GameTalk with DJ Mochi Pet

I’ve been on the hunt for thousands of years looking for the all elusive, ultra rare one of a kindaMochi Pet!I have searched high and low, from mountain tops to the deepest ravines in the amazon, only to find nothing! It never occurred to me to find this Purple Dinosaur I should probably be looking forMochi Petin a night club. Where you will find him slamming down his masterful jams likeMaster P on the Atariand other killer tracks like a remix ofDevo’s Whip It....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Richard Mayer

Gardening Mama shows off her green thumb in new trailer

While I can’t deny that there’s something borderline sexist in all of Mama’s girly activities, there’s also something kind of fun about them (although maybe I think so because I have a vagina). If you agree, check out this new trailer forGardening Mamaas the famously cute lady gets out of the kitchen to try out her planting skills. The game comes out in April for Nintendo DS. No word on whether this will make its way to the Wii or not, but considering the success of the previous Mama titles I’d say the chances are good....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · Matthew Webb

GET ON STEAM! HELP UNLOCK PORTAL 2 EARLY

[Update:The countdown has hit zero and the results are … unique!Portal 2might unlock early but Aperture Science needs more data to do it! A new site has opened that says you can “help unlock Portal 2 early” by playing theindie games featured in the ARG. The more CPUs playing the games, the more power there is. WTF!? Crazy stuff! Now stop reading this and DO IT!] Valve loves to mess with everybody’s head, and the latest psychological trick is this mysteriousAperture Science timer, which is currently a few short hours away from reaching zero....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · Matthew Livingston

Ghosts ‘N Goblins only $2.99, not actually impossible

While some would argue that it was a poor idea for Capcom to bring the notoriously difficultGhosts ‘ N Goblinsto the iPhone, no one is listening. Yesterday,Ghosts ‘N Goblins: Gold Knighthit the App Store for the nice price of $2.99. The game gives players the option to take control of Arthur or Lancelot, and while both basically control the same, their armor and available weapon sets differ slightly. The game looks pretty nice running on the iPhone, with updated 3D graphics remiscent ofUltimate Ghosts N’ Goblinsfor the PlayStation Portable....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 315 words · Richard Duffy

Globetrotters: A four-player party game for iPad

Here’s an iPad-only four-player party game calledGlobetrotters. It was originally conceived as a Flash game last month, and now it’s being prepped for Apple’s tablet computer. It comes from known iPhone devs studio radiolars and Broken Rules, the folks behindAnd Yet It Moves. The two studios have come together to create independent games labelBroken Radio Games, a platform for collaboratively developed experimental games. InGlobetrotters, up to four players will play on the same iPad, trying to catch stars in space with a jet pack before any other player does, bouncing from planet to planet Running on the surface of a planet slowly shrinks it until it is gone....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 168 words · Jacqueline Walker

God Hand: Get yo’ spank on!

GameVideos has a ton of newGod Handgameplay, and one of my personal favorites is shown above. It’s pretty easy to say that this is one of my most anticipated PlayStation 2 titles coming out this year. In fact, I’d say I prefer it over much anything else … except maybeBully… maybe.Check out the other videos after the jump.

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 58 words · Kim Gonzalez

Going to PAX East? Make sure to check out Limbo

Here’s your chance to see what all the fuss overLimbois about. Developer PlayDead will have the Independent Games Festival award-winning Xbox LIVE Arcade title on full display at PAX East. Be sure to stop by booth #811 for some personal time with the playable demo if you’re attending the convention. I say this because the game looks legitimately interesting and not because Dale,who loves the game, is forcing me to type these positive remarks....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 105 words · Terry Wilson MD

Groundhog Day: Final Fantasy Tactics

[For February, ourMonthly Musingasks you to tell us about a specific game you just keep coming back to and replaying over and over again. meteorscrap brings you today’s promoted Musing — a look at why he lovesFinal Fantasy Tacticsso much, and some new ways to play the game to extend the replayability even further. Want to participate in the Musing yourself? Head over to the CBlogs and write one now! — JRo]...

August 3, 2025 · 7 min · 1401 words · Matthew Reeves

Halo 3 makes $170 Million in the US on first day sales

Looks like Microsoft called it —they toppedSpider-Man 3′s sales. Hell, they topped a lot of things, but can you honestly be surprised by this news?Halo 3has become the biggest selling item in US entertainment history. “Halo 3has become a pop-culture phenomenon,” said Shane Kim, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios. “Not only is “Halo 3” setting sales records, it’s also redefining entertainment. Looking back at everything, it’s hard to imagine that Microsoft bought Bungie for only $50 million....

August 3, 2025 · 4 min · 820 words · Michael Glass

Happy New Year’s gift: Darksiders drops July 27, 2025

I know exactly what I’ll be doing this New Year’s Day while trying to shake off my hangover. No, not hoofing up bourbon — I’ll be playingDarksiders. THQ hadDarksiderson display at E3, alongside their super sexy booth babes and such. But their booth was tucked away in the corner of a hall. Of course, that didn’t stop a constant, multi-day drove of journalists from hogging up the booths and game stations....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 153 words · Joshua Hernandez

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: 30 Seconds of Screaming

Ash and I briefly toyed with making an April Fool’s HAWP where we get along together and really cliche Dido music plays or something, but instead we decided to dothis. And yes, that is a picture of my dog kissing K-9 fromDoctor Who. I ran out of pictures of my sister a long time ago.

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 55 words · Anna Fritz

It’s the Assassin’s Creed video extravaganza!

If you woke up this morning wondering what a bunch of mixed martial arts fighters thought aboutAssassin’s Creed 2, today is your lucky day. Ubisoft has put a promo spot together where professional MMA fighters make tenuous links to the upcoming title, and it’s actually quite entertaining. “”When I’m inside the cage by myself, there’s nobody else I can rely on,” says Brandon Vera, “It’s kind of like the assassin. He’s on his own....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Leslie Myers

Just Dance 2: the best selling third party Wii game ever

According to NPD figures,Just Dance 2has now sold more copies in nine months than any other third party game on the Wii ever released. These games sell like hotcakes, especially in Europe where seemingly everyone among the Wii’s target audience has at least oneJust Dancegame. President of Ubisoft North America Laurent Detoc is obviously really happy with the news, saying it “solidifies the Just Dance brand as a pop culture phenomenon....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 166 words · Larry Gamble