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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 - Uncategorized
Put Mytheon’s Servers To The Test, Score A Beta Spot
True Games and Petroglyph are testing out the servers for their stone-based online strategy game Mytheon this Monday, with participants earning forum avatars, in-game items, and priority access to the upcoming closed beta test. Mytheon is an online strategy game in which players collect and trade power stones containing troops and spells to use in…
By Mike Fahey Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Josh And Jill Will Flee Tricell In RE5’s Desperate Escape
Capcom has revealed new details on the second downloadable Resident Evil 5 episode, Desperate Escape, featuring Jill Valentine and BSAA Agent Josh Stone in a daring nighttime escape from the Tricell facility. Desperate Escape, due out on March 3rd for the Xbox 360 and March 4th for the PlayStation 3, sees Jill Valentine, recently recovered…
By Mike Fahey Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Aliens Vs. Predator Multiplayer Preview: Switching Bodies, Hunting
I played as an Alien, a Predator and a Marine last night in eight-player locally-linked Xbox 360 matches of Sega’s upcoming game. And it’s not like I panicked too many times. The early-2010, Rebellion-developed AvP game may be a sequel, but it is the first game in the series that I’ve played. The three-way species…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Reach Out And Touch Someone Dead
New screens from Hudson’s Wii horror game Calling show us what happens when AT&T launches the inevitable Dead Friends and Family plan. It’s easy to make light of a horror game when you’ve only got screenshots and the odd video to go by. AJ testified that Calling has some genuinely scary moments during her preview…
By Mike Fahey Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
RE5’s Chris Is Heavy Metal, But Sheva Is All Business
Chris Redfield continues to channel Mad Max, while Sheva prepares to use a machete to cut through red tape in this pair of new costume reveal vids for the Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition DLC. These two new costumes are a bit more reserved than the little red riding hood and warrior costumes Capcom previously…
By Mike Fahey Published December 17, 2009