Archive for February, 2009

PC Review: Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box

Tweet Burnout Paradise was one of the best-received games of 2008 on the consoles, and is currently hailed as one of the best racing games this generation. A year later, and the game has had a multitude of downloadable content, all substantial and mostly free. This is aggregated in “The Ultimate Box” released for PS3, [...]

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Gundam Musou 2 Gets New Scenario in Japan for Valentines?

Tweet Report from Famitsu that the sequel to Dynasty Warriors Gundam, cleverly titled Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 or Gundam Musou 2 in Japan is getting five new scenarios to download on February 12th.  One is even themed!

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Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack Coming in March

Tweet Call of Duty: World at War fans rejoice! I’ve heard all the bickering and bitching online about wanting new maps, well, your bitching has finally paid off. COD: World at War is finally receiving a multiplayer map pack in March with four brand new maps for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The four [...]

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Gears Ten-Year Plan: Lancer Next Lightsaber

Tweet Guys and commitment do not usually go hand in hand. Most of us cringe at the idea of a five yea car loan — so how would we feel about a ten year long ride involving the mass murder of Locust? I’m pretty sure we could deal with that. In a recent discussion durring the [...]

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Left 4 Dead survival mode details

Tweet A while back, Valve announced some downloadable content for Left for Dead on 360 and PC. The announcement mentioned a new game mode to be released: “Survivor” mode. GameTrailers TV have revealed what this new mode will involve. According to the video, up to four players will attempt to set records on surviving hordes [...]

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Wii-kly Virtual Console and WiiWare Update

Tweet Another Monday, another update to the Wii’s Virtual Console and WiiWare Channels. Some pretty good ones this week with LIT for the WiiWare, a horror/puzzle game involving creatures of the night taking over a high school, and a SEGA Genesis oldie in Wolf of the Battlefield: MERCS. I’ve posted the trailer for LIT below [...]

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New Game Releases: Jan. 8 – Jan. 14

Tweet This week in game releases is just a tad bit better than last week’s, well, that’s if you like half-naked female protagonists in your video games. I know for a fact that I don’t mind it at all, hell, I prefer it. Oh, and the fact that there’s more than just a handful of [...]

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Sony grants license to develop content for Home

Tweet In a presentation recently done in Japan, Sony has revealed an extensive list of companies that have been granted license to develope content for Sony’s Home platform.

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New Mass Effect DLC underway

Tweet According to IGN, it is reported that new Mass Effect downloadable content is in the works. This comes from an interview conducted by Cinemablend.com which explains how Jay Watamaniuk, Bioware Community Manager, revealed that a second Mass Effect DLC episode is coming soon.

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Dead Rising 2 announced

Tweet Capcom today confirmed that Dead Rising 2 is indeed a game that will exist at some point in the future. Set in Las Vegas Fortune City, Capcom promises thousands of zombies and plenty of new weapons to kill them brutally with. The game, being developed by Blue Castle, will be available on Xbox 360, [...]

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Gears of War PC lives!

Tweet A few weeks ago, Gears of War for the PC died. Well, good news- Destructoid reports that the game is back up and running by way of a patch. Now you can set your system clock to the right time again, GoW PC fans! Is everyone excited?

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Left 4 Dead getting new game mode, Versus maps, SDK

Tweet Left 4 Dead 411 reports that Valve have announced a host of new content for Left 4 Dead. The new game mode is entitled “Survivor” mode, but alas, no details other than that at this point. From the name I’d guess some sort of “last man standing” type mode- although I could well be [...]

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Halo Wars Demo Now Up on XBL Marketplace

Tweet Ensemble Studio’s RTS twist on the Halo universe, Halo Wars, is now available for Xbox Live Gold Subscribers to download and try out for themselves. In the demo, players will be able to play the first two campaign missions and the Skirmish mode on one of the 14 multiplayer maps. Weighing a heavy 1.4GB, [...]

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Crytek buys Free Radical

Tweet Late last year, Free Radical Design fell into administration, thanks to the wonderful recession gracing our fair world. Well, good news has arrived- Crytek have bought up the company and saved 43 jobs. Free radical is the developer of the fantastic Timesplitters series (and unfortunately the forgettable Haze), and Crytek is behind big-name games [...]

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Dead Space heading to Wii

Tweet Destructoid reports that Dead Space is heading to Nintendo’s box o’ fun. EA CEO John Riccitiello announced that EA are hoping to “bring a lot of core intellectual property to the Wii”- if you strip away the PR speak, this means we’ll start to see titles like Dead Space and Mirror’s Edge coming to [...]

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