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Wolverine iPhone App Features Intriguing Innovation
While the free X-Men Origins: Wolverine Feral Senses application for the iPhone is little more than a marketing tool for the console game, its image recognition feature definitely has potential. The free application, now available via iTunes, has users unlock various bits of exclusive game content by using their iPhone camera to photograph icons that…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
How Long People Play M-Rated Wii Games
Who cares if M-rated Wii games do or don’t sell? We’ve crunched numbers in our latest Wii Stats Report to learn how much the people who get these games actually play them. MadWorld included. Last week, we showed you the 10 most-played gamers, per gamer, on the Wii. Few people could have been surprised that…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Trumps Nintendo In Develop 100
Develop has released their yearly guide to the 100 most bankable game development studios in the world, with Blizzard Entertainment jumping 46 spots from last year to take Nintendo down a notch. While last year’s top developer Nintendo still performed admirable, Blizzard Entertainment pulled ahead this year to score the top spot in the Develop…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
DC Universe Online Preview: Doomsday Smack Down
DC Universe Online gives gamers a chance to become a super hero or villain in a world familiar to any comic book fan. You may not be able to play as Batman and Superman, but that doesn’t mean you won’t see them, talk to them, and maybe even help them at times. What Is It?…
By Brian Crecente Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Rock Band Scores 25 Songs This Week
This week’s update to the Wii Rock Band Music Store is truly massive, with 25 new tracks covering everything from Duran Duran to Siouxsie & The Banshees. Along with the nine tracks announced last week for Rock Band across all platforms, which included tunes by Steely Dan, Social Distortion, and The Replacements, the Wii gets…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tour Aion’s Lovely Eltnen Zone
The latest zone tour video for NCsoft’s Aion: The Tower of Eternity showcases the slowly dying Eltnen zone, where gods battle to restore Elysea’s breadbasket. Once again I find myself impressed by the sheer variety found in each zone NCsoft has revealed for the eagerly anticipated massively multiplayer game, though in Eltnen’s case, I’m even…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes Detailed
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes is being developed by LucasArts and Krome Studios as a two-player coop action game. In Republic Heroes gamers will take on the roles of Jedi and clone troopers, including Anakin Skywalker and Clone Captain Rex. The storyline will bridge the game between season one and two of the…
By Brian Crecente Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Binary Tweed Launches Politically-Charged Clover
Binary Tweed Launches Politically-Charged Clover Independent developer Binary Tweed has finally released the politically-pointed watercolor platforming adventure Clover via the Xbox Live Community Games Program. Clover may look like a game painted by the hand of a child, but underneath its simplistic look lies a game riddled with political and historical references inspired by the…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Cooking Mama Sells Four Million…Domestically
Majesco proudly announces that the mini-game powered Cooking Mama series has sold more than 4 million units domestically. How else would a cooking franchise sell? Of course by domestically they mean in North America, with the company’s number one franchise racking up more than four million sales between the five games in the series, which…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
See The Future Right Now
Well… Some of it! Microsoft has released screens of the just out Fable II: See The Future DLC. There are new items, new dudes and new clothes. New dog skins, too! Ready to give you a big, sloppy kiss tomorrow with “See The Future” is released on XBLA.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: The Family That Pirates Together Stays Together
There’s enough booty for the whole family this week in the Nintendo Download, with handheld soccer, a Sega shooter, and a plundering party game up for grabs. Aksys releases another game in the adorable Family line for WiiWare this week with Family Pirate Party, a pirate -themed board game by Guilty Gear developer Arc System…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom Soundtracks Are Sumthing Else
Sumthing Else Music Works continues to strengthen its lineup of video game soundtrack offerings, with a deal with Capcom scoring them the scores to Resident Evil 5, Street Fighter IV, Dark Void, and more. Soundtracks to Capcom’s latest games will soon be available for purchase at select retail locations, Sumthing Else Digital, and iTunes as…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
E3 Round Table: Third Party Developers
E3’s just around the corner and that means it’s time for a little Bonus Round round table. This time, GameTrailers’ Geoff Keighley, Game Informer’s Andy McNamara, N’Gai Croal‘s N’Gai Croal and Kotaku’s me sit down to chat third-party developers. What third-party developers are you eagerly awaiting news from?
By Brian Crecente Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Thief 4: It’s Official
Eidos-Montreal are in the early development stages for Thief 4, the developer confirmed this morning. Last week we heard that an announcement was coming, but there’s not much grist in the news that hit today. Eidos-Montreal, which is currently producing Deus Ex 3, has recruited the “very best core team” for Thief 4, we’re told.…
By Brian Crecente Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Where Is My Canned Coffee? Do You Have It? I Think You Do.
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft CRAZY BUSY. And it’s not done! Time for canned coffee. Oh yes. What you missed last night What Is Capcom’s “13th” Title? PS3 To Become “A Platform For Web Services”, PSN Coming To Other Devices Years Later, Rapelay Making Waves In Japanese Press One In Five Japanese People Now Own A…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2009 - Reviews
Fable II See The Future Review: Wear Shades
Slapped with the moniker “See the Future”, the latest Fable II downloadable content takes players back to Albion and lets them do just that: See the future. “See The Future” adds four new quests, 13 new Achievements, new character duds and new hides for your mutt. Fable II‘s hero is given cursed items by Huxter…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
One In Five Japanese People Now Own A Nintendo DS
You may be aware, from hanging around the internet, that Japan loves the Nintendo DS. But it takes a nice little mix of pictures and statistics to really ram the point home. This chart was released by Nintendo today, and shows the percentage of a market’s population that owns a DS. By extension, it also…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Red Dead Redemption Is, Supposedly, Massive
I loved Red Dead Revolver, but the game had its flaws. Also had its quirks. The game’s sequel, turns out, will be keeping the quirks, while trying to shoot the flaws in the face. Speaking with IGN, Rockstar’s Dan Houser has revealed that, unlike the first game, this title will have a lot more in…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Millionth Word In The English Language Could Be…
Noob. That’s right, noob. The Global Language Monitor has stated the one millionth word will hit June 10th, 2009 at 10:22 am, British Summer Time. Austin-based Global Language Monitor tracks the English language. Once new utterances are used 25,000 times by media outlets, social networking websites and in other public sources, GLM declares the term…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Flashback Turns Back The Clock On The iPhone
Delphine’s classic platformer Flashback is now available on the iPhone! Seeing as it’s only one of best games ever made, this should be good news, but then, this is the iPhone we’re talking about. Which means expectations need to be tempered. Early reviews are complaining that the game has rubbish controls, and that it’s not…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2009