Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Classic Review
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Castlevania had reached the Nintendo DS in 2005, which was a pretty lackluster year for the DS.
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010Tale of Tales, the developers of The Path, Endless Forest and Fatale, has released a free version of Vanitas on their website. Vanitas was originally released on the iPhone and iPod touch and it launched at the Art History of Games symposium in Atlanta, Georgia on February 4, 2010. Vanitas is a wooden box with [...]
Comments OffFull Rock Band 3 Setlist Revealed
Thursday, August 26th, 2010The oft-requested setlist from Harmonix’s latest musical opus is upon us, boasting over 80 tracks across 4 decades and even more genres. Rock Band 3 will release on October 16th, 2010 for the Playstation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360.
5 CommentsSega Dreamcast Still Being Developed For
Thursday, August 26th, 2010While its time in the console spotlight was short, the Sega Dreamcast’s longevity has been anything but. While among the most beloved of the cult consoles, its fandom isn’t the only thing that has kept the Dreamcast alive. Independent developers have been making new games for the consoles up until this year, a full decade [...]
3 CommentsNintendo Buys Major Stake in Nd Cube
Thursday, August 26th, 2010The developer behind Wii Party, Nd Cube, has just had the majority of their stake purchased by Nintendo, effectively becoming a wholly acquired subsidiary of the company. The Big N holds 96-percent of the company’s stock, this coming a few years after many Mario Party vets jumped on the company from Monegi, another majority-hold company, [...]
2 CommentsThis is Vegas Cancelled
Thursday, August 26th, 2010After languishing for three years in development limbo, Surreal Software’s This is Vegas was officially canceled. CVG reports the game had racked up $50 million in costs, and still required 8 months to a year of more development before completion.
2 CommentsMafia Wars Under Marketing Investigation, Lawsuit
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Zynga was having such a good year. What with huge investments and successfully avoiding being just another wholly acquired social gaming company, 2010 was looking to be the Year of Zynga. But the casual developer’s flagship title, Mafia Wars, has hit multiple road-blocks in the past couple of days.
Comments OffFinal Piece of Dragon Age: Origins DLC Announced
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010With the release of Dragon Age 2 set for a release in March 2011, BioWare has announced that it will release the final piece of downloadable content for Dragon Age: Origins on September 7th. BioWare indicates that this content will serve as the conclusion of the Dragon Age: Origins storyline. The dlc-package will be known [...]
1 CommentElder-Speek Issue 64: Mats’ Resurrection
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010Mats is back for this week’s show. Being resurrected from the dead has made him disagreeable and hot-tempered. Basically, he owns as a zombie..
Comments OffPrince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Wii Version) Review
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010Is this just a hand me down port? Or is Prince of Persia for the Wii worth your time?
2 CommentsEA Stands Up Against Rising Criticism
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010In the midst of rising criticism from media and politicians surrounding the upcoming first-person shooter Medal of Honor, EA Games president Frank Gibeau has stated that the developer will not surrender its creative vision to these reports. Over the weekend, the British Secretary of Defence Liam Fox voiced his anger and disgust over the fact [...]
2 CommentsBioshock Infinite to Remain Single-Player?
Monday, August 23rd, 2010The original Bioshock‘s focus was so deeply ingrained into telling a visual story inspired by its narrative locale, that multi-player didn’t seem to fit within the project. Despite the sequel’s foray into the fray with another developer, the team behind the original may keep this creed in their new entry into the universe, the jingoistic-federalist [...]
3 CommentsPortal 2 GamesCom Coverage
Monday, August 23rd, 2010The kind people at Valve Aperture Science sent us a few screenshots and some infographics about how the new features of their testing facility will affect the test subjects. Have a gander at the gallery below.
Comments OffModern Warfare 2 Officially the All-Time Bestseller in UK
Monday, August 23rd, 2010It may have taken 41 weeks since its release, but Activision and Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has become the highest selling video game in the United Kingdom’s history. The game charted on the Top 10 for 38 of its 41 weeks, and beat out the former best-seller, Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training [...]
Comments OffNew Neverwinter PC Game In the Works
Monday, August 23rd, 2010The folks at Atari and Cryptic Studios have just announced a new title set in the famous Dungeons and Dragons locale (in its Forgotten Realms campaign), Neverwinter. The studio has said that it has worked closely with Wizards of the Coast and author R.A. Salvatore in order to maintain the universe’s authenticity. While not another [...]
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