The release of Monster Hunter G in Japan gave the Wii a helpful bump in weekly sales overseas, but not enough to let Nintendo’s surpass the PlayStation 3, which continues to outsell the competition. Sony couldn’t quite repeat the success that the PS3 saw in Japan last week when it sold more than 60,000 consoles,…
The Nintendo Entertainment System may have popularized the cross-shaped d-pad, but it didn’t usher in a new wave of controller comfort. This lovely looking NES mouse, sadly just a foam sculpted mock-up, looks accurately uncomfortable. Nintendo did get around to offering a mouse with the Super NES, but it wasn’t as easy on the eyes…
Expansions and add-ons flood the North American PlayStation Store today, as new downloadable content for Killzone 2, LittleBigPlanet and Burnout Paradise brings new experiences to three PlayStation 3 blockbusters. The Killzone 2 “Steel and Titanium” expansion pack brings with it new multiplayer maps featuring “new gameplay elements and strategic twists.” Also breathing new life into…
Gearbox Software’s Borderlands has a new look. Just don’t call it cel-shaded. It’s “concept art style” and it looks approximately one bazillion times more attractive than when we first went eyes-on with the role-playing shooter. You may have already seen Borderlands new look in action, whether it be in PC Gamer or from teaser shots…
Forza Motorsport 3 is definitely coming to the Xbox 360. That’s a poorly kept secret, as confirmation of the game’s existence was leaked last year with early details spewing forth from the infamous Intellisponse breach. It’s starting to look like Microsoft and developer Turn 10 Studios will have something to show soon, more than likely…
The glorious, obnoxious return of E3 proper is mere weeks away. The hype is now palpable, with Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony inflating expectations for their respective E3 showings. But Microsoft may be hyping the loudest. While Nintendo and Sony seem content to remind video game fans that they too will be attending the Los Angeles…
Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise does big business on the PSP in Japan. Bring that franchise to the Wii, Japan’s bestselling console, and you’re guaranteed massive success. Right? Well, maybe it’s too early to tell. While the most recent PSP version, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G was an instant success when it launched in early 2007,…
Wii owners are about to enter a sports mini-game famine, following the release of Sega’s Wacky World of Sports, a waggle-ridden compilation that finally cleans the bones of the multiplayer sports party game carcass. We’ll give Sega credit for adding “extreme ironing” to Wacky World of Sports, something I never thought I’d see on the…
Sony’s MotorStorm series is making the move to the PSP (and PlayStation 2) later this year, trading in sun, sea, and sand for snow, with MotorStorm: Arctic Edge, Bigbig Studios frenzied frosty sequel. Sony showed off the latest version at its most recent PlayStation Gamers Day, giving us hands-on time with the PlayStation Portable entry,…
EA Sports is making the best of the Wii’s graphical prowess by going with a stylized look for the Nintendo console-bound version of Madden NFL 10, which EA says is a “genre-defining art style.” Those visual changes include a “new stylized broadcast presentation” and new, exaggerated player models that range from the spindly wide receiver…
.html Zipper Interactive’s ambitious Massive Action Game may not be as visually impressive as, say Killzone 2 or Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, but give ’em a break. They’re dealing with 256 players at a time. While the PlayStation 3 game’s first gameplay trailer may not show all 256 combatants on-screen at once, cumulatively we’d wager…
Tom Clancy‘s royalty check will expand by an undisclosed sum next year, as Ubisoft has reconnoitered the first quarter of 2010, announcing that Ghost Recon 4 will likely arrive before March 31st. Ubisoft’s quarterly report didn’t shine any light on further Ghost Recon 4 details, sadly, merely ruling out a release this calendar year. The…
The 100% more grizzled adventures of super spy/hobo Sam Fisher will continue this calendar year, according to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, as the publisher has dated Splinter Cell: Conviction for a pre-Christmas release. Ubisoft confirmed that the Xbox 360-exclusive “active stealth” game will give gamers another taste of tactical action, Tom Clancy style, before the…
Happy birthday, Grand Theft Auto IV. You’re one year old today. Microsoft got you an Xbox 360 Elite “Limited Anniversary Edition” bundle to promote the occasion. But brace for pack-in disappointment… While the latest Xbox 360 Elite package packs in a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV, it doesn’t appear to offer a complimentary copy…
Zipper Interactive is taking its shooter know-how to a more massive scale with MAG, the developer’s “massive action game” for the PlayStation 3. The epic shooter will host battles of up to 256 players online. That’s obviously far more than Zipper’s SOCOM series, for which it is likely best known, operating on a design scale…
The fourth game in the PixelJunk series doesn’t have a name yet. That’s going to be up to you, as Q-Games is letting its fans decide exactly what we’ll call… whatever PixelJunk 1-4 is. So what is PixelJunk 1-4? Well, it follows in the tradition of previous PixelJunk games for the PlayStation 3, with 1080p…
Sony’s rumored plans for a new PSP—supposedly dubbed the PSP Go!—may also usher in a new wave of games becoming digital downloads for the device. That includes, allegedly, the long-awaited arrival of Gran Turismo Mobile. No. Really. According to 1UP‘s report on the oft-rumored PSP-4000/PSP Go!, Sony will be releasing about 100 new and classic…
Details of Sony’s oft-rumored revision to its PlayStation Portable may have been leaked a little earlier than the company was expecting, as chatter of the PSP Go! appears to have leaked a few days early. According to the initially uploaded most recent episode of the “at1UP” podcast, Sony will soon be announcing the PSP Go!,…
Just moments after the reveal of Tekken 6 for the PlayStation Portable comes word of another Namco Bandai fighter getting the on-the-go treatment. Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny has been announced for a PSP release this summer. GameSpot has first details on the 3D weapons-based fighter, which may look like a port of Soulcalibur IV because of…
Intergalactic role-playing adventure is coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch with Mass Effect: Jacob’s Story, a two-hour “animated presentation” with top-down arcade-style space combat that serves as a prequel of sorts to Mass Effect 2. The iPhone version of Mass Effect is currently being test-marketed via online survey, touting an “animated graphic novel experience”…
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