Archive for August, 2007
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)?…
Get your 7 days free The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar trial now
Turbine has launched the official 7-day free trial of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (LOTRO). Beginning today, fans in North America, Australia, and New Zealand can play the online game for free. Eligible fans can participate in The Lord of the Rings Online trial program and play the game for 7…
Top 10 Ninjas in videogames
The Top 10 Ninjas in videogames is here. The debate that has raged on for ages comes to a close right now with our list of the top stealth assassins. Where does your favorite rank? Here’s the full list of Ninjas: 10. Jago (Killer Instinct) 09. Thomas (Kung Fu) 08. Joe Musahi (Shinobi) 07. Goemon…
US Homeland Security developing Ground Truth video game
The US Department of Homeland Security is developing Ground Truth, a video game. So if you thought America’s Army or Full Spectrum Warrior was the end of government-created games, think again! The United States Department of Homeland Security was created after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to help protect the US homeland. Ground Truth (probably a…
Casual gaming helps kids and parents bond & bridges generational gaps
PopCap Games, kings of the casual games web-space and maker’s of the puzzle game hit Bejeweled, conducted a study of some 7,500 adults who play casual games, such as the ones they offer on their web-site, games like the aforementioned Bejeweled, Bookworm Adventures, Chuzzle, Feeding Frenzy 2, Zuma, Mystery P.I. and many others. In stark…
ESRB defends Manhunt 2′s Mature rating. Politician wants to know why rating was changed
Politicians are at it again. After the ESRB granted Manhunt 2 an M for Mature rating and it got a release date of this Halloween, following the initial AO for Adults Only rating for Manhunt 2, California Senator Leland Yee is now calling for the ESRB to reveal exactly what was cut from the game…
N-Gage resurfaces as gaming brand on newer Nokia phones
Ah, the N-Gage. Doesn’t that word just put a smile on your face? Such a silly device, everyone knew it wouldn’t work, but they went ahead and did it anyway . . . Now the N-Gage is resurfacing! The new N-Gage service will be launched globally in November allowing you to download N-Gage games for…
Need for Speed: ProStreet & EA Playground release dates set
EA has revealed the final release dates for Need for Speed: ProStreet & EA Playground. We previewed Need for Speed ProStreet last month, and it is the newest installment in the extremely popular Need for Speed series that started in 1995. In the new game, developed by EA Black Box, players can race in four…
Nintendo stock slides 5.4% due to Japanese yen increase
Though it is the bane of Yankees traveling abroad, the weak dollar has helped prop up the US economy by keeping American exports attractively cheap. A similarly weak yen has also helped keep the price of Japanese exports down in external territories–exports like the Nintendo Wii, which remains hard to find in North America. Today,…
Ceramic white PS2 Singstar Pop bundle coming to US & Canada in November
The Ceramic White slim PS2 is coming to the US and Canada in a bundle that includes Singstar Pop (PS2) and two microphones so you and your friends can play the karaoke game together. The bundle will cost $149.99 in America and C$159.99 in Canada with a release date of this November. Since the PS2…
Making of Heavenly Sword part 4: Sound and the animated Legend of the Sword: The Devine Birth
The Making of Heavenly Sword part 4: The Sound of Combat. This part in the behind-the-scenes look at the PS3-exclusive game, gives an in-depth look at how the Foley artists on the crew worked. They are the people who create many of the natural, everyday sound effects in a film (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) or…
Puzzle Fighter HD and Streets of Rage 2 are the Xbox Live Arcade releases today
From today, August 29th at 9AM GMT (2AM PDT), you can play Capcom’s Puzzle Fighter HD on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360. Puzzle Fighter HD will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points (that’s US$10 / €9.60 / £6.80 / CAN$12.40 / AU$13.20). One of the most popular puzzle games of all time is…
Did you know the unique PS Vita game Gravity Rush is helmed by the Siren series director? 
