-
Angels on Our Shoulders
They’re tank busters, sir. P-51s. Greatest airplane ever made. Hardware • Nintendo Wii console bundle w/ Mario Kart and Wheel is still available for order at $129.99 from Amazon, but shipping is delayed 2 to 4 weeks. [Dealzon] • Wii Knockout Boxing Gloves are $9.99 from Amazon. Next best is $19. [Dealzon] • Gears of…
By Owen Good -
EA Sports’ Season Ticket Hears Crickets on Debut Day [Updated]
The first day of EA Sports’ “Season Ticket” premium subscription, offering a three-day (or more) full preview of Madden NFL 12, does not reflect wide acceptance among the hardcore community it was meant to appeal to. As of 11 p.m. EDT, Madden NFL 12 showed 3,559 users connected to the game through Xbox Live. On…
By Owen Good -
The Next Generation of Online Multiplayer Mobile Games Debuts at PAX
Founded by online gaming vets Chris Chung and Rick Lambright, Seattle-based startup Motiga aims to revolutionize mobile gaming using its scalable, cloud-based mobile game server technology, the Motiga Infinite Context Engine (MICE), which allows small development teams to create a wide range of real-time mobile multiplayer games faster and more efficiently than ever before. Motiga…
By Mike Fahey -
Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes’ Bright Wizard is One Hot Little Number
Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes mixes the player-versus-player combat of Warhammer Online with the champion system of games like DOTA to create a unique free-to-play competitive online experience. Meet Felicia. She’ll be your Bright Wizard today. The player-versus-player combat was my favorite aspect of Warhammer Online proper, which is rare for a pansy role-player like…
By Mike Fahey -
Funcom Welcomes Enlightened Players to The Secret World Beta
After an agonizingly long wait, Funcom has finally opened up beta signups for The Secret World, the modern day supernatural massively multiplayer online role-playing game where nothing is as it seems and every dark legend comes true. There’s a secret war going on that you won’t know about until you sign up afor (and hopefully…
By Mike Fahey -
And the Award for Best Booth Babe Costume at PAX Goes To …
If these two aren’t the most hugged girls at PAX 2011, well, shame on all of you. Shame. But kudos to Good Old Games, for their clever casting, both eye-catching and well within the bounds of PAX’s costumed booth-representative policy.
By Owen Good -
In Case You Were Worried Heroes of Ruin Wouldn’t Have Enough Shark Creatures, Rest Assured
I must admit I haven’t been paying too much attention to n-Space’s 3DS strategy role-playing game Heroes of Ruin, which is exactly the opening the sharks and shark-by-products of the game’s Coral Tombs were waiting for. Wait, is that a fucking Sharktopus? DAMN YOU, SHARKTOPUS! You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post,…
By Mike Fahey -
Confused About How to Get Your Early Madden on PS3? Do This.
The preview weekend download for Madden NFL 12 is now underway for PlayStation 3 subscribers to the Season Ticket. Because of the way this is handled (through the PlayStation Store, instead of an application) some may be confused about how to start the download. Here is the answer: • After purchasing the EA Sports Season…
By Owen Good
