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UncategorizedBurnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box Trailer
In case you were still on the fence about picking up n a copy of Burnout Paradise, here’s the official trailer for the Ultimate Box version of the game coming next month. With all of the updates Criterion has delivered since the game initially launched, Burnout Paradise has slowly morphed from a nice game that…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Celebrates 25 Years Of Turtle Power WIth New TMNT Game
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ubisoft unveils a brand-new video game based on the turtles, with no movie, TV show, or comic strings attached. The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game is being developed by Game Arts of Super Smash Bros. Brawl fame, with a release…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Batch Of DSiWare Contains Cards, Clocks, And Chotto Games
While the rest of the world awaits the opportunity to upgrade hardware we were perfectly satisfied with in the first place, Nintendo readies the second wave of downloadable titles for DSiWare. If you thought the first batch of DSiWare was impressive, then your delusional mind will absolutely reel at the latest list. Have you ever…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gears Teams with Horror Schlock For Gaming Giveaway
Gears of War 2 is teaming up with Friday the 13th, of all movies, to host nearly two-weeks of giveaways on Xbox Live. I suppose both feature chainsaws, so maybe it makes sense. Starting February 1, Microsoft will be giving away 65 daily prize packages and thirteen grand price packages. The daily packs come with:…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
HanbitSoft To Continue Hellgate: London – No Really
Despite news to the contrary back in November, Korean publisher and developer HanbitSoft still plans to maintain Hellgate: London as a free-to-play title on a global scale after Namco Bandai’s January 31st server shutdown. HanbitSoft first announced plans to relaunch the game back in early November of last year, after Namco Bandai announced that servers…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
360 Resident Evil 5 Demo Claws Its Way Onto The Marketplace
A reminder to Xbox 360 owners everywhere – the playable demo for Resident Evil 5, the latest episode in Capcom’s popular survival horror series, is now available for download in all regions. As mentioned previously, the demo contains two levels from the full game, suitable for play in both single-player and co-op multiplayer modes. Those…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nearly 20 Kick-Ass Pieces of Gaming Furniture
WebUrbanist has compiled an interesting list of game-themed furniture that includes everything from Pac-Man chairs to fully-enclosed gaming pods. Some of my favorites among the 19 pieces of extravagance: The Ovei looks like the perfect solution for the gamer who wants to get away from it all. The pod features 5.1 surround sound, a cooling…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nolan Bushnell Bets On GameWager
Atari founder Nolan Bushnell is back in the gaming business once again, as a press release heralds his “third coming” as part of the gaming sweepstakes website GameWager. GameWager is a service founded in 2007 and in public beta since July 2008, that rewards players who sign up with tokens for completing certain objectives in…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Prince Of Persia Movie Poster Hidden In Chick Flick
Fans eager to get a look at the poster art for Jerry Bruckheimer’s upcoming movie adaptation of the Prince of Persia series need look no further than his latest release, Confessions of a Shopaholic. The MTV Movie Blog reveals that the upcoming film adaptation of the novel Confessions of a Shopaholic will feature the debut…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe Nears 2M Shipped
Midway shipped more than 1.8 million copies of Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe worldwide for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, the company announced today. And the people who have purchased the game for the Playstation 3 (no number there) have played more than 3.6 million matches online, according to GameSpy tech, which hosts the…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Church’s Chicken Hypes Afro Samurai
Church’s Chicken, home of quite possibly the best fast-food fried chicken on the planet, has teamed up with Namco Bandai’s Surge label to promote the release of Afro Samurai. The famed fried chicken franchise will be plastering stores, radios, and televisions with advertisement’s promoting the video game, which is based off of an animated cartoon…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Weekly Nintendo Update: Rock Out With Wonder Boy
It’s something old and something new this week in Wii downloadables, as Nintendo releases one rockin’ classic virtual console title and one rollin’ WiiWare game to their line-up. First up this week, Bplus brings Niki – Rock ‘n’ Ball to WiiWare for 500 points, a throwback to the arcade games of old in which all…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Three New Levels Coming to The Maw Via DLC
Twisted Pixel is hard at work on three new levels for The Maw which they plan to release on the Xbox 360 as downloadable content over the coming weeks. All three levels will play as “deleted scenes” from the game, and will be playable by selecting “Deleted Scenes” from the menu, once purchased. Each of…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Look What You Get For Being On Japanese TV!
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft As you know, back in December, I was on Japanese TV talking about Arcade Mania. (Here’s a refresher for those who don’t know!) I lent a copy of the book to the producers so they could film parts of it and quote from it for the program. Earlier this month, I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Want To Take A Real Quick Look At Pandemic’s Batman Game?
Then take a look at these. Don’t expect much – the two clips are using raw character models and little else – but hey, it’s not like you’re ever going to see anything better. The first clip up here shows a rooftop chase. Batman could be…either of them, really, but we’re thinking the latter, because…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
So Which Is Faster: XP, Vista Or Windows 7?
Windows 7 is out and up for download, provided you’re OK with using a beta operating system. It promises a raft of improvements over Windows Vista, but how’s it shaping up for games? FiringSquad have taken a look at how it runs across two systems: a mid-spec one (AMD Athlon X2 5000+ Black Edition) and…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
GlaDOS & Shodan, Sitting In A Tree…
OK, maybe not a tree. More like a tangled mess of cables, wiring and cold steel. And maybe not kissing. What they’re doing looks a little more “after dark” than a childhood rhyme could manage… Code Sharing by peganthyrus [DA, via Offworld]
By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
World Tour Outsells Rock Band 2
News flash. The NPD Group have compiled the all-format sales of 2008’s biggest music titles, Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band 2, and found that the Activision franchise was the winner. Combined sales of GHWT were 3.4 million. Combined sales of Rock Band 2? 1.7 million. That’s a convenient 2:1 ratio. Why/how did this…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tecmo Koei Merger Creates Koei Tecmo Holdings
It’s official. Tecmo and Koei announced today that the two companies have merged, giving birth through stock transfer to a joint holding company called Koei Tecmo Holdings as of April 1. Last fall, Tecmo rejected Square Enix’s offer of a friendly takeover. Instead, Tecmo commenced merger talks with Koei, stating that both “companies have excellent…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Presenting The Lost & Damned “Box Art”, Halo Wars Gold Membership Card
Two pieces of Xbox Live-related cardware on show for you today. The first is the redeemable points card you’ll receive when you buy Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost & the Damned. The second? A special Halo Wars-branded version of the fancy 12+1 Xbox Live subscription cards that have started turning up. No word on…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2009