Archive for June, 2010

Rumor: Hulu Coming to the Playstation 3?

Now, this is the kind of stuff that should be mentioned at E3, Sony. According to Bloomberg, Sony is in the final stages of closing a deal that would bring Hulu as a paid subscription to the PS3. They say an announcement should be …

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Jimmy Fallon Celebrates ‘Video Game Week’ on Late Night with CoD: Black Ops, Need for Speed, Killzone 3, & DKC Returns

After 2009′s E3, Late Night talk show host Jimmy Fallon showed the game business a little love by featuring what was then known as Project Natal on his show. And a few weeks prior to that? He had X-Play host Morgan Webb on to help demonstrate one of Nintendo’s latest Wii titles, Punch-Out!!.

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Want a New 360? Trade in Your Old One for $100

It’s okay, you can admit it: ever since Microsoft’s press conference last week, you’ve been jealous of every last snobby game journalist who was invited to attend Microsoft’s press conference. Not because they got to enjoy all the games that are not yet on the market, though there is that, too, but because they all got to go home to a nice, brand-spankin’ new Xbox 360, the very same new model which had been shown off just moments before.

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PlayStation Plus: Not as Bad as You Originally Thought

With the announcement of PlayStation Plus at E3, gamers were afraid all of their free stuff was going the way of the Dodo. That isn’t the case, and the new subscription service actually seems pretty cool.

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E310 Hands-On Preview: Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring

Over near the Konami booth at E310, there was an actual wrestling ring used to promote SLANG’s upcoming wrestling title, Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring. While I had never heard of the game, Lucha Libre wrestling was not something entirely new to me, as I was a huge fan of wrestling as a kid…

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GameStop Gaurantees $25 for Select Trade-In Titles

Tweet Grab your unloved Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 games, get in your car, and floor it to GameStop. More than fifty titles are worth $25 trade-in credit until June 27, including the ones you see in this image. Yes, that’s right. Final Fantasy XIII. You should hurry. This offer expires in three days.

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Why is GoldenEye Exclusive to Wii? Activision Explains

For years, fans had waited, pleaded, begged, and so on, all for the return of the perennial console first-person shooter of their youth: GoldenEye. And with Microsoft having bought Rare, many thought that if it were to surface, it would likely be on Microsoft’s Xbox 360. However, there was one thing which stood in the way of that dream…

Nintendo.

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Super Awesome Cosplay Spotlight #4

Having recently sold my copy of Final Fantasy XIII in an attempt to get the taste of bitter disappointment out of my mouth, I bring you an icon from one of the best installments of the series with hope that I may forget the most recent failure …

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Nintendo Explains Minimal 3DS First Party E310 Announcements

The 3DS is an amazing piece of hardware, no one can deny that. But without a quality game lineup, it will be hard to convince people to buy it. Nintendo announced a strong lineup of third-party games last week at E3 …

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Microsoft Says Kinect Adventures is Similar To Super Mario Bros.

When one thinks of the games which have already been revealed for Microsoft’s new Kinect peripheral for the Xbox 360 and tries to liken them to other familiar experiences, odds are that Nintendo’s smash-hit Super Mario Bros. isn’t very likely to come to mind. Yet, that is just the kind of comparison Creative Director Kudo Tsunoda feels is appropriate for a title like Kinect Adventures.

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Full Famitsu Final Fantasy Versus XIII Nomura Interview and Hi-Res Mag Scan

It seems like just yesterday that we were reporting on a partially translated interview with Final Fantasy Versus XIII’s Tetsuya Nomura and showing you some medium res leaked magazine scans. Maybe because it was yesterday …

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Peter Cullen Talks About Playing Optimus Prime, and… Mario?

During the 80′s, Peter Cullen was a hero to an entire generation of young boys throughout their formative years. In fact, he may have even been two or three. They just didn’t really know it.

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Devil’s Third Could Come to the PS3 in 3D

I don’t think 3D is worth the trouble- but that’s not to say it’s not welcome in video games. However, I probably wouldn’t really use it. That being said, Tomonobu Itagaki telling VG247 that the PS3 version of Devil’s Third could support 3D gets a big “Alright. Neat.” from me.

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E310 Hands-On Preview: Kane & Lynch 2: A Sequel Done Right

The original Kane & Lynch: Dead Men was praised for its brutally intense story and characters. But the gameplay left something to be desired. Well, IO Interactive and Square Enix have taken the franchise back to the drawing board and have brought the intensity and gameplay to insane new levels for Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days.

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MMOs Say No To 360: Devs Cite Microsoft Subscription Fee Cut Demands

Wondering why Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIV isn’t coming to Xbox 360, or why Cryptic canceled the release of their own MMO, Champions Online, for the Microsoft console? The answer might be as simple as money …

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