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Play The Who’s Super Bowl Jam Right After They Do
Classic rockers The Who have put together a very special performance for the halftime show at Super Bowl XLIV, and Harmonix has put together a very special download of that performance, available for download as soon as the game ends. MTV Games and Harmonix have somehow convinced The Who (somehow likely equals money) to provide…
By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sega Offers Reasons Iron Man 2 Won’t Be Dreadful
Sega’s Iron Man: The Movie video game was not a well-reviewed piece of interactive entertainment. When someone from Sega show you the sequel, they admit this. In theory it should be easy to explain how Iron Man 2 is better. I saw Iron Man 2: The Video Game in New York yesterday at a showcase…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Analyzing The Fallout: New Vegas Trailer
The Fallout: New Vegas trailer has gone live, a release date announced, and fans are excited about getting back into the post-apocalyptic world later this year. Does the trailer hold clues about what we can expect in the game? I’ve been over the trailer with a fine-toothed comb, picking out choice bits in the hope…
By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Cover Candidates Announced for Madden NFL 11
A Doritos/EA Sports promo is giving fans the vote on who makes this year’s Madden cover. The candidates are Minnesota defensive end Jared Allen, New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, and Indianapolis wide receiver Reggie Wayne. Of the three, Brees – a Super Bowl quarterback – could be considered the front-runner. Allen’s candidacy is remarkable, and…
By Owen Good Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Games You Won’t Sell, The Games You Can’t Sell
Buy a game. Play it. Decide whether to keep it or sell it back. That’s the current cycle of a gamer’s gaming life. In the near future, that third choice may evaporate. You may soon never sell a game again. Two events this week, one of them involving one of the most famous franchises in…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Goes Another Round
CyberConnect2 is back with a follow-up to the gorgeous but shallow Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm, slapping on the Shippuden label and letting Xbox 360 owners in on the fun. The PlayStation 3 exclusive Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm wowed players with its gorgeous, cartoon-quality cell-shaded graphics, but when compared to the PS2 Ultimate Ninja series, with…
By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Surfer Mag: We Need A New Surf Game For Fun, For Training
Surfer Magazine wants a new surf video game. And they have a point, why don’t we have more games about riding the waves? But Surfer associate editor Alex Wilson’s opinion piece is driven more by the desire for video gamers who surf to have a chance to train out of the water to perfect their…
By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Must Resist Adorable Hamster Baby
Resisting a Nintendo DS game about cute little robot hamsters might be possible, but when Activision packs in a tiny stuffed hamster baby into the collector’s edition of Zhu Zhu Pets, even the strongest man’s resolve begins to falter. Zhu Zhu Pets, announced back in December, is a game based on the mechanical hamster toys…
By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rockstar Deems This An Epic ‘Stache
The results are in from Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption Movember contest, with Canadian Charles Leece growing the award-winning moustache, securing a cameo in the game. I can’t help but question their judgment. I mean, sure, this is a contest aimed at promoting the Movember movement, in which men grow facial hair during November to raise…
By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Plasmids and Tonics of BioShock 2
BioShock 2 hits next Tuesday and MTV’s Russ Frushtick wants you to be prepared, so he’s put together a handy-dandy guide to the game’s plasmids and tonics. The list includes 10 known single-player Plasmids, and the mention of a single secret one. My favorite among the batch has to be the level 3 decoy which…
By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
War Machine Suits Up For Sega’s Iron Man 2
With James “War Machine” Rhodes playing a big part in the Iron Man 2 movie, it was only a matter of time before Sega released this trailer. I refuse to get excited about the video game for Iron Man 2. I will not have another birthday ruined. Sure, Sega says it learned its lesson after…
By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Only 250 Game Crazy Stores Left After Restructuring
As part of parent company Movie Gallery, Inc.’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, video game retailer Game Crazy stores are dropping like flies, with only 250 stores remaining open in the U.S. once the smoke clears. The closest thing GameStop has to a competitor, the Game Crazy brand, often paired with Movie Gallery’s Hollywood Video stores,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2010 - Reviews
Crush The Castle Micro-Review: Fun With Trebuchets
The lords and ladies of Arcturia have had it far too good for far too long, with their fancy castles and fancy clothes. It’s time to bring in a medieval siege weapon and do some crushing. The App Store on iTunes is packed with physics-based games that have you tossing, flicking and shooting one object…
By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fallout: New Vegas Set For Fall Release
The next big Fallout game, Fallout: New Vegas will be out for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this fall, publisher Bethesda Softworks announced today. A new trailer accompanied the news, which raises questions about Bethesda’s other projects. Fallout New Vegas was announced by Bethesda last year. The game is being developed by Obsidian Entertainment,…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
You Got Your Guitar Hero In My Zombieland
Leave it to a gamer to come up with a set of rules to help survive a zombie apocalypse. Early into zombie comedy Zombieland we learn that Columbus is a Code Red-chugging, World-of-Warcraft playing college student. But what did he do for a living before people went all cannibal on him? According to this deleted…
By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
INTERNET PLEASE STOP TALKING ABOUT LOST!!
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Cold Turkey So, I live-watch Lost. I like Lost. But I live in Japan. And so that I can watch Lost with Mrs. Bashcraft, I watch the show on DVD with Japanese subtitles. I’m watching Season 5. So……………….if people start gabbing on Twitter about recent episodes, it is spoiler central!…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Wii Title Has Been In Development For Over 3 Years
Zangeki no REGINLEIV, the upcoming Wii action game from Japanese studio Sandlot, will be out on February 11. The game has been development for years. In an recent round table discussion with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, Sandlot’s Takehiro Honma said, “Because the project got the OK sometime between summer and fall 2006, development has been…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
More Fist of the North Star Screens, Yes Already Dead
A new spate of screens for the upcoming Hokuto Musou, featuring Juza, Fudoh, and Shin. Have a look. In March 2010, Tecmo Koei is bringing post-apocalyptic martial arts manga Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) to the PS3 and the Xbox 360 in Japan. The game has been titled Hokuto Musou, and is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dead Space PS3 Is A Very Limited Edition
Reader BilliousB, a resident of Montreal, heard about a local artist that specialised in airbrush work. So he grabbed his PS3, tucked his love of Dead Space under his arm, and paid the man a visit. This is the end result, an amazing, one-of-a-kind PS3 that features the USG Ishimura – “star” of EA’s sci-fi…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2010