Archive for February, 2010

New Game Releases: 2/28 – 3/6

Tweet The first week of March gives us a pretty nice array of new video game releases as Modern Warfare 2′s biggest opposition, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, finally hits stores and baseball season starts in the video game world with MLB 2K10 and MLB 10: The Show also coming out. Oh, don’t let me forgot [...]

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Extended God of War III Footage on GameTrailers TV

Tweet March 16th will mark the release of the latest God of War game on the PlayStation 3, but until then you can check out some kick ass exclusive footage of the game courtesy of GameTrailers TV and Geoff Keighley.

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StarCraft II Beta Thoughts

Tweet When the sequel was first announced, many players of the original met the news with excited apprehension – would their beloved StarCraft have the same magic as the first? Would there be too many changes as to render the sequel unidentifiable from the first? Where would they take one of the most amazing Real [...]

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Kitase Believes Personable Characters Drive Demand For Final Fantasy VII Remake, Still No Plans For Remake

Tweet In an interesting interview with 1up, Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase (also the director behind FFVIII in 1997), talks about why he thinks so many fans desperately want a Final Fantasy VII remake. Here’s a bit of what he had to say:

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Final Fantasy I and II Now Available on iPhone/iPod Touch

Tweet Looking for a bit of Final Fantasy lovin’ and can’t wait any longer for Final Fantasy XIII? Well, here’s something that might hold you over till FFXIII is out: both Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II are now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch for $9 each.

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Ripten Review: Star Trek Online

Tweet Captain’s log, stardate 2010.33 I have been thrust directly into a world of intrigue and excitement. My life as a space captain began without much warning, as I found myself playing a large part in rescuing a Federation ship from the evil Borg. My reward for these heroics is my very own ship- kind [...]

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Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid: Other M, Others Dated at Nintendo’s Media Summit

Tweet Big news coming out of Nintendo’s US Media Summit in San Francisco today with the announcement of Super Mario Galaxy 2 being dated for a May 23 release date and Metroid: Other M following a month later for a June 28 release date.

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New Game Releases: 2/21 – 2/27

Tweet Sorry a bit late on this week’s list of new game releases, but hey, better late than never. This week’s big game coming out has to be Heavy Rain for the PS3, which has been one of the most anticipating PS3 titles in awhile. Other notable titles coming out this week include Sonic & [...]

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BioShock 2 Sinclair Solutions Test Pack DLC Announced

Tweet You’re on the couch, plugging away at your BioShock 2 sequel and asking yourself how the experience could be better. It’s got more action, more options … sure, some may say that the story is not as good as the original, but how about a new DLC? See, you’re feeling better already. 2K Games [...]

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Third Borderlands DLC “The Secret Armory of General Knoxx” Doubles The Size of Previous Two

Tweet Prepare yourself (and your wallet) for The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, the third installment of Borderlands DLC coming to Xbox LIVE on February 23rd (tomorrow), and the PC and PlayStation Network two days later on the 25th. Size matters, and because 2K Games knows this, they are promising that this latest add-on will [...]

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New Info on Fallout: New Vegas

Tweet There’s been a lot of new information about Fallout: New Vegas released, and as you SHOULD know by now, Bethesda has loaned the Fallout license to Obsidian Entertainment (who was founded by the developers of Fallout 1 and 2), so hopes and expectations are indeed high. Here is some of the key information to [...]

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Ripten Review: Aliens vs. Predator

Tweet Let me set the scene for you- the date was 1999. The Euro was brand new, Napster was getting ready to bring music downloading out of the seedy back alleys of IRC, everybody still had jobs, a certain governor of Texas calling himself a “compassionate conservative” wasn’t a laughable statement, and computers were looked [...]

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SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 Fights Piracy with Required Online Registration

Tweet With the release of their latest SOCOM title for the PSP, Fireteam Bravo 3, Sony is using a new way to fight piracy on its handheld by requiring players to register online before being allowed to play online.

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Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Dated for May

Tweet Ubisoft has just confirmed that Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands will release on May 18 and May 20 in the US and Europe. But which versions of the game will release on those dates you ask? All three of them. Yep, the 360, PS3 and Wii versions of The Forgotten Sands will all [...]

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StarCraft II Closed Beta Testing Begins

Tweet Valentines Day has come and gone, but for fans of Blizzard’s StarCraft II franchise, love is still very much in the air. The sequel to the wildly popular military style sci-fi strategy game is currently undergoing closed Beta testing, and if you are one of the select Protoss, Zerg, or Terran to find your [...]

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