Archive for January, 2009
Aliens: Colonial Marines has unique stories, quick-time events and cover system
Some new details have emerged on Gearbox’s upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines first-person shooter. The game will contain six chapters and each chapter will have the player controlling a different marine from your squad of six. During the course of each mission, more story and exposition will be revealed via flashbacks that will help to flesh…
New I Am Alive game details compare it to every disaster movie and TV show out there
Some new details have been revealed on Ubisoft’s upcoming first-person action adventure game I Am Alive that seeks to be the ultimate “disaster”-movie style experience. The game is being developed by Darkworks who isn’t very well known and is the company who developed Cold Fear, which was a survival horror game released back in on…
Forza Motorsport 3 artworks leaked online
The first images of Forza Motorsport 3 have been leaked onto the world wide web. They reveal “menu poster art” that will appear in the game which is the third in the series and like the previous games is being developed by Turn 10 exclusively for the Xbox 360. The images were leaked by design…
Guitar Hero 3 is the first-ever $1 billion seller at retail
Activision has announced that Guitar Hero 3 has become the first ever billion-selling video game. That is, it is the first game to ever make over one billion dollars at retail. Which is naturally due to the game’s higher price point than the typical video game. Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock is available for…
Tokyo Beat Down delivered to DS. Release on March 10, 2009
Atlus has announced Tokyo Beat Down for release on the DS on March 10th, 2009 for an MSRP of $29.99. The game is a classic side-scrolling beat-em up-style game with a story of greed, corruption and good-old fashioned violence where the player can wipe the scum of the street with his fists and a variety…
Dawn of War 2 system requirements of your PC specs
THQ has released the PC system requirements that you’ll need to have in order to run Dawn of War 2, the latest game in the Warhammer 40,000 – Dawn of War RTS series, on your PC. The game is scheduled for release on February 23rd. Here’s the PC requirements to run Dawn of War 2:…
Mushroom Men 2 talk by developer Red Fly
Pax could be returning to the Nintendo Wii in Mushroom Men 2 according to the game’s developer Red Fly in a recent interview, where they expressed their interest in continuing the adventures of Pax in a sequel to the unique Wii platformer. To quote from the interview: TWGN: The ending of Spore Wars left the…
Midway’s lifeline extended till February 19, 2009
Midway has been given a lifeline extended until February 19th, 2009 in order to hopefully secure the cash it needs to deal with it’s huge debt load and avoid bankruptcy. This after it was reported last month that the publisher of Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe had only 50 days to get it’s accounts in…
Barack Obama working on his Wii Sports bowling-arm
Everyone knows that President-elect Barack Obama like President George W. Bush before him is a big sports guy who loves not only loves to go to the gym regularly in his free-time but also likes to shoot some hoops on the basketball court with his friends. But you can’t be good at everything and one…
New video game releases week 2, 2009
Here’s a list of this weeks game releases. Most popular are: The Lord of the Rings: Conquest on multiple platforms, Moon on DS, and Mirror’s Edge on PC. On the downloadable games front we’ve got today’s Wii Shop titles Castlevania 3, Jungle Speed, Planet Pachinko, as well as Mahjongg Investigation: Under Suspicion and Shattered Union…
On the Wii Shop today: Castlevania 3, Jungle Speed, Planet Pachinko
Today Nintendo adds 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 Card above). We’ve included videos…
BioShock 3, 4, 5 to 6 also planned by 2K President
2K President Christoph Hartmann has said in a recent interview that he expects the developer to create five BioShock sequels. Yes, that would mean that aside from this year’s Bioshock 2: Sea Of Dreams (PC, Xbox 360, PS3) there will be BioShock 3 through 6 in the (possibly up to 20) years to follow! To…













