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Microsoft Unveils New Titles in Japan

Big surprises from Square Enix and SNK at Japanese press conference. by John Tanaka April 21, 2009 - Microsoft was in the spotlight yesterday in its weakest territory as it gathered the press to provide a glimpse at its upcoming Japanese lineup.… Continue

Added by Ken on April 22, 2009 at 1:25pm — No Comments

Star Trek Online May Bring You To Pleasure

Curious what the much-anticipated Star Trek Online will contain? We were there to get all the answers at the Cryptic Studios panel at NYCC, and those answers may be very pleasing indeed. During yesterday's Cryptic panel, we got a sneak peak at the highly-antic… Continue

Added by Ken on April 22, 2009 at 1:20pm — No Comments

SouthPeak's NYCC Plans Include Real Velvet Assassin

The 2009 New York Comic Con is kicking off this weekend, and SouthPeak Games plans on making their presence felt, throwing everything from space bears to live-action velvety assassins at convention goers. SouthPeak is showing off a wide variety of titles at the NYC… Continue

Added by Ken on February 2, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

New Final Fantasy XIII Character Has A Fabulous Afro

A scan from the latest issue of Japanese gaming and manga magazine V Jump reveals the first new playable black character to appear in Final Fantasy since FFVII, Sazh Kalzroy. Sahz is an unusual design from FF artist Tetsuya Nomura, foregoing the normal pretty boy loo… Continue

Added by Ken on January 14, 2009 at 11:20am — 2 Comments

Gears of War 3 Wishlist, Ten ideas to make the next in the series the best yet.

December 8, 2008 - Gears of War 2 is a huge success and a great game. There's no denying that. Still, there are things that we'd like to see changed about the gameplay, story, modes and features. Luckily, if we had to guess, Epic is already hard at work fleshing out the premise for Gears of War 3 (though nothing has been confirmed). Here we have a list of ten ideas that we think could greatly improve, or at least change, the look and feel of Gears of War 3. Sound off and tell us what you think… Continue

Added by Ken on December 9, 2008 at 10:37am — 1 Comment

Activision Details X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Following up on 1UP's EGM teaser last week, Activision has released new details on their upcoming game based off the X-Men spin-off movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Yes, it's the same old screenshot, but the info is fresh! The game follows the sto… Continue

Added by Ken on December 9, 2008 at 10:24am — No Comments

Resistance: Retribution, Resistance 2 Connect To Add "Infected" Gameplay

PlayStation Portable owners, you're about to get a bit more value our of your copy of Resistance: Retribution. If you also own a copy of Resistance 2 for the PlayStation 3 — and if you're actually going to grab Retribution, there's a… Continue

Added by Ken on October 9, 2008 at 12:58pm — No Comments

Things are tough all over. Despite being branded as a "recession proof" industry, the publicly trad…

Things are tough all over. Despite being branded as a "recession proof" industry, the publicly traded stocks of video game publishers dropped like a rock today, following news that the US House of Representatives had rejected a $700 billion bail out for failing financial s… Continue

Added by Ken on September 29, 2008 at 7:59pm — No Comments

BioShock For PS3 Goes Gold, Demo Hits Thursday

Heads up, kids. According to official word from 2K Games, the PlayStation 3 port of BioShock has "gone gold," with a shiny master disc containing final code of the game probably being transported by aluminum brief case from 2K Marin to the manufacturing plant right now. It's l… Continue

Added by Ken on September 29, 2008 at 7:56pm — No Comments

Those nice chaps at Bungie are doing their bit to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Wit…

Those nice chaps at Bungie are doing their bit to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. With the help of Xbox 360, they have come up with a custom painted Halo 3 Xbox 360 — one of only two in existence — that has been signed by the entire Halo 3 devel… Continue

Added by Ken on September 12, 2008 at 6:05pm — No Comments

Read LittleBigPlanet's Manual Right Now

Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet has driven us to do something we haven't done in years — read the manual. No, really read the manual, from cover to cover, not just glancing at the control scheme, hoping that we'd yank out some new nuggets of i… Continue

Added by Ken on September 8, 2008 at 4:05pm — No Comments

Spore Cracked And Torrented, Already

Well, it had to happen - Spore has hit the intertorrents. Pirates are downloading spores through the intricate series of tubes we call the internet. It seems as though some stores in Australia have been selling advance copies of the game a few days before t… Continue

Added by Ken on September 3, 2008 at 6:28pm — No Comments

Rumor: New Batch of Halo 3 Achievements Coming

Details on a new batch of Halo 3 Achievements, rumored to have been included in the Halo 3 "Mythic" build on hand at PAX 08, have emerged via the Ascendant Justice forums. With 30 Achievements in all for a total of 750 coveted Gamerscore points, the "Mythic" s… Continue

Added by Ken on September 3, 2008 at 6:26pm — 1 Comment

Gears of War 2 Achievements Leaked, But the list not complete.

Early this morning a leaked list of achievements for Gears of War 2 made its way onto the Internet. After contacting Microsoft we have learned that the leaked information is not complete and only contains about 60% of the actual achievements. The full list, as well as linked achievements, will be revealed on IGN.com tomorrow (Friday, August 28) at 10 AM. Via: IGN.com I just hope most of them arn't gained in matchmaking like in the first GOW. Continue

Added by Ken on August 28, 2008 at 10:15am — No Comments

Lego Batman Cartoon In The Works

Batman has been the subject of plenty of cartoons over the years. There have been cartoons based on the comics, cartoons based on the movies, so why not cartoons based on a Batman video game? Speaking to GI.biz at the Games Convention last week, Traveller's T… Continue

Added by Ken on August 28, 2008 at 10:12am — No Comments

Smash Bros. Champ Joins Survivor Cast

Did you realize that the television show Survivor was a going concern among television viewers? I certainly didn't, having completely given up on network television after those bastards decided to cancel Journeyman after one partial season, which is why I had… Continue

Added by Ken on August 28, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

The Chronicles Of Spellborn: A Different Kind Of MMORPG

With the game being in development for so very long, I wasn't sure what to expect when the nice gentlemen from Spellborn NV sat me down to give me a first hand look at their MMORPG The Chronicles of Spellborn. The game was being shown in publ… Continue

Added by Ken on August 25, 2008 at 2:57pm — No Comments

More Final Fantasy XI Changes To Balance Out Player Levels

With an established MMO full of powered-up highlevel characters, it must be tricky to attract new players. Word of mouth is usually a great way to bring in new blood, but it's no fun joining your mates if they are all demi-gods and you are just a lowly serf who can… Continue

Added by Ken on August 25, 2008 at 2:49pm — 1 Comment

Cosplay Runs Rampant At Games Convention

Anywhere you combine video games and large masses of the general public you are bound to find the odd cosplayer, but today at the Games Convention in Leipzig I not only found cosplayers - I found their nest. Entering the transparent dome building I've dubbed… Continue

Added by Ken on August 23, 2008 at 2:23pm — No Comments

Fracture Multiplayer - The View From Germany

I'm relatively sure that my experience with Fracture's multiplayer mode at the Games Convention in Leipzig is a whole lot like what AJ experienced on her experience in San Francisco, only we had much better beer. She's already gone over the modes, the guns, and the grenades,… Continue

Added by Ken on August 23, 2008 at 2:14pm — No Comments