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Red Red Faction Reminder
Don’t forget! If you plan on entering our Red Faction contest, you have this weekend to get your entry ready — like reader Karan already did. Contest closes next Thursday at midnight! What’s happening? We’re giving away a copy of futuristic third-person-shooter Red Faction: Guerrilla, platform of your choice. Here’s how you can win it:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
So, How Much Of The Market Does GameStop Hold Down?
While GameStop are the most high-profile specialist games retailer, games are sold in a lot of other places. Department stores. Electronics stores. Online. Convenient stores, even. So how big is GameStop’s share of the market? Well, according to some research done by Gamasutra, in the United States the chain controls 21% of the games market…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Week In Comments
Why Won’t Japanese Gamers Buy The Xbox 360? Comment by: 2c-b Nominated by: TrjnRabbit Americans supporting an American product? Patriotism. Japanese supporting a Japanese product? Xenophobia. BioWare Lifts Filter On Gay, Lesbian Star Wars Discussion, Issues Apology Comment by: Falsoman Nominated by: kidko When people stop talking about booth babes, secret shiva outfit on RE5,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dawn Of War II Gets Major Update This Month
Sometime in “early May”, developers Relic will be releasing a major new update for their RTS/RPG hybrid Dawn of War II, which will introduce a range of new features for the game. These include an all-new multiplayer mode (2v2), two new maps to support this mode, improved skirmish AI, push-to-talk voice chat, new “squad decorators”…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Food Network Gets In On Nintendo Cooking Sim Craze
The only thing shocking about Namco Bandai announcing a partnership with the Food Network for new game, Cook or Be Cooked, is that it didn’t happen sooner. Cooking Mama, What’s Cooking with Jamie Oliver and Personal Trainer: Cooking all got a good head start on an official Food Network video game. But with each new…
By AJ Glasser Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
X-Ray Console Quiz!
Sure, you’ve seen the outsides of countless consoles. But have you seen the insides…x-rayed? Flickr user Reintji has done just that. Click through the gallery below and guess away. Which is which and what is what? Answers in Reintiji’s Flickr stream below. X-Ray Funnies [Flickr via technabob]
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
White Knight Chronicles: Hands-On With 1%
Sony Computer Entertainment America is bringing Level-5’s White Knight Chronicles to North America, a highly coveted loot drop that English-speaking RPG fans will surely want for their PlayStation 3 inventory. We got a chance to go hands-on with a mostly-localized version of the game at Sony’s PlayStation Gamers Day this week, my first tangible experience…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
We Cheer 2 Preview: Now with 40% More Male
I didn’t disdain of the first We Cheer because it was a cheerleading game, or even because it required so much shameless Wii-flailing. I sneered at it for being sexist. Men can be cheerleaders, too, you know! George W. Bush, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Michael Douglas, Trent Lott, Aaron Spelling, Jimmy Stewart, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Steve…
By AJ Glasser Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Why Don’t You Try Out The Zeno Clash Demo
Zeno Clash has been out for a few weeks now, but only today has a demo for the indie first-person brawler been made available over Steam. Why don’t you go try it out! It’s certainly…different. Despite admiring the game’s unique look, I didn’t like it much, but hey, plenty of people do, and that’s what…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Here Are Your Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny Screens
What these Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny screens lack in size and boob, they make up for in color and Tira. So far there isn’t much else to say about the game that hasn’t already been said. But I’m going to go ahead and add “Thank God I can still use my PSP for something.” It’s been…
By AJ Glasser Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation 3 Outsells Wii In Japan For Another Month
The past two-and-a-half months have been very kind to Sony’s PlayStation 3 in Japan, as the console has regularly outsold its biggest competitor—and still-dominant console—the Wii. In April, Sony again handily bested its console rival. Figures from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain show the April margin between the two to be considerable. Enterbrain’s figures, via Reuters, put…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect For The iPhone: The “Real Facts”
Details on the forthcoming Mass Effect iPhone “animated presentation” revealed this week were leaked a tad earlier than developer BioWare was expecting. And BioWare wants to clear up a few things about Mass Effect: Jacob’s Story. BioWare Community Coordinator Chris Priestly has shared with the community some “real deal facts” about the iPhone spin-off, alleged…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Klonoa Wii-make Challenge Preview: Yep, It’s Challenging
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is a classic PlayStation adventure game remade for the Wii that’s entirely true to the original in content, color and even voice actors. The only new things in the game are bonus stages and challenge levels to extend gameplay for hardcore fans that have likely outgrown the difficulty level of the…
By AJ Glasser Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Fat Princess Screens Direct From Candy Mountain
Hateful toward the portly and excessively violent though it may be, PlayStation Network exclusive real-time strategy game Fat Princess is also endearingly cute. Just look at the delicious screen shots and equally tasty map names! Players will battle it out online on maps like “Sugar Cove” and “Black Forest,” the kind of locations we’d expect…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Big 8
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Next Week Is GOLDEN Tristan turns eight on Sunday. Don’t tell him but he’s getting not one, but two guitars! Trish and I bought him a classic acoustic to replace the one he’s been taking lessons on for a year, and my mom, dad and step-dad pitched him to buy…
By Brian Crecente Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Xbox App Helps Find Child Porn And Other “Illicit Hidden Materials”
A developer at Sam Houston State University has created XFT, a forensics tool designed to root out “illicit hidden materials,” including nefarious content like child pornography, buried on Xbox hard disks. According to a report from Discover, the forensics tool can unearth data stored on a modded Xbox, offering investigators “bit-for-bit information” similar to tools…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom Goes West
There was a time when the heart of video game design was inarguably in Japan. But increasingly game developers from around the world, including Japan, see that seat of power moving west. Last month, Japanese game developer Capcom gathered journalists from around the world to Monte Carlo to show them their line-up of new titles…
By Brian Crecente Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time 3D Remake Comes Out Of Its Shell
Xbox Live Arcade may be getting another serving of heroes on the half-shell, as a 3D remake of arcade fighter Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time was shown to hardcore TMNT fans this week. The original Konami-developed arcade game is already available on XBLA, but the update to the second appears to be a…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft’s Full Body Motion Controller Revealed?
Microsoft says that it will “completely transform how people think about home entertainment” at this year’s E3. A newly rumored motion controller that detects “full body” movement may be what the company has planned. According to a report from Engadget, who cites an anonymous tipster claiming to have knowledge of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 plans, the…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Batman: Arkham Asylum Officially Delayed
The rumors from earlier today unfortunately prove to be true, as Eidos announces that Batman: Arkham Asylum will miss its original June release date. The rumors surfaced earlier today, with Game Informer magazine citing “sources close to the game” who had indicated that Batman: Arkham Asylum would be pushed back from the original June date…
By Mike Fahey Published May 1, 2009