With the staggering amount of new and exciting games on the horizon, it’s easy for some to get lost in the frenzy.Kane & Lynch: Dead Menis one such title that I personally keep forgetting about, but then perking up in excitement every time I’m reminded. I really must write all these games down in a notebook.Eidos Interactive’s squad-based shooter promises to be a dark and gritty thriller of a ride, and I’m already sold....
Do you guys rememberAdventurefor the Atari 2600? No, you don’t, because the game was released in 1979. My mom was 21 years old at the time and, for all intents and purposes, she probably rode a pterodactyl to work.
A few months ago, whenAlien Crush Returnswasannounced, I expressed some concern over the DLC options. My fear was that, while I’m all in favor of coughing up a few dollars here and there for additional levels, the mention of specially-powered balls would result in a microtransactional minefield of pointless content. It appears that my concern may have been unnecessary.According to Siliconera, DLC is being released for the game at no charge....
It looks likeour guess from a few days ago was correct. A few days ago we came across Amazon’s listing of Xbox 360’s for $329.99, which was $20 cheaper than the recently announced price cut. As these were not listed in any special way, we guessed that Amazon wanted to clear out the non-HDMI models of the console to make way for the new ones. Thelisting is now back at the normal priceof $349....
Last year Americans spent $168 million in mobile virtual goods. Wasn’t there a recession last year? A study called ‘Magid Media Futures 2010 Wireless and Consumers’ figures that 23 percent of our country’s population owns smartphones, and that about 45 percent of them use their phones to game. When you break all the data down, 16 percent of those gamers spend an average of $41 a year on in-game virtual goods....
A week and a half ago,GamePro trumpetedthe exclusive story onResistance 2that would be appearing in their August issue — specifically, that “FREEResistance 2beta codes” would be offered inside. The Internet was abuzz with speculation on how that would play out, and now we’ve got something of an idea. A screencap of the Web site can be seen above. The only thing on the site that explicitly hints at a relation toR2is the appearance, in multiple locations, of the original game’s star logo....
EA DICE just revealed the minimum and recommended hardware specs for its two upcoming PC releases:Battlefield: Bad Company 2andBF: 1943. As we imagined, both Frostbite engine-powered games will demand someoomphfrom fresher gaming rigs. In fact, the studio recommends no less than a Quadcore processor and a GeForce GTX 260. If that’s a problem, don’t get too blue — the minimum specs revealed viathe officialBFblogleads us to believe that a Core 2 Duo can handle the on-field destruction as well....
Ubisoft is about to dropMichael Jackson: The Experienceon to PS3 and Xbox 360 next week, so they’re pulling out the big guns. By that, I mean releasing an ad focused on Kinect functionality in the Xbox version of the game featuring “Smooth Criminal.” As dopey as the opening mimicry of the music video is, with its modern-era dress and suburban living room vibe probably the polar opposite of the King of Pop’s “Club 30’s,” I got into it a little bit as the trailer wore on....
The Internet loves picking up on little things like job listings and then blowing them out of proportion, as if they always actually mean something. Take this new 2K Games job listing for a UI Programmer forBioShock 2thatCubed3 foundonGamasutrafor instance. The listing says that they’re looking for someone with experience developing for next-generation game consoles, specifically the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and — wait for it — the Wii.BioShockcoming to the Wii confirmed?...
Australian dev Krome Studios has announced that it will be bringing its action adventure title,Blade Kitten, to PlayStation Network this spring. If you’re asking “WTF’s a ‘blade kitten’?”, your answer can be found on the officialBlade KittenWeb site. It’s a comic series, created by Krome’s co-founder and creative director, Steve Stamatiadis. For reference, Stamatiadis also createdTy the Tasmanian Tiger. InBlade Kitten, players take control over Kit Ballard, a part cat, part girl bounty hunter who rides an alien mount named Noot....
Where there is a trendy new affliction, there is an expert with the answer. Thus it is that Britain is now host to itsvery first “game addiction” clinicinWeston-super-Mare, Somerset. Broadway Lodge treats about four hundred patients every year for drug abuse, alcoholism and gambling problems, but has recently extended its reach to videogames, adopting the Minnesota Method Twelve-Step program to ween youngsters off those crazy videogames. “…I would stick my neck out and say between five and ten per cent of parents or partners would say they know of someone addicted to an online game,” says chief executive Brian Dudley....
Sorry, but I don’t want to wear glasses. Not 3D ones, anyway. My dream of being able to appreciate 3D without glasses and headache might be coming true. CES has shown off glasses-free televisions before, but they were all easy to shrug off as something that wasn’t quite up to snuff. This year Sony has some new products that actually have me wanting 3D in my home. They showed off a couple of OLED and LCD sets that require nothing but your two eyeballs to see 3D....
If you’re becoming impatient the October 4 release date of Dark Souls, theJapanese webpage forDark Soulshas a few goodies to hold you over for a bit From Software’s page has been updated with music samples from the game’s soundtrack. We’re not talking a couple of little turdy teasers, either. There’s 23 samples here to check out, and they all sound like you’re about to get eaten, or you’re on fire or something....
