Archive for December, 2010

Steam Winter Sale Day 4: Darksiders, Alpha Protocol 75% off

The Steam Winter Sale continues today, bringing discounts to two of Ripten’s favourite games: Darksiders and Alpha Protocol.

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RipTen Review: A World of Keflings (XBLA)

When the Xbox 360 Avatar system was first introduced, one of the first games to support avatars was “A Kingdom for Keflings”, an addictively cute game that I originally thought would be …

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Five O’Clock Fan Art: Portal

With a solid Portal 2 release date now, umm, released, it’s the right time to get all pumped up about the return of GlaDos, that lady whose name I forgot, and hopefully some sort of cube that I can be companions with.

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Black Ops Patch 1.05 Doesn’t Satisfy Many PS3 Players

Black Ops Patch 1.05 was designed to fix many issues… but PS3 owners are still not satisfied and many claim that problems still exist.

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From Polygons to Panels – The Marriage of Games and Comics

If there’s one thing the entertainment industry does well, it’s expand franchises into different mediums. No two industries know this better than those of video games and comic books.

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Portal 2 Release Date Finally Confirmed

Portal 2 finally has a concrete release date (crosses fingers). It will be released by EA concurrently across Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC platforms.

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Kotick Says Treyarch Don’t Get No Respect

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has made a few statements regarding Treyarch’s credibility – or lack thereof.

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Two New DLC Packs Coming To Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow

Konami has revealed details on two upcoming packs of DLC for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. The two packs will hit early 2011 and are entitled “Reverie” and “Resurrection”

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Steam Winter Sale Day 3: Aliens Vs Predator, Just Cause 2 – 75% Off

The infamous Steam winter sale has rolled over into it’s 3rd day, presenting another set of fantastic titles which are heavily discounted.

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Raziel and Kain Join The Guardian of Light (Trailer)

The stars of the Legacy of Kain series may not be getting a reboot yet, but feel free to get all nostalgic with them in Lara Croft and The Guardian of light anyway.

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New Yakuza 4 Trailer Makes a Good Cop Go Bad

Tweet The 4th and final playable character in Yakuza 4 is Tanimura.  He’s a good cop gone rogue and he’s out for bloody vengeance Enjoy: Yakuza 4 is set for release on March 15, 2011.

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CoD: Black Ops Patch 1.05 is Live – What it Fixed

Patch 1.04 may have been a big disaster for PS3 gamers but Treyarch hasn’t given up yet. CoD: Black Ops Patch 1.05 will address many problems …

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RipTen Radio Down Under – Episode 7

RipTen Radio Down Under is back for its final episode of the 2010 season and we’ve gone out with a blast. Not only is it a special edition show that ran for an hour, but we’ve ….

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Five O’Clock Fan Art: Back to the Future Caricatures

This isn’t technically videogame fan art, but seeing as how Back to the Future: The Game comes out tomorrow, I’m posting it anyway. If you have a problem with that, you can go eat a Gigawatt. Better yet, 1.21 of them.

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New Operation Flashpoint: Red River Trailer Takes us Inside Tajikistan

In this new trailer, Codemasters takes us through Tajikistan as we follow the exploits and tales of Staff Sergeant Knox.

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