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L.A. Court Finds In Favor Of Scratch DJ
A California judge has ruled in favor of Scratch DJ Game LLC, granting a temporary restraining order against Activision Publishing, ordering all Scratch intellectual property returned immediately. Despite assurances on Thursday by Activision that the L.A. Superior Court saw no evidence of wrongdoing on their part, a judge today granted Genius Products and Numark Industries…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Getting A Demo
Monster Hunter Freedom Unit is hitting the states this June, and Capcom is preparing a tiny demo taste of the game to help players gauge their interest in really big game hunting. The demo for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite will be hitting the PlayStation Store in early June, a bit before the actual game hits…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Games Journalist Quits Job For More Games Journalism
Stephen Totilo has long been a gaming journalist I’ve admired, from his thoughtful exchanges with Newsweek’s N’Gai Croal to his timely analysis of gaming stories that others, including Kotaku, let fall by the wayside. That’s why I’m so pleased to announce that Totilo’s departure from MTV doesn’t mean he’s landed himself a gig as a…
By Brian Crecente Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Singstar Has Trophies Now
Remember when we told you SingStar was being patched last week? We lied. It’s patched now though, with trophy support, voice control, and a newly redesigned SingStore eagerly awaiting your dulcet tones. It seemed rather silly to release a trophy patch one week and a functionality patch the next. Perhaps that’s why the new global…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fight Night Round 4 Is Stylin’
EA shows off some of the different fighting styles represented in Fight Night Round Four. It’s really quite amazing to see the different techniques and styles used by competitors in a game that can be simply described as hit the other guy until he falls down. For those of you who’d rather not get into…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tiny Lego Battles Screens Possibly Contain Lego
This box art for TT Games‘ Lego Battles strategy game for the Nintendo DS is about as exciting as the screenshot gallery gets. Translating the Lego Castles, Pirates, and Space sets into a real-time strategy game is a brilliant idea, but when you shrink the whole thing down to function on the Nintendo DS, you…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Rock Band Gets A Little Toby & Yngwie
Wii owners get a dragon-slaying trio of Yngwie Malmsteen this week, which joins the Rock Band 2 downloadable music library on Tuesday, as well as a double-wide dose of Toby Keith. It’s a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll, obviously, as well as a little bit… whatever The Shins, Black Tide…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 20, 2009 - Reviews
The Godfather II Review: The Don Does No Favors
The open-world crime genre, like real-world crime, is wantonly violent, seductive with promises of easy riches. EA returns to the scene with a sequel that must live up to its predecessorā€”plus two landmark films. In the video game version of The Godfather II, players once again work their way up the ranks of the Corleone…
By Owen Good Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Going Indie: Fez Creator Phil Fish’s Moment Of Clarity
It could’ve gone another way. Everything depends on perspective. There are different angles and other choice. Life could be very different right now, but Phil Fish knows the exact moment he went indie. He was toiling away in a Montreal game studio Artificial Mind and Movement, one of many working on some movie-based game. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Neverwinter Nights 2 Finally Explores The Mysteries Of Westgate
Neverwinter Nights 2 players will finally get their chance to explore one of the Forgotten Realms’ most infamous cities as Atari readies the Mysteries of Westgate for release at the end of this month. The first “Adventure Pack” for Neverwinter Nights has been completed since late 2007, but due to some copy protection issues with…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Risen Sets The Mood
Gothic developer Piranha Bytes grants us a look at the environments and atmosphere to be found in their next big role-playing title, Risen. Risen takes place on a volcanic tropical island, which explains why one could easily confuse the opening of this “Mood” trailer with an old Far Cry video. The similarities soon end, however,…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Days Of Arcade End With Lode Runner
The Days of Arcade come to an end this week, as Microsoft rolls out the last in a series of top-quality Xbox Live Arcade titles this week in the form of Lode Runner. Lode Runner is a recreation of the PC gaming classic platformer by Douglas E. Smith, loving brought into the current generation by…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
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By Brian Crecente Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
PSP Update 5.5 Makes It Easier To Shop
It’s a whole new world of shopping convenience tomorrow on the PlayStation Portable, with the 5.50 system update making it that much easier to browse the PlayStation Store. Dropping tomorrow, the 5.50 system update for the Sony PSP allows unregistered users to browse the latest games, demos, and wallpapers in the PlayStation Store. You’ll still…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Stalin Vs Martians Strategically Delayed
Mezmer Games has announced that their upcoming historically accurate real-time strategy game Stalin vs Martians is coming out a bit later than originally intended, in order to apply another layer of polish. While the official announcement didn’t say exactly when Stalin vs Martians, originally scheduled for release this week, would be available at a digital…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Coat Your DSi in Metal
I’m not sure why you’d want to wrap your DSi in a thin jacket of metal. But if you did this would certainly be an option. These NexiLux cases allow you to access all of the DSi’s ports and don’t increase the volume of the case noticeably. Of course they also let you change the…
By Brian Crecente Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Warhammer Online Looks Beyond The Sands
Warhammer Online players are one more step closer to the Land of the Dead this week, as Mythic launches their Beyond the Sands live event. The war between Order and Destruction takes a southward turn this week, as artifacts unearthed in the southern deserts bring with them the wrath of the servants of the undying…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Jumpgate Evolution Is Completely Full Of Ships
Codemasters has released new screenshots and concept art featuring the true stars of NetDevil’s Jumpgate Evolution – the ships. When you spend the majority of your time looking at the rear end of a space ship, you’re going to want an attractive rear end to look at. Looking through these screenshots and concept art of…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hangin’ In PlayStation Home With The Star Trek Crew
We’ve fired up the old PlayStation Home account to spend a few minutes with the cast and crew from the upcoming Star Trek movie, including J.J. Abrams, Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. You can watch! So far, it’s been described as “the most surreal event in the world” by Quinto. It’s also fairly well organized…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Conduit Hands-On: A Second Look
Last month when I sat down with High Voltage to talk to them about their upcoming Wii shooter, The Conduit. I also managed to finagle some time playing the game. I was surprised at how deftly the game seemed to handle… with one exception. The Conduit is meant to be a solid first-person shooter built…
By Brian Crecente Published April 20, 2009