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Red Alert 3 For PS3 Is The “Ultimate Edition”
There’s a good reason PlayStation 3 owners have had to wait to play Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 on their console. EA’s been busy packing the ULTIMATE experience onto a Blu-ray disc! Or so says the EA Store, which now lists the PS3 “Ultimate Edition” port of the latest Red Alert real-time strategy game.…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 13, 2009 -
Report: Nintendo DSi Gets Priced, Dated For U.S. Launch
The next Nintendo DS, dubbed the DSi, is rumored to be launched in the United States in April of this year, according to a report from IGN which cites “multiple sources close to Nintendo.” According to the report, the follow up to the tremendously successful Nintendo DS Lite will land on U.S. shores on April…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 13, 2009 -
Future Rock Bands May Steer Closer To “Real Musicianship”
What does the future hold for the Rock Band series? Harmonix co-founder Alex Rigopulos gives us another hint in a new interview, one that teases closing the gap between real and fake rock and roll. Rigopulos says that “during the coming years we will continue to try to bridge the gap between simulated musicianship and…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 13, 2009 -
PixelJunk Eden Gets Updated, Easier This Thursday
North Americans, expect your copy of PixelJunk Eden to become breezier this week, as the patch that adds more time, more control options and more forgiveness will hit the PlayStation Network this Thursday. Q-Games’ big boss Dylan Cuthbert reveals on the official U.S. PlayStation blog that the patch that hit Japan late last year will…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 13, 2009 -
Killzone 2 Gets Bundled With PlayStation 3 For Europe
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe just loves to put things inside retail PlayStation 3 boxes. Case in point, this Killzone 2 bundle, which reportedly leaked from SCEE earlier this week. That’s right, consider it unconfirmed. But don’t consider the package, basically an 80 GB PS3 plus a copy of Guerrilla Games’ shooter Killzone 2, unlikely. Or…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 13, 2009 -
Turns Out You Can Be Arrested For Sexually Soliciting Boys On Xbox Live
Who knew that chatting up 13-year olds via Xbox Live then asking them for naked photos would be so frowned upon? What’s that you say? Anyone with a shred of common sense? One man who learned that lesson the hard way was 24 year old Portsmouth, Virginia resident Ryan Edwin Donker. Donker, whose very last…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 13, 2009 -
Reviews
Lumines Supernova Review: Still Shinin’
Q Entertainment’s sound and lightshow-cum-puzzle game Lumines was one of the breakout hits for the PSP. It has since been ported to everything possible, including the PlayStation 3. Does Lumines Supernova bring anything new? Fortunately, yes. While the color-matching, Tetris-like gameplay is unchanged, a few new modes make Lumines Supernova a worthwhile entry in the…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 13, 2009 -
Free Midnight Club LA DLC Sneaks Out, Quickly Yanked
The downloadable content for Midnight Club: Los Angeles announced in December went live this morning for Xbox 360 owners. We (and Microsoft) hope you didn’t download it. Because that could be bad. Turns out the sudden appearance of the “South Central” content for MCLA wasn’t actually meant to go live on Live. That means, according…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 13, 2009 -
CES 09: Finally, A Wii Zapper That Looks Like A Crossbow
When I Link cosplay at home during play sessions of Link’s Crossbow Training for the Wii, I always feel a bit silly. But only because my crossbow is historically inaccurate, design-wise. But the best part of CTA Digital’s cleverly named Crossbow for Wii is that it comes with a laser sight, for maximum crossbow accuracy.…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 12, 2009 -
Wii Remote Briefly Sends Family Dog To The Other Side
The mysteries of the afterlife are now clear to Michigan-based miniature Sheltie Ozzy, a five-month old puppy that has come face to face with death, thanks to a near fatal Wii Remote toss. Fortunately, Ozzy’s brush with eternal rest was only temporary, knowing Death’s belly rub for no more than a few minutes. After the…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 12, 2009 -
CES 09: Hands On With The Wii… Err, Eee Stick
ASUS hears your cries, PC gamers. They know you’re not content with keyboard and mouse controls, that you’re desperate to get your hands on a faux Wii-remote to control the seven games that support it. They realize that you want motion control, but that you want it to be far less functional than the standard…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 12, 2009 -
The Godfather II: Build Your Custom Crews
If you missed the option of rollin’ with your homies in Grand Theft Auto IV, EA wants to appeal to your crew-building, thug-managing side with The Godfather II. The class-based options sound clever alright, but we’re not sure that this is enough to get us fired up for another Godfather adventure. After all, I think…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 12, 2009 -
Sex, Drugs And Galaga: Alec Baldwin’s Addictions
Did Galaga save the life of actor Alec Baldwin? Moments of Clarity, a new book about addiction, points to Baldwin’s own struggles with substance abuse, bouts of which he came down from with arcade games. Baldwin writes in his own testimonial “I would play video games from, like, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., and I…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 12, 2009 -
CES 09: Your Source For Wii Knock-offs
There’s a reason the Gaming Showcase at CES doesn’t light the gaming world on fire. It’s packed to its borders with subwoofer-filled seating designed for games and lame Chinese knock-offs, like the iSports. Wii imitators, each of which is loaded with minimal effort games, aren’t hard to come by at the Consumer Electronics Show. Typically,…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 12, 2009 -
Analyst Pegs December Wii Sales At Record-Breaking 3.2 Million
Nintendo’s seemingly insurmountable lead in the U.S. became less “seemingly” in December, if EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich’s figure of 3.2 million Wiis sold last month is spot-on. “Simply put, Nintendo saved Christmas,” Divnich said. In a note to investors, the EEDAR analyst also estimated U.S. Nintendo DS sales at 3 million last month, naming Wii…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 12, 2009 -
Best Buy Starts New Year Off With $9.99 Deals
Did you pass on Ninja Gaiden II, just like me? With Best Buy blowing the game out at just $9.99, it’s going to be hard to pass on now. And the deals don’t stop there. The electronics retailer is ringing in 2009 with some serious price reductions, including a ten dollar asking price on Facebreaker,…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 12, 2009 -
CES 09: The World’s Tiniest Video Game Guitar Controller
Like regular sized Guitar Hero and Rock Band guitar controllers, but far, far daintier, the USB ready Riff Rocker adds hand cramping as an extra difficulty modifier to your rhythm gaming. While the lil’ device has been available commercially for a few months now, it has been so at some of the more, let’s say,…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 12, 2009 -
CES 09: Novint Falcon + Pistol Grip + Left 4 Dead = ?
Novint’s Falcon doesn’t currently support Valve’s Left 4 Dead or The Orange Box, but the curious looking controller supported both at CES. How useful is it and the pistol grip in games like these? While it, like much of the wares at the Consumer Electronics Show, answers a technology question that very few asked, the…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 11, 2009 -
CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz’s SFIV FightStick & FightPad
If a $150 arcade stick is too rich for your blood, accessory maker Mad Catz has a few other options for the fighting game fan not content with the standard Xbox 360 or PS3 controller. Frankly, neither option is as quite as magical as the Street Fighter IV-branded Tournament Edition Arcade FightStick controller, but for…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 10, 2009 -
Rumor: EA Planning More Layoffs, Mobile Division Already Hit
Electronic Arts may have additional layoffs planned for the new year, as a source at the company tells us that the publisher is planning to lay off 400 more employees by the end of March. Whether that’s on top of the 1,000 employees EA already announced it would let go as part of a restructuring…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 10, 2009
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