Archive for March, 2007
Grand Theft Auto IV first Xbox 360 and PS3 trailer released
Here’s the debut trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV that was released by Rockstar today. This first in-game footage shows how the game will look when it’ll be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 on October 16th, 2007. This time around the third-person action adventure has you playing as a main character who has killed,…
Super Paper Mario Wii game intro
If you’ve played any GTA game, you’re probably waiting for the Grand Theft Auto 4 website to come online to see the trailer that was released almost an hour ago. Well, we’ll put the GTA IV trailer online next, whenever the internet stops crashing any site with the GTA IV movie! For now here’s the…
Uno is the first Xbox Live Marketplace download million seller
There have been more than 135 million downloads on Live Marketplace, the Xbox 360 download service. That includes Uno, which is the first game to exceed sales of one million downloads, said Albert Penello, director of global platform marketing for Xbox. He added that 70% of Microsoft customers have downloaded some type of content. A…
New Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier game coming to PSP or PS3?
Sony developer Naughty Dog has worked on a PSP title before and released two games of their Crash Bandicoot series on the portable in the past two years (Crash Tag Team Racing, Crash Bandicoot). As for the Jak and Daxter series, another Sony developer Ready at Dawn has of course released Daxter on PSP, but…
Why the Spider-Man letter font was used on the PlayStation 3
In an interview with Official PlayStation Magazine, the PlayStation 3′s designer –Teiyu Goto– revealed how the Spider-Man letter font came to be used on the PS3. To quote Goto-san: “Take the PS2 logo – we created it to blend in with the rectangular shape of the console. Personally, I feel very strongly that the logo…
New Bullet Witch content on Marketplace
Atari today released the first downloadable content for its Xbox 360 shooter Bullet Witch. Now available for free are a Bullet Witch Theme Pack for Xbox 360 dashboards and a new White Witch costume for the game’s protagonist, the gun-toting, spellcasting Alicia. Those willing to part with some change can also download some new missions….
Project Gotham Racing 4 gives Xbox 360 extreme weather in winter 2007
Thanks to Noa for sending this in. The May issue of Official Xbox Magazine (out on April 10) scored an exclusive sneak peak at Bizarre Creations’ Project Gotham Racing 4 (PGR4), the fourth installment of the Xbox/Xbox 360 flagship racing series. The magazine will have the first in-game screenshots. Up until now it wasn’t clear…
Company of Heroes 2 PC sequel coming from Relic
Company of Heroes developer Relic are working on a sequel to the excellent World War II RTS PC game for publisher THQ. At least according to Games for Windows editor Jeff Green, who revealed in his blog that the May edition of his magazine contains the first info about the upcoming game. To quote Jeff…
Initial release list of 2007 Koei titles
Koei just announced their release list for 2007 in Europe. I think this is the first time a horse-racing sim (G1 Jockey) has made it out of Japan to the West. No doubt these games will arrive in America at the same time or before these European release dates. Here’s Koei’s initial lineup: April 27,…
Celebrate NiGHTS 2, sing along with the Christmas NiGHTS Karaoke Mode
Yesterday was one crazy games announcement day, wasn’t it? Each of these three upcoming games might as well have been early April Fools day jokes if they weren’t officially confirmed. From Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games and Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword to NiGHTS 2! The first was a game no one ever expected…
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games this Christmas on Wii & DS
Sega and Nintendo today made a historical announcement that two of the biggest icons in the video games entertainment industry, Mario and Sonic, are joining forces to star in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. Developed for the Wii and Nintendo DS and set for release on Christmas 2007, this momentous agreement marks the…
Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword 3D DS game revealed by Tecmo
The latest issue of Japanese magazine Famitsu Weekly has revealed Tecmo’s Team Ninja are working on a new Ninja Gaiden game for the Nintendo DS.Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword is not a 2D side-scroller, but instead a 3D, top-down viewed, action-adventure game. It will mainly be controlled through the stylus (tap a direction to go there,…
NiGHTS 2 sequel from Sega confirmed
It’s no April Fools joke, the Swedish gaming magazine Gamereactor just put a NiGHTS 2 sequel preview of their coming issue online, but Sega asked them to remove it again from their website, because the magazine wasn’t supposed to come out (and thus reveal the game) until April 10th. Hamzik translated it and it says:…
Did you know the unique PS Vita game Gravity Rush is helmed by the Siren series director? 
