Archive for February, 2010

Colony Defense Review

Friday, February 26th, 2010

First game released by Mana Bomb Game Studio is a tower defense called Colony Defense. Does it have what it takes? Find out now!

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D&D Online Reaches One Million Players

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Turbine Inc. has announced that since going free-to-play in September 2009, the Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited playerbase has increased to more than one million active users. The game was originally released in 2006 as Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach and required players to pay a monthly fee. The game never managed to achieve mainstream [...]

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Ninja Gaiden Dev Settles Long-Term Lawsuit

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Controversial developer Tomonobu Itagaki, founder and former lead designer of Team Ninja (Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden), sued his former company after he left in 2008 over unpaid bonuses. The fallout of the lawsuit’s multiple-year long legal battle were continued spats with former Tecmo president Yoshimi Yasuda, as well as endless news stories about the [...]

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Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth Review

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Objection! Take that! Hold it! Eureka!

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Atari Launches Free-to-Play Missile Command

Friday, February 26th, 2010

In celebration of their 30th anniversary of Missile Command, Atari made a flash-based remake available free of charge at OMGPOP. The remake includes new visuals, online co-op multi-player, boss battles and unit upgrades.

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PSN Version of Castle Crashers to have Volleyball Minigame

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Behemoth has just announced a new volleyball minigame exclusive for the PlayStation Network version of Castle Crashers. Features include: * Play co-op or vs your buddies * Local or online play * From 1-4 players per team for up to 8 player matches * Variable stats based on character * Use magic attacks to place [...]

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Bad Company 2 Gets DLC Maps at Launch

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Earlier this month, we reported that DLC would be available for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on launch day. Now, with the release of the game less than a week away, EA has further detailed the content that will be available. First of all, a content package including two all-new maps will be made available free [...]

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Alpha Protocol US, Euro Release Dates

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

With enough delays to go toe to toe with Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Convinction, Sega and Obsidian Entertainment’s Alpha Protocol returns once again with another, reportedly final, shelf deadline in both the NTSC and PAL regions. Europe can expect the espionage-action RPG on May 28th, and those in the States can get their super-spy on come [...]

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Take-Two Opens Tokyo Office, Brings Liberty City Ep. to Japan

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

The usual routine with porting hit titles across various seas is the outsourcing of region-publishing to local studios for efficiency. Developer Take-Two is taking the more personal road, by opening a branch office of their own in Tokyo, Japan to coincide with the region launch of the bundled Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City [...]

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DSi XL Launch Date

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Even with the rumors of a DS-2 floating around in full force, Nintendo has pushed forward with its plan of bringing their larger sized, more ergonomic handheld to the Western market. The DSi XL, which comes with two 4.2 inch screens (93% bigger) and bigger stylus, will premiere on store shelves in the NTSC regions [...]

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Mark Beaumont, Capcom COO, Passes Away

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

A solemn Capcom released a brief statement to the press today, announcing the death of the chief operating officer for the company’s front in the PAL and NTSC regions, Mark Beaumont. MCV reports that the reported cause of death is a heart attack. The staff at Elder-Geek send their best wishes and thoughts to the [...]

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Sony’s ‘Home’ Unable to Attract Advertisers?

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

The oft-delayed and eternally-in-beta Home has had its share of critics, many in the subject of Sony’s hopes for the virtual economy’s advertising plans. Mediaweek recently released a report in line with these complaints against Home, finding the social networking sphere to have been unable to illict many non-endemic brands like Red Bull, and have [...]

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Miyamoto to Receive BAFTA Honor

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Representatives at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts recently announced that Shigeru Miyamoto (Donkey Kong, Pikmin!, Super Mario Brothers 1-Wii) will be added to the lofty company of the likes of Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock by being the latest to receive the BAFTA Fellowship. The awards ceremony will be broadcast live at [...]

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The 8bitX 32 / 64-bit Tournament

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

This is it. It’s down to two. Final Fantasy VII vs. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

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Mario Galaxy 2, Metriod Other M European Release Dates

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

With the announcements of hit Q2 titles at the Nintendo Media Summit, European gamers are eager to find out when Nintendo hit titles hit stores selves in their country. Fear not as Nintendo just released launch dates: Mario Galaxy 2: June 11 2010 Metroid: Other M: Q3 2010 Monster Hunter Tri: April 23 with free [...]

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