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Just What is Mega Man Universe?
1 year ago
Last week during Evo 2010, Tekken 6, creator Katsuhiro Harada called out Yoshinori Ono on his tweets announcing a new game. Ono not spilling the beans on any of the information, finally released a trailer for Capcom’s next title Mega Man Universe. I was hoping it would be a new Darkstalkers game, More >
Take That Japan! – China Builds an Optimus Prime
1 year ago
It’s no secret that there has always been a age old heated rivalry between the two countries. Who’s food is better? Who’s action films are better? Who’s better at karaoke? You know, the important stuff. But now the rivalry is reaching new heights, giant robot heights. Reports are coming from More >
Your Playstation Move Buyer’s Guide
1 year ago
Now that E3 2010 is over and the Playstation Move has been announced, you’re probably wondering what you need to get to start playing the Playstation Move.
But wait, what is the Playstation Move?
Good question. It’s a peripheral for the Playstation 3 that allows 1-to-1 accurate movements. Using More >
APB: The Human Avatar – Stage 2 Done, Now Stage 3
1 year ago
The marketing team behind APB (All Points Bulletin) have been experimenting with the Human Avatar, a project that allows a chosen live player to go through a process of being transformed into a real life avatar for the game. There are 6 stages, and the internet gets to vote what style of haircut, More >
Shmup Heaven (Almost) – Sin & Punishment 2 Review (Wii)
1 year ago
by Ryan Southard
in Video Games
The shmup genre, or “shoot em up”, is a genre that hibernates most of the time, waking only partially every once in awhile to let us know we shouldn’t get the shovel and bury it just yet. Treasure is a small development team in Japan, and you might know them by one of their Genesis games, More >
EVO 2010 – A Fighting Competition Journey, Video Game Fighting That Is
1 year ago
It was random for me, I went to Vegas for some R&R, and was planning on coming back home early, when a few friends of mine called me and told me, “Dude! We just decided to go to EVO and some of us want to join the others. Want to watch? Are you interested?”
In my mind I wanted to come home, but More >
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Ready for Launch One Week Early
1 year ago
IO Interactive, a part of Square Enix Europe, has announced that Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days has gone gold, and will be released a week ahead of schedule on August 17, 2010 in North America and August 20, 2010 in Europe.
The first Kane & Lynch game came out in a bad light with the way Eidos was More >
Mega Man 8-bit Deathmatch!!
1 year ago
I happened to stumble across this really cool Doom conversion. Mike Hill has created a game that fully utilizes the old school 8-bit style and places it in an online multiplayer FPS setting. Available characters are the Robot Masters from Mega Man 1-6, with their weapons as pickups throughout the More >
Deus Ex Novel to Coincide with Human Revolution
1 year ago
Del Ray Books has announced that Deus Ex will come in book form next year, to coincide with the release of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the highly anticipated third game of the Deus Ex series, in 2011. Deus Ex: The Icarus Effect will be written by James Swallow, who has worked on novels for Doctor More >
PSN Anime Nudity Flub
1 year ago
So the Playstation Store has a Free TV section that offers the first episode of many different series for free. Well they kinda messed up a bit. They were offering up the anime show Queen’s Blade: Season 1: Episode 1 – High Spirits, not knowing that prior to the end of the episode, users can see More >
Natsume at E3 and AX 2010
1 year ago
Natsume is no stranger to the E3 scene and have always had visually impressive booths. Last year there was a giant Cow plush and this year was a small farm reminiscent of the Harvest moon series they are known for. It was a nice surprise that they also appeared for the first time at Anime More >
Dragon Age 2 Concept Art Makes the Rounds
1 year ago
Check out these two artworks for Dragon Age II that have made the rounds during the announcement that Dragon Age 2 is currently under development. The above artwork shows off a nice cel-shaded style warrior with trails of smoke coming out of her body. Who is this character?
The picture below More >
Dead Space Prequel Announced
1 year ago
by Narvin Seegoolam
in Video Games
Dead Space 2 isn’t expected to release until January 2011, but for those who can’t wait til then, you’re in luck. EA has announced Dead Space: Ignition, a prequel that takes place hours prior to Dead Space 2. Players will have to survive a Necromorph outbreak on a massive space station called “The More >
New Red Dead Redemption DLC Coming…Is that a Zombie?!?!
1 year ago
by Narvin Seegoolam
in Video Games
Rockstar has announced their new set of DLC content that will be released starting in August. All of the content will be available simultaneously on the XBL and PSN networks. Here is the list of things to come:
Legends and Killers Pack – August 2010 release
Price: Playstation Network $9.99, Xbox More >
XSeed at E3
1 year ago
It was announced previously that publisher XSeed had entered an agreement with Nihon Falcom who is best known for releasing the series Y’s as well as Legend of Heroes series. Y’s has a huge fan base in Japan since its release back on the NEC PC-8801 in 1987 and since then has moved through time More >
Trailer For Final Fantasy Creator’s New Wii Action RPG
1 year ago
by Ryan Southard
in Video Games
The Last Story is the name of this game, and it will be released for the Wii this fall in Japan; hopefully we can see it stateside next year. It’s been teased about earlier this year with concept artwork. The game has great graphics, and appears to be more of an action game. The characters are More >
More Avatar for Your Pleasure in Theaters August 27
1 year ago
by John "Spartan" Nguyen
in Movies
Avatar will be playing again in theaters this coming August 27th, 2010 in Digital 3D and Imax 3D with 8 minutes of additional never-before-seen footage. Please let the deleted sex scene be one of them.
This blockbuster movie is the highest grossing film of all time; and soon, it will take in a lot More >
Dead Rising 2 Final Cover and New Viral Site
1 year ago
Capcom has released the final cover for Dead Rising 2 and it’s looking pretty killer. You can’t beat a chainsaw duct taped to a pole.
Also announced is a new site featuring the exploits of Lance, Gretchen, Wallace and Johnny Pipes at www.TapeItOrDie.com where you can get exclusive Dead Rising 2 More >
Dragon Age “RPG of the Year” Sequel Confirmed
1 year ago
From the team that brought you Mass Effect and Knights of the Old Republic, BioWare has confirmed that Dragon Age 2 is in development. In the first game, you’re one of the few survivors of the Grey Wardens, legendary warriors ordered upon to protect Ferelden against the evil Darkspawn. The game More >
PlayStation Tester “Doc” Comes Down with Life-Threatening Illness
1 year ago
Samuel Castañón III is best known as Doc as a contestant on Sony Playstation’s reality show The Tester. It’s a show where people compete for the chance of a lifetime working for Sony as a video game tester. Doc was one of the more memorable contestants because he was labeled by the show as the More >
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Is Back!
1 year ago
by Narvin Seegoolam
in Video Games
Criterion Games, the developer behind the Burnout series, has resurrected the long dead Hot Pursuit franchise. The original franchise, in my opinion, produced some of the greatest racing games I’ve ever played. I can honestly say that Criterion’s new iteration of the series will definitely not
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New Features in Portal 2
1 year ago
by Narvin Seegoolam
in Video Games
The blockbuster first person action/puzzle game is back and it has some new innovations with it. From what we saw at the end of Portal, Glados was “still alive” and Chell was dragged away and put into stasis. The game picks up hundreds of years later and Aperture Science Labs is still in ruins, More >
InFAMOUS 2 Gameplay Shows a Less Manly Cole
1 year ago
If you’ve checked out the latest gameplay footage for InFAMOUS 2, the thing you’ll notice (if you played the first game) is that Cole is looking prettier. He has more hair, his cheek bones are less structured, his voice is less raspy and deep, and his clothing style reminds me of Nathan Drake’s More >
Create Your Own Real Life Avatar with APB
1 year ago
Here’s the deal. APB (All Points Bulletin) is doing a promotion where one lucky “regular Joe” will get to be picked to participate in a 3-week Human Avatar project where the community have an opportunity to transform the guy, just like creating your own avatar in Western RPG games. The community More >
80′s Arcade Games Attack New York
1 year ago
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if the world was attacked by legendary arcade video games? Then you probably need psychological evaluation and need to lay off the ROMs. From One More Production and Patrick Jean comes Pixels, an amazing short film that shows what it would be like if More >
