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Initial Rankings for MLB 10 The Show Released
Earlier this week MLB 2K10 revealed its team numeric ratings. MLB 10 The Show has now divulged its rankings of all 30 Major League teams across four categories. The New York Yankees are this year’s overall No. 1. The Show’s rankings come in four flavors: Overall, hitting, pitching and defense. I’ve broken them out here.…
By Owen Good Published February 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Preordering The Dawn Of War II Expansion Is So Gangsta
Real-time strategy fans who preorder Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II’s Chaos Rising expansion online will score a free copy of Saints Row 2, which I’m sure makes sense to someone, somewhere. I know there have to be PC gamers out there who enjoy a real-time strategy game as much as they do an open-ended…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
These Are The Xbox 360 Final Fantasy XIII Shots You Were Looking For
Last week, Square Enix released new screen shots of Final Fantasy XIII in both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 flavors, sparking a bit of console-centered controversy, due to their clearly doctored nature. Now we’re getting a proper comparison. The previous batch of in-game screens were “mistakenly” released in Square Enix’s asset update for the forthcoming…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mario & Sonic Winter Games Sells Six Million
If you folks really want Sega to stop making fluffy Sonic games that don’t revolve around simply running fast, it would help if you didn’t buy six million copies of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. Just sayin’. We can’t blame this all on the Mario fans, and we can’t blame it all…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
World Of Warcraft Plushies: On The Wings Of Cuteness
Unsure how to handle the Gryphon Hatchling and Wind Rider Cub plushies from World of Warcraft that arrived at my house for review today, I hugged them. The verdict? Snuggable goodness. These two dangerously adorable little critters are the first shots fired in Blizzard’s bid for complete and total MMO plushie domination. For such small…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Free Copies Of Red Faction For Every* Darksiders Owner
Even if Darksiders owners didn’t have that special “mystery” coupon that was previously required to secure a free copy of Red Faction Guerrilla, they can still snag a complementary copy of THQ’s Martian shooter. There is, of course, an asterisk. THQ and Vigil are opening up the free copy of Red Faction Guerrilla floodgates to…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Activision Chief Regrets Not Making Guitar Hero With Harmonix
In 2006, Activision bought Red Octane, publisher of Guitar Hero, resulting in series developer Harmonix launching the rival game Rock Band and starting one of the uglier public feuds in gaming. Today, Activision’s CEO said shunning Harmonix was a mistake. “When we were buying Guitar Hero, or buying Red Octane, the makers of Guitar Hero,…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bobby Kotick, Warm and Fuzzy, Defends Notorious No-Fun Statements
Bobby Kotick, head of Activision, thought he was Luke, not Vader. And he didn’t mean that thing about wanting to make game-making no fun. “I don’t know how this happened, but all my life I was the rebel flying the Millennium Falcon or the X-Wing fighter and suddenly I wake up and I’m on board…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Japan Still Gorging On God Eater
The Monster Hunter-aping formula of God Eater gives the PlayStation Portable its second week atop the Japanese games sales charts, once again proving that hunting big bosses with giant weapons on Sony’s handheld is the path to success. God Eater and regular bestsellers such as Dragon Quest VI and New Super Mario Bros. Wii outsold…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Splinter Cell: Conviction Trailer Has Hollywood Blockbuster Written All Over It
While I’m still not sure if I’ll be buying Splinter Cell: Conviction when it drops in April, I’d sure as hell drop $10 on a Sam Fisher movie with a trailer like this one. It’s not that I am some sort of Splinter Cell hater. It’s just that time and time again I’ve purchased new…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Break Down Doors With These Medal Of Honor Screens
EA seems particular fond on the door kicking-in scene in its re-launch of the Medal of Honor series, showcasing it in the game’s debut trailer as well as this new set of screens. Perhaps the image of armed soldiers kicking-in doors is EA’s way of communicating its intentions to Activision and its Modern Warfare series,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2010 - Reviews
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Review: A Muddled Mess
Turns out that Percy Jackson isn’t a trouble maker with dyslexia and ADHD, he’s just the son of Poseidon, and you know how those demigods are. Movie Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lighting Thief shows what happened when a 12-year-old is thrust into a training camp for the children of gods and soon after…
By Brian Crecente Published February 18, 2010 -
UncategorizedWield The Mighty Skullhammer In Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition
Zeno Clash: Ultimate edition is coming next month to Xbox Live Arcade, bringing with it four new weapons to help decimate the wondrous inhabitants of Zenozoik. No matter how you felt about Zeno Clash’s original release on Steam, you have to admit the art direction and weapons design was quite original. The new weapons introduced…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Judging The Covers Of Games, And How To Make Them Better
You see them every day, whether browsing in a store, clicking through the internet or looking at a shelf in your living room, but have you ever wondered what kind of thinking goes into creating a game’s cover? I have. See, at heart, I’m a bit of a design nerd. I often like seeing, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Snow and Lightning Get Urgent PSICOM Alerts
Snow and Lightning are doing their thing to fight the man. The duo are so very revolutionary that the powers that be in Final Fantasy XIII have released the futureworld version of BOLOs for the two. These two Public Safety and Information Command, or PSICOM, directives arrived at my house printed on thick sheets of…
By Brian Crecente Published February 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sega Replacing Broken Alien Facehuggers
Unable to adapt to harsh shipping conditions, many of the Alien Facehuggers included in the Hunter Edition of Aliens Vs. Predator had their tails snap off. Sega’s bio-engineers are on the case. It’s sad that one of the heartiest species in the known galaxy should succumb to something as trifling as being shipped to retail,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Blade Kitten Takes A Stab At PSN This Spring
Krome Studios is bringing the intergalactic adventures of comic book heroine Kit Ballard to the PlayStation Network this spring in Blade Kitten. Who is Kit Ballard? Her tale is one of liberation. Her tail is pink. Blade Kitten is a comic book series created by Krome co-founder Steve Stamatiadis, which tells the tale of cat-girl…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Halo 3 Multiplayer Servers Will Survive Halo Reach’s Launch
Once Halo Reach hits, bringing with it a brand new multiplayer experience and separate servers, does that mean Halo 3’s multiplayer servers will be shut down? “I dont think we would pull the plug,” said Brian Jarrard, Bungie’s community director. “Halo 2 was the number one game until the Halo 3 lauch, and it was…
By Brian Crecente Published February 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Civilization V Hexes PCs This Fall
Sid Meier’s Civilization franchise returns this fall with a fifth installment, featuring hexagon tile maps, a new combat system, deeper diplomatic options, and a community hub where players can share content and compete without leaving the game. Civilization marches on relentlessly in the fifth installment of the classic strategy series, published by 2K Games and…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2010