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Dante’s Inferno: Like God of War, But Marginally Different

Details on Electronic Arts’ video game interpretation of Dante’s Inferno, announced last October, have been hard to come by, but UK’s PSM3 has first details. What is it? God of War in Hell, apparently. So much for originality, it seems. PSM3’s own cover description boils down Dante’s Inferno‘s mechanics to essentially “Dead Space meets God…

This Is Entirely Way Too Much Pac-Man Stuff, Namco

Square-Enix wasn’t the only publisher at the New York Comic-Con trying to turn a profit. Namco brought, well, everything from their Club Namco online store to the show. I really, really wanted one of those Pac-Man plushy hats, but it turns out I have to eat this week. Bummer. I also saw some glorious looking…

KenKen Makes Math… Fun?

The New York Times this weekend started running a new numerical logic puzzle from Japan called KenKen next to their crossword puzzle. It’s sort of like sudoku, but with math involved. I found this web version of the game that lets you play online and get your solutions right away, without having to wait around…

Activision Hastily Tosses Together Fun4All Wii Label

Activision UK has had a smashing idea, cobbling together a half-dozen Wii games that “the whole family can enjoy!” then slapping on the Fun4All label. Sound familiar? The North American Activision recently did the same. The UK’s Fun4All label is, for all intents and purposes, North America’s “Wee 1ST” label, a branding scheme that will…

Snoop Dogg Gets Variety Show, Coming to Rock Band

Grammy-Award nominated rapper and man-about-Hollywood Snoop Dogg just landed a new MTV-aired variety with benefits. The benefits? He’s also going to be releasing songs from his “impressive catalog of hits” on Rock Band. The TV show, called Dogg After Dark, will feature interviews, sketch-comedy and musical performances. It has been picked up for a seven…

Four New Glimpses of Brutal Legend

Due out this fall on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, everything I’ve seen about Double Fine’s Brutal Legend just leaves me hankering for more. But I’m tightly gripping my pessimism until after I see some lengthy hands-on gameplay with the Jack Black vehicle.

90 Minutes With GTA: Chinatown Wars

After sitting down with the game for a few minutes early in the show, the folks at Rockstar Games gave me a more in-depth look of their upcoming massive title for the Nintendo DS. Original I only got a chance to spend about 10 minutes with this game on the Comic-Con floor, but that’s clearly…

The Chronicles of Riddick – NY Comic Con

The Chronicles of Riddick’s appearance at the weekend’s New York Comic Con brought with it a half dozen screen shots and a new trailer. Buy or rent?

A Look At The Gaming Booths From Comic-Con

This year’s New York Comic-Con saw its biggest video game presence in the history of the show. It’s just too bad the actual booths themselves were pretty disappointing. My favorite pieces were the ice sculpture Slimer and the Ready 2 Rumble Revolution min-ring. Thank you, Atari, for spending some money on the show! The rest…

Activision’s Green Screen A Hit At Comic-Con

Activision’s Comic-Con booth was not only filled with gaming goodness, but they also allowed fans a chance to be “in” two of their upcoming titles. Before being photographed you would select from five different backgrounds, four from Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, and one from X-Men Origins: Wolverine (pictured after the jump). After striking your pose,…

Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack Hits March

Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1 hits the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in March with four new maps, including one for the game’s cooperative Nazi Zombie mode. Nightlife is a multiplayer map in war-ravaged Berlin. Knee Deep will have you attacking fortified Japanese positions in a jungle setting. Station takes…

Light Bikes is a Handful of Tron Fun

I downloaded Light Bikes to my iPhone last night, I was surprised to find how fun it was in short blasts. The 99 cent iGame has you maneuvering a light bike in a third-person perspective ala Tron against three computer-controlled light bikes. The graphics are fairly basic, but it works. You hold the iPhone sideways…

The Gaming Swag of NYCC

You can’t expect to go to any type of convention or event nowadays without returning with all kinds of free stuff. The New York Comic-Con wasn’t any different. While there wasn’t the amount of free gaming crap that you can find at, say, E3 or TGS, there was still plenty of stuff to fill your…

A Quick Look At Bomberman Ultra

Hudson brought a few games for fans to try out at Comic-Con. Of course, since one of them was a Bomberman Ultra, I had to get a couple games in. What Is it? It’s the same Bomberman Live game that was released for XBLA, but now for PSN and with all the extra download packs…

Hideo Kojima to Keynote Game Developers Conference

Hideo Kojima, the man behind the Metal Gear series and director of Kojima Productions, will talk about creative game design challenges and the design philosophies behind the Metal Gear series at this year’s GDC. Solid Game Design: Making the Impossible Possible, will be Kojima’s first appearance at the Game Developers Conference. “The Game Developers Conference…

Scholastic Called Out For Selling Games in Schools

I was surprised. late last year, when I discovered venerable publisher Scholastic selling video games during their annual book fair at my son’s elementary school. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one. The U.S. publisher of Harry Potter books is under attack by a children’s advocacy group for marketing toys, lip gloss and video games to…

A Quick Look At Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao

Namco Bandai made up for not bringing Splatterhouse to Comic-Con to demo for us by instead showing off this little title for XBLA and PSN. What Is it? That’s what I wanted to know, too. You play as Han Tao and you’re looking to reclaim you Star of Destiny. It’s a 2D brawler where main…

The Cosplay of NYCC (Part Two)

Here is part two of our New York Comic-Con cosplay journey. Here’s part one in case you missed it earlier. Click the jump for the rest of the batch!

Update: Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. Demo Hits Consoles This Week

A downloadable demo for Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. hits the Xbox 360 on Feb. 11, Ubisoft announced today. The demo will arrive on the PC and Playstation 3 on Feb. 26, in North America. The 360 version will hit at 2 a.m. Pacific time. For those living in Europe you can get the PS3 version of…

“I’ve Heard Warm Dr. Pepper With Lemon Helps”

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Dead Rising 2! No apologies, sadly. (T_T) Been having a nagging cough today, and this week. I don’t feel sick, but I just can’t shake it. I was moaning about this on my Twitter/Facebook feed, and I got lots of helpful advice from very nice people. Best/strangest from from internet…