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Ex-Rolling Stones Bassist, Pink Floyd Drummer Not Big Music Game Fans
Just as a Beatles version of Rock Band has been released, ex-Rolling Stones guitarist Bill Wyman and Pink Floyd’s drummer Nick Mason have come down hard on music games. “It makes less and less people dedicated to really get down and learn an instrument,” said Wyman. “I think it’s a pity so I’m not really…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Sounds of The Final Fantasy XIII Premiere Party
It’s not every party that has a live orchestra. Then again, not every party is a Fantasy Fantasy XIII Premiere Party. My birthday party, for example, wasn’t. Here are clips of some of the music performed at the event. Realize: These clips are short! This is the game’s them pop song ditty. My battery didn’t…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
PAX Panel Attempts To Define “Gamer,” Sparks Casual Controversy
The PAX panel, Game Culture: How Gamers Impact Society & How Policy Affects Gamer Culture, had some mildly interesting moments – but it got really interesting right at the end, during Q&A. Throughout the event, panelists Joel DeYoung of Hothead Games, Jennifer Mercurio of the Entertainment Consumers Association, James Portnow of Divide By Zero Games…
By AJ Glasser Published September 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIII Controls Detailed
Last night, Square Enix held its Final Fantasy XIII Premiere Party, giving a handful of individuals a chance to play the Tokyo Game Show build of Final Fantasy XIII. At each demo station, the game’s controls were detailed for players. The controls don’t seem to have changed since the earlier demo that was bundled with…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hey, A Real Okamiden Trailer!
That last Okamiden trailer wasn’t really a trailer. It was a short clip from Capcom’s TGS website. But this, this is a proper trailer. I was initially sceptical of the game being on DS, but you know, that looks good.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2 Action Figures Are Credit To Creator
For all Valve’s expertise in the software field, the studio has always lagged behind in one crucial area: merchandise. In particular, action figures, and in particular, Team Fortress 2. Well, Half-Life as well, but people have done that. And it’s “people” – not Valve – that are behind these Team Fortress 2 figures. Sure, they’re…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2009 - Reviews
The Beatles: Rock Band Review: Blisters On My Fingers
More than 45 years ago, The Beatles changed the way the world listened to music. This week, MTV Games and Harmonix hope to change the way people listen to The Beatles. The Beatles: Rock Band features band authentic replica instruments, 45 songs pulled from the history of the band and the backing of the surviving…
By Brian Crecente Published September 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
More Art From GRIN’s Cancelled Final Fantasy Project
We don’t normally enjoy loitering around what is essentially a corpse, but when it’s a Final Fantasy game that was in production at a Swedish studio, well, you can excuse us for being curious. With the game now canned, and GRIN no more, the artists working on the game are now free to go posting…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
August’s Top-Selling PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade Games
No prizes for guessing what the most popular games were on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade last month, what with the release of a much-loved fighter and a modern take on Metroid. Shadow Complex easily comes in on top of the XBLA charts, as you’d expect from a game that’s challenging retail games…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Civ, FIFA & Snowboarding Added To Games On Demand
Microsoft today released a list of titles due to be added to the 360’s Games on Demand service for the month of September, with a new game due every week. The titles coming in September are: USA Civilization Revolution (September 8, so…today) FIFA Street 3 (September 15) Shaun White Snowboarding (September 22) Fable II: Game…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo: ODST Live-Action Trailer Gets An Extended Cut
Halo fan or not, you gotta admit that the ODST live-action trailer was an amazing piece of work for what is, essentially, a video game commercial. The original ran for 1:30; this extended cut runs for a whole extra minute. .html
By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sonic Returns In New 2D, HD Game
It appears that Sega may actually have been listening. After years and years of (mostly) awful 3D Sonic games, the company is now teasing something called “Project Needlemouse”, billed as a return to the Sonic of old. “Old-school Sonic fans have long asked to see Sonic return to a more 2D style of gameplay” says…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Eidos Confirms Arkham DLC is for PC, Too
The PS3 news ticker this morning said Batman: Arkham Asylum is due for some free DLC on Sept. 17. In its forums, Eidos has confirmed the package will also arrive for PC and the Xbox 360. An Eidos forum admin said simply, “I’m happy to inform you, it will arrive at the same time,” when…
By Owen Good Published September 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
PS3 Firmware Q&A Addresses Glitter, Jingles & Uncharted Problems
The PS3’s last big firmware update, from 2.8 to 3.0, brought with it a lot of neat changes. It also, however, brought with it a few niggling annoyances, like a glittering background and the loss of the distinctive Ps3 “chime”. You know the one, it’d play every time you booted up a game and the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony’s Motion Controller Explained — The Sequel
In a 7-minute video chat, Anton Mikhailov of Sony Computer Entertainment America takes us on another tour of the PlayStation Motion Controller, whose prototype he reveals was assembled from some spare parts bought up at a Home Depot. If he seems familiar, Mikhailov, of SCEA’s Research & Development unit, was part of the controller’s original…
By Owen Good Published September 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Divides Up MAG Factions for Pre-Order Bonuses
MAG’s rolling out some exclusive in-game character models should you be of a mind to pre-order the game. GameStop and Game Crazy get two of them, the third is TBD. Amazon’s confirmed for … meh … access to a PlayStation Home space. The exclusive S.V.E.R. character is yours if you lay your $5 down at…
By Owen Good Published September 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Obama Namechecks Xbox Once Again In Speech To Kids
President Barack Obama is once again tossing the old Xbox under the bus, naming Microsoft’s console in a speech to schoolchildren today, implying it might interfere with their education. Or maybe this is just smart product placement… In a peppy speech that focused on promoting education and personal responsibility, Obama made brief mention of Microsoft’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nostalgia Preview: The Winds Of Staying The Same
Nostalgia is a DS role playing game that hearkens back not only to when Final Fantasy VII’s graphics were next-generation, but to an era of steam and airships that never quite existed. That’s right – that thing I’m always going on about is the main selling point of this game: steampunk. Normally, this would be…
By AJ Glasser Published September 8, 2009