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Aliens vs Predator Not Entirely Banned From Australian Consoles
Sega’s Aliens vs Predator may have been effectively “banned” in Australia, but Sega are still plugging away, with a trailer released this morning on the Australian PlayStation Store. Hilarity ensues. Not for the contents of the trailer, mind you, but for the MA15+ rating the trailer carries, and veritable baggage train of rating warnings along…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
TF2’s War Ends With New Item, New Maps
And just like that, the war is over. The Soldiers, victorious, the Demomen, less so. The saying decrees that the victors get the spoils, and since the Soldiers won, their spoils are on the way. Spoils which come in the form of the final update to the game’s characters for the week. Since the Soldiers…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Here’s the Achievement List for BioShock 2
Ever-watchful Xbox 360 Achievements has dug up what it says is the list of cheevs for BioShock 2; there are 50 for the standard total of 1000 gamerscore, and a goodly number of them are secret achievements. Here’s the full list. It rates a standard spoiler-alert warning but, going through this, the descriptions don’t seem…
By Owen Good Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Playing the Crowd in MLB 2K10
MLB 2K10 is trying to be more creative and less repetitive with what you hear coming from the stands this year. For that they need voices for more than 10,000 sound clips. Here’s what two had to say. Bitmob’s Aaron Thomas and his friend, Shanker Srinivasan, journeyed to 2K Marin’s studio in Novato, Calif. to…
By Owen Good Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Well, Excuuuuuse Me, Hulu!
The Legend of Zelda, that Friday special cartoon that ran on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show back in the late 80s, is now on Hulu for your trip down memory lane pleasure. I feel kind of silly now, having bought the whole thing on DVD some years back. At the time I thought it…
By AJ Glasser Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Update: VIII + 5 + 40
So much to see and do this week on the North American version of the PlayStation Store. But what to do first? Download the Gran Turismo 5 Time Trial demo? Final Fantasy VIII? Rubber Soul? Argh! I suppose it’s up to you to decide whether the Army of Two: The 40th Day demo takes precedent…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 17, 2009 - Reviews
Dragon’s Lair Micro-Review: Small Scenes from the Mind’s Eye
When it landed in 1983, Dragon’s Lair was truly unlike anything ever seen in an arcade. The gorgeous cartoon visuals not only justified an unthinkable 50-cent spend back then, they became the most memorable of pre-crash arcade classics. With Dragon’s Lair’s port to the iPhone and iPod Touch, EA Mobile and Digital Leisure are banking…
By Owen Good Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Starship Patrol Brings More Tower Defense To DSiWare, Q-Games Style
The official Nintendo Europe web site has given us a better look at Q-Games next original DSiWare effort, the downloadable DSi game known as Starship Patrol over there, Starship Defense over here. Like Q-Games’ PixelJunk Monsters, Starship Patrol is a classic tower defense style game, but with a focus on resource management, strategic weapons placement…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Spore: Creatures Preview: The Next Step
For those of you that longed to take your Spore: Origins creature onto dry land for the next step in the evolutionary process, this iPhone game is for you. For those of you who missed that evolutionary step, here’s what happened: You created a microbe through a streamlined version of the Spore interface and then…
By AJ Glasser Published December 17, 2009 -
UncategorizedBanjo-Kazooie, Sonic & Avatars In Hot All-Stars Karting Action
Yes, Banjo and Kazooie are making a guest appearance in Sega’s Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, something that will likely please Rare fans as much as it will send Nights fans into a petition-signing, blood-boiling frenzy. The Xbox 360 version looks to have taken advantage of Sega’s offer to include bonus mascot characters in the…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
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