Tweet Electronic Arts has begun it’s plan to gun down the Call of Duty series in terms of FPS multiplayer and it’s “first strong attack” will be with Battlefield: Bad Company 2, according to EA European boss, Jens Uwe Intat. “In March we will launch Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which is our first strong attack [...]

Tweet Three years ago, an independent game designer decided that turning crayon scribbles into physics-based puzzling gameplay was a mighty fine idea. Two years ago, that idea won him the Independent Games Festival’s prestigious grand prize. And one year ago, he released the game for public consumption at a $20 price point. That brings us [...]

Tweet For those of you who enjoy your hot import nights, the utterly fantastic Suikoden Tierkreis has been deemed a Konami the Best Nothings Gonna Ever Keep You Down title and will be getting a re-release in the land of neon and sushi. While the Nintendo DS title wasn’t entirely loyal to the Suikoden formula, [...]

Tweet According to gossip heard from Mable during a recent game of  bridge at Blanche’s house, the reason Infinity Ward won’t commit to making a statement about Modern Warfare 3 is that they have a super secret project in the pipeline. This project? Yup, you guessed it- a Call of Duty MMO. This is entirely [...]

Tweet During a listing of events that Bungie is holding during its annual Winter Pentathlon, the Halo developer has confirmed that there is a “super secret” multiplayer mode for this year’s Halo: Reach. The mode was briefly mentioned amongst a number of events and not much was said about it other than this: “Some number [...]

Tweet It’s time to clean out some of our review copies here at Ripten, and rather then turning them into GameStop for a piddly amount, we’re going to give Ripten Twitter followers a chance to win them. Here’s the deal. Start following Ripten on Twitter if you’re not already, and Retweet this contest with the [...]

Tweet While perusing newly-crowned Ripten writer Gavin Bard’s personal site, big boss man Chad Lakkis came across a highly entertaining review of The Phantom Menace that Gavin linked to back in December. I know it’s a month old, but for those who haven’t seen it, here it is. And don’t just take my word for [...]

Tweet Retro-shmetmo, the biggest news for gamers out of Microsoft’s CES 2010 keynote was nothing more than a vague timeframe: Holiday 2010. That’s when Microsoft’s 3D webcam-cum-controller Project Natal will debut, according to company executive Robbie Bach. When it releases next holiday season, Natal promises to allow gamers to simply move their limbs to control [...]

Tweet Following a widely publicized leak earlier this evening, Microsoft tonight confirmed that they will launch “Game Room” — a new service featuring fully-functional virtual arcade machines — this Spring on both Xbox LIVE and their PC-based Games for Windows LIVE service. Developed by Krome Studios, the service will allow players to to create and [...]

Tweet There is something uniquely satisfying in watching a magazine like Vanity Fair, one with so much money and history behind it, absolutely shoot themselves in the foot with the wrong group of people. It is satisfying, but entirely infuriating, to watch so-called “traditional” media botch coverage of things like internet culture, video games, or [...]

Tweet Three years ago (exactly three years ago, even) Microsoft announced that the Xbox 360 would support IPTV, effectively turning your Xbox into a set-top box. Up until now, everyone had forgotten this functionality was even mentioned, but Microsoft brought the idea back to life during their CES conference today, saying that AT&T U-Verse subscribers [...]

Tweet I’ve always said that exclusive content for consoles suck. For a company to actually go out of its way and pay exorbitant amounts of cash just to ensure that certain gamers don’t receive certain content is more malicious than it is helpful. Microsoft, however, doesn’t see things the way that I do. During their [...]

Tweet According to a website that has pictures of pages from a Japanese gaming magazine, and I really can’t think of a more reliable source than that, Dissidia: Final Fantasy may be finding its way to the PS3 and Xbox 360 in the future. While there is currently no announcement or proof of this anywhere [...]

Tweet Microsoft’s Channel 9 community site has accidentally posted a video interview with Robbie Bach, President of the Entertainment & Devices Division, before Microsoft’s annual CES press conference set for 6:30pm PST tonight. According to Joystiq, the pulled video (which can be found here) confirms a 2010 Project Natal launch, which shouldn’t be that much [...]

Tweet Last week, people were left scratching their heads over Marvel: Ultimate Alliance’s DLC pulling a Shadowcat from the PSN store and disappearing through a wall. The incrimental expansion that included Psylocke, Cable, and Carnage simply vanished into an alternate Earth without any warning. Finally the explanation has come down to us, and like I [...]