Archive for January, 2008

More songs for GHIII!  Milk that cow baby!

SANTA MONICA, CA – January 24, 2008 – Master recordings from legendary rock bands Boston, Foreigner, and Journey are now available for download in Activision, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Classic Rock Track Pack. The downloadable track pack is currently offered on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system and will be available soon on PLAYSTATION®Store for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. Read the rest of this entry »

Steam is becoming the defacto download source for PC gaming.  More and more games are getting added and next up is Stalker.  Here’s the full release:

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Project Gotham Racing, the game that started it all on the Dreamcast several years ago has returned. It’s made a wonderful transition from the Dreamcast to the Xbox and finally to the Xbox 360. With every version of this game it just gets better and better. PGR4 takes the series into the 2nd generation of the Xbox 360. It combines arcade racing, photo realistic graphics and a robust online community into one superb package. Read the rest of this entry »

Sega is kicking off the new year by pushing three new Wii Virtual Console games. You can now download Rolling Thunder 2, Eternal Champions, and Light Crusader on your Wii console!

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Well I’m sure you’ve heard about the Fox News lambasting of Mass Effect by Cooper Lawrence by now. Turns out that gamers are so pissed that they have brought her Amazon book ratings down. Her book now has 359 one star reviews. It doesn’t end there either. If you look at the tags associated with her book you’ll see terms like bigot, hypocrite, garbage and ignorant. I sent an email to Cooper and her publicist in an effort to help Cooper redeem herself. I’ve offered her a chance to actually PLAY Mass Effect and apologize to the public for the lies and misinformation she spread. For now, enjoy some of these review snippets from her Amazon page. Read the rest of this entry »

The new Playstation in review just arrived in my inbox.  There’s a lot of good bullets for Sony to brag about for December.  The one that amazed me was the fact that their hardware revenue was higher than Nintendo.  People are buying DS Lites like they were cigarettes and Sony still managed to earn more for their hardware division in December.  It could have something to do with the PSP, PS2 and PS3 all costing more than Nintendo’s systems.  Here’s the skinny straight from Sony: Read the rest of this entry »

Well Microsoft finally got back to me today and all they had to say was, “no comment”.  This means one of three things: it’s true and they don’t want to talk about it until the release, it’s false, or they just don’t have time to discuss rumors.  So now all we can do is wait until April and see what happens.

Death To Spies is a PC stealth/action espionage game by Haggard Games that does a lot of things right, and brings a realistic take on the stealth genre. While Death To Spies immerses you in an authentic world of stealth and espionage, it does miss a few beats along the way that mar the game a bit. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s hard to believe that the first King of Fighters game arrived in arcades way back in ‘94. Sure, we all were used to the plethora of Neo Geo fighters – Fatal Fury, World Heroes, Art of Fighting, and even my beloved Samurai Shodowns – but SNK still managed to come up with a relatively new concept: team battles. For a series that’s over 13 years old, it’s great to see some kick left in the series! Read the rest of this entry »

Geoff Keighley appeared on Fox news to discuss the issue of sex in Mass Effect. The news reporter claimed that Mass Effect had full digital nudity and graphic sex. Her other guest was Cooper Lawrence, a psychology specialist. Cooper claimed that adolescent males play video games, not their dads. She also claimed that boys see women as objects and it’s a man in the game who decides how many women he wants to be with. Geoff called Cooper out when he asked her if she ever played the game and she replied with an uncomfortable no.

What we have here is the media making claims about something they don’t know about. Cooper is supposed to be an educated psychologist but she never played the game at all. In other words, she didn’t do her homework. This is nothing but the media spreading lies and misinformation to the public. Thank god Geoff was there to set them straight. What sucks even worse is one of the male news reporters commenting on the game afterwards claimed it was Luke Skywalker meets Debbie Does Dallas. He also stated that he wouldn’t purchase this game for his child. HELLO DUMBASS! It has an M rating for a reason.

I’ve contacted Geoff to get a statement from him about the discussion. For now, watch the clip and infuriate yourself. Read the rest of this entry »

While browsing the HD-DVD petition for funny signatures I came upon Ken Kutaragi’s.  Now it’s probably not real but it’s pretty funny.

Well this is cool!  It’s nice to throw the smaller developers a bone.  I’d have to go with Carcasonne and Super Puzzle Fighter HD for my top pics.  I wonder who the panel of industry journalists will be?  Here’s the full release from Microsoft: Read the rest of this entry »

You know, sometimes you get stuff in your tip jar and it’s just too far fetched. However, I can’t ignore the possibility of this rumor being true. So for now I’ll stick it under the rumors column and you can take whatever you want from it. Read the rest of this entry »

Ok, how many years have we been asking for Magician Lord to come out on any system? The wait is over. SNK just announced the greatest arcade classics compilation in history. This is by far one of the reasons you should STILL own a PS2 or should have purchased a BC PS3. Here’s the full release of what 16 games we’ll be getting:

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GUITAR HERO® III: LEGENDS OF ROCK –
ROCK YOUR PARTY WEEKEND ON XBOX LIVE® ANNOUNCED

Fans Celebrate the Culmination of the Football Season as They Play for Prizes and Play with Game Developer Neversoft

SANTA MONICA, CA. – Jan. 18, 2008 – Gridiron fans get ready to rock out and win prizes on Xbox LIVE® with Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock! Activision announced today that Xbox LIVE will host the Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock – Rock Your Party Weekend, a special event happening the weekend of the big game, February 1-3, 2008 for U.S. and Canada residents. The 72-hour event gives players the chance to prove their axe grinding skills and includes a Play & Win Sweepstakes that offers gamers who register and play, the chance to win a multitude of prizes. Before the big game, fans can test their talents against Neversoft, developers of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, from 12 – 4 p.m. PST on Sunday, February 3. Read the rest of this entry »