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PS3 Sales Down, but the PS2 Lives On!
Some strange news out of Sony’s latest financial earnings release: sales of the PlayStation 3 are down, while sales of the PlayStation 2 are steady and the PSP is making a late-life comeback! The release covers the three months between April and June this year. In that time, the PS3 sold 1.8 million units (down…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2011 -
When Kissing a Dude Is Bad
People have sex. It’s a natural and normal part of being a human being. Famous folks have sex, too. (They also take craps and put on pants one leg at a time). In Japan, even pure idols snog and screw. Mind blowing, isn’t it? The most recent issue of tabloid Bubka purports to have indecent…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2011 -
Which New Female Shepard is Female Shepard’s Favourite?
There’s a great interview with Jennifer Hale, the voice of the female Commander Shepard from Mass Effect, over on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, where she talks about all kinds of cool stuff. Most poignant at this present time, though, are her thoughts on the vote for her character’s new face And those thoughts are? “I like…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2011 -
EA “Hopes to Work out an Agreement” With Steam Over Disappearing Games
Crysis 2 has disappeared from Steam. Ditto for Dragon Age II. There’s a war being waged between EA and Steam over online PC gaming, regardless of EA’s stated hopes. Issuing a statement in response to Dragon Age II’s removal from Steam, EA says “At EA, we offer our games and content to all major download…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2011 -
Street Fighter‘s Ono vs. Tekken‘s Harada: Round One—Fight!
Context is key. While this video shows Tekken prevailing over Street Fighter in a series of challenges at Comic-Con 2011, what you don’t see is what led up to it. Earlier, at the Street Fighter X Tekken panel on Thursday, Yoshinori Ono, producer of the Street Fighter series, played a video in which Tekken counterpart…
By Owen Good Published July 27, 2011 -
Adios, Red Faction
Poor sales of Red Faction: Armageddon this year means the end of the franchise, publisher THQ said in a conference call today. Brian Farrell, the THQ chief executive, told investors that “we do not intend to carry forward with that franchise in any meaningful way.” Volition, the studio developing the series, has now been reassigned…
By Owen Good Published July 27, 2011 -
Finding an Even Better Brawl in Batman’s City
It wasn’t until 72 hours later, when I flew home and resumed an old save file in Batman: Arkham Asylum that I truly appreciated the innate quality of brawling I experienced in Batman: Arkham City, a game I missed at E3 but, at long last, got my paws on at Comic-Con 2011. In Arkham Asylum…
By Owen Good Published July 27, 2011 -
A new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and more Halo are Among the Biggest New Comics of the Week
Ever Wednesday there are new comics in comics shops and available for (legitimate) download. But there aren’t new Alan Moore comics, every Wednesday, so this one is special! Read on for some recommendations: Comics You Should Consider Buying (from comics shops) Criminal: Last of the Innocent #2 The second issue of Ed Brubaker’s latest crime…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2011 -
Get Your Xbox Through TSA More Conveniently With This Travel Case
From CTA Digital, the Brooklyn idea factory known for bowling ball Wii peripherals and other strangely useful oddities, comes this is a handy carrying case for a full Xbox 360—with Kinect. It doesn’t make packing up any easier but it does make transportation a little more convenient. What makes the Xbox 360 not “portable” is…
By Owen Good Published July 27, 2011 -
Prepare for Germany’s Biggest Video Game Show
COLOGNE – The Gamescom invites are rolling in. Oh yes, we’ll be there. (Invite by SCEE) Ridiculous Video Game HealBot Turns World of Warcraft Into a Dream HealBot is a video game that you are supposed to play in order to get better at another video game. Imagine that. People debate whether video games can…
By Brian Crecente Published July 27, 2011 -
Madden Demo Kicks Off Aug. 9; All Free Agent Moves Available at Launch
Madden NFL 12 moved its release to the end of August but still will deliver something for fans on the second Tuesday of the month, its traditional release date for much of the decade. The Madden demo hits PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade then, and will feature the Chicago Bears against the Green Bay…
By Owen Good Published July 27, 2011 -
The Sneezing Radio, the Human Avatar Machine, the Menstruation Harness and Other Awesome Museum Pieces
We expect objects to talk to us. That’s the core concept of the excellent exhibition Talk to Me running now, through November 7 at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. If you are interested in video games, radios that sneeze, Rubik’s Cubes for the blind or any of the many other ways. If you can…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2011 -
Take a Look at the Social Side of Resistance 3
In case your curiosity hadn’t gotten the better of you after Owen posted about Resistance 3’s social networking tie-in over the weekend, here’s the trailer for Global Resistance, a way to play a Resistance-like not-Resistance while not playing Resistance 3
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2011 -
Assassin’s Creed Gets an 8-bit Makeover
Assassin’s Creed makes a surprisingly good looking retro game. Majami Hiroz reinvisioned the modern classic Assassin’s Creed in 8-bit style graphics. It looks more like a 3DS 3D classic than an actual retro game, but that makes it all the more beautiful. 8-bit Assassin’s Creed [Welcome to the 80’s via Youtube]
By Sam Winstrom Published July 27, 2011 -
Resident Evil 4 and Code: Veronica HD Remakes Get Prices, Dates, Screens, and Trailers
The downloadable HD remakes of Resident Evil 4 and Code: Veronica X look even better once you know that they’re coming to Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network in North America and Europe in September for 20 bucks a pop. I suppose it’s too late for you to look at the latest screenshots and gameplay…
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2011 -
If You Want Driver: San Francisco on PC, You’d Better Have a Stellar Internet Connection
Like that comeback no one wants to see happen, Ubisoft’s always-on DRM is making an encore appearance for the PC version of Driver: San Francisco. Ergo, if you don’t have an internet connection, or if Ubisoft’s servers go down due to maintenance or hackers or Act of God(s), you can’t play the game. Not even…
By Joshua Rivera Published July 27, 2011 -
This is Your Final Free Dose of Red Dead Redemption DLC
Rockstar puts a name and a date of the final free installment of downloadable content for its award-winning western, Red Dead Redemption We knew Rockstar planned one last batch of downloadable content for Red Dead, but we didn’t know that it was called the Myths and Mavericks Bonus Pack, nor did we know it was…
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2011 -
7 Bad Dating Tips I Learned from My Xbox 360
Lonely? Unlucky in love? I used to be like you until I learned the secrets of love from my Xbox 360. Now I’m passing these pointers of passion, all delivered in actual Xbox 360 dating-advice video games, on to you. Catch her off guard with your opening line. A man walks into a bar and…
By Sam Winstrom Published July 27, 2011 -
We’ve got Free Tickets to Call of Duty XP
If you really really want to go to the live Call of Duty XP event (and who could blame you) but can’t swing the $150 price tag, then we have good news! We’ve Got it, You Want it We’ve got four tickets to the expo to give away, so act fast! The tickets only get…
By Jen Schiller Published July 27, 2011 -
The Designer of the Next NBA Jam Hopes Two Million People are Curious
Trey Smith was showing off the new NBA Jam, subtitled the On Fire Edition at a recent EA gaming showcase. People were playing the new version near him while we chatted about how the new game will have better artificial intelligence. He seemed even more excited that the game is downloadable for Xbox 360 and…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2011