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Greg Bear Penning Halo Forerunner Trilogy
Noted science fiction author Greg Bear takes a stab at the earliest days of the Halo universe with The Forerunner Trilogy, traveling 100,000 years into the series’ past. A mysterious ancient race worshiped by the Covenant as gods, the Forerunners wiped themselves off the face of the universe to help stem the tide of the…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2009 -
A Claim to Fame, in the Dodge City of Video Games
These days, a big weekend in Ottumwa, Iowa, population 26,000 or so, is defined by the line out the door at its Applebee’s. On its chamber of commerce’s list of 101 things to do there, you’ll see attractions like genealogy research, pumpkin picking, and a tour of the John Deere factory. The same as most…
By Owen Good Published April 6, 2009 -
These Kids Are Having Too Much Fun Playing Klonoa
Namco Bandai‘s TV spot for the upcoming Wii remake of Klonoa features two children getting much more out of the game than you and I ever could. Now don’t get me wrong…I love me some Klonoa. It’s right up there with Pandemonium on my list of 2.5D rail platformers. I just don’t remember any moments…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2009 -
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Re-Does Wii, PS2, And PSP
While Nintendo Power managed the official announcement of the Wii remake of the original Silent Hill as Shattered Memories, Konami handles announcing it for PlayStation 2 and PSP. As mentioned in McWhertor’s post on the Wii version, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is a retelling of the original Silent Hill game, with the objectives shuffled about…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2009 -
Wolfenstein’s Heavy Trooper
This video gives us a glimpse of the heavy trooper found in upcoming shooter Wolfenstein. The video also gives you a glimpse of the heavy trooper’s disintegration gun, though you don’t get to see all of those hats falling to the ground that so amused me during my demo of the game last month.
By Brian Crecente Published April 6, 2009 -
See The Future With New Fable II DLC In May
The future of the Fable franchise is teased next month in See the Future, the second round of downloable content for Fable II. New creatures, new quests, new events, and legendary artifacts will be yours to discover this May in the See the Future DLC for Fable II. Transform your canine companion into new breeds…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2009 -
Resident Evil 5 Versus Mode For Sale Tomorrow
Now that you’ve played Resident Evil 5 with each other, it’s time to play against each other, as Capcom puts Versus mode up for sale tomorrow on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The Versus mode contains two different game types. Slayer’s Rule sees players trying to down the most Majinis within the time limit,…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2009 -
How To Waste $5 on the Xbox 360 in Chicago
This weekend the GAME ON! This Spring We’re All Fun and Games event kicked off at Chicago’s Navy Pier. The idea was to pack the pier’s Crystal Gardens with Xbox 360s and let people play games on the system to their heart’s content. They also decided to run a Guitar Hero World Tour tournament. Well,…
By Brian Crecente Published April 6, 2009 -
Stargate Producer On Stargate Worlds: “It’s A Terrible Shame”
Stargate executive producer Brad Wright echoes the feelings of thousands of fans, calling the delay of Cheyenne Mountain’s massively multiplayer Stargate Worlds “a terrible shame.” Fans were ecstatic when the game was first announced in March of 2007, but since then Cheyenne Mountain have run into huge financial issues, to the point where employees went…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2009 -
Weekly Nintendo Download: The DSi Invasion
It’s a brand new week and everything has change, as DSiWare joins the weekly Nintendo update, with 6 tiny titles joining Equilibrio on WiiWare and Uncharted Waters: New Horizons on the Virtual Console. While the ball puzzler Equilibrio from DK-Games (500 points) sounds inviting, and the swashbuckling exploration of Uncharted Waters: New Horizons for the…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2009 -
Cops Crackdown On Bashcraft, North Korean Missiles Fly Overhead
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft What a weekend! North Korea launched something into the air, parts of it fell into the Sea of Japan, and newscasters got panicky. At around 11:30am North Korea fired a missile over Japan — the people of Akita Prefecture were warned that it actually might hit them. There were public service…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2009 -
Monster Hunter Hungers For New Currency, Sets Sights On Europe
For those not aware, Monster Hunter is big. Well, big in Japan. Outside of the Japan, it’s not so big. Which is something Capcom are looking at addressing. After all, if the series prints money in Japan, which is a relatively small market compared to the US and European ones, imagine how much money Capcom…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2009 -
If Only There Were More Of These Commodore 64 Laptops
Heeeeyyyy. It’s Ben Heckendorn, console modder extraordinaire. What ya got for us this week, Ben? A Commodore 64 laptop? Oh yes. Not only is this amazing because it’s a Commodore 64 laptop, it’s amazing because it’s just the perfect mix between keeping it retro and keeping it classy. Example: It’s got a C64 keyboard and…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2009 -
Tales Of Characters… All Together!!
Today, at a press conference in Tokyo, Namco Bandai announced a action title that brings together 35 characters from the 13 Tales of games. Characters from each title exist in the same game universe. This new title, which is for the PSP, is Tales of VS. It will be out this summer in Japan. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2009 -
New Tales Of Title For The Nintendo Wii
Namco Bandai announced the latest home console entry in its Tales of series. Dubbed Tales of Graces, the game is coming to the Wii this winter. Mutsumi Inomata is doing the character design. She’s known for anime work on My-HIME and Future GPX Cyber Formula as well as working seven titles in the Tales of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2009 -
Tales Of Vesperia Anime Announced
Not only is Tales of Vesperia getting a PS3 version, the role-playing-game is also getting a big screen version. Namco Bandai announced today that Tales of Vesperia will also be getting an anime called Tales of Vesperia 〜The First Strike 〜. It will hit Japanese theaters sometime later this year. This isn’t a first for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2009 -
British Sales Charts: The Early Bird Gets The Early British Sales Charts
My, Britain! How punctual you’ve become! Forget seeing British sales charts on the usual Wednesday or Thursday, as they’ll now be clocking in first thing Monday morning. In this first early edition (today is April 6, and these charts are for the week ending April 4), Wii Fit maintains its stranglehold upon the nation’s charts…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2009 -
Let’s Check Out Gothic Lolita Shooter For Xbox 360
DeathSmiles, the Gothic Lolita shooting game from Cave, is getting an Xbox 360 port. Check out this weekend event in Akihabara to promote the game. The game will be out April 23 in The Land of the Rising Sun. As we previously posted, there’s also a limited edition of the game (priced at ¥9,240 –…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2009 -
A DS Case Fit For Dr. Henry Jones
Indy’s getting old. Not as sharp as he used to be. He’s making stupid decisions, like being in movies with Shia LaBeouf. Maybe all he needs, though, is a little Brain Training. It should keep the old grey matter from getting all foggy. But that, then, creates another problem: how to go adventuring through rainforests…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2009
