Archive for December, 2006
Xbox 360 warranty to 1 year in America and Canada
Effective today the one year warranty is now the standard for all Xbox 360 consoles in the United States and Canada. Strange it took them so long to move from 90 days to one full year warranty there, since it’s a standard almost everywhere worldwide for hardware at those prices. Customers that experience hardware issues…
Tomb Raider: Anniversary remake first details and trailer
“Sometimes to understand your present, you have to go back to your past. And this time, things will be different!” Lara Croft says in the first trailer of her upcoming spring 2007 remake of her first adventure ten years ago titled Tomb Raider: Anniversary. Crystal Dynamics is developing the game inspired by the original, but…
Crackdown on crime February 20. Xbox Live co-op demo on January 18.
January 17 update: The demo is delayed, but will still be available sometime before the end of January. The Xbox 360 game Crackdown explodes onto Xbox Live Marketplace with a single-player and online cooperative demo on January 18th, followed by its arrival on North American store shelves February 20th at a price of $59.99. Pacific…
Gears of War newbie tips guide
If you are receiving Gears of War as a present this holiday season, the fact that other people have been playing online for a few months could be intimidating. Thus Gamerscoreblog gave a few tips to the newbs/newbies/n00bs that they’ve picked up in online matches. Hopefully these tips will help you folks get over some…
Angry Nintendo Nerd reviews Bible Adventures on NES (Christmas fun part 1)
This is the seventeenth in a series of bad video game reviews by the Angry Nintendo Nerd. “Bible Adventures” is an unlicensed Nintendo cartridge made by game developer Wisdom Tree released in 1991. It contains three different games: Noah’s Ark, Baby Moses, and David and Goliath, all of which are based rather loosely on stories…
Resident Evil 5 interview with producer Jun Takeuchi suggests 2008 release date
Japanese magazine Famitsu interviewed Jun Takeuchi about Resident Evil 5. Jun Takeuchi is the producer on Resident Evil 5 and he has previously worked as the motion designer on Resident Evil 2. QJ did a rough translation of the interview. He’s pitching that this next Resident Evil installment, that’s coming out for both the Xbox…
Silent Hill 5 interview with producer Akira Yamaoka hints PS3 and Xbox 360 versions
Japanese magazine Famitsu interviewed Akira Yamaoka about Silent Hill 5. Akira Yamaoka was the producer on Silent Hill 3 & 4 and he composed all the music and sound effects in all four games. The interview asked mainly about Silent Hill 5 and Silent Hill: Origins (the PSP horror game). Silenthillorigins did a rough translation….
Super Mario Bros., Street Fighter II, Super Castlevania IV, R-Type, Toe Jam & Earl arrive on Wii Virtual Console on Christmas morning
This year Santa is getting some competition from another jolly guy with a big belly and a red cap. We’re talking about video game icon Mario, of course. As a special holiday surprise for Wii owners from Nintendo, the original Super Mario Bros. game for the NES will appear in the Wii Shop Channel and…
Splinter Cell Double Agent to infiltrate PS3s worldwide in March 2007
Ubisoft today announced that Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent will be released worldwide in time for the March European launch of the PS3. That means that after Xbox 360, Xbox, GameCube, Wii, PC and PS2 gamers, PS3 owners will be playing Sam Fisher’s fourth game in the first two weeks of March 2007. More…
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin review video (DS)
In Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for the Nintendo DS, you take control of two heroes: Jonathan Morris, a vampire killer and his close friend Charlotte Orlean, a girl with tremendous magical ability. Amidst the chaos of World War II, two mysterious sisters emerge, working to resurrect Dracula and David and Charlotte are all that stand…
Virtua Fighter 5 also announced for Xbox 360 in summer 2007. PS3 version due February 20th.
SEGA today announced that the highly anticipated arcade fighting game, Virtua Fighter 5, will make its way onto the Xbox 360. Virtua Fighter 5 is scheduled for release on Xbox 360 in North America and in Europe during late summer 2007. The game will also be available for the PS3 on February 20th, 2007 in…
PS3 demand down despite new U.S. stock, Wii still keeps selling out worldwide
My my my, how the tables have turned! When I went to pick up an extra Wii controller this week I was told by the clerk “So… YOU’RE ONE OF THOSE people with a Wii,” she said in both an envious and awed voice. “Yes” I replied with an evil grin knowing they sold me…
Burger King games sold 2 million copies
Haha this is too funny! Remember that freaky Sneak King game video we showed a while ago? Well, Microsoft and Burger King announced that the Burger King line of promotional Xbox and Xbox 360 games have sold a whopping 2 million copies since they launched a little over a month ago on November 19th. The…
Did you know the unique PS Vita game Gravity Rush is helmed by the Siren series director? 
