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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 - Uncategorized
Aion Aims For Fall Launch
A letter to fans posted on the official website for the eagerly anticipated massively-multiplayer game Aion: The Tower of Eternity reveals plans for a fall 2009 release in North America and Europe. New Aion U.S. community manager Lani “Liv” Blazier answered some of the biggest questions North American and European fans had regarding the release…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Disney Sends Spectrobes Wii-ward
Spectrobes makes the leap from two small screens to one large one, as Disney Interactive Studios takes their original science fiction adventure series to the Nintendo Wii with Spectrobes: Origins. Planetary patrol officer Rallen returns the in the next evolution of the Spectrobes franchise, continuing his adventures from the first two titles on the DS…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
American McGee Has a Blank Canvas for Alice Sequel
Deadly jumping jacks, a vivisected dormouse, and a suicidal Alice were the products of famed designer American McGee’s first trip through the looking glass. There’s no telling where his second will take us. “We’ve given him a blank canvas to go where he would like,” said David DeMartini, Electronic Arts Partners chief. “There is nothing…
By Brian Crecente Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Alright, Tea Or Coffee?
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Deadly Halo Sand Yeah, I know. It’s not exactly a fair question — I drink both. It’s like asking if people like Elvis of The Beatles. Still, I’m gonna ask you, do you drink tea or coffee? Luke was saying he drinks a lot of peppermint tea. (Yes, this is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony: Unique Controllers Are Great For Business
Americans may not be fully up to speed on the details, but know that nearly half of all PlayStation 2 consoles sold have been sold in Europe. A big part of that popularity has been down to what’s now known as Sony’s “Party Starter” lineup: SingStar, Buzz! and EyeToy. These were all developed by first-party…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
David Hayter Back On Metal Gear Movie?
Yeah, David Hayter is the voice of Snake in Metal Gear Solid, but his day job is Hollywood script writer. You’d think, then, that he’d be a lock to write the Metal Gear Movie. But no. Originally, Hayter teamed up with cashed-up producer Avi Arad to pitch an idea for a Metal Gear movie to…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Expands To Latin America
Check off another region on the globe that Sony has infiltrated. The company is officially bringing the PlayStation to Latin America. The PLAYSTATION 3, the PSP, the PS2 and the PlayStation Network services will be available for 13 countries throughout Latin America thanks to a distribution deal with Sony Latin America. “Our commitment to expand…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
So, Why Did Ensemble Studios Close Up?
Bruce Shelley is an industry legend. Helped Sid Meier make Civilization, created Age of Empires, then joined Ensemble. Now, though, Ensemble are gone. And Shelley is trying to explain why that happened. Taking the stage at this year’s DICE get-together in Vegas, Shelley’s address was devoted to pondering aloud how a studio that had only…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Jay Mohr Tells Jokes About The Game Industry
Jay Mohr is a comedian. Comedians tell jokes. As host of the 12th annual Interactive Achievement Awards, Mohr did just that. We’ve cherry picked three of our favorites Mohr told about the gaming industry: Directed at LittleBigPlanet‘s Alex Evans about the DIY hit: “It’s like buying CD, plugging it in, and then having to go…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
PAL PlayStation Store Update: Enter A New Challenger
This week, Europe and Australia finally got Super Street Fighter II HD. Shame, really, since with Street Fighter IV also with us this week, it misses much of the point. Also available for PAL owners this week, Noby Noby Boy. If you’ve ever wanted to know what it’d be like playing a game where you…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gothic Lolita Shooter Goes Christmas
Here’s more reason for ghoulish smiles. At this year’s arcade show AOU, the sequel for Lolita maniac shooter DeathSmiles has been unveiled today. It’s all Christmasy. Last month, we broke the news that DeathSmiles was getting a sequel. DeathSmiles was released in Japanese arcades in 2008 and is getting an Xbox 360 port this Spring.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 20, 2009