So my buddy swears to me that there is an increasing number of Counter-Strike players who are using meth to enhance their abilities. Now, he’s never cited this, I always just assumed he guessed this based on his own experience (I’d like to know what servers HE plays on), but it doesn’t seem entirely illogical.…

Nintendo Lays Out DS, DSiWare Release Schedule At E3

We’ve already gotten a peek at Nintendo of America’s newly released, but still tentative, Wii release schedule, which shows 2010 will be very good year. But what about all those great Nintendo DS games? When are they coming out? Nintendo has penciled in a few of its releases for this year, but some, like Golden…

Divinity 2: Ego Draconis Impressions: I Am Dragon

Journey back into the magical land of Rivellon in Divinity 2: Ego Draconis, Larian Studios PC and Xbox 360 follow-up to their poorly-title action roleplaying game Divine Divinity. Ego Draconis takes place a couple of years after the last game, and a war between dragons and humans is in full swing. While the two races…

EA: Fight Night And MMA Will Alternate Years

At E3, EA Sports chief Peter Moore let us in on his master plan to guarantee an EA Sports fighting game every year. It’s an odd-numbered year this year, and so it is that EA Sports shall give us a boxing game. Fight Night Round 4, to be specific. Later this month. EA Sports’ Peter…

My Favorite E3 Game Moment: Mass Effect 2

While I saw plenty of amazing games at E3, the one moment that sticks with me is when BioWare was demonstrating the new conversation interrupt system for Mass Effect 2. Briefly touched on in Totilo’s impressions post, the interrupt system goes hand-in-hand with the tougher COmmander Shepard we’re seeing in Mass Effect 2. It’s a…

New Tekken 6 E3 Screens Give Us Another Peek

Namco Bandai has capitalized on this year’s E3 with a batch of new screen shots for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of its 3D fighter Tekken 6. Cheeky high kicks abound. We count ten crotch-exposing high kicks from various Iron Fist Tournament contenders, including Lili, Nina, King and Jin. Even Christie takes an…

Tony Hawk’s MiniMe?

As seen on Twitpic. [Thanks Tom]

Burnout’s Big Surf Island Gets Priced

The Big Surf Island expansion for Burnout Paradise is coming this Thursday to Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. How much does Criterion’s biggest add-on yet cost? It’s not cheap, but it should be worth it, adding a much-needed infusion of new drivable real estate to Burnout Paradise, with a handful of new cars to…

High Voltage’s Gladiator A.D. First Impressions

The Conduit developer High Voltage is bringing the original arena sport to the Wii with Gladiator A.D., part fighting game, part roleplaying game. At first glance, Gladiator A.D. looks like a rather simplistic sort of fighting game. Players take on the roles of warriors of the ancient world, driving sword against shield and spear against…

Sin And Punishment 2 Hands-On: Up, Down, Up, Down, Shoot, Shoot, Shoot

Nintendo’s best evidence that its E3 2009 showing was all “about the games” were the four kiosks dedicated to Sin And Punishment 2. Treasure’s sequel to the Nintendo 64 shooter was given prominent attention at the front of Nintendo’s booth. A sequel to a Nintendo 64 game that wasn’t offered stateside until the Virtual Console…

Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time Preview: Time For Change

The new Ratchet and Clank might be the most changed edition of the franchise since the multiplayer-centric Deadlocked, but that’s not the comparison the developers probably want us making. The third Ratchet & Clank game on the PS3 in as many years was on display at E3 to a pack of reporters curious if there…

Chris Taylor Saves (My) Face At E3

The partial facial paralysis I suffered on the Friday before E3 is a bit better today, thanks in no small part to the advice of Gas Powered Games founder and CEO, Chris Taylor. I stopped in to see Chris for an appointment I had to look at Supreme Commander II, but I was running a…

Apple’s New iPhone Pumps Up Battery Life, Graphics

Apple’s newest iPhone 3GS will be the most powerful yet with more robust graphics and a faster network connection when it hits on June 19 for $200 to $300, the company announced today during their annual World Wide Developers Conference. The iPhone 3GS will hit the same week as the new game-centric 3.0 firmware for…

iPhone OS 3.0 Hits June 17th, Makes iPhone Gaming Even Better

Apple is launching iPhone OS version 3.0 next week, bringing with it a slew of new features, including cut and paste, undo, MMS support and more. But what about the gaming features? We already knew that Apple would allow for in-application purchases, ushering in the era of microtransactions via add-on game packs and other downloadable…

Star Defense Micro-Review: Tower Defense in Spaaaace

Star Defense is Ngmoco’s take on tower defense games. Yes, that means yet another tower defense game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Even with its impressive track record of top-notch titles, can Ngmoco breath enough new into the genre to make Star Defense a title worth buying? Loved 3D Worlds: Moving the traditional tower…

iPhone’s Asphalt 5 to Sport Peer-To-Peer Racing, DLC

Gameloft took to the stage of Apple’s WWDC today to show off the latest iteration of driver Asphalt 5. Gameloft’s Mark Hickey announced Asphalt 5, a game that will let you race in 12 locations around the world using 27 licensed cars and four motorcycles. The stereo in the car lets you access directly the…

Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment Preview: Disturbing Yet Familiar

After spending countless hours playing the original Vandal Hearts and its sequel, I spent some time at E3 with this millenium’s model, Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment. What Is It? Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment is an Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network prequel to the original Vandal Hearts strategy RPG series that appeared on…

Miyamoto No Longer Sad, But Wants To Refute One Criticism

Shigeru Miyamoto is no longer suffering the GameCube blues, we learned at E3. In fact, he’s been turning heads. But he is still trying to shake the criticism that Nintendo’s Wii games are shallow. This is part of a longer interview conducted by Kotaku with Miyamoto, the lead creative director for Nintendo, at E3 last…

Risen Screens Rise To The Fore

Piranha Byte‘s latest roleplaying game might not have made it to E3 this year, but that doesn’t mean Risen can’t join the asset explosion with a slew of new screenshots. The Gothic developers have made so many roleplaying games at this point that they could make them in their sleep and still have them turn…

E3 Reality Check: 2009 Vs. 2010

Getting excited about the big games of 2009 is sooo 2009. Did you know that a major portion of the great games hyped at E3 last week aren’t out until 2010? We’ve charted it. Here’s a list of many of the biggest games hyped at E3 2009, divided neatly into what’s slated for this year…