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Peggle XBLA Review: Extreme Fever!!!
PopCap Games‘ Peggle comes to Xbox Live Arcade, bringing the super powered pachinko-esque, point and shoot gameplay to Xbox 360s. It’s incredibly addictive, the aim of PopCap’s casual games. Peggle‘s concept is simple: fire metal balls from a cannon, destroying colored pegs with the help of talking unicorns and skateboarding beavers, ultimately resulting in a…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Tekken 6 Screens Come With Learning
The latest screens for Tekken 6 come complete with a convenient fact sheet detailing what some of your favorite characters have been up to since the last King of Iron Fist Tournament. I find it rather funny that Namco Bandai felt we needed a quick reference to know what characters like Nina Williams, Hwoarang, and…
By Mike Fahey Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bioshock 2 Features Co-Op, Doesn’t Feature Big Daddies [Update]
The 2K Games forums are ablaze with Bioshock 2 rumors from the latest issue of Game Informer, with 2 player co-op and a distinct lack of Big Daddies among the game’s new features. According to forum posters, Bioshock 2 takes place seven years after the original game, with protagonist Jack Abbott chasing the Big Sister…
By Mike Fahey Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox Live Deals Discounting Fable And Alien Hominid
While we’re waiting for Lionhead’s next batch of downloadable content for Fable II, Microsoft slashes the price of the original next week, with an Alien Hominid HD discount following soon after. The Xbox Deal of the Week soldiers on next week with “the beloved RPG classic from Peter Molyneux”, Fable. The Xbox Original is being…
By Mike Fahey Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Even Runes Of Magic’s Trailers Channel World Of Warcraft
Free-to-play massively multiplayer online game Runes of Magic continues to dress itself up as World of Warcraft’s developmentally disabled younger sibling in the trailer hearkening it’s impending official launch. Runes of Magic’s Taiwanese developer Runewaker Entertainment would of course call it an homage, but the trailer celebrating the March 19th launch of the game in…
By Mike Fahey Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Coop, Soto, Kofie Art Appear in Midnight Club, On Shirts
Rockstar has teamed with three Los Angeles based artists to produce an artist series build around their upcoming South Central DLC pack for Midnight Club: Los Angeles. The designs by artists Augustine Kofie, Jeff Soto, and Coop can be seen within the game and on some limited edition apparel, prints and other items. Rockstar sent…
By Brian Crecente Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rock Band Gets Totally Funked Up
Rock Band celebrates some of the best music to ever grace our undeserving ears next week, with the Get the Funk Out 01 track pack. The Get the Funk Out 01 track pack features three songs that are nearly synonymous with the funk genre. Even if you think you’ve not heard Earth, Wind & Fire’s…
By Mike Fahey Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
ESA President Calls For Stronger Texas Game Industry Incentives
Entertainment Software Association president Michael Gallagher has issued a plea to the Texas state government to strengthen tax incentives for software companies residing in the Lone Star state. Gallagher explains that the ever-expanding Texas game development community is every bit as important to defining the state’s rich cultural history as the music that the upcoming…
By Mike Fahey Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Freshly Picked Risen Screens
The team behind the Gothic series have picked a winning batch of screenshots to represent their upcoming PC and Xbox 360 role-playing game, Risen. Piranha Byte’s Risen was revealed last August before the Leipzig Games Festival in German, and since then…well, we hadn’t heard much. So far we know that the game takes place on…
By Mike Fahey Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Offline Multiplayer Coming to Noby Noby Boy
Namco Bandia is working on an update for Noby Noby Boy, according to the game’s creator, that will add offline multiplayer. “In the hopes that more people can enjoy the game, we are currently working on an update. A featured addition to the update is going to be offline multiplayer. Some may say, “Offline!?” But…
By Brian Crecente Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Chronicles Of Spellborn Closed Beta Slowy Opens
Acclaim has begun slowly letting people into the North American closed beta test for The Chronicles of Spellborn, with the beta client now available for those hoping to get in early. Here’s how the closed beta is working. The first round of testers get in today, hand-picked from Acclaim chats, David Perry’s twitter and Historian’s…
By Mike Fahey Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Get Your Kubrick On At Chinatown Launch Event
New York’s Nintendo World Store is hosting a launch event for Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on March 16. The party kicks off at 11:59 p.m. that night and runs into the next morning at 2 a.m. with DJ OhNo hosting fans age 17 and up. The first 25 people to buy the game get…
By Brian Crecente Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Music As Teacher Shown in Action
A Washington, D.C. school is one of the first in the nation to get Wii Music in their school. The program isn’t using the game to teach music, it’s just meant to engage student in the arts, to get them interested in music. Which, I think, is a fantastic idea. Sure, Guitar Hero and Rock…
By Brian Crecente Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil 5 Infects San Francisco
Capcom and GameStop took over Union Square in downtown San Francisco for their Resident Evil 5 launch event, which didn’t have nearly enough zombies. I guess some of the people in these pics kinda look like zombies. That soulless, glazed look and pasty skin might have had more to do with my camera’s flash settings,…
By AJ Glasser Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Four Months In, What Micro-Bash Can Do
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: GDC Cometh So, very soon, Micro-Bash will be four months old. Man, it’s cliched as hell, but time does fly — and that’s both good and scary. (Scarily good?) Besides his normal smiling, giggling, pooping, sleeping, eating and crying, baby has started rolling over, which is exciting. Next he’ll be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Here’s Your New Gears Of War 2 Map Pack (And Experience System!)
Epic Games have announced two big changes on the way for Gears of War 2. One is a title update aimed at addressing complaints users have had about experience.The other? Four new multiplayer maps. The title update – due on March 24 – is geared at making player’s progression up the ranks more transparent. The…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Next LEGO Games Are Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Maybe Hobbit As Well
Whoops! According to the curriculum vitae of an animator currently employed at LEGO developers Traveller’s Tales, the team is currently working on two games. One a Harry Potter title, the other a second Indiana Jones. LEGO Harry Potter, eh? Pardon us if we’re less than surprised. Still, surprise isn’t the point. The point is, it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 13, 2009 -
Uncategorized12-Year-Old SFIV Sakura In Motion
Very young, Japanese “talent” Hikari Takada filmed the Street Fighter IV TV ads. The 12-year-old played SFIV character Sakura in the spots, making her younger than the 16-year-old game character. Above is the television ad, complete with obscured high-kicks.
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Elementary School Boy Arcade Shooting Game Coming To Xbox 360
Another bullet hell shooting game, another Xbox 360 port. Vertical arcade shoot-’em-up Mamoru-kun wa Norowareteshimatta! is the latest to Japanese shooter to be announced for Microsoft’s home console. Translated to “Mamoru-kun Has Been Cursed!” in English, Mamoru-kun wa Norowareteshimatta! was developed by G.rev and Gulti. (Gulti is a studio made up with former staffers of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Meet Resident Evil 5 Producer
That’s Jun Takeuchi. He’s the producer of Resident Evil 5. You can meet him. Today, even. From 2:30pm to 4:00pm, Takeuchi will be appearing at the Redmond Town Center Gamestop in Redmond, Washington. He will be signing copies of Resident Evil 5, which launches tomorrow in North America and PAL territories. Thanks for the tip,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 13, 2009