-
EA Sports Chief Sees FIFA Evolving Beyond Discs
Peter Moore, the president of EA Sports, predicts a future in which the standout FIFA series transitions from annual disc-based releases to a more persistent online game. Moore, speaking to MCV, said that EA Sports’ FIFA title needs to provide a persistent world reflecting the year-round quality of international football. “This year there was, what,…
By Owen Good -
MLB 2K10 Says The Giants Win The Pennant — And World Series
Postseason sports means time for sports game developers to predict champions. Going against two heavy favorites in Philadelphia and the New York Yankees, MLB 2K10 says the Giants will win their first World Series since moving to San Francisco in 1958. If that comes true it’ll be a bona fide underdog story. Sports books right…
By Owen Good -
Vampires Head To The Blood Bowl
How did a game called Blood Bowl take this long to introduce an all-vampire team, and why aren’t they turning to dust during day games? The Blood Bowl Legendary Edition is on track for release at the end of this month, which seems like as good a time as any to introduce the bloodsucking undead…
By Mike Fahey -
World’s Highest Gamerscore Reaches Half A Million
Stallion83 holds the Guinness World Record for the highest gamerscore in the world, and he’s just reached 500,000 gamerscore points. Think you can catch up? After a day filled with Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Arcade games, Stallion83 finally hit the 500,000 gamerscore point mark by scoring a 20 point achievement in episode 4 of…
By Mike Fahey -
The Young Jonas Brothers In Controller Confusion
Young Nicholas and Joseph Jonas are seen here playing a PlayStation 2 and a NES during the recording of Nick’s early solo album, as seen on robinod134’s Flickr stream Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey -
-
-
The Bit.Trip Fated To Continue October 25
The penultimate chapter in Aksys Games’ Bit.Trip saga opens on October 25, when rhythm-based on-rails shooter Bit.Trip Fate makes its WiiWare debut. Beat, Core, Void, Runner, and now Fate. The fifth game in the six-game Bit.Trip series hits WiiWare on October 25, with CommanderVideo facing off against his greatest challenge yet. The Mingrawn Timbletot has…
By Mike Fahey -
Super Street Fighter IV 3DS Has Special Move Hotkeys
Street Fighter IV for the iPhone mapped your special moves to a single button. Super Street Fighter IV 3D for the Nintendo 3DS simplifies things even further. Rather than a single button for your focus or special moves, Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition gives you four panels on the touchscreen of the 3DS to…
By Mike Fahey -
Wait, Did He Just Say “Sexy-Jiggly Boobs?”
NIS America’s random dungeon grindfest Z.H.P: Unlosing Ranger VS. Darkdeath Evilman is coming to the PSP October 26, and it’s bringing the “sexy-jiggly boobs” with it. Click to view Dying is as much a part of Z.H.P: Unlosing Ranger VS. Darkdeath Evilman as those sexy-jiggly boobs are. You’ll die over and over again in your…
By Mike Fahey -
Final Fantasy XIV Free Trial Period Extended, Big Changes On The Way
In the face of overwhelming criticism of the game’s current state, Square Enix is extending the free trial period for Final Fantasy XIV Online from 30 days to 60 days and outline plans to make the game more user-friendly. If you’ve been following my weekly Final Fantasy XIV MMO logs leading up to next week’s…
By Mike Fahey -
Atari Confirms The Return Of Star Raiders
In 1979 Atari introduced the joys of first-person space combat with Star Raiders. Next year Star Raiders returns, bringing team-based multiplayer space combat to the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. First released for the Atari 8-bit series of computers in 1979, Star Raiders was one of the first first-person perspective space combat games, and…
By Mike Fahey