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PS3 Games, Movies To Be Bundled On Same Disc

Blu-Ray discs are big. Most games not developed by Hideo Kojima only take up a fraction of the disc space. So that space is going to waste! And can be better occupied with movies. Sony’s director of hardware marketing, John Koller, has said that later this year, the way certain PS3 titles – like, say,…

Does Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Fail The Rorschach Test?

Warner Bros. Interactive‘s Watchmen: The End is Nigh is caught in the awkward place between being a comic book game and a movie game. This is most visible in the difference between the story cut scenes and the in-game cut scenes. The former are done in the style of the comic with bright colors and…

StarCraft II, Next Gen Battle.net Betas “In The Next Few Months”

While the wait for StarCraft II may already be agonizingly long, the promise of a playable multiplayer beta helps many of us get out of bed every morning. So when will we get it? According to Blizzard COO Paul Sams, the StarCraft II beta is likely just months away. Two months? Ten months? We hope…

The Force Unleashed: As If 5.7 Million Gamers Suddenly Cried Out In Ownership

LucasArts Star Wars spin-off The Force Unleashed was a Star Destroyer sized hit for the publisher, selling 5.7 million copies since its September launch, making it the fastest-selling Star Wars game in history. That figure is according to a release from LucasFilm, which released Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on just about every platform one…

PlayStation Network Catches Spring Fever, Expected To Make Full Recovery

Remember Microsoft’s Xbox Live “Summer of Arcade” promotion? Well, Sony’s looking to do the competition one better, announcing its own plans for a slew of exclusive PlayStation Network titles an entire season earlier. Outdoor allergy sufferers will be pleased to learn that, with the coming of Spring, a batch of PlayStation 3 and PSP titles…

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Activision Compiles Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits For 2009

Activision will squeeze more cash from the stone that is Guitar Hero with Guitar Hero:Greatest Hits. No, not Modern Hits. This is the ultimate cash-in, a “best of” compilation for Guitar Hero World Tour. Mike Griffith, president and CEO of Activision Publishing, announced the Greatest Hits repackaging during today’s quarterly earnings call, a collection it…

Lumines Supernova Classic Pack Craves Your Money

In the grand tradition of downloadable console versions of Lumines past, Q Entertainment readies the first batch of downloadable content for the PlayStation Network version, Lumines Supernova, with the Lumines Classic Pack. The Lumines Classic Pack celebrates four years of music and puzzle goodness by allowing you to purchase 20 skins from the original PSP…

Blizzard Mum On Its One Big Game For 2009

Is StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty going to make 2009? Blizzard isn’t saying, sticking to the “it’s done when it’s done” release date. But there’s definitely one big Blizzard-developed title in store this year. What is it? Blizzard COO Paul Sams wouldn’t confirm whether that game is, indeed, the first chapter of the StarCraft II…

James Bond Racer Delayed to 2010

The James Bond racing game, which we first caught wind of late last year, has been pushed back to 2010 to give Bizarre Creations a bit more development breathing room. The game is said to be a third-person Bond game that’s racing and driving focused. But they’re also working on a second racing game, described…

Activision Blizzard Shrugs Off Recession, Reports $5 Billion In Revenue

While nearly every other company bled cash, fired employees and cancelled projects, Activision Blizzard posted record results, announcing over $5 billion in revenue for 2008, seeing $429 million worth of profit over the holidays. Activision CEO Bobby Kotick boasted that 2008 was the company’s 17th consecutive year of growth, with operating income up 20% from…

MadWorld’s Death Watch

Oh, man: Death Watch. Wouldn’t it be great if the Wii game had this between levels?

Battlefield Heroes Beta Lives Again, Sign Up Now

If you want to play Battlefield Heroes for free, now’s your chance. The game’s latest round of closed beta testing is officially underway, giving cheapskates the opportunity to get their hands on the game early. The free-to-play cartoony shooter from DICE is currently undergoing more public playtesting, which, if you participated in previous Battlefield Heroes…

Atlus Confuses And Astounds With Knights In The Nightmare

Atlus gears up to deliver an innovative mix of role-playing and strategy this June with Knights in the Nightmare for the Nintendo DS, a game that promises energetic action mixed with thought-provoking tactical gameplay. If it sounds complicated, it gets even more complicated. According to the official press release, Knights in the Nightmare incorporates aspects…

Boisterous Gaming Session Leads to Police Brutality Complaints

A Colorado man filed complaints against three Aurora police officers alleging they beat him, leaving him bruised and with a sprained neck, after they responded to complaints about a particularly loud session of gaming. Sean Duffy says the officers grabbed him by the hair and bounced his head “like a basketball” against the apartment’s metal…

Activision: No Plans To Drop Phelps, A-Rod From Guitar Hero Ads

Now that Alex Rodriguez has admitted to being a juicer and Michael Phelps has been caught sucking on a bong, will Activision yank its Guitar Hero World Tour ad spots featuring the two? Nope! According to the New York Daily News, Activision has no plans to stop running the ads amid controversy over two of…

Frankenreview: Flower

Following up on their success with the PlayStation Network favorite Flow, thatgamecompany returns to the PlayStation 3 with Flower, a game that attempts to capture the poetry of a flower petal riding the wind. Utilizing the PlayStation 3’s tilt-sensing Sixaxis controller, Flower casts you as a flower petal cast into the wind, traveling multi-colored, abstract…

Dream Arcades Offers Street Fighter IV Arcade Solution

Custom arcade game cabinet makers Dream Arcade present the ideal solution for those of you who’d rather shun your big-screen televisions for a more authentic arcade experience for Capcom’s upcoming Street Fighter IV. The Dreamcade Impact is Dream Arcade’s answer to Street Fighter purist’s prayers. It’s a special edition custom arcade cabinet specifically tailored for…

From Warcraft Obsession to Game Creation

What do you get when you take one of the world’s most popular player-made Warcraft III mods and break it out into its own game? League of Legends: Clash of Fates. League of Legends began life as Defense of the Ancients, a custom scenario for Blizzard’s real-time strategy game Warcraft III, which features teams of…

The Exciting Life Of A Henry Hatsworth Puzzle Block

The latest trailer for Electronic Arts’ Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure shows us that being a puzzle block is much more exciting that other puzzle games would have you believe. Henry Hatsworth, due out March 17th for the Nintendo DS, is an interesting combination of puzzle game and platform adventure, in which the titular…