Archive for December, 2009

Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta Coming In May?

Tweet With the (rather underwhelming) Halo: Reach trailer being shown off at the Video Game Awards last night, it’s not uncommon for people to scour the internet looking for more information about the game. We don’t know very much about Reach, but the narrative trailer showed us that it would indeed be an origins-type story, [...]

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Final Fantasy XIII Demo Coming State Side Next Week? Square Enix Twitter Tease Gives Hope

Tweet Update: Sonia Im has posted another tweet stating that this will NOT be a demo. A recent Twitter post by Square Enix Senior PR Manager Sonia Im contains an interesting photo (shown above) with the following statement: “The memo inside hinted at something cool most of you can participate in a few days from [...]

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Crackdown 2 “Would You Like To Blow Shit Up With Me?” Track Based On Richard Swift Love Song

Tweet The catchy tune “Would You Like To Blow Shit Up With Me?” has been stuck in the heads of many since we first heard it last night in the Crackdown 2 VGA 09 trailer. Well, thanks  to the wonderful world of Twitter, and some well connected writers on staff, we are  happy to tell [...]

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New Medal of Honor Trailer Released

Tweet The VGAs have pumped out a lot of content over the last few days, with loads of announcements and trailers being released. Here’s yet another, for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 the new Medal of Honor game. Obviously EA are competing for Infinity Ward’s “Modern shooter” spot, and the trailer makes this even [...]

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The Penguin, Two Face, Catwoman, & Black Mask Join Joker As Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 Villains?

Geoff Keighley posted a tweet nine hours ago asking his followers if they happened to pick up on any of the villain reveals in the Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 trailer revealed on Spike TV’s Video Game Awards show last night. This prompted me to watch the trailer a few times over to see if I could spot any of them myself …

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VGA 09 Impressions: Trailers, F-Bombs, Amazon Women, & Scrotum References

Tweet Spike’s 2009 Video Game Awards are over, and instead of scrutinizing the winners and losers, I’m going to talk about the shows presentation. Highlights included several f-bombs, various half-naked amazon women standing lifelessly on the stage as different awards are being announced and accepted, and multiple references to balls (testicles) — very awkward. If [...]

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VGA09: Spec Ops & True Crime Announced

Tweet Tonight at the VGAs we saw multiple game announcements. Two of those games were True Crime and Spec Ops.

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VGA09: Does The Halo Reach In-Game Footage Scream Best Game of 2010?

Tweet The Halo Reach footage flew across my screen moments ago, and while I can admit it that the shiny new in-game graphical treatment looked good, I just don’t see the best game of 2010 “by far” quality that Geoff Keighley predicted written all over it. With multiple sequels already under their belt, I’m curious [...]

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VGA09: Uncharted 2 Wins Game of the Year

Tweet Uncharted 2: Among Thieves takes the cake as Spike TVs 2009 VGA game of the year. Having just finished it two nights ago, I totally agree with this outcome. The game was simply amazing (even though you still can’t crouch without being behind low cover). Great job to the team at Naughty Dog. Well [...]

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VGA09: Star Wars Force Unleashed 2 Announced

Tweet I didn’t personally play the original Force Unleashed, but our former writer John Kershaw (who now runs a site called Negative Gamer) made it very clear to anyone that asked that he didn’t really enjoy the game as much as he hoped he would. Let’s hope for John that the sequel is better. Check [...]

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VGA09: Mike Tyson Is One Scary Fat Man

Tweet It looks like Iron Mike has been scarfing down a lot more than ears lately — though I’d never say that to his face. Looking good Mike.

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VGA09: Green Day Rock Band Edition

Tweet The Video Game Awards just announced a new Rock Band “Green Day” Edition. You excited? I may consider buying it if it includes the secret track “I Was All By Myself.”

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VGA09: Crackdown 2 Trailer Asks, Would You Like To Blow Shit Up With Me?

Tweet Yes. Yes I would. The VGAs just showed off a slightly more in-depth look at the Crackdown sequel complete with zombie like creatures that will hopefully give us more of a run for our money this time around. On a separate note, I like the slogan and the song. How about you?

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VGA09: Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 Announced (Video)

Batman, Joker, Harley, and the rest of the Arkham bunch will be coming back for seconds. Rocksteady opened up the Video Game Awards on Spike TV by announcing Batman: Arkham Asylum 2. Watch the trailer below …

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Final Fantasy XIII, The PS2 Version That Never Was

Tweet Final Fantasy XIII will be hitting us state side March 9th on the PS3 and 360, but the next gen title was first developed on the PS2 console before ultimately changing platforms. In an interview found inside the Final Fantasy XIII World Preview guide book, the game’s director, Motomu Toriyama, and producer, Yoshinori Kitase, [...]

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