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Quick, To The Batcave, PlayStation Home!
Batman: Arkham Asylum is almost upon us, so publishers Warner Bros. have stepped up their love affair with all things PlayStation with the announcement of a special, Bat-themed tie-in with PlayStation Home. Anyone purchasing the game on PS3 will be given a free unlock for PlayStation Home, giving them the option of decking out their…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Campaign Against “That’s So Gay”
Thinkb4YouSpeak.com has been running a campaign to raise awareness about derogatory use of the word “gay”. To drive the message home are posters of a jock, a cheerleader and a gamer. The posters include obviously stereotypical slogans to help drive the issue home — that is the point, you know! “Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox 360 Games on Demand Region Locked [Update]
The Xbox 360 summer system earlier this week made it possible for users to buy and download titles directly to their console. But don’t go looking to digitally import games. The US Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the Japanese Xbox LIVE Marketplace have different titles. For work, I have an American Xbox 360 with a US…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fallen Earth Open Beta Begins Next Week
Due for release Sept. 9, Fallen Earth, the post-apocalyptic MMO – and really, what isn’t post-apocalyptic these days – will begin its open beta next week, according to the game’s official website. Players who want a taste of the action, which combines skill-based gameplay with that of an FPS, plus a real premium on crafting,…
By Owen Good Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Latest Harbingers Of The Impending PS3 Slimpocalypse: British Retail
Boy, these PS3 Slim rumours are really building up a good head of steam, no? We’re averaging one good rumour a day on them, the latest being a fairly sensible one, courtesy of British retailers. According to trade site MCV, British retailers are currently in the process of “clearing PS3 hardware stock from the channel”,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
iPhone Lite Game Pulled as Full Game Sits in Approval Hell
IUGO Mobile Entertainment’s A.D.D. has a lite version up on the iTunes store, but its full premium version has loitered in review purgatory for nearly three months. As a result, the dev has decided to pull out its free version. Pocket Gamer’s reporting that, while A.D.D. Lite is still up on the U.S. store, IUGO…
By Owen Good Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Haze Developers Say PS3 Technical Issues Impacted Game Design
Free Radical Design’s Haze was not a good game. After being delayed multiple times, the futuristic first-person shooter landed with a thud. Part of that can be attributed to the developer’s struggle coming to grips with PlayStation 3 hardware. It’s not an unfamiliar story, but one that may explain why the former TimeSplitters devs faltered…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Two Minutes of Risk: Halo Wars GameBoardplay
The Halo franchise’s real-time simulator is getting ported into the seminal analog turn-based strategy game RISK, that we knew. This video shows the three factions, three modes of play, and player pieces included in Risk: Halo Wars Collector’s Edition. The vaguely Europe-y map features 42 territories to conquer. Oh look, “Command Room” features “achievements”! The…
By Owen Good Published August 12, 2009 - Reviews
TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled Micro Review: “We’re Really Hip”
People say you can’t put a price on nostalgia, but that’s exactly what Ubisoft seems to be doing with its remake of Super Nintendo/Arcade classic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. The year was 1991 and the second Ninja Turtles movie was already out of theaters and still a ways away from a VHS…
By AJ Glasser Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fight Night Round 4 Gets Another 5
EA Sports is expanding the roster of Fight Night Round 4—and its coffers—by offering a new quintet of boxers as downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Naturally, that’s gonna cost you. For 800 Microsoft points and/or $9.99, depending on your system, you’ll get Oscar De La Hoya, Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko, and…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dragon Age Pre-order Scheme Gains +1 Against Used Sales
Electronic Arts wants to ensure that you buy BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins new, not used, by offering a pre-order incentive program that throws in two pieces of downloadable content. EA’s even priced that downloadable content for the latecomers. The first piece is “The Stone Prisoner” download pack, a pre-order incentive that grants players access to…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
QuakeCon Kicks Off Tomorrow
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Learning For The Pokemons Totilo flew to Texas today, he was actually in the air as we recorded our second live podcast, preparing for tomorrow’s launch of QuakeCon. It’s sounding like there’s going to be some interesting news, at least Rage news, coming out of the show. Stay tuned! What…
By Brian Crecente Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Beatles: Rock Band Gets Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper’s & Never Before Heard Audio
That The Beatles: Rock Band will eventually be adding two of The Beatles’ most acclaimed albums shouldn’t come as a surprise. Most of us are expecting the entirety of The Beatles’ catalog to hit the game. But coming they are. The New York Times confirms the two albums will follow the already announced Abbey Road…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Alpha Protocol: More Sex Than Mass Effect, More Interrogations Than Fallout 3
A brief look at Alpha Protocol yesterday brought to mind how what may be the western-made role-playing-game time-sink of this fall compares to some recent big ones. A quartet of love scenes is but one difference. Alpha Protocol, the spy-themed role-playing game from development studio Obsidian Entertainment and publisher Sega, once expected many months ago,…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Releases Free Animation App To DSi Owners
North American Nintendo DSi owners can download and enjoy Flipnote Studio—for free—starting today, giving them access to the DSiWare animation tool that Japanese consumers have been enjoying since last December. The flipbook animation software, known as Moving Memo in Japan, is relatively simple to use, letting budding animators draw, record audio and upload their creations…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2 Adds King Of The Hill, Still No Class
Yes, the Soldier was trying to tell us something in his recent rant, as confirmed by today’s Team Fortress 2 update… update. The newest gameplay mode to hit Valve’s team-based shooter will be King of the Hill. In addition to eighteen new hats for the nine Team Fortress 2 classes, Valve will introduce the point…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sega: Bayonetta Was Delayed To Avoid November Danger
Sega announced the delay of Bayonetta last month, making American gamers wait until 2010 to beat up angels as a hot woman dressed only in the hair wrapped around her body. The alternative was too risky, the company told Kotaku. Sega West president Mike Hayes said that theories about the economic recession forcing so many…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Enhancing PSN Trophy Bragging Online
PlayStation 3 owners with a thirst for Trophy collecting are likely familiar with the above. It’s the old way of seeing your PS3 e-accomplishments online, something Sony is planning to update with enhanced PlayStation Network Trophies feature on PlayStation.com. What’s changing? The ability to view more detailed info on your Trophy collection online for one…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
PAX 2009 Schedule Drops – We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Calendar
The full schedule for the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo has been posted on the PAX website, featuring 43 hours of programming, all over the course of three days, all for you. It looks like Totillo and I are going to have our hands full when we drop in on PAX 2009 September 4th through the…
By Mike Fahey Published August 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mario And Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Preview: Luigi Controlled with a Rear End
Mario and Sonic are bringing their friends to the Winter Olympics, and somehow that got me playing a Wii game with my rear end. Butt-on impressions follow. What is it? Mario And Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games is the Wii sequel to the first team-up of gaming’s two most popular characters, Mario and Sonic…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 12, 2009