Big surprise this week, as Modern Warfare 2’s cross-platform domination is abruptly ended after only seven days, with the PS3 version nudged aside by a stealthy, Italian newcomer. Assassin’s Creed II has dropped from the rafters and, with a flick of the wrists, shanked MW2 in the guts, the 360 version of Ubisoft’s big franchise…
According to game site Bitmob, this trailer for Mercenaries Inc., a multiplayer entry in the Mercenaries franchise is a few months old, but real. The game has not been announced and is apparently being prepped at EA’s Los Angeles studio. Mercenaries was previously developed by Pandemic Studios. There is no longer any Pandemic Studios. About…
With id showing no signs of reviving the Commander Keen IP anytime soon, a guy in New Zealand is taking it upon himself to remake the game, give it a more contemporary touch. Laz, the creator, says the game is a “tribute”, but as fans of the little Cheesehead will instantly recognise, this is no…
On November 22, the DSi LL went on sale. Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has sales figures for the new NIntendo handheld’s first two days. The portable moved 103,524 units in Japan. In comparison, the DSi sold approximately 170,000 units in its first two days on sale in Japan. In its first day on sale in The…
In an interview with GameSpot, skating legend and video game staple Tony Hawk has spoken fondly, and none-too-subtly, of his wishes to see another Kelly Slater’s Pro Surfer game. Using the Tony Hawk: Ride controller, of course. Chatting about what comes next for the expensive peripheral, Hawk says “I think that the first priority, beyond…
Earlier this month, Facebook went live on Xbox LIVE. Loads of people have logged onto Facebook via LIVE. “Loads” is not very descriptive. “Two million” is. According to Microsoft’s first week figures, at least 2 million LIVE users logged into Facebook, and a half a million accounts were created in the first 24 hours. The…
EA Sports have teamed up with VTree, a provider of software for those with disabilities, to release what’s essentially a modified version of Madden. It’s called “My Football Game“, and while it won’t win many awards for its graphics (it appears to be running on an ancient version of the Madden engine), it gets thumbs…
Muay Thai fighter Adon from Street Fighter Alpha and Final Fight character Cody and Guy are the latest characters announced for SSFIV. Cody is decked out in his Street Fighter Alpha 3 prison garb. Super Street Fighter IV is slated for spring 2010 on the PS3 and Xbox 360.
By Olly Moss, as seen on A Life Well Wasted.
Back in 1995, role playing game Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals was released in Japan. The game is getting a Nintendo DS remake as Esptolis: The Lands Cursed by the Gods, and its main characters are getting a makeover. Just look how main character Maxim has changed. At least his hair color is the…
You know Datel? I like Datel, mostly because they made the Freeloader for the GameCube/Wii. Well, Datel are in the process of taking Microsoft to court over Xbox 360 memory cards. The dispute between the two companies stems from a recent move by Microsoft to block the use of “unauthorised”, third-party memory cards on their…
Joining last month’s Bayonetta 40/40 score, this month’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii has been given a perfect score from Japanese game magazine Famitsu. The publication has stated that just moving Mario around is amusing, co-op play is fun and single player is a good time as well. Critics score games on a scale of…
Mass bannings weren’t the only Aion-related business from NCSoft today. No, the MMO publisher also found the time to release this mysterious, 9-minute teaser trailer for the game. Called simply “AION Vision”, it shows sweeping visual upgrades to the game, along with a battle sequence that MMO fans could only dream of. There’s even a…
Guessing game time. A married aging actress is rumored to have decided to end her celebrity marriage over that dirty, dirty mistress: World of Warcraft. Via sister site Gawker.com, comes this BuzzFoto blind item: This married/aging actress has put up with a lot throughout her celebrity marriage. She’s practically raised the kids on her own,…
As Guitar Hero‘s catalogue of downloadable content grows larger, it gets harder and harder to make a buck selling the older stuff individually. So…what about a subscription to the whole service instead? It’s something Red Octane and Activision are thinking about, RO’s founder Kai Huang telling the Seattle Times “[a monthly subscription is] definitely one…
There are traditional selling points for erotic games. You know, things like boobs and boobs and also boobs. “Real Kanojo” (“Real Girlfriend”) has boobs, sure, but it also has face poking and cheek squeezing. This is innocent enough. This just seems painful. And cruel! Sadness. The game also offers widescreen, 3-D and even webcam face…
How time changes men. In 2007, Infinity Ward were gushing over the important things in Call of Duty 4’s PC version, like dedicated servers and the involvement of the mod scene. Wonder what, in the intervening years, has changed?
The pre-concert ritual for metal rockers Judas Priest? Wii Sports. In an interview with EPSN, Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford, who recently lent his voice to the game Brutal Legend, talked about the group’s Nintendo gaming. “In Judas Priest, we actually play the games in the dressing room,” said the singer. Generally before a show.…
It’s only fair. If Sony’s new PSPgo is to be torn asunder in the name of science, then Nintendo’s DSi LL should share a similar, grisly fate. Following on from the weekend’s launch of the new handheld, PC Watch got hold of one, unscrewed it, then gutted it like a fish for all the world…
Nintendo is a top notch Japanese company. Top notch Japanese companies want top notch Japanese recruits from top notch Japanese universities. Not folks like, you know, Shigeru Miyamoto who went to a normal college. “Nintendo has become one of those companies that graduates from colleges and good universities really want to work for,” Miyamoto told…
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