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Art Style Digidrive Micro-Review: The Superiority Of Video Games
I’m sure opera, movies and cave paintings are fine forms of entertainment, but can any of them derive fun from such a mundane activity as directing traffic? After a several weeks of inactivity, the Art Style series has returned to North America’s DSiWare shop with Digidrive, an abstract puzzle game about directing traffic that can…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
World Of Warcraft Celebrates Thanksgiving
World of Warcraft finally adds a virtual Thanksgiving celebration to it’s lineup of seasonal holidays, and just like the real Thanksgiving, Pilgrim’s Bounty is mainly about cooking and eating. I knew something was missing from World of Warcraft. If I am going to be nearly comatose from eating brown food, then my WoW character should…
By Mike Fahey Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
GameStop Throwing “World’s Largest” Mordern Warfare 2 Tourney
You remember when “tournament” used to mean knights in armor and jousting and stuff? Of course you don’t. Everyone knows “tournament” means “chess” or “video games” now. GameStop announced today that it would hold the “world’s largest” Modern Warfare 2 tournament kicking off Nov. 20 both online and at 2,900+ US GameStop locations that might…
By AJ Glasser Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo Waypoint Saturday Feature: The Duel
Every Saturday is video day in Halo Waypoint, and this week features the debut of “The Duel,” the next episode from The Halo Legends anime anthology. “The Duel” takes us back in time thousands of years to the dawn of the Covenant, where a shamed Elite defies his Arbiter fate and embarks on a mission…
By Mike Fahey Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Try Jurassic: The Hunted Before You Stare At It Quizzically On Store Shelves
Activision sprung Jurassic: The Hunted on us only a month ago, barely giving folks time to see it, much less find out how it played. Perhaps an Xbox 360 demo will shed some light. Jurassic: The Hunted, developed by Cauldron HQ and released two weeks after it was announced on the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation…
By Mike Fahey Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Command & Conquer Producer Says His Audience is Unbalanced
Speaking to Edge Magazine in an interview about his upcoming game, Command & Conquer 4, Producer Raj Joshi laments that real time strategy gamers get their kicks “entirely … from smashing another human in a videogame.” The full Joshi quote as pulled by Gamerzines reads: “RTS players are great people but some of them have…
By AJ Glasser Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Darksiders: Instruments Of Destruction
In this video, titled Darksiders Book One: The Horseman’s Road, we get a look at the tools that former apocalyptic horseman War utilizes in his twisted quest for redemption. I’m liking the look of Darksiders more and more each time I see it. The gameplay does seem derivative of other action platformer titles, but I…
By Mike Fahey Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rock Band Next Week: Tom Petty And Kelly Clarkson
With the recent release of LEGO Rock Band, you’re just going to have to get used to seeing names like Kelly Clarkson popping up in our weekly Rock Band update posts. We apologize. Not only does next week’s Rock Band Music Store update bring six live tracks from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, it also…
By Mike Fahey Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Takes Over Malls Across America
As if the mall couldn’t be any scarier this holiday season, Nintendo is setting a Nintendo Holiday Mall Experience for shoppers to try out mid-mad dash. The Mall Experience is intended to make “it easier than ever for holiday consumers to sample the year’s most sought-after games” for the Wii and DS/DSi. Demo stations will…
By AJ Glasser Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Need For Speed Shift Goes Team-Based
Come December, it isn’t all about you anymore. EA is releasing a Team Racing pack for Need for Speed Shift, a free update that brings team tactics and five legendary vehicles to the game. Team Racing is an all-new mode for Need for Speed Shift that pits two teams of up to six racers against…
By Mike Fahey Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce Brings The Online Multiplayer In February
Koei has announced a February release date for Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the first game in the series to feature online multiplayer, as well as Ninja Gaiden guest stars. An upgraded version of the PSP game for console players, Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce brings the battle for ancient China online,…
By Mike Fahey Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
British Government Agency To Run Xbox Live Recruitment Ads
This morning, British publication The Guardian reports that Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is going run ads in Xbox Live “including Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed, to attract quick-thinking 18- to 34-year-olds to its ranks.” The Guardian goes on to report that the campaign will run for six weeks, using games like Modern Warfare 2,…
By AJ Glasser Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Funds Raised!
To: Crecente From: Luke Reader Phillip was kind enough to send some photos in of the big do last night. Looked like a blast! Hope you kids all had a good time. Me, well, it hit 40 degrees here (over 100 American degrees) then rained dust. I know where I’d rather have been. Here’s what…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 20, 2009 -
UncategorizedRumor: New MW2 Game Modes Uncovered
Take this with a grain of salt, but this clip sure looks like it’s revealing some new multiplayer modes for Modern Warfare 2, found lurking somewhere in the game’s code. There are three modes in total: VIP (just like Counter-Strike), Capture The Flag (with a single flag between two teams) and Global Thermonuclear War, which…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
King Of Games Go Spelunking
Japan’s King of Games – our second favourite outfitter of gaming shirts – will this week be adding some more good stuff to their line of Irem clothing. And where there’s Irem, there’s R-Type, and there’s Spelunker. The single R-Type shirt has actually been available for a while, but we’re showing it anyway. Not because…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Stardock: Steam Has 70% Of PC Download Market
Just about everybody involved with digital distribution is coy when it comes to sales numbers. Nobody wants to give the game away. But that doesn’t stop some – like publishers/online retailers Stardock – from trying to guess! Stardock boss Brad Wardell says “Our estimation is that Steam – as the current market leader – enjoys…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
PAL PlayStation Store: Critters, Snakes & Dragons
Where last week’s PAL store update was as bleak as can be imagined, this week’s is certain to please, if only because it finally contains the re-release of Metal Gear Solid. Yes, better late than never, we know. Still, earlier is better than late. Also of note this week is the release of the addictive/adorable…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Danish Group Asks You To “Hit The Bitch”
Denmark’s Children Exposed to Violence at Home is a group dedicated towards the prevention of domestic violence. It’s a noble cause! Pity their latest “ad” – a flash game involving woman-slapping – lacks the same nobility. We can see where they’re coming from; something akin to “No Russian” for the domestic violence scene. Make you…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox Live Bannings Summon Class Action Lawsuit
The recent spate of Xbox Live bannings – in which as many as one million users were ejected from the service – have attracted the interests of a nationwide law firm by the name of AbingtonIP. Abington are looking to get a class action lawsuit together, believing Microsoft’s actions to be both heavy-handed and suspiciously…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 20, 2009