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New Star Wars: The Force Unleashed DLC Spoiled By New Achievements
LucasArts may be ready to drop some new downloadable content for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, as five new Xbox 360 achievements have expanded not only the possible gamerscore, but the game’s character roster as well. Warning, spoilers ahead. The five new achievements boost the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed achievement count from 1220—220 of…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
At Least Sega’s Monkey Ball Countdown Is Interactive
It may be another countdown clock, but Sega’s mysterious Jackpot page does have one thing most others don’t – a clickable button. Between that and the hidden Super Monkey Ball reference, we’re intrigued. It’s just a tiny difference, but we’ll take what we can get. The countdown page, located at www.Sega.com/Jackpot, features a circular tumbler…
By Mike Fahey Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
And Now For The Games Inspired By Summer Blockbusters…
We took a look yesterday at the games based on Summer’s biggest blockbuster movies. Today, let’s switch things up, and look at the games inspired by the movies. There’s a key difference! Unlike licensed fare, which are forced to stick to the plot and characters of the film, these games simply take a motivational cue…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Specs Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines PSP Bundle (Mostly)
Ubisoft’s wee Assassin’s Creed adventure is getting its own PlayStation Portable “Entertainment Pack,” a bundle that might make it worth your while to invest in Sony’s portable platform. What’s in the box? Obviously, you’re getting Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines when the PSP game ships this November. But you’ll also get the standard Entertainment Pack stuff, included…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 16, 2009 - Reviews
Droplitz Micro-Review: Dripping With Strategy
From the creators of the Burger King promotional Xbox 360 titles comes Droplitz, a pipe-connecting puzzle game for Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. Best known for filling GameStop locations around North America with countless used copies of Pocket Bike Racer, Sneak King, and Big Bumpin’, Blitz Arcade has left the King behind to…
By Mike Fahey Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Unbound Saga’s Lori and Rick In The Plastic Flesh
Unbound Saga hits the Playstation Network today for the Playstation Portable. To celebrate, Vogster sent along these amazingly-detailed figures. Unbound Saga is based on Dark Horse’s comic book of the same name. In it you play as Rick Ajax, a self-aware comic book hero, as he takes on “The Maker”. The game includes 20 levels.…
By Brian Crecente Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
See How Easily Dragon Quest IX Outsold The Competition
Square Enix released Dragon Quest IX on the Nintendo DS in Japan last week to long lines, over 2 million in sales, and virtually no competition. Want to see how impressively the portable role-playing game outsold its competition? Dragon Quest IX‘s 2.3 million in sales over the course of three days bested its nearest competitor,…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
The French Won’t Be Blocked From Enjoying Modern Warfare 2’s Goggles
In a bit of triumphant news for the French, word to Kotaku via Infinity Ward’s chief Twitterer is that the Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition will be available in the land of the Eiffel Tower. The tweet came out of the blue today from Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling: fourzerotwo @stephentotilo – good news,…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kojima On Peace Walker: “This game is an MGS5-class game”
In a press release Q&A issued by Konami today, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima stresses the importance of the PSP installment of the Metal Gear Solid series, calling it, “a MGS5-class game.” While the PlayStation Portable is no stranger to side stories and throwaway tie-ins to otherwise major game franchises, that simply isn’t the case…
By Mike Fahey Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA Mixes It Up With Club Fight Night
EA beats Acitivision’s DJ Hero to the punch, launching its own DJ game as part of Club Fight Night, the newly-opened addition to the EA Sports Complex in PlayStation Home. While the Club DJ mini-game looks rather entertaining, the real action is in the main ring, where two giant, player-controlled robots rock and sock each…
By Mike Fahey Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
PSP’s Assassin’s Creed Will Have Free Running, Open World and PS3 Connectivity
In development by Griptonite Studio, Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines for the Playstation Portable promises to deliver the “core gameplay” of the original console title including free-running and an intuitive combat system. “As it was the case in Assassin’s Creed, Altair will get to explore various large cities,” Frederic Lefrancois, third party producer for the game, said…
By Brian Crecente Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Runes Of Magic: The Changing Face Of Taborea
September’s Chapter II update for Runes of Magic isn’t just adding elves to the game, but a rather large chunk of new real estate as well. The Elven Legacy free expansion for Runes of Magic adds several new areas to the Taborean map, from the Northeast’s Weeping Coast to the Savage Lands, a rainforest area…
By Mike Fahey Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Marvel VS Capcom 2 PS3 Coming In August
PlayStation 3 owners are going to have to wait a couple of weeks longer than Xbox 360 owners to get their hands on Marvel VS Capcom 2. At the time the July 29th release date was announced for the Xbox Live Arcade version of Marvel VS Capcom, the Capcom Europe website contained an image showing…
By Mike Fahey Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
The PSP’s Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines in Action
The Playstation Portable version of Assassin’s Creed explains the link between Assassin’s Creed and Assassin’s Creed 2. This video starts to show how, though we still don’t get to see how the game is actually played.
By Brian Crecente Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dirt 2 Release Date Set In Mud
The PC version might have been pushed back, but Codemasters is still dumping Dirt 2 onto consoles and handhelds in early September. September 8th is when the next version of Codemasters’ venerable rally racing series hits North America, dishing Dirt 2 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, DS, and PlayStation Portable. Three days…
By Mike Fahey Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Two Madden 10 Demos Out This Month
The latest version of EA Sports‘ NFL game has gone gold, with a demo coming later this month to help fans determine if they should buy Madden 10 at midnight or wait til morning. I mean, let’s be real here. Those who are going to purchase Madden NFL 10, are going to buy Madden NFL…
By Mike Fahey Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Building Your Ultimate Game Room
GamePro, ignoring costs and the current economy, put together a list of the pricey items you need to build your own luxurious game room. Their set-up includes a 52-inch LCD, bunches of consoles and a high-end PC rig, 5.1 surround sound, a mini-fridge, air purifier and robotic vacuum cleaner. Interesting decisions across the board. How…
By Brian Crecente Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mini Ninjas: Meet Futo
Eidos introduces us to the least-mini of the Mini Ninjas, Futo, with the stirring story of the love that forms between a young overweight child and his sledgehammer. Futo is of course the powerhouse of Mini Ninjas’ trio of characters, which in video game terms means he is slow but powerful. He (literally) rounds out…
By Mike Fahey Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Rolls Out WoW Mobile Armory
Clean those third-party World of Warcraft applications off of your iPhone or iPod Touch, because Blizzard’s free official Mobile Armory application is go. The World of Warcraft Mobile Armory takes all the functionality of the full armory website and places it at your fingertips. The iPhone app allows players to immediately access character, guild, and…
By Mike Fahey Published July 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Infinity Ward Talks Modern Warfare 2, 43 Stories Up
Infinity Ward brought Modern Warfare 2 to New York City last night and educated us a bit about the game’s lengthy co-op, ever-changing name, suspiciously inexpensive night vision goggles and more. The developers of Activision’s first-person-shooter fall juggernaut showed their game on the 43rd floor of a midtown Manhattan hotel, with drinks offered, a big…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 16, 2009