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Win a Signed DSi: The Eleven Zelda Fan Finalists
Last month… last year we asked you to show your Zelda pride not just by bragging about your ability to buy things or knowledge of the franchise, but by making you get out there and proselytize. The reward? A copy of The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, a Spirit Tracks t-shirt, a $1,000 Nintendo World…
By Brian Crecente Published January 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: Nintendo’s First Downloads Of 2010
Nintendo ushers in the new year with seven new downloadable games for the Wii and DSi, including Final Fight 3, Hell’s Kitchen Vs., and five titles you’ve likely never heard of. Even Hell’s Kitchen Vs. for DSiWare (800 DSi Points) is a stretch, as I can’t imagine I am in the majority when it comes…
By Mike Fahey Published January 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Oh What A Year
Staggering layoffs, a slew of delays, console price drops, promising new technology and two new gaming platforms: For fans of video games, 2009 was one heck of a roller coaster ride. Looking back over the past year in video games it’s surprising that so much good and so much bad happened in just 12 months.…
By Brian Crecente Published January 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
CGI Salem And Rios Hit London
Creating the CGI versions of Army of Two: The 40th Day co-stars Salem and Rios for this trailer likely cost more than dressing up two guys in Salem and Rios costumes. CGI Salem and Rios were last seen using a sniper rifle in EA’s offices. Since then they’ve managed to board a plane carrying weapons…
By Mike Fahey Published January 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sega Shying Away From Mature Wii Titles
Poor sales of MadWorld and House of the Dead: Overkill shook Sega’s resolve over mature titles for the Nintendo Wii, but it took an EA title to finally break the publisher’s enthusiasm for releasing adult Wii titles. In late June of last year, Sega was fully prepared to continue gambling on mature Wii titles. In…
By Mike Fahey Published January 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Tony Hawk: Play Ride and I’ll Be Your Friend
Tony Hawk seemed to take matters into his own hands last night, hopping onto Twitter to get people to play his latest skateboarding game Tony Hawk’s Ride. The famed skateboarder Tweeted that he was on Xbox Live playing Ride, dropping his Gamertag ( tonyinegypt ) for those interesting in joining him. Later he said anyone…
By Brian Crecente Published January 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Man Finished 48 Games In 2009 (And That Man Was Me)
I finished more video games in 2009 than in any other year of my life, according to a big list I’ve been keeping since 2006. Dare I write this in public: I played too much. Below you will find my 2009 playing history in grisly detail. This is the fourth list I’ve made of this…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
iPhone Chart Toppers: Zombies Won’t Die
Zombies managed to hold onto the top spot this week, with only The Simpsons Arcade breaking onto the list for the first time. Here’s the full rundown. Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone game reviews. Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Call of Duty: World…
By Brian Crecente Published January 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
When The Jonas Bros. Came To the Shopping Mall
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft I don’t even know who the Jonas Brothers are! But apparently, American teenage girls like them. Sorry, Disney bubble gum idols aren’t exactly on my radar. Japanese idols, on the other hand… Wait. Take that back. I do know who the Jonas Bros. are. Sorta. One of them did that horrible…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mommy, Where Do Game Boxes Come From?
Sometimes, the most interesting back-stories can be the ones about the most uninteresting things. Take, for instance, the humble zipper. Or, for a more relevant example, how video game boxes are made. Gamasutra ran a great interview last week with the creative director of Hamagami/Carroll, a packaging company that’s designed the game boxes for titles…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2010 -
UncategorizedMicrosoft’s Experimental, Hands-Free Technology
Microsoft are developing technology that will allow people to perform “everyday tasks” – like playing Guitar Hero – by using their muscles, and not their hands. The tech works by reading your body’s electrical activity (the signals sent from your brain to your limbs) and intercepting the data, replicating the action in a program. Potential…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hospital With Convicted Killers Gets 22 Wii Consoles
Broadmoor Hospital, previously known as the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, has been outfitted with £5,000 worth of Nintendo Wii gaming thanks to UK tax payer money. The high security institution, which is not a prison, treats the likes of rapist and murderer Robert Napper and the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Stucliffe — both of which are…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Get Ready For Def Leppard: The Game
Here’s something that slipped by unnoticed during the festive season: someone is making an “unusual” Def Leppard video game. Buried in an announcement about upcoming Def Leppard licensing deal with Primary Wave – which will see the company promote a Def Leppard cartoon series and cell phone apps – is news from Primary Wave CEO…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Perhaps This Bridget Is An Actual Girl
Yes, *another* Comiket cosplay gallery. Comic Market, or Comiket, ended on December 31, but Japanese website Moeyo.com has recently posted a few more galleries of costume playing players. Have a gander. Characters from titles ranging like Bayonetta, Dead or Alive, Fate/stay night, Fate/unlimited codes, Sengoku Musou 3, Monster Hunter and Guilty Gear — you know,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
People Paying Good Money For Free FFXIII Item
The Final Fantasy XIII avatar pets that were handed out last week were free. And required minimal effort to get hold of. Still, even minimal effort is too much effort for some. Over the weekend, dozens of the little Chocobos went on sale over online auction site eBay, some going for as much as $50.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
2010 Independent Games Festival Finalists Announced
With submissions having been open since July, the twenty finalists for the 12th annual Independent Games Festival have been announced. And boy are there some good games in the running. Granted, I haven’t played all of them, but I like what I’ve seen of Joe Danger, and I love what I’ve seen of Owl Boy,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Arise, Sir Championship Manager
Every year around this time, the Queen’s New Year Honours list is released, honouring those from the United Kingdom who are, well, worth being honoured. This year, plenty of video game types made the cut. The founders of Sports Interactive, Oliver and Paul Collyer, have been given MBEs (a member of the Order of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Is This The Xbox 360’s Retail Retreat In Japan?
2008 was a strong year for the Xbox 360 in Japan. With timed exclusives like Tales of Vesperia, Microsoft was able to drawn both long lines and new gamers to its platform. 2009 was another story altogether. Spring 2009 looked promising with otaku heroine and Japanese popstar Shoko Nakagawa getting her own Xbox 360. But…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2010