Archive for April, 2008

This weekend, there will be a Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 Tournament taking place at the New York Comic Convention. Among other prizes, the best player wins the title of Ultimate Ninja. More details after the break.

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Next week, three Def Leppard songs will release for Guitar Hero III on Xbox Live and PlayStation Store. The pack will include one new song from the new Songs from the Sparkle Loung album coming out the following Tuesday and two classics from the Pyromania album. Read the rest of this entry »

This is great! Sony now responds to NPD numbers. Both Sony and Microsoft should take a seat to Nintendo. No one should be proud to be 2nd or 3rd. Sony however, has had a 100% increase since last year! Here’s the full release from Sony with a little statemen by JT himself: Read the rest of this entry »

Some new screenshots for GH:OT have been released this week. Song list has not been released, but they have confirmed Nirvana, OK Go, and No Doubt will be included. Check out five new screenshots as well as a shot of one of the venues after the break. The screenshots show two of the guitars in the game and they will give you an idea of what you need to do to “strum” in the game with the pick-stylus.

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Can this be true!?!? Did Microsoft manage to squeak out the number two spot for March!?!? According to this press release they did. Take a gander: Read the rest of this entry »

Forget 360 software sales, forget PS3 hardware sales, Nintendo completely decimated the competition in the month of March. They are single-handedly winning the next generation war with last generation hardware. Well that goes to show, it’s not about the graphics, it’s about the gameplay. Here’s the full release from Nintendo: Read the rest of this entry »

Although many of The Bitbag editors play this title, it comes as somewhat of a surprise that Ace Combat has sold 10 million, but then the numbers are for the entire series. The PS2 version (AC5) hit one million in North America recently. No numbers have been released for the latest edition, though. Maybe some of you Bitbaggers can get in on some online action with our editors. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m currently on my first Virgin America flight to San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference. Virgin gave me a free roundtrip ticket and asked for a review so here I am. Read the rest of this entry »

No release dates have been set yet, but NAMCO BANDAI will be releasing two games for XBLA and PSN this summer. A space shooter titled PowerUp Forever, which looks like a cross between Asteroids and Gradius. The other game is the original Soul Calibur game just in time for the release of the fourth installment. It is not clear whether SC has online multiplayer. They only mention a local Versus mode. Here are some screens for PowerUp Forever.
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I just checked out Bonnie Pink on iTunes. She’s pretty good in both English and Japanese. This game is going to be hot.  Microsoft continues to ensure that the Xbox 360 is number one for JRPG’s. Here’s the full release from Namco Bandai Games: Read the rest of this entry »

This week on the Hiphopgamer Show:

• PSN Store revamp
• Iron Man exclusive suits for PS3 and 360
• Skype The Hiphopgamer
• 360 starting to wear off? Read the rest of this entry »

It’s about time some more classic Xbox games got the Original treatment. Where’s my Mechassault though? That’s probably the one and only game from Xbox that I’d want to get back to play on Live. Here’s the full release from Microsoft: Read the rest of this entry »

Our host for this episode are Torrence Davis, Hiphopgamer, Lee Yi, Christopher Browning, Candid Anthony, Eric McVinney and Daniel Bright. On Episode #6 we discuss:

• The great GTAIV debate
• DualShock 3
• PS3 Price drop needed now?
• Microsoft’s Wiimote and the casual market it applies to
• What Rockstar should do for GTA Episodic content
• Why EA controls the NFL game franchise
• What’s more offensive in games? Sex, nudity or violence

An updated version of the game which includes Wiimote support and 480p widescreen shipped today. This is apparently a whole new experience, so even if you have played it before, this is one port you are going to want to check out. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you still playing CS? Do you want to make some money? Check out the tournament that will be taking place in Moreno Valley, California this Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »