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Sony Extends Release Window Of God Of War III, MAG, Heavy Rain, Et Al.
PlayStation 3 blockbusters like God of War III and MAG may not make a 2009 release after all, according to a software release update from Sony. The publisher further clarified its PS3 release plans today. While the press release Sony issued last week pegged PlayStation 3 exclusives inFamous, Heavy Rain, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Recession Boosts Gaming Pawns
A spike in gas prices followed by the deepening recession has led to all-time highs in pawn profits, the Chicago Tribune reports. Chief among the items sold? Video game consoles. “We’re seeing a lot of expensive video game systems, PlayStation 3s and X-Box and others, and a lot of LCDs (flat-screen televisions),” Ace Pawn Shop…
By Brian Crecente Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sega’s Project RINGO Teaser Ends With…
…another teaser. Sega, you’re doing it wrong. When you float a date in front of us, as you did earlier this month, you better deliver something on that date. Don’t do… this. Don’t start throwing out more teasers in the form of the number “247” as if we’re supposed to be happy with that as…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rock Band PSP First Details: It’s Amplitude
How will Harmonix squeeze the full band experience of Rock Band onto the instrument-free PSP? By making Rock Band Unplugged a spiritual sequel to Amplitude, Harmonix’s critically beloved pre-Guitar Hero rhythm game. First details on the recently announced Rock Band Unplugged from Primotech describe the peripheral-free game as a beat-matching rhythm title that uses the…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Metal Gear Solid Touch In Action
Witness the story of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots as told via the iPhone, in the action-packed official trailer for Metal Gear Solid Touch. As revealed last week, Metal Gear Solid Touch basically retells the story of Metal Gear Solid 4 from a different perspective, with an over-the-shoulder view of Solid Snake’s…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead Gets Patched Up For Xbox 360
Xbox 360 owners can now play the version of Left 4 Dead that PC gamers have been enjoying for the last month, thanks to a new title update from Valve. The changes look to be close to identical to those issued on the Steam side in mid-January, closing exploits, modifying game balance and making everything…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
50 Cent Optioning Saint’s Row Rights For Possible Movie
Rapper 50 Cent revealed his intentions to develop a movie based on THQ’s Saint’s Row franchise today during a conference call regarding his upcoming video game 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand. Answering a question about the possibility of his own games becoming films, 50 Cent explained that he had other movie plans in store…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Stoked: The Mountains
Stoked features five mountains that you can snowboard all over after being helicoptered in. Here’s a quick look at some of the mountains in Alaska, Chile and Japan. This looks pretty amazing, but can a realistic snowboarding game succeed enough to warrant a sequel. It seems like it’s always been a struggle in the past.
By Brian Crecente Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Making Of Wrestle Jam: The Wrestler’s Unsung Hero
If you’ve seen Darren Aronofsky’s Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe-winning film The Wrestler, you’re likely aware that it features one of the smartest and most poignant, albeit brief, video game cameos in recent film. The Wrestler, Robert D. Siegel’s heart-wrenching tale of Randy “The Ram” Robinson-played by Mickey Rourke-a former professional wrestler far past his prime, is…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil 5 Declassified Packed With RE Background, Details
Following in the footsteps of their excellent Street Fighter IV Training Manual, Capcom just sent me a copy of their guidebook for Resident Evil 5. Resident Evil Declassified is packed, packed with details about the upcoming game. The 39-page glossy mag includes a quick table setter for the upcoming game, detailed write-ups of the Kijuju…
By Brian Crecente Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Atlus Remakes Persona For The PSP
The PlayStation Portable gets yet another boost today, as Atlus announces Shin Megami Tensei: Persona for the PSP, and enhanced remake of the PlayStation game that started it all. First released in North America as Revelations: Person in 1996 for the original PlayStation, the spin-off to Atlus’ popular Megami Tensei gets a relaunch this fall…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
First Trailer And Screens For MotorStorm: Arctic Edge
Any thoughts that Sony might not be taking the PlayStation Portable seriously enough should go crashing down the snowy mountainside with the release of the first trailer and screens for MotorStorm: Arctic Edge. Arctic Edge, which is actually in development for both the PSP and the PlayStation 2, takes the intense racing action of the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2009 - Reviews
Dapple Micro-Review: A Rainbow for the Colorblind
Some have estimated that one in 20 gamers are colorblind. I’m one of them. Dapple was brought to my attention last week as a game specifically designed to include colorblind players. Optimizing for a 5 percent minority is not a step many would think to take. Especially when the game is a matching puzzle based…
By Owen Good Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hothead Brings Braid To Mac, The Maw To Windows
Hothead Games is teaming up with other independent game developers to bring award winning titles to new platforms, starting with Twisted Pixel‘s The Maw and Jonathan Blow‘s Braid. Hothead Games, the developers behind the Penny Arcade Adventures series, is teaming up with other indie developers to help bring their games to new platforms so they…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Warhawk Command Center Coming to Home
Finally! That amazing sandbox for Warhawk’s in-Home presence we first heard about last year is coming to the Playstation 3. The Warhawk Command Center space in Home will feature “a new place to socialize and strategize featuring the sand table.” The space arrives this week. From what we’ve heard, using a three-dimensional “sand table” replication…
By Brian Crecente Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hannah Montana And Assassin’s Creed PSP Packs Coming
Female gamers finally get a PSP of their own, as Sony announces a Lilac color being released in one of two new PSP bundles being released this year – Assassin’s Creed and Hannah Montana. While the thought of a Lilac PSP is actually rather appealing to me, Sony is releasing it as part of the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
LittleBigPlanet, Rock Band, Assassin’s Creed Coming to PSP
Hot from this week’s annual Destination PlayStation meeting comes news of LittleBigPlanet, Rock Band and Assassin’s Creed for the PlayStation Portable. Rock Band Unplugged will include Wi-Fi support and a “fully-featured in-game store” for downloadable content in the North American and Europeans markets. This fall will see the release of MotorStorm Arctic Edge and LittleBigPlanet…
By Brian Crecente Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Square Enix Continues To Slowly Devour Eidos
Square Enix has scooped up another large chunk of Eidos Interactive stock as shareholder support continues to build for the proposed buyout of the Tomb Raider publisher. Square Enix publicly revealed their offer to Eidos earlier this month, and since then stockholders have been tripping over themselves to show their support for the deal. Warner…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Star Trek Online Screens Beam Down
Cryptic has released four new screenshots for Star Trek Online, a couple of which actually show off some of the more intimate locations you’ll be able to explore. Most of the screenshots I’ve seen so far for Star Trek Online focus on various vessels in outer space, and while they are lovely, there’s only so…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Square Enix Invades Steam
Adding to their ever-expanding list of publishers, Valve today announced a deal with Square Enix to bring their PC games to download service Steam. Beginning April 9, The Last Remnant will be available for purchase via Steam. After the action role-playing game hits the service Square will continue to add to its roster of games…
By Brian Crecente Published February 24, 2009