Doctor of the fine arts and television personality Stephen T. Colbert, DFA has the cure for what ails our vitamin D deficient youth—video games!! During last night’s “Cheating Death” segment, Colbert busted out a new piece of tech, Prescott Pharmaceuticals’ Vaxbox, a revolutionary console that not only plays games, it gives kids a healthy orange…
Rock Band owners will be treated to a potpourri of new music offering next week, led by a new triple shot of Foo Fighters jams and a blend of radio rock favorites. New additions from Blind Melon, Blur, and the Dropkick Murphys head to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version of Rock Band next…
I’ll be eyeballs deep in Shadow Complex for Xbox Live Arcade this weekend, feverishly attempting to 100% the game before I depart for Germany and Gamescom on Sunday morning. That means I’m going to have to get creative with my use of the Friction Dampener, as some areas are still cleverly locked out to me.…
PlayStation 3‘s massive multiplayer shooter MAG is—officially now—releasing in January 2010, confirming retailer “speculation” that the Zipper Interactive game wouldn’t make the holiday season. A little bit later than some of us might have been hoping for, but considering MAG is just now entering a wider public beta phase, not totally unexpected. Cushioning that potential…
Harmonix offered us a preview of The Beatles: Rock Band, giving us a chance to see what separates the Fab Four’s entry from previous Rock Band titles. Most notable among them are the game’s story mode, prizes and “Beatle Beats.” As Harmonix and MTV Games have said from the beginning, The Beatles: Rock Band will…
This newest issue of Game Informer magazine has already landed in the hands of subscribers, featuring a cover story on MTV Games and Harmonix’s The Beatles: Rock Band. Beneath that cover lies the game’s final track listing. Final minus one, that is. Game Informer appears to be keeping one of the game’s songs under wraps,…
Hey guys, the list of celebrities endorsing Wii fitness games just a little longer today, as Ubisoft has signed Jenny McCarthy as its Your Shape spokesface, presumably in hopes that people will think she knows something about fitness. It seems to be a winning formula for Wii fitness games thus far, as Majesco has tapped…
The third and, unfortunately, final day of updates to Team Fortress 2‘s “classless update” is out there. No hidden last minute update for this one folks, as the game has already been updated with the latest batch of changes. That includes a long, long list of updates, including the new addition of two “new” maps—Sawmill,…
Nintendo’s Wii Sports Resort was the bestselling video game in the U.S. last month, moving more than a half million copies—and Wii MotionPlus add-ons—with one exception. It was actually outsold by EA Sports NCAA Football 10.* * Combined, that is. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of this year’s NCAA Football joined forces to…
It was another depressing month for the video game industry in the United States, the fifth consecutive monthly drop in a row. Hardware sales fell across the board, with the Wii, PSP and PlayStation 3 seeing the biggest year-over-year declines. While Nintendo managed to dominate on the portable front—the Nintendo DS and DSi sold 538,900…
PlayStation 3 owners, your ticket to ride the roller coaster that is Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 is finally here, as Capcom’s 2D fighting crossover leads this week’s North American PlayStation Store update, a week also rich in PS One Classics. That includes the original Tomb Raider, Ten Pin Alley and Dead In The Water. There’s…
If you couldn’t make it down to Texas this year for QuakeCon 2009, you can still enjoy the fruits of id Software‘s labor. At least the low hanging iPhone fruit, that is. Two of id’s recent iPhone releases can now be had for cheap, with Wolfenstein 3D marked down to 99 cents and Doom Resurrection…
The power of the PlayStation 2 and the appeal of Gundam is still strong in Japan. Or at least the fan base of each is, as PS2 software sits atop this week’s weekly Japanese software sales chart. SD Gundam G Generation Wars was Japan’s bestselling game this past week, a new debut in a long…
Free Radical Design’s Haze was not a good game. After being delayed multiple times, the futuristic first-person shooter landed with a thud. Part of that can be attributed to the developer’s struggle coming to grips with PlayStation 3 hardware. It’s not an unfamiliar story, but one that may explain why the former TimeSplitters devs faltered…
EA Sports is expanding the roster of Fight Night Round 4—and its coffers—by offering a new quintet of boxers as downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Naturally, that’s gonna cost you. For 800 Microsoft points and/or $9.99, depending on your system, you’ll get Oscar De La Hoya, Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko, and…
Electronic Arts wants to ensure that you buy BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins new, not used, by offering a pre-order incentive program that throws in two pieces of downloadable content. EA’s even priced that downloadable content for the latecomers. The first piece is “The Stone Prisoner” download pack, a pre-order incentive that grants players access to…
That The Beatles: Rock Band will eventually be adding two of The Beatles’ most acclaimed albums shouldn’t come as a surprise. Most of us are expecting the entirety of The Beatles’ catalog to hit the game. But coming they are. The New York Times confirms the two albums will follow the already announced Abbey Road…
North American Nintendo DSi owners can download and enjoy Flipnote Studio—for free—starting today, giving them access to the DSiWare animation tool that Japanese consumers have been enjoying since last December. The flipbook animation software, known as Moving Memo in Japan, is relatively simple to use, letting budding animators draw, record audio and upload their creations…
Yes, the Soldier was trying to tell us something in his recent rant, as confirmed by today’s Team Fortress 2 update… update. The newest gameplay mode to hit Valve’s team-based shooter will be King of the Hill. In addition to eighteen new hats for the nine Team Fortress 2 classes, Valve will introduce the point…
PlayStation 3 owners with a thirst for Trophy collecting are likely familiar with the above. It’s the old way of seeing your PS3 e-accomplishments online, something Sony is planning to update with enhanced PlayStation Network Trophies feature on PlayStation.com. What’s changing? The ability to view more detailed info on your Trophy collection online for one…
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