Archive for June, 2006
PSP EyeToy Camera hits Europe in October
EyeToy, Sony’s motion-sensing camera add-on, will be hitting European shelves in October 2006, a month later than originally announced by Sony. No one outside of Sony has any idea what games to expect, but you can count on EyeToy Portable Play 1, 2, 3 & 4. Here’s the PSP camera at work: In other news:…
Call of Duty 2: Invasion Pack announced
While we’re updating Xbox 360 games anyway… This Thursday Acitivision will release its third expansion pack for Call of Duty 2 via Xbox Live. The pack has been dubbed Invasion and adds five new multiplayer maps to the game set in locales such as Egypt and France. The expansion will cost 800 Microsoft points.
Project Gotham Racing 3 Style Pack announced
The PGR3 Xbox 360 Live update is called Style Pack, and will include 12 cars that focus more on looks rather than raw racing power. Costing you 400 Microsoft points, it’ll include: * 365 GTB4 (“Daytona”) * BMW M3 CSL * BMW M6 * BMW MINI COOPER S * BMW Z8 * Chrysler Firepower Concept…
Virtua Fighter 5 gameplay footage
The PlayStation 3 exclusive, Virtua Fighter 5, features an all-star cast of 17 fighters, including characters from the previous iterations along with two new characters named El Blaze and Eileen. Sega is promising the game will arrive outside Japan sometime April-June 2007. Here’s some new footage of various fighters facing off:
SiN Episodes: Emergence updated
A new update (available via Steam) is released for Ritual Entertainment’s Source-powered shooter, SiN Episodes: Emergence, adding a new game mode along with fixes and tweaks. Arena mode is a new single-player offering which challenges you to survive an onslaught of tooled-up thugs, awarding high scores for particularly long stand-offs. Arena mode also allows you…
First look at Frontlines: Fuel of War
The first project for Kaos Studios (a division of THQ founded by veterans of Trauma Studios, creators of Desert Combat and Battlefield 2 R&D projects), Frontlines: Fuel of War uses the advanced Unreal 3 engine for futuristic, intense fights in an open-world battlefield. Due for release Fall 2007 on PC, Xbox 360 & PS3. In…
New video game releases week 26
Here’s the list of new games coming out this week. It’s clearly summer time. Monday: * Hard Truck: Apocalypse (PC) * Kitty LUV (PC) * Naruto: Ultimate Ninja (PS2) * Night Watch (PC) * Sudoku Gridmaster (DS) * Titan Quest (PC) Tuesday: * Crusty Demons (XBOX) * Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The Genie & the…
New MegaMan ZX movie DS trailer
A new series of adventures in the Mega Man franchise, Mega Man ZX (aka Rockman ZX) features two playable characters, a male name Van and a female named Eile. They can expand their Hunter armor from normal to X mode and Z mode by collecting “Live Metal” as well as call upon special “rock on”…
Assassin’s Creed going multiplatform?
Before E3, a leaked release schedule listed “Assassin” as a PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and PSP title! A Gamespot list of Ubisoft’s E3 titles also listed Assassin’s Creed as being available on both 360 and PS3. Luke Smith at 1UP writes, “Assassin’s Creed is coming to the Xbox 360. It’s one of those secrets no…
Prey developer interview
Eurogamer sat down with Tim Gerritson of Human Head to ask him all sorts of questions about the new PC & Xbox 360 FPS game Prey. Release date is July 10th. The Prey PC demo has just been released? What can players expect from it? Tim Gerritson: It’s a fairly large demo. Not necessarily in…
Interview with EA’s Bing Gordon
In an interview by Edery asks EA’s Bing Gordon about the game industry’s development over the year and development itself. Below are some gaming answers. What are your thoughts on the MMOG market? Do you agree with Brian Farrell’s recent assertion that there’s only room for one big MMOG at any given time? (I.e. World…
Save your game-budget with PC games for free download
Are you on a game-budget? Sucks to be you! Just kidding, I spent my entire games-budget too. On DS games this month, the New Super Mario Bros. and Big Brain Academy (still on it’s way from dvdboxoffice). So now I promised myself not to buy another game like Tomb Raider: Legend for a while. Of…
New from EA, NHL 07 trailer
The golden age of console hockey returns when EA’s NHL 07 debuts Fall 2006 with gameplay innovations that will allow players to feel like they are actually on the ice. Here’s the new trailer for PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360 & PC.













