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A Look at MadWorld’s Bosses
In this latest episode of MadWorld’s Death Watch we catch a glimpse of some of the over-the-top brutal game’s bosses. First up, we catch a glimpse of Little Eddie, a ball-and-chain-wielding behemoth. The trailer also shows us glimpses of Herr Frederick von Twirlenkiller and the female boss of Asiantown. The video wraps up with quick…
By Brian Crecente Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Square Enix Rockets To The Top Of Japan’s Sales Charts With Star Ocean
Square Enix’s Star Ocean 4 helped propel the Xbox 360 to the front of the console pack in Japan, thanks to an impressive 162,000 copies sold in just one week. That’s damn good. The new role-playing game knocked off last week’s champ, Mario & Luigi RPG3!!!, a Nintendo DS title whose fall was cushioned by…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Stormrise: Real-Time Strategy From A Different Point Of View
A new trailer for The Creative Assembly‘s new real-time strategy game Stormrise shows off a dynamic camera system worthy of a blockbuster action title. While I enjoy the odd real-time strategy title, I’m not a huge fan of the overhead perspective so many games in the genre employ. I like to feel a little more…
By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Looking To Change Xbox Live Sexual “Discrimination”
Been a bit of a fuss lately over Xbox Live and people’s sexual orientation. People being banned left and right for wearing said orientation on their sleeves (well, gamertag/profile). It’s a mess. But it’s a mess Microsoft are looking into, with Xbox Live Police Chief Stephen Toulouse saying: Expression of any sexual orientation (straight or…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rumor: Silent Hill Wii-make Coming From Climax
Konami may be bringing the Silent Hill series to the Wii, giving the Nintendo faithful their first stateside taste of foggy psychological horror. The game is rumored to be a remake of the PlayStation original. According to a report from VG247, Konami’s next Silent Hill outing will be a port of the decade-old first entry…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
New World At War Patch Brings “New” World At War Map
The latest patch for Call of Duty World at War hits the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 today, bringing with it a free daytime version of the Makin multiplayer map. Just a re-lit multiplayer map? Isn’t that a bit cheap? No, it’s not cheap – it’s free, and they’ve done a little more than simply…
By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Official GTA: Chinatown Wars Trailer
Rockstar just dropped the first official trailer for the Nintendo DS-bound Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. The snippets—very brief snippets—of gameplay shown might be missed during your first viewing. Oh, they’re in there… In Chinatown Wars, you will play as Huang Lee out to avenge his father’s death and restore his family’s “honor,” something that…
By Brian Crecente Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox 360 Outsells Wii, PS3 In Japan
How did Microsoft manage to sell more Xbox 360s than the competition this week in Japan? With a little help from Square Enix’s Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope. The role-playing game shot the Xbox 360 from its regular second-to-last place showing to third—it was still behind the Nintendo DSi and PSP—besting sales of both…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Stoked Hits Store Shelves With Musical Accompaniment
It’s time for your lunchtime musical interlude, courtesy of this new trailer for Destineer’s snowboarder Stoked, featuring the music stylings of pop punk band Quietdrive with "Deliverance". Say what you will about pop punk music…how it all sounds the same and the bands generally look the same and probably smell the same…it’s still damn infectious…
By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sega Lands On Planet 51
Sega taps the always lucrative computer-animated film tie-in market with Planet 51, the story of an astronaut who becomes the alien invader on a planet of little green men. Planet 51’s premise is simply brilliant. Captain Charles “Chuck” Baker lands on a supposedly uninhabited planet, only to discover the world is populated by little green…
By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sam & Max Hit The Xbox Live Arcade
Telltale brings their dog and rabbity-thing adventures to a whole new audience, announcing both seasons of the award-winning Sam & Max series for Xbox Live Arcade. Telltale follows up their Wallace & Gromit Xbox Live Arcade debut with seasons one and two of the Sam & Max series of point and click adventure games. Originally…
By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2009 - Reviews
Dawn Of War II Review: Once More, With Tyranids
Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War was a big hit. Relic’s next game, Company of Heroes, was even better. So the company’s next game, Dawn of War II, will continue the trend, yes? Sort of. Fans of Relic’s previous two games will be surprised to find that Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II bears little resemblance…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Steampunk Cowboys On The Road To Damnation
Codemasters has released 10 new screenshots of their upcoming alternate-history shooter Damnation, serving up a heapin’ helping of that Western steampunk style. Yes, Damnation is indeed set in a steampunk world, even if the women aren’t wandering around in frilly dresses and the men don’t all wear top hats with monocles. There are other steampunk…
By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lips Getting Better Scoring, Leaderboards, and Coldplay
March brings a slew of fixes, features, and fan favorites to the Xbox 360 karaoke game Lips, with an early March title update delivering improved scoring and international leaderboards, just in time for Coldplay. As a proud owner of Lips, I’ve often felt the game has given me far too much credit for my vibrato.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Super Mario Kart: Most Influential Video Game in History
Super Mario Kart has the longest legacy and the biggest impact on video games in history, according to Guinness World Records which compiled a list of the top 50 consoles games of all time. Tasked with selecting the best console games of all time, contributors of this year’s Gamer’s Edition reviewed hundreds of releases to…
By Brian Crecente Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
League of Legends Gameplay Is Colorfully Chaotic
In case our feature on Riot Games‘ upcoming mod turned action-strategy game League of Legends didn’t adequately explain what the game was, perhaps the official gameplay trailer will. Even writing up a lengthy feature on the game and it’s evolution from the Warcraft III mod Defense of the Ancients into a full-fledged game didn’t give…
By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Free Realms Enters Closed Beta
Sony Online Entertainment‘s free-to-play, family-friendly massively multiplayer online game Free Realms enters closed beta testing today, with early registrations for April’s open beta now being accepted. Sony Online Entertainment welcomes the closed beta players into Free Realms today, where they’ll be able to explore the whimsical virtual world, raise pets, socialize, fight monsters, race cars,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Close Look at the Resident Evil 5 Xbox 360
Microsoft’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb shot this quick video of an unboxed Xbox 360 Elite Limited Edition Resident Evil 5 version to show off the red console and the goodies it comes with. Besides the red Xbox 360, matching red Xbox 360 controller and black headset, you get a copy of Super Street Fighter Turbo…
By Brian Crecente Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Creative Assembly: Fighting Piracy Is Pointless
What’s the point of fighting PC game piracy? According to Stormrise developer Creative Assembly Australia’s communications manager Vispi Bhopti, there isn’t one. Speaking in an interview with VideoGamer.com, Bhopti revealed that Creative Assembly had no plans for additional copy protection for the upcoming PC release of their new real-time strategy game Stormrise, explaining that pirates…
By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA Talks Wii Tiger Woods and Tennis Game Details
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis will be the first EA Sports games to feature Wii MotionPlus, Electronic Arts confirmed in a press release detailing the games. “On the Wii, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10 and EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis bring the authentic motion and excitement of championship golf…
By Brian Crecente Published February 26, 2009