- Uncategorized
Spore Galactic Adventures Delivers Exploding Barrel Action
This new trailer for the Spore Galactic Adventures expansion proves that even after millions of years of evolution, a species just cannot live without exploding barrels. I’m actually rather excited to be able to take my Spore creations and do something a bit more game-like with them this spring, sharing Crecente’s opinion that, while each…
By Mike Fahey Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
The City Of Heroes Mission Architect Explained
As the Issue 14: Architect update for City of Heroes draws closer to release, NCsoft drops new information and screenshots explaining how players will go about adding their own original content to the game. The Mission Architect for City of Heroes and City of Villains actually appears in game within buildings belonging to Architect Entertainment,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kaz Hirai Will Continue Playstation Leadership
Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai will continue to oversee Playstation in his new role as the head of the Networked Products and Services Group. Earlier this morning Sony announced a major restructuring of their company, with Sony CEO Howard Stringer being named president of the company and the formation of two new groups within…
By Brian Crecente Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Vote In The 2008 Xbox Live Arcade Awards
Microsoft is kicking off their second annual Xbox Live Arcade Awards, where players vote for the very best downloadable titles available on the Xbox 360. Did your favorite get nominated? Chances are it did, as the list of nominated games is chock full of instantly recognizable titles. For instance, in the Best Overall Arcade Game…
By Mike Fahey Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gamestop Hopes Halo Wars Is Worth A Midnight Launch
It’s not very often that a real-time strategy title earns a midnight launch, but toss the word Halo in there and GameStop sits up and listens. GameStop is inviting Halo fans to “bring out their inner Warthog” during Halo Wars midnight launch events, held at more than 2,000 locations across the U.S. this coming Monday,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony: UMD Business Is Critical To Us
While not outright denying rumors of a UMD-free Playstation Portable, the head of Sony’s hardware marketing said that the UMD business is “critical to us this year and beyond.” Earlier this week, Acclaim chief creative officer David Perry said that he knows a developer who is working on games for a Playstation Portable that won’t…
By Brian Crecente Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Where Special Effects Go When They Get Old…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: RIP Rocky Damn shame about the paper. Watching The Mask on TV right now, which came out when I was in junior high school. That wasn’t that long ago, and I remember when I saw it in theaters, I thought the special effects were incredible. They look dated really dated…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Maybe There Was One Bright Spot In That Nintendo Release List
See anything you like in that Nintendo release list from yesterday? Yeeeaaahhh…no. Of particular disappointment was Nintendo’s first-party lineup, but then like all dark clouds, even that has a silver lining. Where? You’ve got to dig a little. Head down past the Wii and to Nintendo’s first-party DS release list. There you’ll see a game…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Operation Flashpoint Development Tensions Boil Over
History lesson: Bohemia Interactive‘s Operation Flashpoint was one of the most ambitious PC games ever developed. Its publisher, Codemasters, owns the name. And its original developers don’t like that somebody else is making a sequel. You see, Bohemia flew the Codemasters coop a long time ago, and came up with their own, newer version of…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
This Year’s Tokyo Game Show Theme Is Healthy
Another year, another bland Tokyo Game Show slogan. Every year TGS has a catch phrase, and this year it is: GAME, healthy. The actual Japanese slogan is “GAMEは、元気です”(GAME wa, genki desu), and “genki” has several meanings: Vigor, energy, robust, etc. The ENGLISH CAPITALIZATION of the word “game” is a carry over from last year’s blergh…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Boss Heading New Sony Division
Major changes are going down at Sony. President Ryoji Chubachi is stepping down, and Sony CEO Howard Stringer will take over Chubachi’s role as president. The company’s PlayStation boss has a new role, too. Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai will head a new business group that brings together Sony’s mobile electronics and personal computers.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
PAL PlayStation Store Update: Hawks & Brawlers
No Killzone 2 demo for PAL users this week because, well, we got that weeks go. In its stead, then, we get the HAWX demo and some Street Fighter DLC (no, not that DLC) Also up for grabs is the usual smattering of Rock Band & Guitar Hero DLC and, tucked away down the bottom,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Why Do Gamers See Video Game Movies?
Rule of thumb: Video game movies are not very good. I know it, you know it. Yet, game movies typically do pretty well at the box office. Why? “Honestly, I really think it’s a marketing thing,” says Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li actress Kristen Kreuk. “There’s a built-in audience. But realistically, if you are…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Would You Play An OnlineTiger Woods Game, With Microtransactions?
Well, would you? Best come up with an answer, because EA are looking at releasing such a game, announcing it during an address at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco. Speaking before an audience of very serious businessmen and women (the kind who’d no doubt be this game’s intended audience), EA’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Releases 2GB Nintendo-Branded SD Memory Card
Since 2006, Nintendo has been offering a 512MB SD Memory Card for the Nintendo Wii. That was years ago. It’s time for a bigger DS Memory Card from Nintendo. The 2GB Memory Card will be out the middle of this March in Japan. Pricing is listed as “open.” So if you are one of those…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lost & Damned Sets Xbox Live Record
Being both popular and, for a piece of downloadable content, expensive, would it surprise you to learn that Grand Theft Auto IV expansion Lost & damned has set a new Xbox Live revenue record? It shouldn’t. Because it has. According to Microsoft, the expansion has “eclipsed first-day revenue for all previous downloadable content on Xbox…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Chun-Li Movie Actress Has Only Played “Street Fighter” Once
Well, actress Kristen Kreuk wasn’t hired to do Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li for her gaming skills, but for her acting. Shocking, we know. “I’ve only played Street Fighter once,” she told The Japan Times. “Growing up, I did watch my friends play it.” Instead, she based her interpretation of the character on what…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2 No Longer Disappointed, Just A Little Upset
As we’ve seen, cheaters don’t make Team Fortress 2 angry. Just a little…disappointed. But today, it seems the game has moved on from being disappointed in you, and is now more than a little upset. After catching a bunch of people using an external application to unlock achievements, and thus get new in-game items, Valve’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lost Planet 2’s Announcement Is Confusing
The announcement for Lost Planet 2 has been baffling! Here’s why: Rewind to last September when Capcom swore off console exclusives in its fiscal 2008 shareholder’s report: “All major titles launched during the next fiscal year or thereafter will be developed as multi-platform games.” Then in January, Mega-Man creator Keiji Inafune mentioned new Dead Rising…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2009