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Castlevania Puzzle: Encore Of The Night Review: Alucard’s Puzzle Quest
Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night takes the classic Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and transforms it into a puzzle role-playing game. Can they do that? I consider Castlevania: Symphony of the Night to be one of the greatest 2D action role-playing games ever created. It has everything: Responsive controls, an engaging storyline, Metroid-style item-based…
By Mike Fahey Published August 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Xfire Sold Off, Development Team Leaving [Update]
Two communications today from Xfire, the social networking tool for PC gamers, indicate that the service has been sold off and most of its development team will be leaving as a result. Update: Titan Gaming has acquired Xfire. At about 3:15 p.m. Pacific Time, Xfire members received the following message: Xfire was bought by new…
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
My Dreams Were My Ticket Back Here
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: WELCOME BACK BRIAN CRECENTE Thanks Ash, it’s good to be back. I spent last week in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico laying by a pool, reading, drinking and eating. Occasionally I swam. But not much. About halfway through the week the family and I took a boat to a private beach once…
By Brian Crecente Published August 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kevin Butler Gets a Gift Basket of Sorry from New Zealand
The New Zealand TV network that ripped off a PS3 ad and was called on it by fake executive Kevin Butler sent the PlayStation “vice president of everything,” a large gift basket as a gesture of goodwill. Butler, noticing that New Zealand’s TV3 straight-up copied the PS3’s “Montage” ad from earlier this year, didn’t send…
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedHawk Eye RC Chopper: Your $65 Personal Spy Drone
Flying an RC helicopter? Sure, that’s fun for a little while. Flying an RC helicopter that can shoot both video and still photos? That’s good for a lifetime of creepy stalking memories. The Air Hogs Hawk Eye RC chopper will be coming out sometime this fall, and while the length and quality of the video…
By Brian Barrett Published August 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Madden NFL PSP Bundle Confirmed
Sony may not have confirmed that there is a Playstation 3 Madden bundle yet, but they did unveil a new Playstation Portable Madden 11 bundle today. The PSP bundle comes with a Black PSP-3000 (i.e. not a PSPGo) and the Madden NFL 11 UMD game for $169.99 starting on Aug. 10. Still no word on…
By Brian Crecente Published August 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Can You Mix Scribblenauts With LittleBigPlanet Successfully?
A few weeks ago, I saw Create, one of the newest — and still unfinished — games from EA, makers of Madden, The Sims and Dead Space. My signature swore me to temporary silence that ends now. What I saw of Create looked, at first, like derivative creativity. Here was a game set in two…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Board Game Looks Wonderfully Complex
From the creators of the World of Warcraft and StarCraft board games comes Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Board Game, the second board game inspired by the addictive turn-based strategy game. Sid Meier borrowed concept for the original Civilization video game from an Avalon Hill board game of the same name, so it seems a no-brainer…
By Mike Fahey Published August 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
BioShock Creators’ Next Game Debuts Next Week, Trailer On Aug. 12
System Shock 3? BioShock 3? SWATshock? Ken Levine Dating Simulator? The next game from Irrational Games, makers of BioShock, will be revealed next week. Irrational’s new podcast has some fun with the guesses. Irrational Games, the Massachusetts-based developed studio headed by Ken Levine and largely responsible for BioShock, System Shock, SWAT 4, and Freedom Force,…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Frankenreview: StarCraft II: Wings Of Liberty
It’s been awhile since we’ve posted a good old-fashioned Frankenreview, so we’re bringing it back with a game that hasn’t seen a sequel in over a decade – StarCraft II. StarCraft II is the sequel to what many consider the greatest real-time strategy game of all time. It continues the epic tale of interstellar conflict…
By Mike Fahey Published August 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Play Michael Jackson The Experience at Germany’s GamesCom
Ubisoft’s Michael Jackson The Experience will be playable at this month’s GamesCom in Germany, alongside Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, R.U.S.E. and a slew of other upcoming titles. Ubisoft’s Gamescom line-up will give attendees a chance to play the multiplayer mode of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood and check out a presentation on the single player campaign. Other…
By Brian Crecente Published August 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Choose Your Own Fable III Villager
Get a head-start on populating the world of Fable III with the Fable III Villager Maker, an easy way to add a new non-player character to your game without having to be a virtual slut. If you played Fable II like I did, by the time the game was over, 80% of the non-player characters…
By Mike Fahey Published August 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
iTunes Chart Topper: Choppers, Farms and Military Maneuvers, Vietnam In Chart Form
Risk : The Official Game takes a unprecedented drop. We Farm for iPad proves iGamers are still not tired of FarmVille knock-offs, and everyone has gone crazy for the Choppers. Here’s the full list of games for both platforms: Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone game reviews…
By Aulistar Mark Published August 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Gets Two Special Editions In Europe
Are you a North American BlazBlue fan that’s upset that Aksys didn’t offer a collector’s edition for BlazBlue: Continuum Shift? If so, then these UK/European exclusive special editions will really piss you off. Like many North Americans, I was slightly disappointed that I didn’t have the option to pick up a collector’s edition of BlazBlue:…
By Mike Fahey Published August 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Afterlife’s Chris Redfield Needed A Resident Evil Montage
The actor behind Resident Evil: Afterlife’s Chris Redfield isn’t a gamer, so how did Prison Break’s Wentworth Miller prepare to play this iconic character? With a montage – a Chris Redfield montage. MoviesOnline.ca caught up with Wentworth during the San Diego Comic-Con earlier this month, where the actor admitted he’s never been much of a…
By Mike Fahey Published August 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Museum of Contemporary Art To Host Blizzard Exhibit
Blizzard Entertainment plans to host an art exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei this month. The Fights, Flights & Frights – Inside the Storm exhibit will draw from 15 years worth of works drawn from their popular game series, including StarCraft, Diablo and WarCraft. The show, which kicks off on Aug. 20,…
By Brian Crecente Published August 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
God of War: Ghost Of Sparta Walks The Earth This November
Experience the origin of everyone’s favorite vengeful god slayer on November 2 when God of War: Ghost of Sparta hits the PSP, with “the ultimate DLC pack” offered up as a sacrifice to preorder customers. With 25% more gameplay than Chains of Olympus and the ability to render up to nine enemies on screen at…
By Mike Fahey Published August 2, 2010