Archive for August, 2007

News: Haze playable with single gun, multiplayer will affect campaign mode

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

Ubisoft’s Rob Yescombe scoops GamePro on some interesting Haze developments including the ability to play the entire game with a single gun, the Nectar effect, and online multiplayer support of up to 24 players.

News: PlayStation 2 still dominating PS3, Xbox 360

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

Since its inception in late 2000 Sony’s PlayStation 2 has sold a reported 115 million units worldwide making it the best selling console in history. And given its affordable price and large library of games, it shows no signs of slowing.

News: Crysis demo coming Sept. 25 with ‘huge surprise’

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

EA announced on Monday that a single player demo for the highly anticipated Crysis is coming to PC on September 25.

Review: Picross

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

Brain teasing puzzle games all the rage these days, with the gird based numbers game Sudoku leading the charge. Picross DS is an interesting addition to the genre that is fun for as long as it lasts but it certainly won’t leave an impression the way more notable puzzle games like Sudoku or Tetris will.

Cheats: Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day - Unlockables!

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

Check out some awesome unlockables for Brain Age 2!

Preview: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare multiplayer beta videos

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

More Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare multiplayer beta goodness, including create-a-class and perks. You know you want in!

News: Developer: Mags will go out of business if they diss Wii

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

During the Best Selling Games panel at this week’s GCDC, developers sounded off on Wii, the role of journalism in games, and the segmentation of gamers due to increased interest in casual gaming.

Review: Heavenly Sword

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Before I start, here’s a quick disclaimer: I am going to reference God of War in this review–a lot. That’s because the development team behind Heavenly Sword ripped a lot of chapters out of David Jaffe and Corey Barlog’s playbook. It’s not a stretch to think of this title as ‘Goddess of War’ as it also features a complex narrative that centers on a troubled main character and is married to a deep and substantial combat system.

Feature: This Persistent Life: Is Fury PvP Heaven?

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Three reasons why Fury may very well be the most exciting thing in the world of PvP MMOs

News: BioShock draws attention for ‘killing’ little girls

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

The local Massachusetts paper where Irrational Games is based examines the shock value and moral dilemma of killing characters that resemble young girls in the recently released BioShock for Xbox 360 and PC.

News: Sony: ‘We should have had more original PSP games’

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Sony’s European boss admits in an interview published Friday that the PSP has suffered from a shortage of games.

Screen Update: Bioshock

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

We’ve got 37 new, juicy screen shots of our exclusive game play of Bioshock.

News: Nintendo dominates July NPD sales

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

As expected, Nintendo maintained its dominance in North American hardware sales for the month of July according to NPD, only this time the Wii surpassed the DS for the first time since launching last November.

Review: Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

It just goes to show that even game developers are fans of their own work. Evidence: Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology, better known as crossover fanfiction.

Screen Update: Jeanne D’Arc

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

History is written by the winners.

Review: Brave Story: New Traveler

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

This brave new RPG from developers XSeed Games is, at first glance, perhaps not so brave as it’s wrought with many of the same RPG cliches and repetitive gameplay that inflict countless other titles.

Review: Jeanne D’Arc

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Jeanne d’Arc is a pseudo-historical strategy RPG that follows Joan of Arc through the last stages of England’s siege over France–only in this rewrite of history, England’s bratty child-king Henry VI becomes possessed by an ancient demon and calls upon monsters to aid the English in their attempt to dominate France. Talk about revisionist history!

News: Sony aiming to improve quality of third-party PS3 games

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Sony’s Phil Harrison said in an interview on Wednesday that the quality of third-party PS3 titles will likely improve due to the sharing of first-party technologies with outside publishers.

Screen Update: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Japanese chicks abound.

Review: Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Brain Age 2 is essentially an expansion pack to the original Brain Age, for the same $20 price tag.