Archive for January, 2009

Legends of Zork browser MMO game announced

20 January 2009
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Legends of Zork has been announced by Jolt Online Gaming as an all-new browser-based MMO based on the classic Zork text-based adventure game universe. It launches on April 1st, 2009, and that’s no joke! The storyline goes like this: The Great Underground Empire has recently fallen and the land is in disarray. The Royal Treasury…

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YouTube launches special TV version for Wii and PS3

20 January 2009
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Do you use your PlayStation 3 or Wii to view youtube on your TV? I know I do. In fact, that’s pretty much the only use I have found for the console browsers, particularly the Wii browser which seems to be pretty much useless at everything BUT youtube due to incompatibility issues. Well if you…

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Rock Band 2 Music Store now available for Wii

20 January 2009
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Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that the Rock Band Music Store is now live and available for Wii owners to purchase and download music tracks for Rock Band and Rock Band 2 for the Wii. Already up at the music store are 50 new tracks that players can purchase and download including 20 free…

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Singularity sci-fi thriller game announced by Raven

20 January 2009
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Singularity has been revealed as an upcoming science fiction shooter from developer Raven Software (X-Men Legends 2, Marvel Ultimate Alliance) and publisher Activision that will use Unreal Engine 3 and is being developed for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. The game allows players to manipulate time and jump through it as well as the…

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Call of Juarez 2: Bound in Blood prequel announced for Xbox 360, PC, PS3

19 January 2009
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Ubisoft has announced Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC for release this year. The game will be developed by Techland who also developed the first game, Call of Juarez. In the upcoming first-person shooter players will be transported from the ravaged Civil War-era Georgia to the Aztec…

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AionGuard announced by Just Cause developer

19 January 2009
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Avalanche, the makers of the open-world Just Cause series, have announced an all-new open-world fantasy game called AionGuard. Revealed in Edge Magazine, AionGuard is a war game on an epic scale in which armies made up of thousands of soldiers and flying dragons rain death down upon the world below. Descending from the skies beasts…

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Dragonball Z Movie Game might get worldwide release

19 January 2009
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The upcoming Dragonball: Evolution film, based on the hit Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z anime, is getting a Dragonball: The Movie video game adaptation according to Gamefly who has added a profile page for the title on their online database. Not much information at all is known on the game but it has a…

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Judge blames Halo 3 dev Bungie for causing underage boy murderer delusions

19 January 2009
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A 17-year-old boy named Daniel Petric has been found guilty of killing his mother and wounding his father in an October 2007 gun shooting where Halo 3 is being pegged as driving the kid to kill. This is despite arguments from the defense that the boy’s addiction to video games made him not guilty by…

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New video game releases week 3, 2009

19 January 2009
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Here’s a list of this weeks game releases. The most popular titles are Skate 2 on Xbox 360 & PS3, AR Tonelico II: Melody Of Metafalica Premium on PS2, and Star Ocean: Second Evolution on PSP. On the downloadable games front we’ve got today’s Wii Shop titles Musha, High Voltage Hot Rod Show, Family Glide…

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On the Wii Shop today: Musha, High Voltage Hot Rod Show, Family Glide Hockey

19 January 2009
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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…

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Sony Q1 shows Wipeout Pulse coming to PS2 in February along with Flower. Fat Princess and SingStar Queen due March 2009

19 January 2009
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A release list put out for the first quarter of 2009 by Sony Computer Entertainment Benelux (SCEB) in Europe shows some fan favorites like Flower and Fat Princess are about to be released on the PlayStation Network in February and March respectively. As well as Wipeout Pulse getting ported from PSP to PlayStation 2, much…

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18th Mario Kart Wii tournament runs until January 25. Bring in the coins

19 January 2009
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If you own Mario Kart Wii, you’ll know it lets you play online in 12-player races against drivers all over the world. Now, you can show off your racing skills in a Nintendo-sponsored worldwide competition. The 18th Mario Kart Wii Competition started on January 15th and runs until January 25th. Now’s the time to get…

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Final Fantasy XIII coming to America and Europe after April 2010?

19 January 2009
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Square Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy XIII will remain exclusive to Japan for 2009 meaning that the Western world will not get the upcoming Xbox 360 and PS3 epic until mid-2010 at the earliest. The game will be released in 2009 in Japan although a specific date has yet to be set even there….

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