Archive for July, 2009

30,000 people sign petition against ban on violent games in Germany

Tweet 30,000 people have signed this petition against the ban on all violent games in Germany, reports GameZine. The ban is set to be put into place on the 27th of September, but the public, or at least 30,000 of them, are certainly fighting this, and rightly so. Banning things is never the answer (except [...]

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Plants vs. Zombies likely coming to other platforms

Tweet In an interview with Kombo, PopCap Games’ PR director Garth Chouteau has noted that the highly acclaimed Plants vs. Zombies will follow its cousin Peggle onto other platforms: XBLA, PSN- even the DS and iPhone. Chouteau is quoted by Kombo on the matter: …Peggle for XBLA is a good example of a game that [...]

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Modern Warfare 2 Box Art

Tweet The box art for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been revealed by Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling. Also worth noting is the fact that, after a little back-and-forth action, it looks like the Call of Duty moniker is official. Hit the jump for the full picture.

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The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall released for free

Tweet Bethesda have today released the second of the Elder Scrolls series as a free download to all. The game, as with all of the Elder Scrolls series, is set in a huge fantasy land, with the two provinces in Daggerfall being Hammerfell and High Rock, the homes of the Redguards and Bretons. Old games [...]

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Marvel vs. Capcom 2 coming to XBLA July 29

Tweet Destructoid reports that the full XBLA release of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 will happen on none other than July 29, 2009. The PSN release is not known at this point, although it is likely to be a very similar date. The game is also set to be sold at a price of 1200 MS [...]

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Fuel PC demo out now

Tweet RPS reports that the PC demo of the huge open-world racer Fuel is out now for anyone to try- you can download it from here if you’re interested. I’m downloading it as I write this, as I’m eager to see what the game is like. I’ve been playing Burnout Paradise on my PC a [...]

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Fight Night Round 4 getting new DLC and face button control scheme

Tweet For those of you who have played Fight Night Round 4, you probably noticed (and were surprised) that there wasn’t an option to change the control scheme and use the face buttons to play like in previous Fight Night games. Well EA is about to fix that with an update coming later this summer [...]

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This is the second largest set of Monkey Island Special Edition comparison shots I’ve ever seen!

Tweet Destructoid have posted a set of comparison shots between the upcoming Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition and the original game. The best part about the update is that whichever set you prefer, at the touch of a button in-game, you can switch between them. Personally, I’m leaning more toward the old style: I [...]

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Left 4 Dead 2 adds subtle Shaun of the Dead reference

Tweet As you can see in the (brilliant) above image, Valve have revealed a certain sports bat will be featured in Left 4 Dead 2. Yes, the cricket bat, likely a homage to the fantastic zombie film Shaun of the Dead, will be available for use. Perhaps I should be berated for posting something that [...]

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Halo 3: ODST Maps Revealed

Tweet Yes, you read that right. There is another set of multiplayer maps coming out for Halo 3, no joke. When ODST launches this fall, it will come packed with a Halo 3 multiplayer map disk complete with three new maps. And if you’re thinking the picture above looks a lot like “Midship” from Halo [...]

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Xbox 360 to host 1 vs 100 complete with Xbox Live Points as Prize

Tweet 1 vs 100, the new Xbox Live online game show for the 360, will feature prizes of Xbox Live Arcade games and Microsoft Points beginning this week. Starting July 10 at 7 p.m. PST, Xbox Live Gold Members will have the chance to win up to 10,000 MP in every round played in 1 [...]

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Best Buy to bundle Killzone 2 and MGS4 with 80GB PS3 (Update)

Tweet A week after releasing an 80 GB PS3 bundle with LittlelBigPlanet and Wall-E, Best Buy will soon be offering an 80GB PS3 bundle packaged with both Killzone 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4 for $399.99, according to rumors and the above pic that has been spreading around the web. It’s said that Best Buy [...]

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NintendoWares: BIT. TRIP CORE is WiiWare’s 100th Game

Tweet Another Monday, another fun day with new Nintendo downloads for the Wii and DSi. This week is packed full of Wii titles with a total of four, including the 100th game for the WiiWare, BIT. TRIP CORE, an action and rhythm arcade-style game. The WiiWare gets two other titles including BUST-A-MOVE PLUS! and Heracles [...]

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New Game Releases: 7/5 – 7/11

Tweet The summer drought has arrived. Not much going on this week other than Battlefield 1943 and The Bigs 2. Oh, and Street Fighter IV for you PC addicts. Looks like another week to catch up on games we haven’t finished yet. Hit the jump for the full list of new games and my pick [...]

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Review: Sacred 2

Tweet What do you get when you take Diablo 2, make the plot even more undecipherable and convoluted, and make random loot even more important?  You get Sacred 2, a great game to play if you don’t care about anything other than mindlessly killing monsters because they happen to be in a circle on your [...]

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