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Guitar Hero: Smash Hits Trailer Dates Game For June 16
Activision’s new Guitar Hero: Smash Hits trailer features very little in the way of "new." It’s loaded with old tunes, even if the trailer argues they’re "the most fun Guitar Hero songs." But at least the thing gives us a firm release date, letting us know we can expect the game formerly known as Guitar…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Getting Second Expansion, Sequel
Blues News has spotted an interview on a Russian web site that reveals plans for not only a second S.T.A.L.K.E.R. expansion, but for a full-blown sequel as well. The website – whose name my keyboard just can’t reproduce – had an interview with GSC’s Sergey Grigorovitch, where he reveals plans for a second standalone expansion…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Legendary Starfy Screens Bring Smiles To Faces
Nintendo of America is finally bringing the Starfy series to the U.S. with The Legendary Starfy, the fifth game in the Star starring series. It’s just cute as a button! The Nintendo DS game is planned to hit these shores on June 8th, giving us a chance to go on a “spectacular undersea adventure,” Starfy…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Braid Shifts To PCs Today
The PC port of Number None‘s excellent Braid, our choice for 2008’s Indie Game of the Year, is now available. No more bulky Xbox 360 required! The time-shifting platforming adventure is now available to digitally download for Windows PCs via Greenhouse, Impulse and Gamersgate, all for the low price of $14.95. Where it’s not available…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Reggie: WiiWare Is For “Truly Innovative” Games, Not Mario
WiiWare supporters looking for killer apps to define Nintendo’s downloadable game service shouldn’t pin their hopes on seeing a Mario game hit the virtual platform. Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime says it’s not the best fit. “When we’re gonna work on a Mario title, we’re gonna bring it to Wii or DS,” Fils-Aime told Geoff Keighley…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Watch The Game Developers Choice Awards On G4 Tonight
Don’t forget, like I did, that G4 will be airing the 2009 Game Developers Choice Awards tonight, giving the cable-subscribing masses a chance to hear great Tim Schafer jokes and watch awards being accepted. The program, which should run about 30 minutes, will be doubly broadcast tonight, with one airing at 6:30 PM EST/PST and…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dr. Who
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: DON’T LEAVE BABIES IN CARS!!! You know, I used to watch Dr. Who when I was a kid. I remember one of babysitter’s, when I was in elementary school, would always watch it when I was at her house. I ended up watching it with her. As I grew up…
By Brian Crecente Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Spore Creator Wants to Make Toys Fun Again
Will Wright, the man who launched a million sims, is broadening his horizons. The famed digital toy maker responsible for SimCity, The Sims and Spore, is leaving video game publishing behemoth Electronic Arts to dabble in every form of entertainment from robots and toys to television shows, movies and, yes, even more video games. Wright…
By Brian Crecente Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Amazon’s Selling Punch-Out!! Boxing Gloves For Regular Macs
Online retailer Amazon.com is in full Punch-Out!! hype mode, looking to squeeze every last dollar out of the Nintendo fetishist. Today’s curious purchase: Punch-Out!! branded boxing gloves that you can’t box with. The Amazon.com exclusive Little Mac boxing glove isn’t very useful in its wood frame and casing, but it does have an engraved plate…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Dead Space Extraction Screens Show Old Enemies
The Lurker, the Slasher and the Leaper all make appearances in these new Dead Space: Extraction screens. Previously, we’ve seen the Infector (gigantic manta-ray bats) Necromorph and not much else besides Slashers. Executive Producer Steve Papoutsis has promised that there will be new enemies for the Wii exclusive prequel to EA’s flagship horror title —…
By AJ Glasser Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Report: New Xbox 360 Elite Bundles Up With Halo 3 & Fable II
Microsoft may be offering a much more valuable version of its Xbox 360 Elite package, one that packs in two of the console’s biggest games, all for the exact same price its charging now. Ars Technica‘s “mole” says that the Xbox 360 maker is planning to bundle Halo 3 and Fable II into a new…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Raven Software Gushes Over Wolverine
While the second behind-the-scenes clips for X-Men Origins: Wolverine does include some nifty bits about sound design and camera work, for the most part it’s just the team at Raven using complimentary adjectives. According to Raven, Wolverine will be fast, furious, unleashed, and the game that everyone is pining for. It’s like no Wolverine game…
By Mike Fahey Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dead Space Extraction Shakes Things Up
The first question everyone has about Dead Space: Extraction is: What does “guided first person experience” mean? To executive producer Steve Papoutsis, it means that gameplay in the Dead Space prequel is not a straight line through an alien-infested ship. Players will have the opportunity to choose diverging paths and pan the camera under certain…
By AJ Glasser Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Are These Your New King Of Fighters XII Fighters?
When The King of Fighters XII arrives on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this Summer, it’s bringing with it brand new fighters, ones not included in the arcade’s 20-strong roster. While SNK Playmore has yet to officially announce who those characters are, even releasing screen shots that still show a character select screen that…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
From Flash To Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Cash
The Rockstar Social Club is teasing Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars with Mr. Wong’s Laundromat, a new flash game that will let players earn cash for their DS game playing Flash games on their PC. At first Mr. Wong’s Laundromat was a mystery, but the gaming detectives over at MTV Multiplayer soon cracked the case,…
By Mike Fahey Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Law of the Game: GameStop Practice Appears Deceptive
Legal game site, Law of the Game, has weighed in on GameStop’s policy of selling games they let their employees play as new, unplayed, titles. Mark Methenitis, an attorney at Dallas-based The Vernon Law Group, says that there is both a legal and pragmatic approach to the answer of whether the practice is illegal. “From…
By Brian Crecente Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
First Footage Of Punch-Out!!’s Multiplayer Mode
Last night’s episode of GameTrailers TV debuted a new trailer for the Wii remake of Punch-Out!!. Said trailer reveals one new character, in a fashion, the hulked out Giga Mac. While the rest of the featured lineup consists of boxers we already knew about—Glass Joe, Von Kaiser, Disco Kid, King Hippo—this is our first look…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 10, 2009 - Reviews
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena Review: Fumbling In The Dark
Darkness falls on Richard B. Riddick once again in The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. Originally planned as a simple current-generation remake of 2004’s The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, developer Starbreeze changed course during development, creating a whole new chapter in the story of Vin Diesel’s Riddick character. Upon escaping…
By Mike Fahey Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Grudge Director Working on Game
Takahashi Shimizu, famed Japanese horror film director best known of his work on The Grudge, is working on a Wii horror game called Feel, according to the latest issue of Famitsu. According to the gang at Neo-Gaf, the game will be based on the original Grudge movie, known as Ju-on (or The Curse) in Japan…
By Brian Crecente Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
This week’s announcement of new Valkyria Chronicles content rekindled my interest in diving back into the PlayStation 3 role-playing game, so… that’s what I’m doing. That and playing with this new Nintendo DSi. This brand-spankin’ new Nintendo portable is still in the box, but I’m sure I’ll get around to cracking the thing open this…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 10, 2009