Mar
27
Last week we started off round two of our best gaming heroine debate, and the votes were the closest I've ever seen at first, but eventually one clear winner emerged and dominated the debate. Here were the results:
Jill: 37 votes
Tifa: 65 votes - Winner!
That leaves Metroid's Samus and Beyond Good and Evil's Jade for […]
Mar
27
Apparently, knowing how transfixed I am by the whole Gizmondo Ferrari crash thing I am, the Universe is conspiring to help me find media reference to it - this time in the form of Kavinsky’s new ‘1986′ EP, a music release on Air’s Record Makers label that I grabbed from Emusic.
In fact, there’s a […]
Mar
27
The Castlevania movie is falling apart – wait, let me go put on my surprise face
Category: Wii Xbox 360 Playstation 3 |
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I don’t know what it is about video game movies and bad directors. They kind of go together like bad jokes and Full House – Season 3.
One of the biggest offenders of bad directing, Paul W.S. Anderson (not to be confused with actual good director Paul Thomas Anderson), has completely dropped off the Castlevania movie, […]
Mar
27
New NiGHTS Sequel Confirmed!
Category: Nintendo Wii |
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It seems that NiGHTS for the Wii can officially be taken out of the rumor bag and into the confirmed bag. As you can see from the magazine cover, Swedish publication Game Reactor has an article in their April issue revealing NiGHTS and making sure to state that this is not an April Fool’s […]
Mar
27
Bellevue, WA., March 27, 2007�NCsoft® and ArenaNet® today revealed their exciting plans for the future of the hugely successful Guild Wars® franchise. The companies announced that development already is underway on a full sequel to the original Guild Wars games. Guild Wars 2TM will draw from
Original post by editors@gamesetwatch.com (simonc) and software by Elliott Back
Mar
27
Metal Slug, one of my favorite run and gun series, is now propagating its Metal Slug Anthology onto the PS2 today. This little fact prompts me to ask the questions: how do you prefer your Metal Slug? With the game on the Wii, PSP, and now PS2, there are three different ways to play these […]
Mar
27
LOTR Online open beta: 1,000,000 strong on April 6th
Category: Wii Xbox 360 Playstation 3 |
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Midway Games and Turbine, creators of the swiftly-approaching Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, announced a huge pre-release push to get you all hooked on the latest cash-draining, time-guzzling MMO-that's-not-Warcraft. A massive open beta for a million eager gamers will be opened up on April 6th, allowing Tolkienophiles to experience the game prior […]
Mar
27
Next Generation Console Demand
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* The Wii and 360 had reasonably consistent demand from January to February, indicating that they have settled into post holiday levels.
* PS3 demand is more troubling, as it fell 30% in the same period, and is now significantly lower than its much older competitor.
* […]
Mar
27
Crackdown producer hints at new download content specifics
Category: Wii Xbox 360 Playstation 3 |
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Eurogamer recently talked it up with Crackdown producer Phil Wilson and believe it or not, some info about the game's upcoming download content was revealed. Vague as these details may be, they are still better than nothing. Here are a few highlights from the interview:
* Flying vehicles are a possibility now that the existing […]
Mar
27
Heroes: The Mobile Game or as I call it, the game I never knew I wanted
Category: Wii Xbox 360 Playstation 3 |
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Gameloft is all up in the cell phone gaming market and one of the things they especially love to do is take popular TV shows and turn them into mobile gold (Lost, Desperate Housewives, etc.). The latest step toward market saturation is the announcement of a cell phone game based on the hit NBC show […]