Coming Soon! 5/31/2010
May 31, 2010
Welcome to genre bender week! Where the genres you’ve come to love gets strange, radical treatments. This week, we’ve got a shooting RPG not named Borderlands, sports games with a unique camera, and a strategy game based off reality. Won’t you join me on this twisted tale of games seeking to break the norm?
Mark Hamill to Retire His Joker Role
May 27, 2010
The Joker is without a doubt Mark Hamill’s most well known role since Kenny Dantley in Corvette Summer. But according to an interview with IGN, he will hang it up for good after the upcoming Arkham Asylum 2. Having played the role of the Dark Knight’s arch nemesis for 12 years, he loved it so much that he became very protective of the character.
Gran Turismo 5 Delayed Yet Again
May 25, 2010
MCV reports that long awaited (for a few years now) racing sim Gran Turismo 5 has been delayed again. That’s because it’s rumored that GT5 will incorporate Move as well as 3D. It seems like everything with CG has to be in 3D nowadays. Did you know that there’s going to be a Men in Black 3D? Seriously?
Insomniac Games Goes Multiplatform
May 25, 2010
In a press release this morning, it was announced that Insomniac Games, the creators of the Ratchet & Clank and Resistance series, has partnered with EA Partners to bring their latest venture to multiple platforms.
Alan Wake Review
May 24, 2010
A lot has been made of the amount of time it took Remedy to develop the game Alan Wake. It took nearly five years, and with each passing month the anticipation, expectations and yes even skepticism grew. Finally on May 18, 2010 we got the game we’ve been eagerly awaiting. Now only one question remains – Does Alan Wake play like a dream or a nightmare?
Two Hours of Gaming = A Line of Coke?
May 24, 2010
According to an article cited by GamePolitics, “Young addicts are skipping meals, playing truant from school and are even stealing money from their parents to buy the latest games.” The quote is obviously intended to provoke a chilling effect on the reader.
PSP 2 to Go All Digital?
May 24, 2010
Last week GameSpot (via Edge) interviewed Michael Ephraim, head of Sony Computer Entertainment Australia, and came away with a golden nugget regarding the follow up to the PSP.
Coming Soon! 5/24/2010
May 24, 2010
Well that was interesting. Last week was like a Christmas that came out of nowhere. This week, the releases seem to have normalized itself. We got a good handful of games without any real stand outs. Now that’s the barren Summer releases that we’ve all come to love!
Dragon Age Origins: Awakening Review
May 22, 2010
You can never have too much of a good thing. Having spent a mere 130 hours playing Dragon Age Origins and considering (briefly) taking a break, I didn’t think twice about downloading the Awakening expansion pack. It’s Dragon Age 1.5, and it gave me a perfect excuse to continue my journey into the land of Ferelden.
Upgrade to a New Wii, Get Screwed on DLC
May 21, 2010
We as consumers are accustomed to certain things when it comes to the digital realm. For the Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, and iPhone apps, once you purchase and download stuff it’s yours forever. If you replace one of these systems, your downloadable content is still yours and waiting for installation, according to an article on Yahoo! Games.
