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God Of War III, MAG Coming This Year, Says Sony
When we got our first look at God Of War III last week, Sony said it would wait until E3 to announce the game’s release date, which now appears could be sometime in 2009. According to a recently issued press release designed to remind us that Killzone 2 ships next week(!), God of War III…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tour Aion’s Lovely Altgard Zone
NCsoft West takes us on a video tour of the expansive Altgard zone from their upcoming massively multiplayer online game Aion: The Tower of Eternity. Watching the video I can begin to see why fans have latched onto the game with such utter devotion. The damn game looks absolutely gorgeous…definitely a step or two above…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
GTA-Style iPhone Game Gets Price Drop
Payback, the top-down, open-world crime sprawler on the iPhone, just got an “experimental” price drop to $5. The GTA-esque game’s creator emailed me to say that the whole App Store thing is quite new and he wanted to test how what sort of impact a price drop would have on sales. So if you’re interested…
By Brian Crecente Published February 20, 2009 - Reviews
Afro Samurai Review: Hip Hop Hack and Slash
Hip-hop sensibilities and anime style clash in Afro Samurai, a hack and slash brawler based on the cult-hit animated television series. Afro Samurai follows the story of Afro, a samurai on a life-long quest to avenge his father’s death, set against the backdrop of a futuristic feudal Japan, where traditional Japanese sensibilities mingle with hip-hop…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rock Band Adds A Lil’ Bit Of Alt Country
Next week’s batch of fine downloadables for Rock Band and Rock Band 2 go a little bit country. Don’t worry, this is the good kind of country, largely free of thickheaded wordplay and grating twangery. What does that even mean? I don’t know to be honest, but this is country of the “alt” variety, featuring…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
FUEL Looking Awfully Confined
For a game with no boundaries and 5,000-square miles to play in, this trailer sure does show a lot of traditional looking race courses. I hope multiplatform, off-road racer FUEL hasn’t lost its way. Last we heard, you to 16 players could race through places like the Grand Canyon. The game also sports full day…
By Brian Crecente Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mario & Luigi Knock Out Ken & Ryu In Japanese Sales
The newest entry in the Mario & Luigi RPG series, excitedly titled Mario & Luigi RPG3!!!, beat out Capcom’s Street Fighter IV by an impressive margin, with the DS title securing this week’s top spot. Of course, some may contend that Street Fighter IV sales would have benefited from more readily available stock, but that’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dragon Rising Screens Rise To The Occasion
Codemasters has released the box art and news screens for their upcoming sandbox shooter Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, due out this summer for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. Codemasters seems to have stripped out the number 2 from the follow-up the 2001’s Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis from developer Bohemia Interactive, perhaps in…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Original DSi Design Had Two DS Slots, Was Disliked By Nintendo Dev Team
The Nintendo DSi, recently announced for a North American release in April, was almost a very different, very curious beast. According to a new “Iwata Asks” interview, it originally featured two DS game slots. The original design for the digital camera-enabled Nintendo DSi, according to one of its designers, wasn’t well received by the software…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Frankenreview: Street Fighter IV
Twenty-two years after the first installment of the game hit arcades, Capcom releases the latest and possibly greatest version of the fighting game that kick-started the genre with Street Fighter IV. Capcom isn’t one to pull out a new number without meaning it, and they definitely mean it with Street Fighter IV. The game is…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Oh, my God! February is insane! Not only do I have to try to finish Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon for an upcoming review, but try to play through 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. That doesn’t even include my personal interest in playing Street Fighter IV and Noby Noby Boy, both of which hit this…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Riddick Trailer Part Of This Complete Space Epic
The latest trailer for Starbreeze’s The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena contains everything anyone could ever want in a Vin Diesel-fueled space epic, including mech suits! And yes, the mech suits look lovely, but they aren’t really Riddick, now are they? Riddick is about skulking, stabbing, and interacting with little children, each of…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Quake Live Open Beta Next Week
ID Software‘s browser-based competitive version of the classic first-person shooter Quake is nearly ready for the public, with the Quake Live open beta kicking off next week. Statistics are being wiped and inactive players from the closed beta culled as Id prepares for the launch of open beta testing on Tuesday, February 24th. Announced in…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox Live Hacker Attacks On The Rise
Are Xbox Live users taking out contracts against their opponents? Microsoft is investigating a rash of attacks on Xbox Live users by hackers using data flooding tools to kick them offline. It’s the same sort of attack that’s been targeting PC users for years. Hackers get a hold of the IP address players use to…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
iPhone’s Metal Gear Solid to Feature Sniping, MGS4 Story
The official website for the iPhone’s Metal Gear Solid Touch updated today unveiling a bevvy of new details about the upcoming Konami title. Looking through the site, it appears that Metal Gear Solid Touch will be a rail-shooter of sorts based on the storyline of Metal Gear Solid 4 which will also offer up unlockable…
By Brian Crecente Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Empire Total War Demo Exclusively on Steam
The official demo for Sega strategy title Empire: Total War is now available for free download on Steam. The demo gives gamers a chance to take on the American Army and the French Navy playing as the British Empire in the Battle of Brandywine Creek and the Battle of Lagos. Historically, the Battle of Brandywine…
By Brian Crecente Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
DiRT 2 Displays High Level Of Polish
New screens show off just how pretty a little mud can be in Codemasters’ DiRT 2, the sequel to 2007’s acclaimed off-road racer. DiRT 2 shows up the original DiRT in several different ways, featuring more cars, more real-world locations, and enhanced graphics courtesy of an enhanced version of the EGO game engine, as seen…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Namco Puzzles DSiWare With Mr. Driller and Katamari
In this week’s edition of weekly Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, Namco Bandai reveals two new games with familiar faces coming to Nintendo’s DSiWare: Mr. Driller and Korogashi Puzzle Katamari Damacy. The DSiWare version of Mr. Driller is a new version of Namco’s popular drilling actio puzzler, with three game modes and seventeen different stages to…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Overlord II, Dark Legends and Minion Screens and Trailers
Can’t get enough Overlord? Your problems will be solved come this June when three new Overlord games land on the DS, Playstation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. Overlord II is due out on PS3 and 360 in June 2009, on the same day that Overlord: Dark Legend hits the Wii and Overlord: Minion comes out…
By Brian Crecente Published February 20, 2009