Archive for October, 2007
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn Wii preview and video interview
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn has a release date of November 5th in North America and is the 10th game in the Fire Emblem series (no date for anywhere else yet, cross your fingers). The game is developed by Intelligent Systems, the same developer that made the last game, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance for GameCube…
What in Manhunt 2 has changed to make it go from an Adults Only to Mature rating?
Manhunt 2 has an American release date of October 31st, Halloween, on the PS2, Wii and PSP. But what has been changed in Manhunt 2 to make it go from an unacceptable (or rather, un-sell-able) Adults Only to a mainstream Mature rating? It turns out the major change that took place is the brutality in…
Lucasarts and Bioware developing “Ground-Breaking” game
LucasArts and BioWare today announced that they have entered into an agreement to create an interactive entertainment product. Us gamers call this thing a “game” and you’re out of luck if you were hoping for some details, because none were given, except that it will be “Ground-Breaking” and “will push the boundaries of the gaming…
Guitar Hero 3 video review
Rock out to the third entry in in Red Octane’s music series for guitar gods! Songs for Guitar Hero 3 (full title Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock) on Wii, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, PC & Mac include Barracuda by Heart, One by Metallica, Sabotage by Beastie Boys, Rock And Roll All Nite by Kiss,…
Culdcept DS confirmed for 2008 release in Japan. Culdcept Saga coming to Xbox 360 in 2008
Culdcept DS has been confirmed for Japan and will be hitting sometime in 2008, developed as always by OmiyaSoft. Western fans will probably have to wait until mid or late 2008 before it sees release here . . . if it does, but hopefully it will due to the release of Culdcept previously on Playstation…
Valve locks out PC gamers who purchased The Orange Box from a territory not of their own
Did you buy The Orange Box for PC from a territory not of your own? If you did, you may find yourself unable to play the recently-released and packed-to-the-gills smash-hit (lots of dashes, yah). Most of these people bought the game to save a few bucks from a Thailand online shop, and along with the…
Command & Conquer 3 patch 1.09 released
EA has released another big patch edition for Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Command & Conquer 3 Patch 1.09 adds these highly requested features (check out the official site in the link to the left for a full and complete list): * Unit balancing. * Map fixes. * General Gameplay Tweaking. * New 4-player…
New video game releases week 44, 2007
Here’s a list of this weeks US game releases. Another huge week with many blockbuster games, I’m hiding my wallet until November. The most popular games are Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle with Guitar on multiple systems, Hellgate: London on PC, TimeShift on multiple platforms, Stranglehold Collector’s Edition (Includes Hard Boiled Movie) on…
History of Final Fantasy Retrospective Part 12. Square goes remake crazy!
The second to last Final Fantasy Retrospective, part 12 in the 13 part series, has finally been posted (Check out the Final Fantasy Retrospective Part 11 if you missed it). This one takes a very in-depth, complicated, and somewhat long-winded (but awesome nonetheless!) look at ALL the various Final Fantasy remakes, iterations and various translations…
Golden Joystick Awards 2007 winners announced
The Golden Joystick Awards 2007 were voted on by 10,000′s of gamers and is your opportunity to praise your best of the best that have entertained you the past year. The 18 winners of the 25th Golden Joystick Awards have been announced. Here’s the full list of nominees, with the winners bolded. Ultimate Game of…
Castlevania II, Magician Lord, Samurai Ghost hit the Wii Virtual Console today. Online Wii Shop game gift giving in the future
Today Nintendo adds three new classic games to the popular Wii Shop Channel. The games go live at 9AM Pacific time. 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 (see to your right)….
Super Smash Bros. Brawl level editor revealed!
Super Smash Bros. Brawl has a level editor! And not only can you create your own levels, but you can share them with friends via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection as well as submit them to Nintendo, where they will be posting the best levels for other users to download once a day into their game!…
Nolan Bushnell calls Halo 3, essentially, a “Doom-clone”. But loves the Wii
You may have heard recently that Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and creator of Pong (a game idea he took from the real founder, Ralph Baer who made the first home video game console in 1968) called modern video games “unadulterated trash” . . . quite a statement from a guy who’s been out of…













