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First Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Screens, Details
One look at the all-new Tomb Raider game and you’ll see why Eidos and Crystal Dynamics have put aside the famous name for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. This is a very different Tomb Raider game. The downloadable cooperative Lara Croft adventure drops the standard behind-the-back third-person camera angle from just about every…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Twin Galaxies Founder Retires
Walter Day, a former oil industry executive so captivated by the video game craze that he founded an arcade that would later become the international sanctioning authority for record high scores, has retired from his creation, Twin Galaxies. Day, 61, has chosen to leave to pursue a music career, an avocation featured in Day’s appearance…
By Owen Good Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Review Round-Up: Zombie Alice Mega Toys
What freaks out an old-school gamer more, a Sonic kart-racer or a Mega Man with an easy mode? We have reviews of those games and more, plus two unoriginal movies, all subjected to our subjective blue-and-red judgments this week. The Secret Armory of General Knoxx Micro-Review: Hot Coals Over a Cakewalk In which Owen Good…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
DSi XL Versus iPad: The Battle of the Bigger Versions
The Nintendo DSi XL comes out on March 28; the Apple iPad on April 3. Both are essentially bigger versions of things that already exist, but how much of an improvement are they really? We know that comparing the Apple iPad to the Nintendo DSi isn’t exactly fair, but we aren’t comparing the two devices…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Majesco Faces NASDAQ Delisting — Again
Majesco’s share price has again wandered south of Wall Street’s Mendoza line, prompting NASDAQ to tell the maker of Cooking Mama to get it back north of $1 or face delisting from the exchange. Sound familiar? Majesco got the same notice back in August 2008. The company’s share price closed today only marginally below a…
By Owen Good Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Five Pounds in One Day
To: Ash From: Crecente Every three or four years for most of my adult life I get hit with this bizarre, and very nasty, stomach bug. It usually hits me in the evening and has in the past always resulted in my being taken to the emergency room where a doctor declares that he has…
By Brian Crecente Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Next Week On Rock Band: White Stripes & Futureheads
MTV Games and Harmonix put a little more Jack and Meg in your copies of Rock Band, Rock Band 2 and LEGO Rock Band, a trio of new tracks from The White Stripes (and more) arriving next week. That includes the radio friendly White Stripes tracks “Seven Nation Army” and “Fell In Love With A…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Jaffe: Sony Lawyers Should Start Sending Out Some Letters
On his blog, David Jaffe writes that similarities between Microsoft’s upcoming Scrap Metal and Sony’s Twisted Metal, as well as the film title “War of the Gods,” should both rate “a sternly worded legal letter,” from Sony’s lawyer-mans. Jaffe, the designer who directed both Twisted Metal and God of War emphasizes that he doesn’t own…
By Owen Good Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
How To Score Your Red Dead Redemption Preorder Bonus
The results are in for Rockstar’s choose your own Red Dead Redemption preorder outfit, but you’re not getting your Deadly Assassin just by entering a code. This here’s the Wild West, and you’re gonna have to jump through some hoops. Not only does the Deadly Assassin outfit look damn fine, it also allows your character…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fist Of The North Star Explodes Europe’s Guts This Summer
Tecmo Koei’s latest Musou crossover, the one that blends classic manga Fist of the North Star characters with Dynasty Warriors style play, is making its way to Europe. The game known as Hokuto Musou will summer in Europe, officially. Koei’s simply calling the game Fist of the North Star for now, pegging the European release…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Whispered World Is Coming To America
Daedalic Entertainment is pleased to announce that its award-winning, hand-painted adventure game The Whispered World is finally coming to North America, with Viva Entertainment publishing the German game in the states this April. I’ve been following The Whispered World for what seems like years now, so news of a North American release for the gorgeous…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Max & The Magic Marker Preview: For Those With Imagination
Already released for computers and coming to WiiWare this Monday, Max & The Magic Marker gives a good impression. Especially if you play it on a screen that’s 137-inches diagonal. For those of you who don’t have 137-inch screens, just trust me about this, ok? The people from Press Play, the Danish development studio behind…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 5, 2010 - Reviews
Alice In Wonderland Review: A Bitter Underland
Tim Burton once again treads on sacred fantasy ground in Alice in Wonderland, a twisted take on Lewis Carroll’s classic novels. How far down the rabbit hole does Burton go? Alice in Wonderland is a new movie from Tim Burton based on a classic work of literary fantasy, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp,…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Week In Comics
There are gaming comics in comics shops across America this week. But there’s also a rare Marvel comic that interests me. See? Mass Effect: Redemption #3 Written by Mac Walters and John Jackson Miller. Drawn by Omar Francia. Summary Via Dark Horse Comics: Liara T’Soni finds herself both pursuing Commander Shepard’s abductors and on the…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
This weekend, I expect to rack up some losing records in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 online multiplayer, fully ensnared by the hunt for Xbox Live Achievements, of which I have but half as of right now. I’ll not only be playing Bad Company 2 this weekend, I’ll be playing it right now. Since some of…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Portal 2 Adds Multiplayer Co-op, New & Familiar Characters
Officially released details on Valve’s sequel to Portal were scant. Fortunately, retailer GameStop comes through with some major details, including the addition of a two-player cooperative campaign mode and all-new characters. GameStop‘s description of the PC and Xbox 360 game indicates that Portal 2 is due later this year—the online retailer lists an October 26…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
The First Ever Gloriously Big, Gloriously Detailed Shots of an iPad Game
There has been much talk about gaming on the iPad, but not a whole lot of delivery. In fact, I can only think of one game that I know of that will be made specifically for the iPad: Trism Spinoff. But even that didn’t have much in the way of details. Today, though, Secret Exit…
By Brian Crecente Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Cheadle And Jackson Lend Credibility, Value To Iron Man 2 Game
Sound-alikes be damned! Renowned actors Don Cheadle and Samuel L. Jackson bring a little class to Sega’s Iron Man 2: The Videogame, signing on to lend their voices to their in-game counterparts. Academy award-nominated actor Don Cheadle plays James “Rhodey” Rhodes, aka War Machine in Iron Man 2, while Samuel L. Jackson is S.H.I.E.L.D. director…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Video Games’ Team Coco Moment
Billions of dollars? Got it. “Astonishing arrogance and unbridled greed“? Alleged. Video games are so close to being Hollywood, that we must celebrate a breakthrough: A possibly boring contract dispute that could be as juicy as Leno vs. Conan. We’ve got an executive that the Internet fans love to hate We’ve got not one, but…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 5, 2010