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New Red Dead Redemption Screens Saddle Up
Rockstar today released four new screens for their upcoming western title Red Dead Redemption. One of the has an exploding stagecoach. You sure know the way to a man’s heart, Rockstar. Red Dead Redemption is the sequel to Red Dead Revolver, probably the best (sorry Outlaws) cowboy game of all time. It’s due out in…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nothing Says 2010 Like One Hundred Cupcakes
Every year, jewelry maker Robin Dahlberg at Steelhead Studio throws a big game party to ring in the new year. This year Dahlberg and co. did more than that — they made one hundred gaming cupcakes. The fondant creations range from table top to video games with a heavy emphasis on retro titles. Dahlberg even…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rumor: Dead Or Alive 5 Heading For PlayStation 3?
The latest issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine is carrying a brief rumour, claiming that the fifth game in the Dead or Alive series – one that’s long been a Microsoft exclusive – will also be appearing on the PS3. If correct, it wouldn’t be the world’s biggest surprise; not only is “former console exclusive…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
NSFW: Playboy Models Are Not Bayonetta, But They Try!
Multiple models in skimpy clothes say “I am Bayonetta” — much like that “I am Tiger Woods” ad from a few years back. Click to view Like Tiger Woods the character Bayonetta, the girls ask “Do you want to touch me?” The five models are not Bayonetta, however. They are Shannon James, Jillian Kaye, Kat,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fix On The Way For Darksiders’ Graphical Issues
I wasn’t a big fan of the amount of screen-tearing present in the Xbox 360 version of Vigil’s Darksiders. It appears I’m not the only one, as the studio has confirmed that a patch for the issue is on the way. “It’s something that’s really not a difficult fix for us and so we’re going…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
So, Who’s Behind Microsoft’s New Game Room Service?
Microsoft’s reveal of an Xbox 360 & PC “Game Room” is one of the bigger surprises of CES, but also surprising is the revelation of the development team behind the retro arcade store/service. It’s not Microsoft Game Studios, nor as you’d expect is it Rare, the studio responsible for the creation of the avatars in…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Thousand Dollar Wooden Gundam Statue
Forget that enormous Gundam statue! How about an enormously expensive hand carved red wood Zaku II? This is hardly the first wooden Gundam, and a wooden statue was released back in 2007. Priced at ¥99,750 (US$1069), the statue is over a foot tall and is being sold by legendary robot company Bullmark. The figure is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
NBA Jam Creator Officially Hired by EA Sports
Word that EA Vancouver signed the creator of the original NBA Jam buttressed rumors that studio was preparing a Wii version of the arcade classic. EA Sports has now announced Turmell’s hiring – but he’s assigned to a different studio. Mark Turmell, whom ESPN.com said had been brought to BC to consult on the Wii…
By Owen Good Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
More Hands-on Details From Xbox 360’s Game Room
Microsoft’s newly announced Game Room for the Xbox 360 and Games For Windows platform was available to play on the CES show floor today, giving attendees a chance to go hands on with classics like Pitfall, Scramble and Tempest. Those old school arcade and Atari 2600 games played mostly as one would remember them, 8-bit…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
MLB 10 The Show Box Features ESPN Pimpage
What’s the most notable feature about MLB 10 The Show? I wouldn’t say it’s the Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer, because you can’t see his eyes in either of his two pictures. I’d say it’s the front-and-center ESPN endorsement. Not because it’s ESPN, and not because of what it’s saying – MLB 10 The Show…
By Owen Good Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
See. Eeeeee! Es?
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: How Was Today? Let My Dinner Tell You… Dinner for us contained no messaging, delightful or otherwise. We ate burgers at a casino sometime after missing out on a dinner with Digital Playground, but before going back to the room to write and then sleep. I chatted with Alexis Raven…
By Brian Crecente Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
‘Green’ Cases Don’t Do Much for Greenpeace Rankings
Doesn’t look like cutting a bunch of plastic out of the standard game cases did much for anyone’s Greenpeace ratings. The environmental advocacy group released its quarterly rankings of electronics companies, again tsk-tsking Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. Nintendo, I guess because it goes whaling in its spare time or something, again clocked in with a…
By Owen Good Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
CES’ Burning Xbox Question: Will Natal Not Work With High-End Games?
As the first full day of the Consumer Electronics Show wore on, stories exploring the digital guts of Microsoft’s Project Natal gave way to gamer anxiety that the hands-free controller can’t work with high-end 360 games. Reports covered by Kotaku this morning indicated that the Natal would use 10-15 percent of the Xbox 360’s “computing…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Designer of an Arcade Classic Critiques His Work
No secret one of my most favorite classic arcade games is Paperboy. I was one once. It’s out on the iPhone, and the original designer rather likes the updated 3D version. His own work? He’s a bit more critical. Dave Ralston thinks the bicycle collision was too unforgiving. (Very true. Skidding almost to a stop…
By Owen Good Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Playing (Casual) Games on Microsoft’s Surface
They weren’t exactly impressive, but the Microsoft Surface tables set up at CES did have games running on them. Too bad they all seemed like the sort you’d find on an iPhone and not a $10,000 interactive computer thingie.
By Brian Crecente Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sonic The Hedgehog Socks Will Keep Your Nintendo DS Warm
Mad Catz isn’t forgetting the Nintendo DS accessory market as it shifts more of its focus to high end fight sticks, mice and non-gaming lifestyle keyboards. So if you need Sonic the Hedgehog socks, Mad Catz has you… covered. Yes, in addition to officially licensing Nintendo products—you know, like wireless Wii sensor bars—Mad Catz is…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 7, 2010 - Reviews
Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot Micro-Review: A Very Long Engagement
Don’t call it a deathmatch, says Gearbox. Don’t call it Horde mode either. It’s just Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot, an epic-length firefight in Borderlands, played to shifting rules and a brass accompaniment of spent casings clattering on the ground. Borderlands’ “role-playing shooter” combination makes it one of 2009’s most spectacularly addicting games. But what happens…
By Owen Good Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
MLB 2K10’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria is the coverboy for MLB 2K10, but the third baseman’s bringing backup. With this trash-talking video, 2K Sports touts the “impressive council” of seven baseball all-stars it’s signed to serve as promotional muscle and gameplay advisors.
By Owen Good Published January 7, 2010