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First Impressions Of Left 4 Dead’s New Survival Mode
If you plan on playing Left 4 Dead‘s new Survival mode, get a microphone. Communication, as already noted by Valve itself, is key. And if you are new to the game, don’t start with Survival. Because the new mode is rather difficult. My first go in Survival mode, on the newly released “The Last Stand”…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintenducation – A New Take On Edutainment
It’s a great time to be in grade school, if you live in Japan or Great Britain. Several dozen schools in both countries are putting Nintendo DSs in K-12 classes. Games are no stranger to schools, of course. Think back to the 80s when at least 30 minutes of every school day was given over…
By AJ Glasser Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Supreme Court On Jack Thompson Appeal: No Thanks
Jack Thompson‘s appeal of his enhanced disbarment from the Florida Bar hit a bit of a snag on Monday, as the Supreme Court refused to hear his case. The court’s decision not to grant Thompson a writ of Certiorari was pretty much a given, considering such a grant is reserved for only the most important…
By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Atlus Online Now Open For Business
Atlus has completed phase one in the deployment of their internet community and online gaming portal Atlus Online, with mascot Jack Frost running rampant all over the page. Announced to the world back in February, Atlus Online is an online community for fans of Atlus games, role-playing, and anime, three passions that generally coincide quite…
By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2009 -
UncategorizedHow Not To Play Rock Band
Never, ever be this guy. Grant Lokey sent us a link to this video, which supposedly shows him secretly filming his brother behaving like a complete and utter dickhead while playing Rock Band. It’s hilarious, embarrassing, and completely over the top. Considering it was posted to YouTube under the name ChickenFriedComedy, it’s also most likely…
By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Half A Billion EA Sports Games Played Online In A Year
EA Sports marches the big numbers out onto the field, announcing that as of this week, more than 500 million online sports games have been played since the ’09 line launched last June. EA Sports titles have gone crazy online this year, with the 500 million plus games being played representing a jump of 175%…
By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
NCsoft Builds Up Steam
Massively multiplayer online game publisher NCsoft is doing the digital distribution thing, with all of its online titles available today for purchase and play via Valve’s Steam service. All current NCsoft titles should be available via the Steam service today, from the recently released City of Heroes Architect Edition to the Guild Wars series. This…
By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Check Out The Package On Devil Summoner 2
The premium bundle for Atlus’ PlayStation 2 role-playing game Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon is almost too pretty to open. It’s the kind of box set you’d place on your mantle with your other video gaming trophies, rather than simply ripping open the package and leaving it on the…
By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Champions Online Swings Into Action
Witness an exciting new travel power that developer Cryptic is including in their massively multiplayer online superhero game Champions Online. One of the big problems with City of Heroes has always been the inability to make a convincing Spider-Man clone. Hulk and Wolverine were not a problem, but without web-swinging, there really couldn’t be a…
By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dreamcast New In Box $99 At ThinkGeek
Retire that poor, battered Dreamcast desperately clinging to life in your entertainment center with a shiny new one from ThinkGeek, where they’re offering the console new in box for $99. I don’t know where they got them, or how many they have. I just know that geek superstore ThinkGeek.com is now selling new Dreamcast consoles…
By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
There’s A Mystery To Solve In MySims Agents
EA takes their tiny blocked-headed MySims and thrusts them deep into the heart of a sinister plot that could determine the fate of an entire city in MySims Agents for the Nintendo Wii and DS. The MySims are everywhere now. They’re partying, racing, defending fantasy kingdoms, and now taking on the role of secret agents…
By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lifetime PAL Console Sales Figures Get
The latest financial presentation from European video game retailer Game comes complete with lifetime European sales numbers for the current crop of consoles and handhelds. Let’s take a look! The information is presented in the form of a hardware install base chart, with data provided by GfK Chart Track and Game’s own internal data, tallying…
By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nice To Meet You, Here Is Some Detergent, Be Nice To Me
To: Fahey From: Bashcraft RE: Cats Are Jerks Cats are jerks. But cute jerks. The big topic of conversation here has been what do we give our new neighbors. When you move into a new neighborhood, it’s customary here in Japan to give a small gift — I don’t know about elsewhere as I’ve never…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Will Wright: Why Spore Wasn’t Released On 360, PS3
For such a big game, you’d have thought Spore would release on every platform under the sun. But it didn’t. Just PC, Mac, DS and iPhone. Here, Will Wright explains why. In an interview with GameDaily, Wright says it was a matter of balancing output with creativity: You know, we either [port the game to…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
PS3 Tie Ratio Overtakes Wii Tie Ratio
Matt Matthews, now at Gamasutra, is a graph fiend. If it’s displayed as bars and/or pies, he’s all over it. And he’s all over some new NPD data, showing an improvement in the PS3’s tie ratio. The “Tie Ratio” is basically the ratio of games to consoles in the market. So if, say, the Xbox…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tomorrow, Eidos Is Square Enix’s
Square Enix inches closer to its take over of Tomb Raider publisher Eidos, and the takeover is expected to go into effect tomorrow morning. In February, both Square Enix and Eidos came to an agreement for the takeover, and the following month, Eidos shareholders overwhemingly approved of the action. Eidos issued this statement earlier today:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Red Has Never Been So Darn Cute
Ahhh….Adowable. What’s more, red. Reader Jon sends along this entry, and the world is better for it. 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: Take a picture of red things – the more the better! Be sure to include…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
There Will Be Dante’s Inferno On The PSP As Well
We already knew that Dante’s Inferno was coming for the PC, 360 and PS3. We did not know that a PSP version was also in development. Do now. EA have announced that Sony’s handheld will be getting its own version of the game, which is EA Redwood Shores’ (the Dead Space guys) take on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Where Did The Idea For Mother 3 Come From?
Mother 3? Fantastic game. The game was released way back in 2006, but its creator Shigesato Itoi and Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently talked about the title — like, what inspired it. Itoi, who also works as an ad copywriter and even voiced the father in My Neighbor Totoro, explains that the game’s genesis came…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2009