Atari to Feature Hands-on Demos at Gen Con Indy

If you are heading to Gen Con, Atari will have a few goodies for you to play at their booth.  Here’s the full release:


Xbox 360 core pack phase-out?

According to Kotaku, there’s the very real possibility that the Core XBox 360 SKU will be phased out.
For sake of developers and owners alike, it would be a truly wonderful thing if this were true. Let’s raise a toast in hope.


Heavenly Sword Anime On Playstation Store!

Just shortly after seeing the clip online, it’s now available on Playstation Store.  This and many other goodies are now available for download.  Here’s the full release:
Today’s PLAYSTATION®Store update will feature the latest PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) downloadable title, Piyotama™, as well as new Heavenly Sword™ content, including the first episodes in a series of five [...]


Halo 3 Fastest Selling Pre-Ordered Video Game in History!

Yep…the world has gone Halo crazy again. It’s gonna be a blast and the cash cow is flowing with milk. Here’s the full release:


DIY Wiimote On The 360 Video

This guy designed his own system to adapt controls to the 360. Here’s the end result of the Wiimote driver.
Video: Playing Halo 2 (Xbox 360) with a Wiimote


Virtua On Goes Online For PS2

Yep, you read it right! The Magic Box broke the news that Sega will release Sega Ages Series Vol. 31 Cyber Trooper Virtual On for PS2 in Japan on October 25, for 2500 yen. The game will have several new features like online duel and widescreen [...]


Japanese Game Review Scores and Sales Dated 7/29

Yeah a few weeks old but here they are:


N3 Gets A Sequel

Phantagram announced Ninety Nine Nights Rondo for Xbox 360, sequel to the popular fantasy action game, the game is scheduled to be released in Japan in November.
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Impressions: Stranglehold

This game means a lot to me.  My first cinematic John Woo experience was when I saw Hard Boiled here in San Diego over 10 years ago.  It was mind blowing.  His use of two guns…priceless.  The body count in the film,  record breaking.   I was seeing a new genre of cinematic action right before [...]


Halo Spartan 360 Edition Is The New 65nm Chipset

Yep it’s true! Put 2 and 2 together. The 65nm chips are already in production and are due out this fall. Halo 3 launches this fall and to celebrate the launch, they created the Halo 360 box as a promotion. The box comes with a standard 20gb drive, some Halo goodies, [...]


Madden 08 360/PS3 Comparison Video

PS3 owners need not worry. As you can see in this comparison video from Gamevideos.com, both games look exactly the same. Even though the 360 has a 30fps advantage over the PS3, you can hardly tell the difference. The 360 version does look a little sharper, but the only time you can [...]


Japanese Version Of Eternal Sonata On Xbox Live Marketplace!?

So you may already know that the Japanese RPG, Eternal Sonata is available on Xbox Live Marketplace today. What you may notice when you got to download it is that there are two versions listed. One is the US demo and the other is written in Japanese but it’s the same demo. [...]


Microsoft Lowers Price of Xbox 360 by $50

Price drop coincides with release of “Madden NFL 08” on Xbox 360, one of many titles that make up the greatest holiday lineup in video game history.
REDMOND, Wash. — Aug. 6, 2007 — Microsoft Corp. today kicked off the greatest holiday lineup in video game history by announcing it will reduce the estimated retail [...]


EA’s Skate Gets Dated

EA’s Award-Winning SKATE Video Game Rolls Onto Retail Shelves in September
Download the Demo on Xbox Live Marketplace on August 15 to Experience True Skateboarding Action Before It Hits Stores
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. –(Business Wire)– Aug. 3, 2007 Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced that its award-winning SKATE video game will ship to retail stores on September 12 [...]


Impressions: Fatal Inertia

If anyone knows me, you know that I’m a hardcore Wipeout fan.  I’ve owned every Wipeout game ever made, including the Sega Saturn version which held up pretty good to it’s PS1 cousin.  The one thing I didn’t want to do when first playing FI was compare it to WO.  I wanted to go in [...]