters no such luck. The console version of Mirror’s Edge, released last November for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, may have received overall positive reviews, but multiple complaints…

THQ Patches WWE Smackdown VS. Raw Create-a-Superstar

THQ has released a patch for the Create-A Superstar Mode for the PlayStation 3 version of WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009, allowing players to better build up their custom creations. Players will now be able to give their created Superstars increased attributes by playing through the game’s Career Mode – or not. Players not wishing…

Tomy’s My Do It All Nearly Makes Your DS A PDA

Tomy’s My Do It All for the Nintendo DS further punctuates the possibilities of the handheld as a viable personal digital assistant, while staying on the safe side of the application versus toy line. The Nintendo DS needs a day planner application. There are plenty of homebrew options out there, but for those of us…

Your Next Xbox Original Is…Blowout?

The Xbox Originals program selection process continues to confuse, as the Gamerscore Blog revlelas the next addition to the lineup of downloadable “classics” for the Xbox 360, Terminal Reality’s Blowout. Only the fact that Crecente might actually be reading this post keeps me from just writing “Why?” 200 times and calling it a day. For…

Resident Evil 5 Demo Premiers On 360 January 26th

Xbox 360 owners will be getting an early taste of Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 come January 26th, when a one-week timed exclusive demo hits Xbox Live. The demo, much like the one released late last year in Japan, features two levels from the full game, Assembly Place and Shanty Town, allowing 360 owners to play…

New Final Fantasy XIII Character Has A Fabulous Afro

A scan from the latest issue of Japanese gaming and manga magazine V Jump reveals the first new playable black character to appear in Final Fantasy since FFVII, Sazh Katzroy. Sahz is an unusual design from FF artist Tetsuya Nomura, foregoing the normal pretty boy looks for a much more masculine looking black character, the…

Russian Warhammer Online Dated And Rubled

EA and Mythic Entertainment are getting ready to invade Russia next month, as they announce the official February release date for the localized version of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. Announced back in July of last year, the Russian version of Warhammer Online will be shipping out on February 5th, in 3 different flavors and…