One of the biggest complaints about the iPhone as gaming platform is its lack of physical controllers. That may be changing soon. The inclusion of more robust Bluetooth support and other changes delivered in firmware 3.0 allow Apple and third-party developers to create game controllers for the iPhone and iPod Touch. And Apple seems pretty…
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To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Travels Contact lens solution! I forgot to get contact lens solution. Found that out the hard way — don’t recommend sleeping in contacts. (T_T) Fortunately, I didn’t forget something like toilet paper or diapers for Mini-Bash. Forgetting those could have been really bad. What you missed last night Microsoft: There…
Splinter Cell: Conviction was one of the best games we saw at E3. No, wait, it was the best game we saw at E3. Which is good news for 360 and PC owners! Not so good news for PS3 owners. And that’s because the game isn’t slated to appear on the PS3. Just the 360…
Blizzard have released the third of their “Battle Reports“, in-depth videos showing off some of the finer features of upcoming RTS powerhouse Starcraft II.
SNK’s arcade fighting Garou: Mark of the Wolves is coming to Xbox LIVE — Japan is getting it June 24 for 800 Microsoft Points. The game was originally released in Japan back in 1999 and in the U.S. as Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves. It’s the final Fatal Fury title. The LIVE version will…
Bear in mind there’s a degree of saber-rattling to this, but still; Activision boss Bobby Kotick has warned Sony that his company – the world’s largest third-party publisher – may cease support for the PS3 and PSP. Speaking with The Times, Kotick said “I’m getting concerned about Sony; the PlayStation 3 is losing a bit…
At an earlier Microsoft press event, SNK announced a bunch of Xbox LIVE titles that include Garou: Mark of the Wolves and The King of Fighters: Sky Stage. Noticeably absent was Metal Slug 7. The game was announced last fall as an Xbox LIVE title. Why’s it M.I.A.? According to Ignition Entertainment, “It is still…
It may have been a slow week on the North American PlayStation Store, but it’s even slower in Europe, as with no Metal Gear Solid on the menu we’re left with a MotorStorm Livery Pack. Yup. Livery. That’s the highlight! Because aside from that, there’s Rock Band & Guitar Hero DLC, some trailers, and an…
Two games into the third-person-shooter Gears of War franchise and series designer Cliff Bleszinski is so not burned out. “There have only been two Gears games,” says Bleszinski. Two back-to-back Gears games. “There are still plenty of opportunities for things you can do in a cover-based shooter and there are still a lot of stories…
Dawn of War II just got a fairly sizeable multiplayer update. Know what that means? Means it’s time for an even bigger multiplayer update. Relic announced today the “There is Only War” update, which sometime “this summer” is going to introduce some new multiplayer features to the game, including eight new multiplayer maps, a spectator…
SEGA isn’t just looking for actual bar hostesses (or hostess “types”) for an upcoming Ryu Ga Gotoku (AKA Yakuza). Oh no. SEGA is looking for night club cabaret stories. Starting today, SEGA is accepting nonfiction and fiction hostess club stories from pro and amateur writers via a special website Ryu-Story.com. Stories must be under a…
You’ve seen Logitech’s $200 guitar for the PS2 & PS3. It is not kidding around. Now see the 360 version, which courtesy of a hot orange paint scheme, is kidding around. It transforms the guitar from “menacing metal axe” to “hair metal plaything”, though really, the changes are only skin-deep. It’s the same professionally-built guitar…
Click to view When is thirteen minutes of direct feed gameplay footage not enough? When it’s God of War III, that’s when. God of War III is expected to be out March 2010 in North America.
Call of Duty 4 sold, well, millions. So its direct sequel – Modern Warfare 2 – shouldn’t be too hard of a sell. Or, it wouldn’t be if the game was published by anyone else. But since it’s published by Activision, well… …like the headline says, you’re going to get sick of the sound of…
Now, we usually hate posting when street dates are broken, because, you know, they usually get broken. Heck, so many get broken that someone really should register brokenstreetdate.com. Now, downloadable content, this is new. At time of posting, GameStop is already selling a retail packaged version new Fallout 3 DLC, Point Lookout. This downloadable content…
Pixelated Logan’s Run? So there. Apparently, there were plans to make a Logan’s Run game — not necessarily 8-bit— back in 2004, but those plans seem to have been scrapped. The movie’s remake was in development hell for years, but according to IMBD, it’s back in production. More Photoshops in the link below, including Repo…
Here’s the finished version of that ridiculously expensive Diablo III statue we showed you a little while ago. It’s now available for preorder, with an expected release date of Q4 2009. Just look at how angry he is! Angry that he costs $300. Angry that he, like everything else in the game, is now in…
The list of Hollywood attempts at trying to create serious and horrific video game themed movies seems to be increasing—see Gamer, Stay Alive—but one genre it may soon be tackling is comedy. According to a report from Variety, Warner Bros. is pursuing a sci-fi-comedy called Alt-Delete “in which two guys working for a publishing company…
Empire: Total War is, regardless of its inherent excellence, in serious need of regular updates. And on Monday, it’s getting one, which will bring both a range of fixes as well as some “new” units. As we’ve covered, the “new” units are really just one new unit (Russian grenadiers) along with a range of individualised…
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