Archive for September, 2007
Assassin’s Creed release date November 13th 2007 on Xbox 360 and PS3. PC version delayed until early 2008
Ubisoft’s updated release schedule shows Assassin’s Creed for PC has been delayed until early 2008. Console owners shouldn’t worry about their Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, those have a release date in America on November 13th and in Europe on November 16th, 2007. To quote: “One of the most anticipated video games of the…
The winner of our Halo 3 competition
The past week we’ve given you the chance to win in our Halo 3 competition. We asked the insanely difficult question of what game came out between Halo 1 and Halo 3. We really had no idea the question was that easy (:wink:), but all of the nearly 70 contestants got the answer “Halo 2″…
Tom Clancy’s Air Combat announced by Ubisoft for “next-gen consoles” and PC
Ubisoft has announced Tom Clancy’s Air Combat for “next-gen” consoles and PC. You can bet it will be coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 due to the tech behind the machines, with a Wii version unlikely but not completely ruled out. As the title implies, Tom Clancy’s Air Combat is a “flight combat” game that,…
Samba de Amigo coming to Wii!
Dreamcast fans rejoice! Samba de Amigo is coming to Wii, courtesy of Sega and Gearbox Software. The news was revealed when the latest cover to Nintendo Power was leaked, which features the Samba de Amigo monkey on the top along with the words, “Shake it with Samba de Amigo!”, and the news has since been…
Nintendo becomes Japan’s second most valuable company
Nintendo Co Ltd <7974.OS> has surpassed Canon Inc <7751.T> to become Japan’s second most valued company, as Nintendo’s success just keep coming and coming. The only company in Japan that tops Nintendo is Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T>, a tough one to beat considering that Toyota is the most valuable and profitable automaker in the world…
Top 10 games to buy besides Halo 3
Time for another Top 10 list from Screwattack. Yes, we know you are going to get Halo 3 but what if you could only choose one game… and it wasn’t the final part of the Master Chief trilogy? What other games are you looking forward to? For me it’s Half-Life 2: The Orange Box. Here’s…
Cabela’s Trophy Bucks launch ruined by Halo 3′s on Xbox 360
The development team over at Cabela’s Trophy Bucks are pretty upset over Halo 3 getting released on the same day. Just look at how angry they are. To quote: “Thanks for NOTHING, Bungie- You COMPLETELY RUINED our night by releasing Halo 3 on September 25th. CABELA’S TROPHY BUCKS HAD THIS RELEASE DATE FIRST AND WE…
4.2 Million Halo 3 copies at stores worldwide this week. New ad shows Halo live-action intro to Halo 3
Halo 3 has launched today with a huge amount of hype. Goldman Sachs analysts Sarah Friar and Frederick Grieb now predict that Microsoft will have shipped a mighty 4.2 million copies of Halo 3 into the retail channel by the end of the month. That’s a big-enough launch shipment for more than a third of…
Saint’s Row 2 will be darker and more sinister
Just when you thought shooting fictional people dead couldn’t get any darker or more sinister, THQ comes along and announces Saint’s Row 2 will be darker and more sinister. So what’s the deal here? According to Volition’s lead producer Greg Donovan, Saint’s Row 2 will have a “much darker and more sinister story that leads…
Sega Sammy expect 4 million sales for Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
Sega Sammy, creator of the Sonic the Hedgehog, corporate director Masanao Maeda has said that: Sales of their new video game Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, that pits its flagship character Sonic against Nintendo’s Mario, will reach 4 million units after it goes on sale November 20th 2007 for Wii and DS. He…
Resident Evil: Extinction number 1 in the boxoffice
Resident Evil: Extinction, the third entry in the film franchise based on Capcom’s long-running series (following Resident Evil and Resident Evil: Apocalypse), opened across 2,828 screens in North America last Friday. Writer Paul W.S. Anderson returns to complete the trilogy, while Russell Mulcahy (Highlander) mans the director’s chair after a career spent largely in television…
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames delayed till early 2008
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is delayed until early 2008! This coming from the developer Pandemic Studios, who has confirmed the delay that originally sprang from retailers who let the date slip. The game will now be coming in “Q1 2008″ with nothing anymore specific than that. So that’s another 2007-delayed-till-2008 game you can add…
Rygar swings to Wii in Rygar: The Battle of Argus. Preview and video shows epic action aplenty
Rygar is coming to the Nintendo Wii in Rygar: The Battle of Argus! From the looks of it, the game is an updated version of “Rygar: The Legendary Adventure“. The Wii version will add all-new Wiimote gesture based controls to change up how the game is played. Previously it was announced that Rygar: The Battle…
Oboro Muramasa Youtouden action-RPG Wii preview. Video trailer reveals beautiful side-scroller
Oboro Muramasa Youtouden is an upcoming side-scrolling action RPG for Wii developed by Vanillaware and published in Japan by Marvelous Interactive. Generally Atlus has published Vanillaware games in the US so there is a good chance the game could come over but it is not a sure thing and hasn’t been announced. So what exactly…
Wii Sports and Monster Hunter Portable 2nd win big at Japan Game Awards 2007
The winners of the Japan Game Awards 2007 have been announced. The awards look at games released between April 1st, 2006 and March 31st, 2007. The winners were announced as part of the Tokyo Game Show 07 and were organized by the Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association the Japan game Awards Selection Panel. The winners were…













