Archive for January, 2009
Angry Video Game Nerd reviews Milon’s Secret Castle
This is the sixty-second (no, wait, I guess I missed two cause its #64) in a series of bad video game reviews by the Angry Video Game Nerd. Watch as the Angry Nerd reviews Hudson Soft’s NES game Milon’s Secret Castle (1986) which is also available on the Wii Virtual Console download service. The single…
First Monsters vs. Aliens: The Videogame trailer
Activision has released a trailer for their upcoming video game based on the Dreamworks film Monsters vs Aliens, which will be the first film produced in real 3D and will mark a turning point for Dreamworks Animation in which all it’s future films will be produced in the stereoscopic 3-D format. The film and game…
Coraline: The Game launch trailer (PS2, Wii)
A video game adaptation of Caroline is now available for the Wii and PlayStation 2. The game is based on the upcoming film that is in turn based on the hit horror novella by British author Neil Gaiman that was published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and Harper Collins. The novel has been compared to Lewis…
Final Fantasy spinoff Crystal Defenders coming to WiiWare, Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network
Square Enix has announced that they will be releasing their tower-defense Final Fantasy-spin-off mobile (iPhone, iPod Touch) game, Crystal Defenders as a downloadable title for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and WiiWare in Japan on January 27th for 1,000 Wii Points. Crystal Defenders features 300 stages spread across three chapters of increasing challenge and takes…
Japanese studios Jaleco and Seta close their doors. US Studios at Microsoft and EA see job cuts
Two Japanese companies who are dinosaurs of the video game industry have said goodbye for the last time as both of them have closed after things came to a head due to the economic downturn. The companies are Jaleco and Seta. Jaleco had been struggling for the past decade and only had a few well…
12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards led by LittleBigPlanet
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) has revealed their nominees for the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards which will be presented at the D.I.C.E. Summit on February 19th at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas (hosted by Jay Mohr). Leading the charge is Media Molecule’s exclusive PS3 platformer LittleBigPlanet which is dominating…
Street Fighter 4 preview video gives you the details
We’ve covered Street Fighter 4 so much that it’s almost getting downright tired talking about it but I thought I’d drop yet another new video on you for those who haven’t been keeping up to date on all things fighting with the constant stream of Street Fighter 4 news. This video preview will explain how…
Mortal Kombat 9 is now officially underway as Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe ships 1.8 million units
Mortal Kombat 9 is now officially underway says Ed Boon, co-creator of the Mortal Kombat series and the mastermind behind all the core titles in the franchise including the most recent MK8 or Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe as it was officially named. “We’re already hard at work on our next version of Mortal Kombat,…
TMNT: Smash Up Wii-exclusive fighter announced
Ubisoft has announced TMNT: Smash Up for exclusively for the Wii. The game is a four-player fighting title similar to Super Smash Bros. Brawl. In fact the game it is being developed by Game Arts who is noted for their work on popular Wii Nintendo fighting game. Unlike previous Turtles video games this title is…
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time release date is confirmed for March 24th in North America
Square Enix has given Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time a release date of March 24th in the United States. The game will be released for both the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS at a retail price of $40. The latest game in the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series (which started out on…
The Sims 3 may be delayed to currently unannounced date
Looks like The Sims 3 may be getting a delay from it’s current release date of February 20th. Although it hasn’t been spoken out loud yet at this point, Edge has reported that Electronic Arts suddenly and unexpectedly changed the release date on their official web-site for The Sims 3 from February 20th to “TBA”…
Halo Wars video documentary takes the Covenant fight to a whole new viewpoint
Halo Wars seeks to take the Halo universe to consoles (exclusive to the Xbox 360) and show the battle with the Covenant in a whole new perspective, that of a real-time strategy game. It is scheduled for release in North America on March 3rd and in Europe on February 27th. The game focuses on action…
Resident Evil 5 intro trailer whets the appetite. Demo up now on Xbox Live
Capcom has released a JAW DROPPING trailer for Resident Evil 5 (release date is set for March 13 on Xbox 360 and PS3 in North America & Europe) that will not only whet the appetite of die-hard fans but send their anticipation reeling through the roof with what is quite possibly the greatest thing a…













