Michael McWhertor

Japan Still Loves Soccer, Favors PlayStation Games

Last week, Japan’s video gaming populace snatched up enough copies of Konami soccer sim World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 to put it in first place. This week, Sega’s J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J scores. The PSP game kicked its way to the top of the Media Create sales charts, pushing…

StarCraft II Web Site Upgrade Complete, New Info Deployed

The official StarCraft II web site got a massive injection of new info, artwork, screen shots and story details as of this week, giving sci-fi real-time strategy fans something to soften the pangs. There’s new media to soak in, including a close look at the stars of StarCraft II’s single-player campaign, Tychus Findlay, Zeratul, and…

No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise Screens

The BioShock 2 Special Edition Is Gorgeous, Groovy

BioShock fans ought dust off the ol’ phonograph for the release of BioShock 2’s special edition package, a gorgeous collection of unnecessary goodies that is music to the ears and a feast for the eyes. And at $99.99 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, $89.99 for Games for Windows LIVE, it’s no small dent in…

Mortal Kombat Reboot

GameStop Black Friday Deals

When Harry Met Lara Met Pringles

With all those annoying locked doors, this Pringles ad does a spot-on parody of Silent Hill. So why does a Lara Croft lookalike appear when a Harry Mason doppelganger pops a tube of Pringles? Look I don’t know from Asian potato chip advertising, so you’re just going to have to take this minute-long TV spot,…

Meet Left 4 Dead 2’s House Band, The Midnight Riders

If you’ve played through Left 4 Dead 2’s second campaign, Dark Carnival, you’re likely familiar with the music and pyrotechnic power of the chapter’s fictional rock and roll band, the Midnight Riders. Well, they’ve got their own web site. Shortly after the launch of Left 4 Dead 2, Valve launched the teaser site—seen on posters…

More Call Of Duty Movie Talk Bubbles Up From Soap Himself

Were Activision to pass on creating a Call of Duty-based film, it would be leaving millions on the table. Not their style. That’s why more chatter about a possible Call of Duty doesn’t surprise, especially coming from “Soap” MacTavish himself. No, not the video game character. We’re still pretty good at discerning reality from fantasy.…

Club Nintendo Offers Members Actual Game & Watch Prize

The Japanese version of Club Nintendo flexes its clear superiority over its Western cousin with even more retro flavored fun for Platinum members. They’re getting a real Game & Watch LCD game of Ball. Yes, a real Game & Watch, not the digital version as seen in the previous Club Nintendo exclusive Game & Watch…

Nintendo Plans “Surprising” Zelda Showing At E3 2010

Nintendo fans are in for more than just new Wii Vitality Sensor software at E3 2010. The Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma says Nintendo hopes to show something “surprising” about Link’s next Wii-bound adventure. Aonuma tells the UK’s Official Nintendo Magazine that the Zelda team has been trying “something new in terms of…

Report: Activision Sets Up Third Call Of Duty Team

Having two teams dedicated to annual output of Activision’s Call of Duty franchise may not be enough for the publisher. A report from the LA Times says that a third team is now tasked with Call of Duty development duties. While the news outlet doesn’t name the studio responsible for providing gamers with even more…

The King of All Cosmos Rolls Up Some New Lady Friends

As seen on Impress Game Watch’s coverage of a recent Katamari Damacy Online event in Korea.

Rumor: No More Heroes Coming To Xbox 360, PS3 [Update]

Grasshopper Manufacture may finally be making the leap to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 with a new No More Heroes game, rumored to have been revealed in the latest issue of Famitsu magazine [Update – yup, it’s in there] And that’s about all we know at this stage, other than a supposed title, No…

Holy Satire! Mass: We Pray Promises Church Gaming From Home

Supposedly Boston-based Prayer Works Interactive announced its Mass: We Pray church mini-game compilation today, a smart send-up of religious-themed gaming, complete with motion-sensing Cross Controller and wireless Kneeler accessory. I mean, this is a joke, right? Yes, it must be. Playing Sign of the Cross, Holy Water-sprinkling, Collection-taking and Holy Communion-offering mini-games may sound like…

BioShock 2 Box Art Emerges From The Depths

2K Games’ Cult of Rapture has revealed what you’ll be faced with when picking up a hard copy of BioShock 2 next year, a Big Daddy giving a Little Sister a box art-worthy piggyback ride. A healthy dose of glowing eyes and a different Big Daddy suit will help differentiate the sequel to 2007’s BioShock,…

Valve Bumps Up Global Left 4 Dead 2 Dates, UK Infected By Friday

Due to “high demand,” Valve notes today on the official Left 4 Dead blog that it has moved forward street dates for its new zombie apocalypse survival sim, resulting in a “coordinated worldwide release.” Well, except for you, United Kingdom. But there’s some good news, UK gamers. And this is it. “The good news is…

Nintendo May Have More Metroid Prime Primed For DS

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption may have wrapped up the GameCube-to-Wii trilogy, but fans of first-person adventuring in the suit of Samus Aran may be able to look forward to future Prime games. Nintendo’s Kensuke Tanabe, overseer of all things Metroid, tells the UK’s Official Nintendo Magazine that the company is “always planning to make new…

The Mass Effect 2 Box Art Saga Continues

Well, it appears that the Mass Effect 2 box art that we foolishly assumed was limited to the game’s European release is coming stateside. The official Mass Effect web site has unveiled the game’s final box art. Finally. It appears that this largely reviled, totally not final version of Mass Effect 2’s cover was nothing…

Activision Announces Sledgehammer Games, New Home To Ex-Dead Space Leads

Publisher Activision officially announced today the formation of Sledgehammer Games, the Foster City-based, Activision wholly-owned game development studio headed by ex-Visceral Games leaders Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey. Yes, the folks responsible for last year’s brilliant Dead Space. The ex-Visceral duo, who jumped ship from EA to Activision this summer, are reportedly working on an…