Archive for January, 2011

Amazon ‘All Video Games Gold Box Event’ on Tuesday the 18th

Amazon.com will be having an Video Games Gold Box Event this Tuesday. Which will no doubt feature awesome deals for 24 hours.

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Mass Effect 2 PS3 Demo Used Old Build

Fear not PS3 gamers – Your demo of Mass Effect 2 may have been lacking graphically, but this was not by design. The final retail version will look much better.

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New Super Mario Bros. Wii Official Belgium Stamps

Super Mario on a stamp? You betcha. Shameless Advertising? Sure. This is an image of actual legitimate stamps which will be available for purchase on Monday in Belgium.

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New Game Releases: 1/17 – 1/24

Sackboy and Commander Shepard highlight the biggest gaming week yet this year. Mindjack is the big muliplatform release coming on on both the Xbox 360 and PS3.

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Portal 2 Has 13,000 Lines of Dialogue

Portal 2 will include 13,000 lines of recorded dialogue.

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Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy will have a “Battle Watching Mode”

Japanese retailer Gamestar has let slip some Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy details and among the features listed is a battle watching mode.

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Sign This Futile Last Story Western Release Petition

Now I’m not saying it’s futile because the game won’t ever see a western release. I’m saying it’s futile because if and when the game does come to the states …

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DC Universe Online Adding More Servers to Meet “Overwhelming” EU Demand

Sony Online Entertainment has to announced today they will be adding more servers …

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Is The Mac App Store the Kick Apple Needs?

Apple computers are known for their ‘creative’ stuff, like iMovie, Final Cut, etc. Gaming has traditionally been quite lax on the platform. While a few games (such as Team Fortress 2) have made the leap…

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Fight Night Champion to be EA Sports’ First Mature Rated Title

The ESRB has released a rating summary for the next installment in the Fight Night franchise. The game got slapped with a Mature rating.

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Socom 4 Coming in April with PSMove Support

Ready to re-visit one of the franchises that helped build online console gaming into the mass market it is today? Well the wait is nearly over. Socom 4 is set for an April release.

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Crytek Seeking iOS Devs – Trying Not to Point Out It’s For Games

Crysis is known for it’s graphics and physics, and Crytek would appear to be taking that to, wait for it … mobile platforms? Read on to find out more.

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IBM Super Computer (Watson) Beats Jeopardy Champion – Science Fact

The machines are taking over . . . albeit slowly. First chess and now Jeopardy. How does a computer come up with answers to pop culture trivia questions? Beats me – but it’s just as scary as it is impressive.

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The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena 75% off on Steam

No, it’s not the Steam Winter sale all over again, it’s just a weekend deal.

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Epic Citadel Runs Flawlessly on a 50″ HDTV off the LG Optimus 2x (Android)

Let me start by saying that Nvidia did not want to let me do this. They didn’t think it would look right – they didn’t think it would run smoothly. They were wrong …

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