This really isn’t a huge surprise, sinceIGN accidentally barfed upthe news last month, but Electronic Arts have officially announced that they will be bringing theirSkatefranchise to the Wii and Nintendo DS. CalledSkate It, both versions are set to ship in 2008. Much to the delight of everyone, I’m sure, the Wii version ofSkate Itwill support the Wii Balance Board, as well as the expected flicks and twists with the Wii remote....
Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello must be a very confident man, despite his company suffering an alleged $310 million dollar loss. The silver-haired Lothario has just plonked down $1 million topurchase EA stock. 42,500 shares have just been bought by the CEO, a move which followsthe revelationthat massive layoffs had been instigated within the company. Riccitiello remains clear that “the sky isn’t falling” on EA, but that the publisher is attempting to safeguard itself against the recession and manage its costs....
Prominently featuring a sultry scrubber in erotic lingerie, with tantalizing text that says, “Best free web game, play now secretly,” you’d be forgiven for thinking thatEvonywas a saucy and steamy erotic romp for your browser. You couldn’t be further from the truth, however, because these ads are the most ridiculous lies to have hit the Internet all week. Niero has been making me play the free, browser-based RTSEvonythis week, for some reason....
There’s a reason you may’t play the PSN version ofFinal Fight: Double Impactwithout an active Internet connection. It’s protected by DRM. Confused owners of the HD remakehave been reporting that it is impossible to play the game without active connections.When they try to boot the game without, they get an error message. But that’s the plan. In an official response on the matter, Capcom confirmed to us that the game is protected by DRM....
This post is for the four or five people who are still playingKillzone: Liberationon the PSP. Everyone else can go back to sleep. Gameplanet Store NZhas received word from Sony that a free download pack for the PSP top-down shooter will be made available on May 21. Players will be able to get the pack through the PSP download service or from the new launchedKillzonewebsite.
Last weekwas the conclusion of the PS3 odd debate brackets, and we certainly finished with an incredibly crazy comparison and contrast competition. With two games that are nothing alike, everyone had to give a lot of thought to how they’d vote, and for what reasons. However, in the end, the winner was clear. Here are the results: This week we move on to the Nintendo DS brackets. With the DS being an insatiable handheld gaming device with record-breaking sales, there’s no short list of games to choose from....
In thelast debate, we discussed whichMario Karttracks from the past gave us the best memories. Spanning three consoles with dozens of courses to choose from, it was a good topic to finish up our several month debate theme of “favorite multiplayer levels.” For an even more in-depth look at theMario Kartgames, I also asked everyone what their favorite items/power-ups from the entire series were. Below are the first and second place finishers from both categories:...
Today, kiosk-based game and movie rental service redbox has announced integration with social media location-tracker, foursquare. What this means is that the 10 million or so registered foursquare users can let the world know they’re renting games at one of the 27,800 redbox locations. So they can be like “Hey, I just checked in at the redbox at my local supermarket and I rentedThe Smurfs: Dance Partyfor Wii!” or whatever. Actually, you might want to keep that to yourself....
Conrad:I re-opened the door onFallout 3and am steadily progressing on a second playthrough. I picked upBomberman Act Zerobecause it was $6 and I wanted to prove to myself that it wasn’t worth that much. I was not disappointed. I also grabbedPersona 4and have just started out. I think this is going to be the game that determines whether or not I buy another J-RPG ever. If I can’t finish this one, after all of the positive things I’ve heard, I think I’m just going to give up on the genre altogether....
The second helping of Bond from Activision at gamescom nearly caused me to shatter my teeth. During a tense hands-on with the game’s driving section, I had to put my pen in my mouth so I could hold the controller, a poor decision on my part as my jaw ended up hurting for the next three hours. The moral of the story is… good grief, this game was awesome! A bit on the nose as statements go, I know, but frankly, a really good game based on the license has been some time coming....
Fable IIIis upon us in two months and Peter Molyneux had 20 minutes to talk about what he thought should take at least three hours. He wanted to talk to us about the story, the mechanics and some of the evolutions fromFable II. By now you know that as the son of the protagonist inFable II, you start as a rebel who needs to build up followers to start a rebellion that results in you becoming the king....
As the resident Xbox LIVE Arcade whore (60+ games and counting!), the prospect of community-developed games is easily my favoriteNew Xbox Experiencepack-in.Sure, you could argue that there’s probably going to be a bunch of utterly stupid titles showing up on the Community Games Channel, but even if for every tenJelly Cars there’s only oneDishwasher, I’d still consider the service to be a success.Do we have any indie developers in our midst?...
After the royal treatment the modding community gave Bethesda’s last game,The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, it only made sense we would see similar support forFallout 3. Enter the fan-made HD texture pack, a mod that adds more rocks and cracks into the mix in an effort to make the Capital Wasteland that much more … beautiful? Or should I say destroyed? PCGH has gotthe installation instructions, download links, and texture comparison shots you desire, so head on over there if you think your PC is up to the task of runningFallout 3with the new content....
