Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Has A Monster Surprise

Snake’s list of mortal enemies appears to have gotten a bit longer, as the latest issue of Famitsu reveals that upcoming PSP game Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will feature a surprise crossover that we certainly didn’t see coming. According to early details from the Japanese magazine, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will feature beasts…

Here’s Who and What You Get in the UFC Undisputed Demo

THQ, responding to community demand, has shed light on a few details about its upcoming UFC Undisputed 2010 demo. One of those details is not the demo’s release date, although THQ hopes that will arrive before April 25. While no specific demo release date was fixed, THQ did say “we’d like to release the demo…

Halo: Reach Weapon & Vehicle Renders

NES Rarity Stadium Events Sprints To Streetwear

Top shelf streetwear label The Hundreds is tapping the NES collector curiosity Stadium Events—which fetches a pretty penny on eBay these days—for their spring line of tees, a classy and understated reference from the Los Angeles based brand. Why “classy”? Well, as a video game shirt, it doesn’t crack wise with a pun, nor does…

Driving a Real World Car Like a Video Game Car

It’s awesome enough that Rooster Teeth would rig up a Ford with a third-person camera, to attempt to drive like one does in a video game. What really makes this video shine are the Yakuza extras karate-kicking the test subjects. This is an aspect of video games that was long overdue for the Mythbusters treatment,…

Shantae: Risky’s Revenge Clearly The Prettiest Thing To Hit DSiWare

Based on the first trailer for WayForward’s Shantae: Risky’s Revenge, there’s no doubt that the Nintendo DSi-bound sequel to the Game Boy Color original is the best looking thing to hit DSiWare. Sure, many of those clean and simple games from the ArtStyle line and from developer Q-Games are attractive, but rarely have we seen…

Sega Gals Collection 3 A Disappointment To Girly Toy Collectors, Like Me

Speaking as an owner of the first series of Sega Gals capsule toys, toymaker Takara Tomy’s latest venture into taking well-known women from Sega’s long history of games and turning them into wee plastic figures is a bit disappointing. The Sega Gals Collection 3 features these lovely ladies from Sega games past and present: Fei…

The Beatles: Rock Band Can Now Be Had For A Song

Patient fans of The Beatles, your wait and see approach to the originally high priced The Beatles: Rock Band has paid off. The MTV Games and Harmonix music game is now much more reasonably priced. You have two options today. You can choose to take advantage of Amazon.com’s “Deal of the Day,” which is blowing…

Training

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Grade School Is So Long We’re having a dog trainer come to the house in a few minutes. She’s coming to teach Poe some manners. An ill mannered lapdog is one thing, but a 110 pounds, hippo-headed Great Dane that doesn’t know that he can’t sit on your lap or…

Mass Effect 2 DLC Now Live After Day-Long Delay

Kasumi’s Stolen Memory, the first DLC addition for Mass Effect 2, just reached Xbox Live Marketplace, after being delayed much of the day due to an unspecified issue with Microsoft according to BioWare. Earlier in the day a BioWare spokesperson acknowledged the delay to IGN and said the studio was working with Microsoft on a…

EA Sports Explains Why It Didn’t Leave Tiger as PGA Tour Online Launches

Tiger Woods begins his comeback at The Masters this week, and the browser-based game bearing his name transitioned from beta to full release today. EA Sports’ boss hit the television to talk about why EA never left the scandal-wracked golfer. “We are a very different company, in regards to our relationship with Tiger, than other…

How To Orient Yourself For Optimal iPad Gaming

The iPad might not be a revolutionary new way to play video games, but it’s definitely a new way, and that requires some adjustment. Let’s take a look at various ways you can position yourself for ideal iPad gaming. As I mentioned in my review, the iPad isn’t exactly ergonomic, as far as handheld gaming…

The God I’ve Been

In the beginning, I played video games. And, often, I played the role of God. Make that: slightly after the beginning. I was born in 1976, went to Catholic school and was an altar boy, had an Odyssey 2 in the early 80s and eventually a Super Nintendo plus a library of game cartridges that…

File Plants Vs. Zombies Lawn Ornaments Under ‘Future ThinkGeek Product’

Plants Vs. Zombies lawn ornaments, the lawn gnome for the PopCap Games era, as seen on BoingBoing. Thanks, Rebecca!

Clash Of The Titans’ Perseus Does It As A Man

I’m going to try to get through this entire post regarding this gameplay trailer for the new Clash of the Titans video game without mentioning God of War once. Oh dammit. Instead of focusing on the similarities between Sony’s franchise and the Clash of the Titans franchise, the first film of which served as inspiration…

Scrabble Rules Change Permits Proper Nouns, Horrifies Purists [Update 3: Old Rules Preserved]

Word from the Scrabble makers at Mattel is that proper nouns will be fair game for Scrabble players as of this summer. [UPDATE: Not so fast concerning this “rule change.”] The BBC reported the change of rules for the 72-year-old game with the following explanation from a spokesperson for Scrabble co-rights-holder Mattel: A spokeswoman for…

Best Just Cause 2 Gameplay Videos Showcase Sick In-Air Maneuvers

Your votes have been tallied, and the winner of the Just Cause 2 Stunt Contest has been crowned. Winning reader-submitted gameplay videos featuring that hot-dogger Rico after the jump. WINNER! Entry 5. Congratulations to Victor L., who made Rico grab onto a flying propane tank in mid-air after dropping from a helicopter in the top…

Xbox Live Gets Double Impact, Half Price Deals In April

Microsoft has laid out a good portion of the Xbox Live Marketplace release schedule for April, ensuring that no one will buy a copy of The Maw or Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned this week. That’s because both of those downloadable goodies will drop to half price later this month, priced at just…

Do You Recognize This War For Cybertron Preorder Bonus?

Transformers: War for Cybertron is all about exploring the original Cybertronian Wars through the eyes of reimagined first generation Transformers. Then who the hell is this Amazon preorder-exclusive multiplayer character? As we’ve mentioned previously, Gamestop customers who preorder War for Cybertron will score a code to unlock cold, emotionless Shockwave for multiplayer play. Now Activision…

The Theory Is That Bad Games Don’t Sell Millions Any More

“I don’t think there’s any garbage that’s getting advertised on television that people are getting fooled into buying. ” – Me on GameTrailers.com’s Bonus Round, theorizing that millions of people don’t get snookered into buying bad games any more Jump to the fifth minute of the latest installment of GameTrailers.com’s Bonus Round for a discussion…