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New 30 Seconds To Mars Single Debuts In Dragon Age
30 Seconds to Mars‘ new album, “This Is War,” doesn’t hit stores until December 8th, but you can get a sneak peak at the title track in Dragon Age: Origins. It seems a rather bizarre place to debut a new song, but there you have it. The Jared Leto-fronted band’s “This Is War” is on…
By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Walmart Confirms 360 Sale, More Cuts Coming
Walmart’s official website today confirms the rumor we broke yesterday about one heck of a deal on the Xbox 360 Arcade. Listed among the one day in-store specials for this Saturday, Nov. 7, is an Xbox 360 Arcade console for $199 that comes with a $100 gift card. Other deals include discounted TVs, a Blu-ray…
By Brian Crecente Published November 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
BlazBlue Getting The PSP Treatment
Arc System Works‘ deliciously different 2D fighter BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger gets considerably smaller in February, when BlazBlue Portable hits the Japanese PSP. BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger confused and delighted fighting fans when it was released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, being a fighting game that you couldn’t simply pick up, perform Street Fighter-like moves…
By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Staggers Out DLC
Four new multiplayer maps and two Fire Team Engagement missions are out for the PC version of Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising tomorrow, with its console cousins receiving a title update before the DLC sees release. The Skirmish downloadable content pack for Dragon Rising comes out for free on the PC tomorrow, bundled with a title…
By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
PSPgo on Your TV
As with the Playstation Portable, you can connect your PSPgo to a television to watch movies, listen to music, browse the Internet and play video games. But unlike a standard PSP, you can use a PS3 controller to do all of that. Because of its unique plug, to do this you’ll have to buy a…
By Brian Crecente Published November 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Micro-Bash Stood Up By Himself Today
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Never Gonna Give You Up… Next up, WALKING. What you missed last night Five New PSP Bundles For Japan Modern Warfare 2 Breaks Pre-Order Records KFC Madden NFL Box Unboxing and Review GameStop: PS3, Borderlands & Scribblenauts Sales Are “Strong” Infinity Ward: Wii Can’t Deliver Our Multi-Platform Experience
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Madden Gets A Card Game
EA Sports have announced that “Ultimate Team”, a downloadable game mode built around trading cards that was first introduced in last year’s FIFA, is now making its way to Madden 10. Functionally, it’ll operate in much the same way as FIFA’s system. Players will start the game mode with a random pack of cards. The…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Play Versus Mode In The Left 4 Dead 2 Demo
The Left 4 Dead 2 demo is now out there for public consumption, but users will have found that the game’s signature versus mode has been locked. No problem. Just hack your way around it! Modder Saul has whipped up a little plugin that allows you to play as the zombies in an online match…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Super Street Fighter IV’s Juri Could Have Been Ice Skater
Capcom went through somewhere between 400 and 500 designs before the finalized version of Super Street Fighter IV South Korean fighter Juri was approved — wonder if any of them looked like this… Some of the ideas tossed around were an old lady and and ice skater. (Yes, ice skater!) Capcom eventually decides to make…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Splatterhouse Figure Won’t Bring Jennifer Back
It will, however, look great in your office, custom toysmith Jin Saotome’s latest piece capturing Splatterhouse’s Rick in all his barbaric, denim-clad glory. A reminder: this is a one-off custom figure, not something you’ll find clipped to an aisle in your local Toys R’ ‘Us. If you want one (or something like it), take it…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
So How Many Boss Fights Will Prince of Persia Have?
Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner says that one of the first things lost in translation from video game to film is gameplay. But the Prince of Persia film hopes to dodge that bullet with its action/adventure genre label. You can see from the trailer just how much of that “action/adventure” thrust comes from what…
By AJ Glasser Published November 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Street Fighter II HD’s Intro Lived Too Fast And Died Too Young
Much like the game itself, this short clip (by serial SF artists and SFIIHD contributors Udon) strikes the perfect balance between contemporary style and old-school sensibilities. It’s just a shame it had to be cut to squeeze the game online. Udon’s Unused Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Intro
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009 -
UncategorizedMy Girlfriend Is The President Erotic Game Trailer Features Amazing Voice Over
Back in July, we brought word of PC eroge My Girlfriend Is The President. Now, feel free to watch the game’s trailer, complete with amazing English language movie guy voice over. My Boyfriend is Obama [Japan Probe]
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fable III’s New Concept Art Needs More Chimney Sweeps
Lionhead have tonight released some new artwork for the upcoming Fable III, showing that, as promised, Albion is moving on from a stylised renaissance and is, Dickens novels in hand, marching straight into a stylised industrial revolution. This is Bowerstone, circa Fable III. Little late to catch the steampunk bandwagon, sure, but clock-powered bad guys…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ready To Smash Up Cars In Super Street Fighter IV?
The upcoming SSFIV is bringing back the Street Fighter bonus stages of yore: car destruction. The latest issue of Famitsu confirms the car wrecking bonus stages in Super Street Fighter IV. There’s also a barrel bonus stage, too. Other details about the game include info about online play: • Team Battle is from 2-on-2 up…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
For Thirty Four Years, Kids Have Wanted Video Games For Christmas
Market research firm Permuto Discoveries have published a list of the top-selling Christmas gifts for kids over the past forty years. Unsurprisingly, over the past few years at least, video games have dominated. The list provides only the single, top-selling, must-have item for the year. No room for second place here. And it shows that…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kojima Has Warning For Game Industry
Don’t sound the alarm bells just yet. Hideo Kojima talks with Japanese magazine Famitsu about what it was like working on adventure game Snatcher during the late 1980s. Times were different then, Kojima says. “Games development these days is completely compartmentalized; you have people who do nothing but make the logo for a game,” he…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Puzzle Game Features Moby, Proceeds Go To Charity
Founded in 2007, publishers OneBigGame have this week unveiled their first game: a puzzler featuring big-name music acts, with proceeds from the title’s sales going towards some big-name charity groups. The game’s called Chime (out “soon” for 360 and PC), and was developed by British studio Zoe Mode. Lumines fans should feel right at home…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009