Archive for March, 2009

APB Getting Voice Chat Courtesy of Vivox

Tweet Image Property of Ruddi03 at VGBoxArt RealTime Worlds’ upcoming PC MMO, All Points Bulletin, will be getting very noisy come its release. Vivox has announced today that they’ll be lending a helping hand to RealTime Worlds for the voice chat in All Points Bulletin. Vivox will allow APB players to alter their voices in [...]

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OnLive: Doing What the Infinium Phantom Couldn’t

Tweet At this year’s Game Developers Conference, currently taking place in San Francisco, Rearden Studios announced their new PC-on-your-TV game system, OnLive. The new console will be offering an on-demand PC games service allowing gamers to purchase games, download demos and add-ons straight from their OnLive console. I’m not sure about the rest of you, [...]

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What In The World Is GOW2: Dark Corners?

Tweet The image you see above comes straight from the Asian Xbox Live Marketplace site, where intrepid net-surfers found a product page for the upcoming Gears of War 2 DLC, titled Dark Corners. You remember Dark Corners, right? The DLC that gives you.. stuff.. with the, uh…darker… Yeah, no, I’ve never heard of it either. [...]

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GDC09: PS3 Firmware 2.70 “Definately This Week” Says Developers

Tweet Over at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, a developer has confirmed that PlayStation 3 firmware v2.70 will be releasing this week, saying that developers have just gotten it in their hands yesterday. “PS3 Firmware 2.70 definitely this week. Developers got it yesterday.” Expect an announcement within the next few days. Source

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Wii Punch-Out!! Compatible with Balance Board, Nunchuk, and Classic Remote Play

Tweet According to the Nintendo.it Italian press release translated a few moments ago, it appears that the upcoming Punch-Out!! remake for the Nintendo Wii console will offer three ways for gamers to interact with the title. The first will allow the use of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to reproduce the on-screen moment, while the [...]

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GDC09: “OnLive” System Streams 720p Real-Time Gaming to your TV, PC, or Mac

Tweet Want maxed out Crysis quality graphics on your computer or television without having to buy the game up front, or better yet, dump thousands of dollars into a PC that can support it? Well, the team at Rearden Studios promises that “OnLive” will be just that. The brainchild technology is the result of seven [...]

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New Game Releases: 3/22 – 3/28

Tweet Oops! I know I’m a day or two late on the new game releases post, but better late than never I say. As for the new games this week, we’ve got a bunch to choose from, with each system getting some new titles. But, quite honestly, there’s not much I’m really excited for this [...]

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Gazillion Hopes for Bazillions with Marvel MMO Deal

Tweet Tired of the constant nerf fest that is Blizzard’s World of Warcraft? Or maybe you are just looking for a break from Azeroth that doesn’t involve getting a job or anything remotely related to life in the “real world”. Well, if you answered yes to any of those questions and at one point in [...]

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Final Fantasy XIII Demo Hitting US this June with Advent Children Blu-ray Release?

Tweet Reports are in that US production of the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Blu-ray are complete and that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment plans to release it stateside sometime in June. Blu-ray.com also reports a slew of features, the most interesting being an “Exclusive Sneak Peek at FINAL FANTASY XIII”. Nothing is confirmed at this [...]

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GDC09: OXM Twitter Promises “Very Cool Stuff” from Microsoft Tomorrow

Tweet Ooooooh!!!! Not just cool — very cool! Yeah, the fellas over at Official Xbox Magazine are tweeting away making me wish my console wasn’t out of commission (I’m too lazy to ship it back to MS for red ring repair) because there is apparently some pretty darn cool stuff in store for us all [...]

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Halo 3 Mythic DLC and Gears 2 Snowblind DLC Coming Soon

Tweet The 1490 entrants of our Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack contest that didn’t win can soon take solace in the fact that the Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack (as well as the Gears of War 2 Snowblind DLC) will soon be hitting XBL. Major Nelson announced today that the Gears of War 2 DLC [...]

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First Madden 10 Screenshot Revealed

Tweet It has been a vague thought of mine that this year’s Madden title will go down as one of the best in the 20+ year franchise. Each week that thought becomes even more evident as new information is released. This week however is a special one because we now have the very first official [...]

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Blizzard Policy Update Prevents Addon Devs from Charging/Requesting In-Game Donations

Tweet Chances are, that if you have played World of Warcraft for any substantial period of time, you have heard the name of a few helpful addons used by many of loyal subscribers. In fact, the majority of WoW gamers today are lost without them. If you don’t believe me, ask a few what they [...]

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GDC09 Coverage Kicks Off Today

Tweet GDC09 has started, and Ripten’s Emily Balistrieriand Jon Zungre will be there covering the event for our readers. Let us know if there is something specific you would like us to take a peak at while we are there.  Full press release after the jump.

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New Punch-Out!! Wii Trailer Packs Impressive Animation & Jaw-Breaking Knockouts

Tweet A new trailer surfaced today courtesy of Rawmeatcowboy over at GoNintendo and the return of Little Mac looks better and better with each new glimpse. I bought the Nintendo Wii when it first came out but returned it shortly after that because I just wasn’t playing with the damn thing. Punch-Out!! may be the [...]

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