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The Most Innovative Companies In Gaming
Business magazine Fast Company has released a list of the 10 most innovative companies in the gaming industry. Where do Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony rank? Well we can pretty much guess where Nintendo ranks on the list, can’t we? While Fast Company does note the fact that Nintendo hasn’t done well by the hardcore, it…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
DSi Launching In Australia Before The US
While the DSi will be released in the US on April 5, it’ll be released a few days earlier in Australia, on April 2. There a catch? Yup. It’s a bit more expensive. Nintendo Australia let us know this morning that, along with the early release date, the console will cost AUD$300, which in February…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Madden Monopoly Case: Trial By Video Game
The Madden Monopoly case could come down to trial by video game, rather than jury. Pecover vs. Electronic Arts is set to go to trial on September 14th in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, according to GamePolitics. At issue is whether or not EA has a monopoly after securing an exclusive EA-NFL-NFLPA deal that…
By AJ Glasser Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA Brings Motion Plus To Tiger Woods, Tennis
Think of the applications that will most benefit from Nintendo’s Motion Plus for the Wii. Lightsaber fights, that’s one. But golf? You, or at least your dad, will go bananas for it. So get ready for bananas, then, because EA just revealed (courtesy of an invitation email) that next year’s iteration of Tiger Woods on…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Red Xbox 360 Mentioned Officially By Microsoft
Whoops! In an official Halo Wars email sent to retailers and games press in New Zealand today, Microsoft make official mention of the rumoured red Xbox 360 Elite console. The email was to announce a deal whereby anyone buying a 360 console in NZ would, for a limited time, receive a free copy of Halo…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
GameTap Remembers Sonic The Hedgehog’s Better Days
Did you know that Sonic the Hedgehog‘s boots were inspired by Michael Jackson? You will after watching all four parts of GameTap‘s exhaustive retrospective on everybody’s favorite spiny blue mammal. From his birth as a desperate attempt to steal some of Nintendo’s thunder by artist Naoto Ōshima and programmer Yuji Naka, to his latest rash…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
UPDATE: Come Get Your Free Killzone 2 Demo Codes
We’ve got 50 codes for the Killzone 2 demo and we’re going to be giving them away here over the next hour or so. Just keep checking back in comments on this post, where I’ll be dropping codes. First downloaded, first served. If you haven’t read our impressions yet, check it out here and then…
By Brian Crecente Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Got a Fever of A Hundred and Three
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Making Stuff You Eat Is GREAT After his tennis lessons last night Tristan starting complaining of a headache. By the time we got home he had a fever of 103. I decided against breaking out in Foreigner. Today his fever is sorta highish, but after taking some medicine he spent…
By Brian Crecente Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Scout Update Delivers Two New Team Fortress 2 Maps
In the second daily reveal of new content coming in the Team Fortress 2 Scout class update, Valve reveals two new player-made maps being added to the game’s atlas – Watchtower and Junction. Following up yesterday’s announcement of the Scout’s new ranged weapon, The Sandman bat, Valve introduces fans to the two new player-created maps…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guitar Hero, Now On Google Phone
Activision like to exploit franchises. Guitar Hero is probably their biggest. So when a new platform – the Google Phone – comes around, you can bet Activision will be exploiting Guitar Hero on it. Announced yesterday was an Android-ready version of Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile. It differs from the standard version of GHWTM by…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sega Escalates War With New Stormrise Units
Things get ugly in the latest series of screenshots revealing the units of Sega’s upcoming console real-time strategy game Stormrise, as both the Sai and the Echelon bring out their heavy hitters. Compared to the sheer amount of power contained in the seven new units for Stormrise released today, the first and second unit updates…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rock Band Taking Over Casinos
Starting in March Harrah’s many casinos will have, along with the scantily-clad cocktail waitresses, gambling addicts and fog of smoke, official and permanent fully-equipped Rock Band entertainment stages. The stage will be home to Rock Band nights throughout the year where people can get on stage and faux jam. The new addition is part of…
By Brian Crecente Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Jonathan Blow Lowers Price On PC Braid
A day after Stardock started accepting preorders for Jonathan Blow‘s Braid for the PC at $19.95, the independent developer has announced a five dollar price drop in the interest of reaching a wider audience. Worried that the $19.95 price point for the PC version of the popular and innovative Xbox Live Arcade title Braid would…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2009 - Reviews
Street Fighter IV Review: Seth’s Soliloquy
When I interviewed Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono last year about the game, I was on the Street Fighter wagon. Fight club free for more years than I could remember. Despite a heavy addiction to the game back in the Street Fighter II days, the growing complexity of the franchise, the increased focus on…
By Brian Crecente Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
See The Burnout Legendary Cars In Action
Check out the new Burnout Paradise Legendary Cars in action, with four new videos showing off the vehicles inspired by Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Knight Rider, and The Dukes of Hazzard. If you weren’t sure about picking up the Burnout Paradise Legendary Cars when they hit the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Frankenreview: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost And The Damned
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and the Damned expansion takes the all new Liberty City that Rockstar Games introduced last year and gives it a biker gang makeover. Not so much a makeover, but a whole new story from a different perspective, with the main character Niko Bellic replaced by Johnny Klebitz, a member…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Confirms Wheelman Deal, Sets March Release
Last week we broke the news that Ubisoft had picked up Wheelman from struggling developer Midway. Today, Ubisoft confirms our story, calling the deal a “strategic relationship.” Under the terms of the deal Ubisoft will market, distribute and sell the game while Midway will continue developing it. The game, which will be getting a pre-launch…
By Brian Crecente Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Resident Evil 5 Screens Show West African Biohazard Unit
Capcom has released new screenshots of its upcoming multi-platform survival horror title Resident Evil 5. The game is of course set in Africa, and the screens show off members of the West African branch of US Government outfit Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA). The unit is called in to handle abnormally dangerous biohazards — like,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Expiring Email Accounts Can Eat Your Xbox Gamertag
Microsoft is investigating a problem with expiring email addresses that is causing some Xbox Live users to abandon their Gamertags and start fresh, losing any progress they’ve accumulated over the past few years. It seems that certain Windows Live ID email addresses that you need to have in order to set up an Xbox Live…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Raiden Makes The SCENE In New Metal Gear Online Expansion
Konami has just announced the third expansion pack for Metal Gear Online, SCENE, which delivers new maps, new gear, and everyone’s favorite reformed bad ass cybernetic ninja to the popular online shooter. Yes, Raiden makes his appearance in the SCENE update for Metal Gear Online, bringing Vamp along with him for the ride. The dynamic…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2009