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Dead To Rights To Return With Retribution
Namco Bandai is giving tough cop Jack Slate another chance to shoot lots of bad guys—or throw them down flights of stairs—in Dead To Rights: Retribution for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The next entry in the Dead To Rights series will, according to 1UP’s first details on the game, be an origin story,…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 16, 2009 -
Sacred 2: How German Metal Band Blind Guardian Got Involved
In this behind the scenes video for Ascaron’s Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, Blind Guardian vocalist Hansi Kürsch explains how a German heavy metal band gets into a video game. Apparently the answer is to give up hope altogether. Hansi reveals that Blind Guardian had been trying to get into a video game – any video…
By Mike Fahey Published February 16, 2009 -
Watch The Watchmen Invade PlayStation Home
Paramount Pictures is readying a major marketing push into Sony’s PlayStation Home service for the upcoming film Watchmen, with exclusive footage, a filmmaker Q&A session, and of course, Watchmen costumes for your avatar. The film adaptation of Alan Moore’s classic comic book series The Watchmen is a major deal for Paramount, and no on is…
By Mike Fahey Published February 16, 2009 -
GTA IV: The Lost and Damned Also Adds Full Frontal Nudity
Spoiler alert! If you’re going to play Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned and find digitally rendered flaccid penises offensive, you may want to avert your sensitive eyes during one in-game cinematic. Rockstar Games, no stranger to controversy as marketing tool, will likely come under fire for its inclusion of completely uncensored, full…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 16, 2009 -
Capcom Debit Cards Come With Gamer Perks
Not content to rock gamers in February and March with Street Fighter IV and Resident Evil 5, Capcom just signed a deal to slap their characters on debit cards. The co-branded Visa debit card is the first of its kind in North America. The cards will feature art from Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5…
By Brian Crecente Published February 16, 2009 -
This Week On Live Arcade: Death Tank
Old school gameplay gets an upgrade this week on Xbox Live Arcade, as Snowblind Studios releases Death Tank, a shiny new take on the classic tank-on-tank angle shooter. What’s an angle shooter, you ask? It’s any game that involves calculating the angle of projectiles based on terrain velocity in order to efficiently dispatch your foes.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 16, 2009 -
Toy Fair 2009: LittleBigPlanet Toys In Captivity
Geekanerd has posted several Toy Fair 2009 pictures of the LittleBigPlanet action figures recently announced by Sony, showing that even dirty pirates deserve a little sackboy loving. As promised by the PlayStation blog, visitors to the 2009 International Toy Fair in New York over the weekend caught a first glimpse of the 2 inch action…
By Mike Fahey Published February 16, 2009 -
Padres Reliever Credits Wii Fit For Weight Loss
Who says Wii Fit is a Fad? San Diego Padres reliever Heath Bell might want to have a word with you. Bell, in line to replace legendary closer Trevor Hoffman, says that Nintendo’s balance-board-sporting health game helped him lose 25 pounds. When the 6-foot-6, 270 pound Bell stepped on the Balance Board the first time,…
By Brian Crecente Published February 16, 2009 -
EA Sports Spawns Sports Toy Line
After more than two decades of encouraging us to sit on our asses playing sports video games, EA Sports and Toy Island team up for a line of sports toys that actually promote outdoor play. The new multi-year agreement between EA and Toy Island will produce a wide range of interactive sports toys bearing the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 16, 2009 -
See Movie Chun-Li Kick Generic Thug Ass
Witness as the Legend of Chun-Li from the upcoming feature film slowly grows, as star Kirsten Kreuk beats up some random guys you wouldn’t want to run into in a dark alley. Of course Chun-Li runs into them in a dark alley, but she apparently has the moves to make it in a dark alley,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 16, 2009 -
Get a Free Copy of Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
D3 is throwing a party for Los Angeles Puzzle Quest fans and you might be invited. On Feb. 19, D3 is taking over Melt Comics on Sunset Boulevard and opening the doors to 100 gamers interesting in checking out and playing Puzzle Quest: Galactrix. The event will give gamers a chance to checkout the DS,…
By Brian Crecente Published February 16, 2009 -
New MadWorld Screens Display Stark Contrast
Here’s a whole slew of brand new screens for the upcoming brutal Wii brawler MadWorld, featuring entirely new black and white images, completely different from the preciously released black and white images…we think. I almost pity the public relations person who has to send out new screenshots for Sega and Platinum Games‘ MadWorld as it…
By Mike Fahey Published February 16, 2009 -
Playing F.E.A.R. 2 While Snakes, Rats and Bugs Crawl on You
Eight gamers playing in the official F.E.A.R. 2 competition had to compete with their hands in a box that was then filled with bugs, snakes, rats and other distracting objects. The winner then had to go through the underground floors of a haunted mansion in London and come face-to-face with Alma to win his prize:…
By Brian Crecente Published February 16, 2009 -
Metal Gear Solid 4 Goes Platinum In March
After an incredibly successful first run in the Europe, Konami is re-releasing PlayStation 3 blockbuster Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots at a reduced price as part of the PlayStation Platinum budget line. Hideo Kojima’s swan song for Solid Snake, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, is getting a re-release on…
By Mike Fahey Published February 16, 2009 -
The Weekly Wii Update Has a Secret
This week’s Nintendo Wii update not only includes Evasive Space for WiiWare and NES shooter Life Force on the virtual console, but also a secret surprise clue that we need your help to decipher. Nintendo’s weekly announcement of new content for WiiWare and the Virtual console today came complete with news of a “fun surprise”…
By Mike Fahey Published February 16, 2009 -
Time Warner Supports Square Enix Eidos Bid
The Square Enix takeover bid for UK publisher Eidos Interactive solidified even further today, as 20% Eidos shareholder Time Warner throws its support behind the Japanese company’s offer. Once thought to be a front runner to buy out the company themselves, Time Warner is now backing Square Enix‘s recently revealed bid to buy out Tomb…
By Mike Fahey Published February 16, 2009 -
Art Site Reveals DOA PS3 Robot Game
Concept art for a never published Playstation 3 robot game for concept art studio Leading Light. Titan was, it appears, a game set to be in development by now defunct studio Stormfront. The Playstation 3 game appeared to be about a giant robot in space. According to notes found in some of the art, it…
By Brian Crecente Published February 16, 2009 -
Chocolate From Mommy, Pretty Haircut Lady And Sonic The Hedgehog
To: Crecente From: Bash Last Friday being the day before Valentine’s Day, we asked Mini-Bash if he got any Valentine’s chocolate from any of the little girls in his class. (In Japan, girls give chocolate on Feb. 14. A month later on March 14, boys return the favor.) Mini-Bash had been looking forward to Valentine’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 16, 2009 -
Red Xbox 360 Appears In Retail Listings
In January, rumours surfaced regarding a special, limited edition red Xbox 360 that would be released in conjunction with Resident Evil 5. Over the weekend, that Xbox 360 turned up in retail databases. A reader – an employee of Toys ‘R’ Us – sends us this pic, snapped from his store’s database. If it’s correct,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 16, 2009 -
Toy Fair 2009: Dante’s Inferno, Gears Of War & More
The New York Toy Fair kicked off over the weekend. And video games being big business and all, there were loads of new gaming figures on show. Loads. DANTE’S INFERNO – First up, though (and these are all courtesy of Toy News International), we’ll start with perhaps the most interesting figure of the weekend. Which…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 16, 2009