Archive for August, 2007
Medal of Honor: Airborne release date is November 13th on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC
Medal of Honor: Airborne‘s release date is November 13th (US) and October 5th in Europe (quite a bit earlier, eh). It is coming to Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. For the newest installment in EA’s long-running Medal of Honor FPS series, you step into the boots of Boyd Travers, Private First Class of the 82nd…
NBA 2K8 preview. Release date is October 2 for Xbox 360, PS2 and PS3
NBA 2K8 has a release date of October 7th, 2007 on Xbox 360, PS3 and PS2. As always, it is being developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. On the cover this year is Chris Paul of the New Orleans, Louisiana “Hornets”, a Rookie of the Year winner and rising star in the…
Worms: A Space Oddity announced for Wii by THQ due spring 2008
THQ announced Worms: A Space Oddity for Wii, the newest iteration of the popular turn-based strategy game, is scheduled for release in spring 2008. Retaining the humor synonymous with the Worms brand, Worms: A Space Oddity (an obvious pun on the Stanley Kubrick sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey) marks the franchise debut on the…
TimeShift demo now on Xbox Live Marketplace
The TimeShift demo is now available for download on Xbox Live Marketplace. The 582MB playable TimeShift demo should give you a good idea on whether the game’s additional year of development did it right or not. The FPS game’s release date is October 30th on PC & Xbox 360 and in December 2007 on PS3….
Contra 4 on DS includes Contra and Super C (NES versions)
According to GameStop‘s “Coming Soon” games binder that’s in stores, the NES versions of Contra and Super C will be included in Contra 4! This makes the $30 DS action game an even better deal, since both Konami‘s NES games are available on the Wii Virtual Console at a price of $5 each. Contra 4…
Metroid Prime 3 secret message and Wii Would Like To Play videos
You can find this secret message while playing around with the radio in Samus’s ship in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on Wii. The signal code is the one you use in the beginning. Here’s the recording of Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata. The Japanese message translates to: “Hello, this is Iwata from Nintendo. You may not…
Manhunt 2 gets an uncut European release in the Netherlands
After the Adults Only-rating for Manhunt 2 in America this week went down to a Mature-rating, meaning it can be published on Wii, PS2 & PSP. It now looks like the outright banning of the game in European countries like England, Ireland & Italy won’t stop it from getting an uncut PAL release in the…
Bonk 3, Vegas Stakes hit the PAL Wii Virtual Console today
Today Nintendo of Europe added new classic games to the popular Wii Shop Channel. The games went live at midnight CET. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at stores like Amazon UK (Card). We’ve included…
Mass Effect release date November 20th 2007 confirmed by BioWare
Today, Microsoft Game Studios and BioWare Corp. announced that the highly anticipated action role-playing game (RPG) Mass Effect will ship to retailers throughout North America on November 20th, 2007. Mass Effect will have a retail price of $59.99 and is rated “M” for “Mature” by the ESRB. From the creators of the critically-acclaimed “Star Wars:…
PlayStation Network gets Warhawk and Puzzle Fighter HD games and Heavenly Sword videos this week
Sony Computer Entertainment announced the following PlayStation Network downloadable games and videos supposedly for both Americans and Europeans. Games: * Warhawk for $39.99 * Super Puzzle Fighter Turbo HD Remix for $9.99 Trailers: * Animated Prologue Heavenly Sword part 4 of 5: The Divine Birth * Making of Heavenly Sword part 4 of 5: The…
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass interview with Eiji Aonuma
A The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass interview from Nintendo Online Magazine in Japan was recently translated on Nintendo Europe‘s site and gives some nice insights to how the game controls. Eiji Aonuma directed The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess on Wii and has said that with Phantom Hourglass on DS he “would like to…
Behind the scenes at Mushroom Men for Wii and DS
Mushroom Men shows gamers the mundane world from the surreal perspective of a three inch high Mushroom Man. Unnoticed by humans, a war rages between the spore factions. As a brave Bolete Mushroom Man, players are given the opportunity to wreak havoc by transforming common household trinkets and trash into weapons and tools. I thought…
Wii Love Golf being made by Mario Golf developer Camelot
Capcom announced that they will be publishing a Camelot developed Wii-exclusive titled Wii Love Golf. Camelot is the developer of Nintendo games like Golden Sun and Mario Golf, and after leaving to make an online PC golf game for a South Korean publisher, they are now back making games for a Nintendo console. Wii Love…
Blue Dragon review video (Xbox 360)
Famed Final Fantasy game producer Hironobu Sakaguchi of Mistwalker game studio and developer Artoon present the highly anticipated Xbox 360-exclusive Blue Dragon. Featuring the character design of Akira Toriyama (who designed Dragon Ball Z) and music by Nobuo Uematsu (the composer for Final Fantasy), Blue Dragon is an epic RPG centered on a young boy…
Sam & Max Season Two: Episode 1 trailer
Sam & Max are coming back for a second season of episodic comedy-adventure content in fall 2007. Developer Telltale Games explains what’s new: “You mean apart from the slew of new characters and stories brimming — overflowing even — from the idea pot that is Season Two (possibly staining our new carpet in the process)?…













