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Chinese Democracy Coming To Rock Band This Spring
When Axl Rose makes a date, you can trust it. If the lead singer of Guns n’ Roses says you can expect the decade-in-the-making album Chinese Democracy for Rock Band in February, ready your pen. Wait, sorry. Get a pencil, because it looks like the previously rumored release of Chinese Democracy for Rock Band and…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
F.E.A.R. 2: Fear Alma Again
Some titles may be trying to rework how people are scared in a video game, others, others are just fine with the classic scares. Judging by this short look at F.E.A.R. 2, it looks like it’s more of the latter. Don’t forget, boys and girls, you need to be 18 or older to watch the…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Warriors Come Out To Play On XBLA This Summer
Xbox Live Arcade will be turf for an upcoming retro gang war as The Warriors get a second video game beat ’em up, thanks to Paramount Digital Entertainment. MTV Multiplayer has first details on the upcoming four-player brawler, which looks to be in the vein of classic Capcom and Konami side-scrolling beat ’em ups like…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 6, 2009 -
UncategorizedCould This Be Dead Rising 2?
This just popped up all over the net. Our take? Too slick, too inside to not be a real, brief, tantalizing taste of Dead Rising 2. The setting, a zombie-filled casino, certainly jibes with info we heard last Summer about the Las Vegas setting of Dead Rising 2, rumored to be in development at The…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil 5 Preview: A Building Sense of Dread
It only took one and a half chapters of Resident Evil 5 to convince me that everything I thought about the game, everything I disliked was totally off base. What It Is Resident Evil 5 is, more than anything else, an evolution of a franchise once rooted in the survival horror genre. Spoken or not,…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Halo Wars! Yes, after publicly proclaiming that I would play the Ensemble Studios developed strategy game at CES, I walked away from the Las Vegas Convention Center unsatisfied. Why? The lines were too long. Now that I’ve got a review copy of the Xbox 360 game, I’ll give it a spin in the comfort of…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ten Minutes With Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Rockstar Games brought Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the biggest littlest crime spree in the long running series to the New York Comic Con, giving the public a chance to play it weeks in advance. Once the doors open up to the fans, the Rockstar booth will surely be filled with people wanting to get…
By Jim Reilly Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
People Try Harder When Gaming Against Humans
A recent study on brain patterns shows that people who think they are playing against real people try harder, then when they believe they are playing against computers. Granted the study used gambling games to monitor brain activity, but I think it could also offer some interesting insight into what motivates video gamers as well.…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ghostbusters: Don’t Look Directly Into the Trap
Atari hopped up from their New York Comic Con attendance, just dropped this fresh look at their upcoming Ghostbusters game. Ghostbusters : The Video Game will be hitting six platforms come June 16.
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii-Sporting, Foot-Pedaless Foot Pedal Hits The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe has a short but sweet piece in their paper today about the man behind the Nintendo Wii hack that turns a remote into a wireless foot pedal of sorts. Rob Morris’ Wii hack for his guitar gets quite a bit of play in Marros’ Boston band Vivian Darkbloom, the Globe reports. Morris…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Battlefield 1943: Pacific Preview: A Much Needed Upgrade
I got early press access to the New York Comic Con to check out some games before lines start forming.First stop: The EA boot to get some time with Battlefield 1943: Pacific. What It Is Battlefield 1943: Pacific is a download only, multiplayer game for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. The game, while…
By Jim Reilly Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Funniest MoCap Features Stinger, Unfortunate Crickets
I have to admit, when the words motion and capture cross in front of my eyes, I sort of pass out a little on the inside. But this one woke me right up. OK, so it’s animated, but it’s also pretty damn funny.
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Booth Babes Get Their Own Calendar
Earlier this month Yvonna Lynn contacted me about her modeling company Charisma +2 Models. Charisma is a company that specializes in providing models for gaming events who know their way around video games. It’s a smart idea that seems to be doing quite well at shows like the Tokyo Game Show. She said she sent…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Big Changes In Store For World Of Warcraft Classes
World of Warcraft is about to be patched to version 3.1.0. And as part of that patch, big changes are on the way for each of the game’s character classes. Over the coming days, Blizzard will be updating fans on just what, exactly, is to be changed. Today, for example, they’ve outlined what’s to be…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
U.S. Army Now In on Zombie Invasion of Best Buy
Best Buy’s zombie-packed Resident Evil 5 launch event will be getting some help from the U.S. Army which will be on hand with M16’s for a “staged event”, we’re told. Earlier this week we reported that the Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Best Buy would be holding a special Resident Evil 5 premiere event for the launch of…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Colbert Jams with Congressman on Rock Band
What’s creepier than a stalker song as song by Stephen Colbert? Colbert singing his epic Charlene (I’m Right Behind You), with freshman congressman Jason Chaffetz playing back up, that’s what. And all that plunking you hear pocking Colbert’s velvet voice? That would be Chaffetz bombing in Rock Band. He landed a 24 percent. Booooo! Watch…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Preview: A Bloody Good Time
Has as good stand-alone Wolverine game finally been made? I tried out an early hands-on demo tonight of X-Men Origins: Wolverine at Activision’s pre-New York Comic Con press event to find out. What It Is X-Men Origins: Wolverine is an action game based off the upcoming movie developed by Raven Software, which brought you Quake…
By Jim Reilly Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Wolfenstein Features Otherworld
What’s this? A new Wolfenstein game? Yeah, apparently I didn’t get the memo. Activision brought the game, simply titled Wolfenstein, along to their press event in NYC last night and showed off the latest build. I was a bit disappointed to find out this was not a hands-on preview. An Activision rep played through the…
By Jim Reilly Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Good Night Baby Milk Barf And Snoring 5 Year-Old
To: Crecente From: Ashcraft RE: New York Comic Con and Previews Last night was rough. Micro had difficulty sleeping then suddenly barfed milk all over our bed covers. Us being worried about him, we couldn’t sleep and stayed up to make sure he was okay. Then Mini said he couldn’t sleep and wanted to sleep…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Boss Says Japanese Market “Least Robust” In The World
In Japan, the DS and PSP are wildly popular. But what about home consoles? Despite being the home ground for two of this generation’s three machines, things aren’t looking as rosy. That’s according to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, anyway, who says: Perhaps, the Japanese market is the least robust market in the world today with…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2009