Southpeak Games has announced that Velvet Assassin, as every single game before it, has gone gold. The publisher celebrates this accomplishment with new screens, including one of heroine Summer Violette stabbin’ Nazis in the chest. While that may be enough to sell you on the World War II era game, the publisher’s proclamation that Velvet…
Kojima Productions has put the finishing… touches on Old Snake’s iPhone shoot ’em up. Konami has updated Metal Gear Solid Touch to version 2.0.0, which the publisher plainly admits is the “Complete Version.” The original version, released in March, ended somewhat abruptly after the game’s third act, leaving hardcore Metal Gear fans wanting. The new…
The video game magazine business is not a healthy one. Nor is there much in the way of competition anymore. Nor is there anything like GameSpite, which has been announced as going to print quarterly. 1UP editor Jeremy “Toastyfrog” Parish announced that the former online-only magazine—annual print collection notwithstanding—will be changing formats, with new issues…
Rockstar Games’ upcoming PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sequel to Red Dead Revolver is coming this Fall, four years after being unofficially announced by way of an E3 2005 teaser. Anticipation is high. So revelations as simple as Red Dead Redemption‘s box art are going to be of interest to fans of the first. The…
With Doublesix Games’ Burn Zombie Burn and Konami’s Zombie Apocalypse infesting PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade this year, there is no lack of online undead destruction. But won’t somebody think of the children? Sierra Online has, reviving Zombie Wranglers for Xbox Live Arcade, due to land on Xbox 360s next month. The game was…
Korean developer Softmax is bringing the Magna Carta role-playing game series to the Xbox 360. And we’re bringing you Magna Carta II artwork, which if you’re a fan of designer Hyung-tae Kim, you’ll probably adore. While Magna Carta II has only been announced for the Xbox 360 in Japan at this point, that doesn’t stop…
As you’re likely well aware, Nintendo is readying a new Punch-Out!! for the Wii. It re-introduces Nintendo fans to classic characters from both the NES and Super NES entries, but does not include Mike Tyson. In fact, according to an MTV interview with Kid Dynamite himself, Iron Mike seems totally unaware that Punch-Out!! is hitting…
Pure developers Black Rock Studios feel that the video game racer, as we know it, is “in a dire way,” that the genre “is in many respects dying out.” What can save it? Why, Black Rock Studios own Split/Second, the explosive reality show-meets-street racing game, of course. “We’re all fans of street racing here, but…
Last month, we first told you about the upcoming Pepsi promotion that would see daily giveaways of Rock Band downloadable tracks, allegedly up to a million tracks. Details on that promotion have gone live. While the official site doesn’t make notable mention of the million Rock Band tracks rumored to be given away, it does…
Yesterday’s official announcement of LEGO Rock Band had just enough details to get the ball rolling on the teen and tween targeted band game. But it didn’t reveal much about the giant robot battles. The Xbox.com description of LEGO Rock Band—the Xbox 360 version, anyway—sheds a bit more light on what will separate the LEGO…
If you plan on playing Left 4 Dead‘s new Survival mode, get a microphone. Communication, as already noted by Valve itself, is key. And if you are new to the game, don’t start with Survival. Because the new mode is rather difficult. My first go in Survival mode, on the newly released “The Last Stand”…
The virtual wardrobes of the Xbox 360‘s Avatars have expanded, offering exciting new options to outfit your virtual self, including booty shorts and sporty vests for the girls and terrible denim options for the guys. The addition of short shorts is most welcome, considering how it has been here in Los Angeles. I’m sure my…
Midway’s creditors—and the judge presiding in the company’s bankruptcy case—sound… displeased by the Chicago-based developer and publisher’s sale to private (mystery!) investor Mark Thomas. The judge calls it “a matter of very, very serious concern.” And that’s serious. Thomas, who bought controlling interest in the bankrupt Midway for a rather paltry $100,000 USD—he was also…
Sega is bringing the Shining series to the arcades with the upcoming release of Shining Force Cross, a four-player action role-playing game that, if it stays only in arcades, will likely stay in Japan. And you know, based on the debut trailer of the game, I might be perfectly fine with that. Shining Force Cross,…
Ubisoft is adding to the H.A.W.X. fleet this week, bringing six new planes to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game that bears Tom Clancy’s name via the downloadable European Assault Pack. The new aircraft includes the Dassault Rafale, Saab-37 Viggen, Mirage 2000N, Mirage 4000, FB-22 prototype bomber and the experimental XA-20 Razorback from Tom…
This week’s highly coveted video exclusive for the exclusive-getters at GameTrailers TV is the first footage of EA Sports‘ Madden NFL 10, which we’re going to bet looks a lot like simulated professional football. No, we haven’t been privy to a sneak peek at the newest guaranteed Madden-branded blockbuster, we’re just making an educated guess.…
2008 was not a banner year for the PSP in North America, with a software release list that could nicely be called thin. That was in part due to developers nearly abandoning the platform. Peter Dille, senior vice president of marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America, tells Gamasutra that third-party publishers were “just about ready…
Sega has released the North American box art for its upcoming Wii mini-game collection Let’s Tap. What does it tell us? Pretty much everything we need to know about Let’s Tap! Beautiful, professionally modeled hands clearly explain to the potential Wii owner “You will play this game by tapping a box with a Wii Remote…
As promised, Valve’s new “Survival Pack” expansion has been released for Left 4 Dead. Now that I’ve completed my download of the add-on, which adds a new gameplay mode, I recommend you do the same. The new expansion is available for both the PC version via Steam and the Xbox 360 version. So far, the…
According to sources with knowledge of the game’s development, Scratch: The Ultimate DJ has a brand new developer, with Bottlerocket Entertainment replacing former developers 7 Studios, who were recently sued by the game’s publisher. With the LA Superior Court ruling this week that all intellectual property and source code be returned immediately to Scratch publisher…
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