Archive for June, 2009

The Conduit Special Edition Unboxing

Tweet To complement Chad’s sugar-fueled post about The Conduit, here’s a nice little video of the special edition unboxing. Yeah, take that box off. You know how I like it.

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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Coming to PSP

Tweet PSP owners will be happy to hear that Rockstar Games is bringing an improved version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars to Sony’s portable this fall.

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Sega’s FPS “The Conduit” Kicks Alien Ass on the Nintendo Wii

Tweet As a kid that grew up owning a Sega Master System, I have always had a special spot in my heart for Sega. It’s nice to see that they are not only alive and kicking these days as a publisher, but working on several new titles that add value to the gaming industry.

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NintendoWares: Japanese Puzzlers, Mini Golf, Drill Sergeant and SimEarth

Tweet Another Monday, means another day full of downloads for Nintendo’s Wii and DSi. The Wii gets three different titles for the WiiWare, including new Japanese puzzle game NEVES PLUS!, and one old-school god game for the Virtual console. The DSiWare gets another Art Style game to add to the DSi Shop. Hit the jump [...]

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New Michael Jackson Game in the Works?

Tweet According to the Google translation of a Belgian gaming website 9 Lives, the king of pop (should that be capitalized?) has a new game coming out in the near future.

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Left 4 Dead 2 NOT on PS3?

Tweet Yesterday I reported that Left 4 Dead 2 seemed to be coming to PS3, as the console was listed on the game’s EA products page. Now, however, it looks like that was simply an error. The product page has been updated and now it only lists “Xbox 360, PC, PC Download.” Sorry to get [...]

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New Game Releases: 6/21 – 6/27

Tweet Boom! Out of nowhere we get one of the busiest weeks in game releases in a long time. With games like Fight Night Round 4, The Conduit, Overlord II, Dawn of Discovery and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen coming out this week, there’s just so much to choose from. Hurry and hit the jump [...]

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Left 4 Dead 2 Coming to PS3?

Tweet Valve may be opposed to porting its games to the PlayStation 3, but their publisher Electronic Arts sure the hell isn’t. A PS3 version of Left 4 Dead 2 is listed on its EA Games page, leading the internet to assume that EA will port it to the console, just as they did with [...]

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Assassin’s Creed 2 Trailer Analysis

Tweet The first Assassin’s Creed had a good amount of flaws, but it also did some awesome things, so if the sequel can keep the awesome and get rid of the bad (or turn it into awesome!) I’ll be a happy camper. That’s just a figure of speech, though. I hate camping.

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Drink Up, Rock Out: Pepsi Harmonix Rock Band Limited Edition Guitar Giveaway

Tweet Big thanks to Pepsi and Harmonix for sending us this 1 of 30 limited edition Rock Band guitars designed by artist Matt Moore. Ripten’s guitar is the Xbox 360 version and numbered 22 of 30. You can enter to win it below by leaving a comment (one per reader) and telling us why you think [...]

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Next Mortal Kombat Will Be Mature

Tweet Plenty of Mortal Kombat fans were disappointed with the series’ last outing, Mortal Kombat vs. DC. It wasn’t the DC comics crossover that fans were upset over, but the need to tone down the violence so Superman and his crew weren’t tearing heads off. But Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon has heard the fans [...]

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Bronze Samus Statue

Tweet Never underestimate a video game fan with some sort of artistic ability. This statue comes from the Deviant Art page of red3138. Check out his gallery to see his other work, which includes an equally awesome Samus Aran action figure. Have something you think we should show on Geeked-Out? Email it to us.

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Empire: Total War 50% off on Steam

Tweet Sure, I posted about Empire: Total War yesterday. This is important enough to warrant another post, though: the game is now 50% off (as is the Special Forces Edition) on Steam. If you like strategy games and don’t own this game, your “it’s too expensive” excuse is now void- this weekend. Remember, those of [...]

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Left 4 Dead Update Incoming

Tweet True to their word, Valve are going to release a Left 4 Dead update next week, focused mainly on the community maps that have been created, and pushing for more to be made in the coming months. The update includes a much better matchmaking system, support for community maps, the full, non-beta SDK release, [...]

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Splinter Cell Conviction: “No plans” to release on the PS3

Tweet In answer to an Q&A question on the Ubisoft forums, a Splinter Cell Conviction developer has noted that the game will not be released on the PlayStation 3. “Splinter Cell conviction is a true Microsoft exclusive title and there are no plans to have Splinter Cell Conviction on other platforms,” he writes. “There are [...]

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