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How Accurate is Midnight Club: Los Angeles?
Thursday, November 6th, 2008Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Rockstar’s first next-gen entry in the Midnight Club series, is quite possibly the hardest racing game I’ve ever played, right next to those 24 hour races in Gran Turismo. Yet, despite it’s incredible difficulty, the game is fun to play and easy to enjoy, frustration aside. Going with the namesake, Midnight [...]
A Long Way from Friends, New Alone in The Dark Teaser.
Monday, June 16th, 2008What do you get when you mix the unknown, the most visited urban park in the United States, and near perfect shooting accuracy? Aside from one hell of a movie, you get the latest Alone in The Dark teaser trailer by Atari Interactive and Eden Games. Is Central Park really for the people? The latest [...]
Not Your Father’s V8! V8 Arcade coming to Xbox Live Marketplace.
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Isopod Labs, a Santa Monica based developer, is currently working on V8 Arcade, a remake of the late 1990′s vehicular combat series, Vigilante 8 (…and it’s sequel, Vigilante 8 Second Offense.) created by Activision in part with Luxoflux. It is set for a Spring 2008 release. V8 Arcade has been built from the ground up [...]
McFarlane Halo 3 Series 1 Action Figures
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008The first series of McFarlane Halo toys arrived in stores today. Included in the first series is Master Chief, Cortana, Brute Chieftan, Grunt (2 color variations), Jackal Sniper, and Spartan Soldier. The Spartan Soldier will be available in seven different versions, but hardcore collectors will have to do some hunting to collect them all. Different [...]
Vader and Yoda in Soul Calibur 4
Wednesday, January 9th, 20081up has a story up today about the first batch of bonus characters that will feature in Soul Calibur 4. Thus far, Namco has only revealed Darth Vader and Yoda, but 1up’s James Mielke speculates that they’ll probably release other characters as well, possibly as DLC, since they already went to the trouble of obtaining [...]
Bionic Commando Can Jump!
Thursday, December 13th, 2007GameVideos.com has just released a new video of the upcoming XBox version of Bionic Commando. And as you’ll see, not only can the dude pick up and whip boxes, vehicles, and even unsuspecting Nazis (Probably not Nazis), he can also JUMP! Since the NES version is notorious for the Commando’s lack of ups, this is [...]
I Hate 9-Year-Olds.
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007Okay, so I know I’ve posted my fair share of Guitar Hero III stuff (and Dragonforce in particular, those bastards), but I couldn’t resist this one. Above is a 9-year-old who most likely doesn’t have any friends. Not because he plays Guitar Hero III, but because accomplishing what he does requires that you sit alone [...]
GTA IV Box Art Revealed. How Exciting.
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Rockstar Games revealed GTA’s box art this week, letting everyone get a glimpse of what will be hidden on their shelf for the next 3 years. Since the game has already been delayed until next year, this splashy new reveal does nothing for me. Who gets excited about the cover of a game? It’s not [...]
Nintendo Kills Time AND Space.
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Greenpeace has released a ‘Guide to Greener Electronics‘ List, ranking the top manufacturers based on their policies on toxic chemicals and recycling. And guess who ended up in DEAD last? Family-friendly Nintendo!! How bad did they do? Here’s a brief snippet from Greenpeace: Nintendo – New to the guide – first global brand to score [...]
Assassin’s Creed Alternatives
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007The reviews are starting to come in on the uber-hyped Assassin’s Creed (did I really just watch a South Park episode that only took breaks to show Assassin’s Creed commercials?), and the consensus is that it’s totally…well, you know…fine. Many of the complaints ( IGN, 1up) cite the repetition of intelligence gathering and a weak [...]
DragonForce: A Video Game Paradox
Monday, November 12th, 2007According to Wired Magazine’s Blog, the band DragonForce’s music sales have increased 183% over the past week due to the inclusion of “Through the Fire and Flames” on Guitar Hero III. Now, there’s something incredibly strange about this, because after massacring the song during an online faceoff a few days ago, I realized I never [...]
Rare Talks Viva Piņata And The Future
Thursday, October 18th, 2007Gamasutra had an interesting interview recently with Rare software engineer James Thomas and designer Justin Cook, both key figures in the Viva Piņata franchise, about being overshadowed by Gears of War, and the company’s history and future. After the company’s founders, the Stamper brothers, left after finishing Viva Piņata, there was a lot of doubt [...]
Zero Punctuation on Orange Box
Thursday, October 18th, 2007Before I say anything else, you NEED to go buy The Orange Box. I don’t care whether you get the boxed copy from EB (although I’ve been hearing some backlash around the community over the box art; I don’t think it’s that bad) or you get it from Steam. BUY IT. Anyway, here’s another installment [...]
Zero Punctuation does Halo 3
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007I have posted in a while, and it was about Halo 3 last time, too. Last time, I promise. Anyway, if you haven’t yet, you NEED to check out this guy’s work here. This is his latest video, but he’s got about 10 more. Every video absolutely skewers the game in question. If you don’t [...]
OH EM GEE!! A Real Life Warthog
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007This video surfaced today of what appears to be a real, breathing, warthog vehicle. The accents lead me to believe this was shot in New Zealand. Speculation on other sites is that it’s a prop for the Halo film which was being produced in part by Peter Jackson – hence the New Zealand location. Could [...]