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El Shaddai To Ascend Later Than Originally Prophesied
Fashionable action game El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron was supposed to hit the PS3 and Xbox 360 next week in North America. Now it’s due August 16, September 9 in Europe. “Don’t worry,” says publisher UTV Ignition. “Everything’s fine.”
By Michael McWhertor Published July 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Comes To America in January MMXII (And It’s Playable at Comic-Con)
Square Enix will start off the new year with the release of Final Fantasy XIII-2 in North America. The publisher of all things Final Fantasy has nailed down January 2012—2011-2, if they could get away with it—for the continuing adventures of the lady Lighting and her party. Final Fantasy XIII-2 for the PlayStation 3 and…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
Next Week on Breaking Bad: Blow Versus Zombies
In next week’s episode of the AMC hit Breaking Bad, Jesse convinces two of his pals to dip into a little cocaine, spawning an insightful conversation about Left 4 Dead, Resident Evil 4, and Call of Duty: World at War They’re not just zombies, they’re Nazi zombies! Seriously, if this is the sort of conversation…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2011 -
UncategorizedThese Eight Xbox Indie Games Will Rise This Summer
A total of ten titles will make up the Indie Games Summer Uprising, representing the best titles Xbox Live’s Indie Games has to offer. The first eight have been chosen. Let’s take a look! These initial eight games were chosen by independent developers to act as ambassadors for the Xbox Live Indie Games program to…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
Go, Voltron: Defender of the Universe Trailer!
Five-player co-op? Of course the forthcoming video game based on Voltron: will have five-player co-op, with each player controlling the mechanical lion of their choice, each player working together to wield Voltron’s Blazing Sword to dispatch some big bad guy in 30 seconds or less. Voltron: Defender of the Universe is THQ’s first video game…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
Used Video Games Now Extra Used: Publishers Adding $10 Fee to Play Online
Used gaming is under attack. This month Ubisoft and Sony joined the growing number of publishers who plan to start charging extra to play copies of used games online. Not every game…not yet. But Sony, Ubisoft, THQ, Electronic Arts, and Warner Bros. are all testing the waters for their own flavor of “online passport”. Here’s…
By Brian Crecente Published July 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
Child of Eden Makes Beautiful Music on PS3 this September
Q Entertainment’s spiritual successor to classic musical shooter Rez, Child of Eden, already released on the Xbox 360, will come to the PlayStation 3 on September 20 in North America, September 23 in Europe.
By Michael McWhertor Published July 18, 2011 -
UncategorizedEA Sports Shows Everyone How You Lobby a Texas Governor
When it comes to negotiations , EA Sports doesn’t mess around. They they know what matters most, and in Texas, that means football. In lobbying Gov. Rick Perry for inclusion in the incentives program under the state’s film commission, EA put together this video of Perry as a 99-rated quarterback for his alma mater, Texas…
By Owen Good Published July 18, 2011 -
UncategorizedYou Can Play Through Deus Ex: Human Revolution Without Combat, But Why?
In the latest behind-the-scenes video for Deus Ex: Human Revolution the development team demonstrates the most explosive of the game’s four pillars: Combat. You can avoid killing everything but bosses in the next Deus Ex game, focusing instead of the other three pillars of the game: Hacking, stealth, and social. I say bah! Where’s the…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
Happy Cloud Streaming PC Game Service Now Open to the Public
Happy Cloud, the streaming PC game service that lets you play as your games download, has officially launched, with ten games from three publishers available for purchase and speedy play. Hit up the official website to sign up.
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Slow-Mo, Easter Egg Hunting Crawl Through Saints Row’s Power Trailer
Saints Row: The Third lead writer Steve Jaros walks us through some of the finer points of the game’s “Power” CGI trailer in this new video. In it we learn a bit more about the current state of gang, turned celebrities The Saints, as well as a bit more about Steelpoint, the setting for the…
By Brian Crecente Published July 18, 2011 -
Reviews$100 Rainbow Lamps Paint the Walls with PC Gaming’s Light
For decades PC gamers have been content to let the colored lights of their favorite virtual playgrounds remain safely contained within the borders of their monitors. Mad Catz’s amBX-powered Cyborg PC Gaming Lights present a compelling reason to start playing outside the box. I’ve been writing about amBX for years now, and my articles on…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
EA Sports to Open New Texas Studio
Electronic Arts today said it will expand its EA Sports operations to Texas, and bring in more than 150 new jobs in a move the state government will back with financial incentives. EA Sports isn’t yet naming what specific titles will be built at the new Texas operation, which will be joined by 150 jobs…
By Owen Good Published July 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
Bury Me Deep Beneath These Cut the Rope Plushies
Coming in September to toy and specialty shops around the country, these plush representations of Cut the Rope‘s hungry little mascot Om Nom are so ridiculously adorable I would gladly suffocate beneath a mountain-sized pile. These teasing images were sent by Chillingo and developer ZeptoLab, along with news that the game’s 1.4 “Toy Box” update…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2011 -
UncategorizedPre-Order Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary to Make Every Grunt Go Out with a Bang
If you’re on the fence about picking up Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, these preorder bonuses might seal the deal. Gamers who preorder Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will recieve some fancy Master Chief armor to keep your avatar ready for action, or Comic-con That’s not enough you say? Well how about an ingame grunt funeral skull?…
By Sam Winstrom Published July 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
In the High Church of the Master Control Program
Religion and belief were two of the key themes in the 1982 Disney classic Tron. Three of the key themes at Lifechurch.TV’s location in Warr Acres, Oklahoma this month are religion, belief, and Tron This month Lifechurch.TV takes their message to the movies. During the evangelical church’s “At the Movies” sermon series, each of its…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2011 -
UncategorizedInfamous 2 is the Post-Katrina Video Game that America Deserves
The trend this year in video games, only about a decade late, is to let players repel an attack on New York City. See Crysis 2 this spring, Modern Warfare 3 this fall, and other games that put a virtual gun in their player’s hands and some fantastic evil in their sights. The enemy isn’t…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 18, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhen Minecraft Meets Bomberman, Chests Explode
Explosives and destructible blocks have always played an important role in Minecraft, so it was only a matter of time before some blockheads recreated Hudson’s classic multiplayer maze game Bomberman utilizing Mojang’s building blocks. Let’s blow some shit up! Cuzic and Tempus of Minecraft A2Z came up with the idea to recreate Bomberman in Minecraft…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
We Must Teach Younger Gamers the True Meaning of Ninja
Commenter Kevwood112 worries that we as a community may have lost sight of what it means to be a ninja, which should be a good thing, as you aren’t supposed to see them anyway. Let’s Speak Up about it. My friend and I were have a discussion the other day about ninjas and how they…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
You Can Fix the National Debt With a Few Mouse Clicks
If you ever wanted to control where your tax dollars go, now’s your chance. American Public Media, known mostly for their expansive public radio work, recently updated Budget Hero, a free web-based game where the player has the future of the nation’s budget in their hands. Using data collected by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office…
By Max Abrams Published July 18, 2011