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Lionsgate Sees Wii Movie Streaming In The Near Future
A top executive for Canadian film and television distributor Lionsgate thinks that the Nintendo Wii could be streaming movies by the end of this year. Curt Marvis heads up the digital media division of Lionsgate, so he knows all about the digital distribution of movies and televisions shows. The question is, how well does he…
By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Three More Fallout 3 Screens Emerge From The Pitt
Bethesda continues it’s fine tradition of releasing three screenshots at a time, with a trio of shots depicting life in the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout 3’s The Pitt downloadable content. The top screen has to be my favorite of the three. The one depicting the arena is nice, and you can never have too many…
By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
New York Drops DLC Tax Plans
New York Governor David Paterson‘s December tax proposal that would see the state nickel and diming downloadable content has been scrapped in favor of large amounts of federal stimulus money. Paterson’s proposal, issued in December, included a section titled “Close Digital Property Taxation Loophole”, which would impose taxes on all digitally-delivered items, including iPod songs,…
By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Fable II Downloadable Content In The Works
A post on the Fable II development blog reveals that Lionhead is currently hard at work on new downloadable content for their award-winning role-playing game. Lionhead’s Sam Van Tilburgh tipped us off to the blog post, perhaps in order to make sure that you all weren’t simply trading in Fable II after you finished the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Red Faction: Guerrilla Weapons and Vehicles Trailer
In this latest video for Red Faction: Guerrilla we get a better look at the upcoming destructible shooter’s weapons and vehicles. We also get a look at some pretty explosions and the hammer, oh the hammer action.
By Brian Crecente Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom Brings The Darkside Chronicles, Resident Evil Classics To The Wii
Capcom has big plans for Resident Evil on the Wii this year, officially announcing Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles as well as two classic remakes coming via the Resident Evil Classics line. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles is the sequel to last years on-rails shooter The Umbrella Chronicles, this time based around Resident Evil 2.…
By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom Confirms, Prices Versus Mode for Resident Evil 5
Capcom today confirmed that a new multiplayer mode will be coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Resident Evil 5 in a few weeks. The Versus mode will cost $5 on the Playstation Network and 400 Microsoft Points on the Xbox 360 and pits players against each other in a contest of survival,…
By Brian Crecente Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
MadWorld Hoodie
Check out this amazing MadWorld hoodie, found over on the official Sega Blog. The bad news is that you can’t buy these, the good news is that Sega plans to give a few of them away to fans. They haven’t announced how yet, but expect the details soon.
By Brian Crecente Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Red Baron Rules The PlayStation Network Skies
The skies over the PlayStation Network get a bit more dangerous today, as Sierra Online releases Red Baron Arcade, an action-oriented remake of the classic PC combat title. Voted the 4th best PC game of all time by Computer Gaming World in 1996, the PC version of Red Baron was World War I air combat…
By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Army Of Two: The 40th Day Is Official
After a lovely week and a half of rumor and speculation, EA Montreal pulls back the curtain on Army of Two: The 40th Day, now under development for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PSP. Yes, the name has been confirmed, as well as several of the details leaked last week, including the new setting…
By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pikmin 2 and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Get New Play Control
Nintendo is rereleasing Pikmin 2 and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat with new Wii-friendly, remote control features, the publisher announced today. These two games will be the latest to get the New Play Control treatment, which adds motion-sensing controls to classic Nintendo games. The original Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis were the first to hit the…
By Brian Crecente Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
This Weekend’s Mission: Library Card
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Wedbush Reveals Do you have a library card? I sure don’t. The last time I went to the library was college. Kinda have a hankering to go back, dunno why. This weekend, I plan on going to the library and making a library card. According to the library’s website, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Call Of Duty: World At War DLC Gets A Release Date
There’s a Call of Duty: World at War map pack on the way. Three new multiplayer maps will be offered, but we know why you’re still reading. It’s the new zombie map. Yes, there’s finally going to be a bit more variety in the game’s main multiplayer attraction, with (as promised) the addition of “Verrückt”.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Russian Dolls 4 Dead
We love Left 4 Dead. We love arts & crafts. So do we love these Left 4 Dead Russian dolls? You bet your economic crisis-devalued bottom dollar we do. Kotakuite Laserfire sends us these pics of his birthday present, lovingly crafted by his friends Mark and Abi Baker. There are five dolls, each modelled after…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Metallica Guitarist Has Played Guitar Hero “Once”
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett calls Guitar Hero: Metallica calls the game collaboration a “no brainer” and a “match made in heaven.” We know Hammett has played the real guitar, but Guitar Hero? Once, he has played Guitar Hero once. The reason for this is that he was once “addicted to video games.” Hammett adds, “At…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
British DS Sales To Go Bundle-Only? Almost
As we’ve seen, fluctuations in exchange rates are messing with Nintendo’s bottom line in the UK. While this won’t affect consumers looking for a Wii, the DS might be another story. According to a “trusted source within the retail industry” (ie a British retailer), Go Nintendo are reporting that thanks to shrinking profit margins on…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Michael Phelps Lists His Three Favorite NES Games, Asks For Yours
When Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps is not winning gold medals, he is doing other things. Those recreational activities include playing video games among other things to help him chill out. The 14-career-gold-medal holder Twittered his favorite three NES games: Top 3 original NES games: 1. The Legend of Zelda 2. Super Mario Bros. 1 3.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Somebody Finally Made a 360 You Can Smoke Out Of
There it is. Somebody made a bong out of an Xbox 360. Not a PSP, not a DS, not a Wii, but a great, hulking 360. Let’s ignore the potential criminality of such a device and focus instead on the engineering. Something like this can’t have been easy. No, it’s taken planning, foresight, and a…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Racing Stripes Make You Go Faster, Real Cars, Too
Being regular just got faster. Reader Lisa sends this, writing: my brother-in-law and i have a twisted sense of humor. For some reason my husband wasn’t nearly as amused as we were. We are TOTALLY amused. What’s going on? We’re giving away a copy of Xbox 360 game Race Pro. Racing stripes make race cars…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
THQ Boss Will Let The Casual Market Eat Cake
Ooohhh, the casual market this, the casual market that. Wii games, iPhone games, flash games, it’s all you ever here about these days. Well, THQ are having none of it. While every other major publisher on the planet, from Nintendo to Activision to EA are all clamouring to get a piece of this mythical, limitless…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2009