Archive for January, 2010

Trade in Digital Releases with Green Man Gaming

Tweet Green Man Gaming was revealed today (site obviously still under construction), with the promise of users being able to “trade in” their digitally-purchased titles much like you can with physical copies in videogame shops. “We will pay significant royalties to the publisher each time the game is traded in perpetuity,” says Gian Luzio, the [...]

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Final Fantasy Coming to iPhone

Tweet Square Enix has confirmed that they are bringing ports of both the original Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II to the iPhone. Release date and price have yet to be announced, but what we do know is that they will be ports of the PSP versions that were released a few years ago and [...]

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Bioshock 2 System Requirements: Go Away SecuROM, You’re Not Welcome Here

Tweet Bioshock 2′s system requirements have been published today, and guess what? Our little friend SecuROM is hidden away, cackling to itself in a way only the most evil beings know how. Alright, there’s no limit on installations this time, but honestly I won’t be happy until SecuROM goes away for good. By the way, [...]

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GameStop Leaks Eleven Halo: Reach Gameplay Images

Tweet GameStop, also known to some as EB Games, has allowed a few Halo: Reach gameplay images to hit the web. Game Informer subscribers may or may not have seen some of these images already depending on whether or not they’ve got their copy of the gaming mag yet. All in all the screens look [...]

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Dragon Age Fans Still Waiting for New DLC

Tweet There have already been two new content releases for BioWare’s Epic RPG Dragon Age: Origins. Both Warden’s Keep and The Stone Prisoner were released with the original game and made available for download immediately. However, a 3rd piece of DLC, “Return to Ostagar” was slated for release on Jan 5th,  it was then delayed [...]

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Sega Monkey-ing Around With Real-Life Chiquita Bananas

Tweet When you’re in the middle of a frantic session of Super Monkey Ball, does it make you want to reach for a nice, ripe banana? When you’re shopping for bananas at your local supermarket, does it make you want to play a frantic banana-grabbing session of Super Monkey Ball? The game’s developer, Sega, and [...]

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Pre-Release Crackdown 2 Demo Confirmed, No Date Specified

Tweet Fans of the first Crackdown, like myself, will be able to experience the sequel in demo format prior to the game’s release much like they did with the original. In an interview with IGN, Crackdown 2 Producer, James Cope, revealed the following: “You can definitely expect a demo to hit Live before the game [...]

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Mass Effect 2 DLC Plans Reveal “Cerebus Network” Aimed At Minimizing Piracy and Discouraging Used Game Purchases

Tweet BioWare has just announced their plans for the first two DLC additions to Mass Effect 2, and both will be accessible free to those who buy the game new via a new platform the company is calling “The Cerberus Network (TCN).” Non used game buyers will be able to use TCN to download the [...]

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Amazon.com PS3 BioShock 2 Pre-Order Offer: Recieve Nicest Big Daddy Suit No One Will Ever See (PlayStation Home)

Tweet Amazon.com is giving away a PlayStation Home Big Daddy suit for gamers who pre-order the Special Edition BioShock 2 game for the PlayStation 3. Access to the stunning piece of virtual attire will be granted to you via a code you’ll receive within “ten business days” after the game’s release. All in all, the suit looks nice and [...]

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Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver Getting Pre-order Bonuses

Tweet Nintendo have today announced that they will be providing pre-order customers of Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver with one of two Pokémon figures. If you pre-order Soul Silver, you get the Lugia figure, which as you can see is a decent-looking figure. If you pre-order Heart Gold, you get the completely shit Ho-oh [...]

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New Game Releases: 1/17-1/23

Tweet This week in new game releases finally brings us Capcom’s long overdue sci-fi action game, Dark Void, for the 360, PS3 and PC. And I’m shocked to see the PS2 get a new game release in 2010 with Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, which also hits the PSP too. Other than that not much else [...]

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Hellgate: London Will Return to North America, Europe This Year

Tweet HanbitSoft has finally made good on their promise. They’ve acquired the rights to Hellgate: London in North America and Europe, and intend to start up service in both territories later this year. Two weeks from today, it will have been exactly one year since Namco Bandai shut down the servers, presumably for good, with [...]

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ESRB Gives Heavy Rain Mature Rating, Spoils Plot For All

Tweet As our own Dan Landis once said, “It’s okay to cut someone in half with your chainsaw bayonet … as long as you don’t show any nipple.” Unfortunately, Heavy rain is light on the chainsaw mounted firepower and heavy on the flesh exposing cocaine usage. Well, I wouldn’t exactly say “heavy”, but the lovely ESRB seemed [...]

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GTA: Chinatown Wars Comes to iPhone

Tweet Rockstar have today released (warning: that’s an iTunes direct link) Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars fro the iPhone. It’s the full game: the one that appeared on both the DS and PSP- and it’s only $9.99. Obviously a bit pricey for an app, but it’s the full ($30 on other platforms) game, remember. I [...]

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Ripten Review: Torchlight

Tweet Torchlight came out about a month or two ago and I just couldn’t see the point of spending 20 dollars to play a single player Diablo clone.  Thanks to the holiday sale from Steam I was able to pick this up for a very meager price and give it my once over.

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