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Konami Warns Of Zombie Apocalypse On XBLA, PSN
Konami’s dual-stick arcade-style shooter Zombie Apocalypse will be infecting Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network this quarter, the publisher has announced. No, they’re not re-announcing Burn Zombie Burn!, it just sounds like it. The Konami version of dual-stick, arcade-style undead shooting looks to be taken a bit more seriously—minus the teddy bear packed with C4…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2009 -
UncategorizedMike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! In Space Released 17 Years Later
Just weeks before the release of Punch-Out!! for the Wii comes the unofficial release of the original NES game’s Nintendo-aborted sequel, Mike Tyson’s Intergalactic Power Punch. It’s Punch-Out!! plus aliens, minus quality. According to GameSetWatch’s quick primer on the Mike Tyson’s Intergalactic Power Punch, the game was originally planned to be a proper Punch-Out!! sequel,…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Infamous Gets Pushed Up With Pre-Order Goodies
The PlayStation 3 free-roaming superhero game inFamous has been pushed up a month to May, with some impressive pre-order bonuses in store for those willing to put their money down. Originally scheduled for a release sometime in the month of June, developer Sucker Punch has apparently been working so hard on the game that Sony…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Can Games Handle History?
Human history is the greatest story ever told. It’s also, courtesy of the attached social, political and religious significance, the most dangerous. So what happens when games try and tell it? All kinds of things. See, games do history a little differently. Other mediums, such as film, books and even comics, are re-telling a story.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rumor: Patapon 2 Retail Copies Won’t Ship On UMD
Sony may be taking a rather unusual step at retail with Patapon 2, making the PSP a digital download only, but still offering a boxed copy at retail. How would that work, exactly? According to Ars Technica‘s unnamed sources, Sony will release the Patapon sequel via the PlayStation Store as downloadable goods, bypassing a UMD…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Movie Spyro Looking Rather Impressive
Spyro the Dragon is looking a bit more powerful than we remember him in the upcoming animated feature The Legend of Spyro 3D. A Spyro fansite (believe it or not) unearthed the teaser poster for the film at the official website of film sales company Velvet Octopus, showing a large, confident-looking version of everyone’s favorite…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Atlus Does Downloadable With Droplitz
Atlus USA is getting set to make their Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and iPhone debut with Droplitz, a fluid puzzle game from Blitz Arcade. Droplitz, also being released for the PC, is a puzzle game involving getting water from one end of a set of pipes to the other. The pipes are set into…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
This Week On Live Arcade: OutRun Online Arcade
Get your motor running, head out on the highway, and possibly find a little adventure along with way in this week’s Xbox Live Arcade release, OutRun Online Arcade. Part of the Days of Arcade program, OutRun Online Arcade is the classic racer reborn in high definition for Xbox Live Arcade. Featuring 15 different courses and…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
MySims Racing Preview: It’s What Mario Kart Wii Should Be
The MySims franchise generates more spinoffs than the Law & Order series, but Racing seems to be one of the good ones. The game features many recurring characters from the original cutesy life simulation on the Wii, such as Dr. F and Chef Gino. Like MySims and MySims Kingdom, Racing is organized around Sim towns…
By AJ Glasser Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mariners Nintendo Fan Network Gets Upgraded
Nintendo and ESPN give Seattle Mariners fan DS owners an upgrade this year, adding sports news to the list of special features available on the handheld during home games. The Nintendo Fan Network kicked off in 2007, giving DS-holding visitors to Seattle’s Safeco field access to game stats, video, and remote food ordering during the…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Catch Microsoft Points With The Deadliest Catch
Microsoft has teamed up with Discovery to deliver 2 million Microsoft points via the Deadliest Catch Text to Win Sweepstakes. Microsoft is doing up Discovery’s crap-fishing television series big across all of its various networks, including MSN, MSN Mobile, Hotmail, and of course, Xbox Live. The promotion, which started on April 10th and ends tomorrow…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Saw Preview: Condemned or Dragon’s Lair?
There’s something terribly familiar about wandering around a dilapidated insane asylum with crazy people ahead of you and instant-death traps all around you. And I’m not just saying that because the Saw video game is based on the Saw movie franchise. Many of the major elements in the game – the setting, hunting down and…
By AJ Glasser Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
2K Play Brings The Greatest Show On Earth Home
2K Play is about to make running away to join the circus much easier, announcing a partnership with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey to create circus games for the Wii and DS. During a recent performance, Ringling Bros. high wire artist Jonathan Caro walked 25 feet through the air, using only a Wii remote…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers Joins The Love Train
Eleven new videos have popped up on the official Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers website since we last checked in. Get ready to climb aboard the love train! All of the new clips are relatively short glimpses of gameplay moments, much like this one, which shows men being chased through the streets by enamored…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Insurgents Contributed To Development Of Six Days In Fallujah
Controversial video game, Six Days in Fallujah isn’t just trying to tackle the events of a very real battle less than two years after it happened, it’s trying to do so from all sides involved. The game was made with contributions from the insurgents that fought Marines during the second battle of Fallujah (otherwise known…
By AJ Glasser Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Amazon Covers All Consoles With Deals
Rather than focus on any one console for their video game Gold Box deals today, Amazon.com keeps things fair with deals across all three consoles and both handhelds, with Shaun White tying them all together. Ubisoft’s Shaun White Snowboard was released on every console and the PC, so it serves as the Gold Box Deal…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: A Bad Week For Pop-Up Pirates
This week’s Nintendo Download features two new downloadable titles for your DSi, a Pitfall adventure on the Virtual Console, and the most unfortunately timed pirate game release ever. It’s week two of the DSiWare invasion, with two new titles dropping for Nintendo’s slight step up. We’ve already told you about Mixed Messages from Activision (500…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Video Games Live To Perform On Last Day of E3
As E3 continues to reinvent itself, trying to dig its way out of a self-created publicity hole, the show’s importance this year continues to grow. We’ve already heard from a number of developers are holding off on announcements this year until E3 so they can make a big splash. All of that potential attention has…
By Brian Crecente Published April 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
It’s Monday And I’m Already Drained
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Seriously. Please tell me the rest of this week is going to be easy. Please. Because today was rough… What you missed last night Baby Pulls Off Zangief’s Double German Suplex New Halo Project To Span Console, Web & Mobile Closer Look At tri-Ace’s Multiplatform RPG Cute Arcade Fighter Gets Not-So-Cute…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 13, 2009