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PlayStation Store Update: Flock Fu
Got a North American PlayStation 3 account? Then you can get Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic and Flock, as of right now, thanks to this week’s PlayStation Store update. It’s a relatively light week on the Store, particularly in the expansions and add-ons category, surprisingly. Sorry, not much in the way of nickle…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 9, 2009 -
Even Goth Girls Enjoy Pangya: Fantasy Golf
The latest screens for the PSP version of Pangya: Fantasy Golf demonstrates how golf is a game for everyone, from goth girls to dragons to giant pandas. Pangya: Fantasy Golf is one of those cutesy golf games that adds the adorable characters and dress-up opportunities sorely lacking in the real game of golf. Unless something…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2009 -
The Porter Dissidia Final Fantasy PSP Case Is A Little Late
Presumably, there’s no rush to get these PS Pictogram cases out in Japan, considering Sony and bag-making partner Porter have released approximately one billion of them so far. But not a Dissidia Final Fantasy one! The Square Enix fan service-filled fighting game is the latest PSP game to grace the PS Pictogram line, with silhouettes…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 9, 2009 -
Midnight Club: Los Angeles Rolling Out New Vehicles
Rockstar keeps Midnight Club: Los Angeles rolling this month, with two vehicle packs bringing seven new rides to the mean streets of L.A. The first of the two new vehicle packs drops on April 16th, so players won’t be waiting long to cruise the streets of the recently released South Central map expansion in style.…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2009 -
Blue Öyster Cult Teams With Warhammer Online On Rock Song
Members of Blue Öyster Cult teamed with Warhammer Online devs to cut a Dwarf rock song to celebrate the recent launch of the WAR Dwarf Slayer career. “We thought long and hard about how to properly tell gamers what the Dwarf Slayer is all about,” said Paul Barnett, Senior Creative Director for WAR and the…
By Brian Crecente Published April 9, 2009 -
Konami Sneaking Metal Gear Into Arcades?
Two new trademarks filed by Konami hint that the publisher might be bringing the Metal Gear franchise from consoles to arcades. What could Metal Gear: Tactical Online Action possibly be? While the two trademarks—Metal Gear and Tactical Online Action—were filed separately, their descriptions (and titles) complement each other. Both are for goods and services such…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 9, 2009 -
DJ Max Fever’s Extremely Limited, Ultra-Expensive Edition
Fans of Pentavision’s DJ Max series are a fiercely loyal bunch, but are they fiercely loyal enough to shell out $130 for the ultra-limited the crew edition of DJ Max Fever for the PSP? The series might be a bit obscure – I was the only person who pre-ordered a copy of DJ Max Fever…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2009 -
Japan’s Giant Robot Game Love Affair Continues
Giant robots hold fast in Japan, as Mobile Suit Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna Portable for the PSP remains the bestselling game in the nation. Yes, this week’s chart is that exciting! Only a handful of new debuts landed in the Media Create top thirty, including portable baseball game Pro Yakyuu Famista DS 2009 and horse…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 9, 2009 -
Frankenreview: Nintendo DSi
The third iteration of the Nintendo DS is upon us, adding new functionality, more power, and an extra vowel. In 2004 Nintendo released the little dual-screen handheld that could, the Nintendo DS. Two years later they trimmed down the fat with the sleeker, shinier DS Lite. Now the third version of the handheld has made…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2009 -
Company Of Heroes Expands With Tales Of Valor
One of the highest-rated real-time strategy games of all-time gets a standalone expansion this week in Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor. Relic Entertainment’s real-time strategy World War II masterpiece gets a healthy dose of new content with the Men of Valor standalone expansion, now available at retail, on Steam, and any number of digital…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2009 -
Strong Bad Sales Double With Wii SD Card Support
Nintendo’s addition of SD memory card play to the Nintendo Wii has done amazing things for WiiWare developers, with Telltale announcing that sales of their Strong Bad series have doubled since the GDC announcement. Those looking for proof that a solution to Wii storage limits was sorely needed by both developers and customers need look…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2009 -
Blood Bowl Gets A Website, Beta Signups Begin
Cyanide Studios‘ video game version of the classic tabletop fantasy football game Blood Bowl has a brand new website chock full of game information, along with a sign-up page for the multiplayer PC beta test. Of course when I say fantasy football, I am talking real fantasy football based in the Warhammer universe, with dwarves,…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2009 -
City Of Heroes Explodes With Player Created Content
City of Heroes becomes the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game to allow player created content, with the release Issue 14: Architect. This launch video for Issue 14 is an overview of the mission creation system, which we’ve gone over rather exhaustively in the past. Now that the system is live, it’s all up to…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2009 -
Eidos: Batman Is “As Close To Perfect As We’ve Ever Come”
Eidos kicks the hype engine for Batman: Arkham Asylum into overdrive, preparing a massive marketing campaign for what they are predicting will be one of the stand-out titles of the year. Eidos’ head of UK marketing Jon Brooke doesn’t mince words. Speaking to MCV, Brooke extolled Batman’s many virtues in a bombastic fashion sure to…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2009 -
Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack Deployed
Halo 3 fans now have three new places to kill each other, as the long-awaited Mythic Map Pack makes its way onto the Xbox Live Marketplace. The Xbox Live Marketplace flavor text is simply exquisite this time around, really evoking the atmosphere of these three new maps for Halo 3. If the flavor text doesn’t…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2009 -
Nielsen Drops the Ball on Console Usage Numbers
Remember that study of video gamer habits Nielsen released earlier this week showing the Wii in third place and the Playstation 3 in seventh, last even after the GameCube and original Xbox? It was wrong. Fast Company reports that they’ve been told that the graph was mislabeled. The real graph, which now appears in the…
By Brian Crecente Published April 9, 2009 -
D&D Co-Creator Dead At 61
Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons and one of the founding fathers of the role-playing genre, Dave Arneson has passed away at the age of 61. While the late Gary Gygax, who passed on a little more than a year ago, added fantasy elements to war gaming to create the basis for Dungeons & Dragons, it…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2009 -
Grand Slam Tennis Cover Features Tennis Star Triple Play
Instead of focusing on just one athlete for the cover of Grand Slam Tennis for the Wii, EA plasters three of the biggest names in tennis across the front of the box. In one fell swoop, EA has taken my cumulative knowledge of tennis and condensed it neatly into a game cover. John McEnroe, Roger…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2009 -
Play Crysis Wars For Free Starting Today
Starting today players can play all of Crysis Wars online for free, including each of the game’s three multiplayer modes and all 23 maps. The free trial runs until April 17. EA and Crytek plan to release Crysis Maximum Edition, a compilation of all three Crysis games, on May 5 for $40. “When Crysis Wars…
By Brian Crecente Published April 9, 2009 -
People’s Dork Pictures Are So Very Funny
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: The World is Shrinking You seen this site? It’s been a source of amusement today. Would totally submit one of my childhood dork pics, but sadly, all my dork pics are at my parent’s home in Texas. Do you have dork pics? Sure you do. Everyone has at least one…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 9, 2009