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How About That 2011?
To: Ashcraft From: Totilo Re: Hey Facebook, What’s With All The Spam? Were you asking me if I like egg nog? You weren’t, but yeah, I do. The store-bought kind. My mother-in-law made me some once and it had vodka (I think) in it. Vodka? Something alcoholic. I didn’t like that. Speaking of which, it’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Holds Onto #1 In Japan
New Super Mario Bros. Wii continues its strong sales performance in Japan, moving the Wii game well past the million mark with another 431,000 copies sold. You know, maybe Nintendo should make *more* Mario games! Sure, New Super Mario Bros. Wii’s rock solid performance comes as little surprise and we expect to see the game…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Peace On Earth; TF2 War Ends, Soldiers Victorious
Valve announced the end to Team Fortress 2’s Soldier vs. Demoman War with [update] Soldier winning the conflict, 6,406,065 Demomen killed versus 6,372,979 dispatched Soldiers. One piece of real news, though: Valve announced that it’s begun transitioning new inventory into the game, but until the update goes live, players won’t see it. [Update] It’s now…
By Owen Good Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
PM Studios Brings Gunbird 2 To The PSP
The wacky side-scrolling shooter action of Psikyo’s Japanese arcade and Dreamcast hit Gunbird 2 goes portable, as PM Studios announces Gunbird 2 Remix for the PSP, coming this February to the PlayStation Network. Gunbird 2 Remix is a remake of the original arcade shooter with all new 2D/3D hybrid graphics. All of the outrageous humor…
By Mike Fahey Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Get Your Ass Back To Mars For Quintuple Red Faction XP
Volition has noticed that not many of you are playing Red Faction: Guerrilla online at the moment, and have just launched five days of quintuple experience points in order to lure you back to Mars for the holidays. It’s hammer time! Every game has triple and double XP weekends these days. Volition wanted to take…
By Mike Fahey Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
The New Stages of Super Street Fighter IV
Capcom has dropped a buttload of new screens showcasing five new stages in Super Street Fighter IV. Korea, Africa and India join Metro City and Seth’s S.I.N. Lab as venues in which you may get your chop-socky hadouken on. Capcom’s Seth Killian provides a commentary of the new sites over on Capcom-Unity, pointing out that…
By Owen Good Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Two Million Borderlands, 33 Games And One Mystery Title
Announcing no release date changes but allowing for some speculation about an unannounced 2010 game, Grand Theft Auto publisher Take Two Interactive held its last investors’ conference call of the calendar year. And Borderlands, it reiterated, is a franchise. The purpose of the call was to announce Take Two’s financial performance in the final quarter…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
A.L. MVP Joe Mauer is MLB 10 The Show’s Cover Man
Minnesota’s franchise performer Joe Mauer – the newly minted American League Most Valuable Player – will grace the cover of MLB 10 The Show, SCEA announced through its blog on Thursday. Mauer, the Twins’ catcher, follows the 2008 A.L. MVP Dustin Pedroia, who appeared on the cover of MLB 09 The Show. His appearance coincides…
By Owen Good Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
New U.S. Club Nintendo Rewards Are In The Cards
Nintendo has updated its list of rewards for U.S. based Club Nintendo members with extra coins in their virtual bank account. Sorry, no Wario-themed GameCube controllers here, but plenty of greeting cards, folders and bookmarks. Folder sets and bookmarks with Toad & Friends, Mario & Friends and Bowser themes will hit Club Nintendo members in…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Heavy Rain Screens Depict Sadness, Facial Hair
Quantic Dream manages to evoke true human emotion in these screenshots from heavy rain, but how can someone be sad with such realistic facial hair? I’m beginning to piece together some of the story from Heavy Rain for myself between all of the screenshots and Totilo’s recent preview, and I’m feeling a bit sad even…
By Mike Fahey Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
2010: The Year of Better Xbox 360 Games?
2009 was a pretty good year for the Xbox 360, but based on Microsoft’s showing at E3, it felt more like a warm up for 2010, the year the company will launch Project Natal. Now this year was no slouch, with Xbox 360 console exclusives Halo 3: ODST, Forza Motorsport 3, Left 4 Dead 2…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Army Of Two: The 40th Day PSP Channels Contra
The PSP version of Army of Two: The 40th Day looks to have much more in common with old-school arcade shooters like Contra and Commando than it does with its console big brother. Maybe it’s just me hankering for simpler times, but this game looks like much more fun than the Xbox 360 and PlayStation…
By Mike Fahey Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Need for Speed Shift iPhone Preview: Need For Cornering
I’m not bad at racing games — I can speed, swerve for pickups and wreck the car, no problem. I’m just bad at driving, so if there are no pickups and you’re not supposed to crash, well… Need for Speed Shift iPhone is very much a driving simulator instead of a traditional racing video game…
By AJ Glasser Published December 17, 2009 - Reviews
Rogue Warrior Review: Wasted Warrior
Following a traditionally content-crammed October and November, another year creeps to a close with few higher profile releases hitting in its last few weeks. Don’t tell that to Bethesda Softworks, though, as it infiltrates the holidays with the under-the-radar stealth shooter Rogue Warrior. Though the house that rebooted the Fallout franchise is best known for…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
You’re A Game Developer in 2010…What Will You Do?
You can’t believe you got a job doing this. Your mom said you would never get anywhere with these games. Now you’re a big game developer. What will you do to ensure 2010 is a better year that 2009? It’s not all about tightening up the graphics. Game developers create the games we play, sure,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Most Common Achievement And Trophy Names
Not all Xbox 360 Achievements or PlayStation 3 Trophies have unique names. Many, in fact, have the same name. Gaming site Giant Bomb figured out the most common ones. The Giant Bomb guys put one of their engineers on the case, having him trawl through data collected by their website. The site tracks Achievements, Trophies…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hasbro Sues Atari Over D&D License, Atari Responds
Hasbro has filed a complaint in the District Court of Rhode Island, seeking to terminate their licensing agreement with Dungeons and Dragons Online publisher Atari due to alleged fraud and five separate breaches of the licensing agreement for Dungeons & Dragons. Hasbro, the owners of Dungeons & Dragons through wholly-owned subsidiary Wizards of the Coast,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Simpson Arcade iPhone Preview: Steeped in Authenticity
The Simpsons has enjoyed a lot of unique video games to its name in the last 18 years. Even the Grand Theft Auto knock-off, Hit & Run, felt special just because it was The Simpsons in all its Matt Groening glory. My personal favorite is probably still Bart’s Nightmare on the Super Nintendo — because…
By AJ Glasser Published December 17, 2009