Archive for February, 2009
EA’s 2008 million-sellers: Left 4 Dead, Rock Band 2, Mirror’s Edge, Dead Space, FIFA 09
During Electronic Art’s recent conference call they announced some very good news about their late 2008 releases for some of their biggest new IP’s in years. EA revealed that Left 4 Dead, Rock Band 2, Mirror’s Edge, Dead Space and FIFA 09 all sold over one million copies with data from last year (up till…
Under Siege is a new PS3-exclusive RTS game. Steven Seagal not involved or related
Seed Studios has finally revealed their PlayStation 3-exclusive real-time strategy (RTS) game called Under Siege (no, it doesn’t have anything to do with Steven Seagal). The game is still a ways off as it is currently in pre-Alpha state but regardless the screenshots of the game look quite gorgeous already which is always a good…
On Xbox Live Arcade today: 3 on 3 NHL Arcade and Minesweeper Flags
From today, at 9AM GMT (2AM PDT), you can play EA’s 3 on 3 NHL Arcade on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360. 3 on 3 NHL Arcade will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points (that’s US$10 / €9.60 / £6.80 / CAN$12.40 / AU$13.20). From the same team that brought you NHL 09…
New study shows excessive game playing doesn’t lead to depression, TV watching does
A new study shows that excessive TV watching by youth will lead to depression later on in young adulthood. The more TV they watch, the more likely they are to suffer from depression as they grow older. The study was presented in the February issue of The Archives of General Psychiatry which is published by…
Call of Duty 5: World at War downloadable content shows up as map pack 1
Call of Duty 5: World at War developer Treyarch and publisher Activision have announced the first downloadable content. A map pack will be released in March 2009 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 & Windows PC, and includes three new multiplayer maps, as well as an additional level for the Nazi Zombie bonus co-op mode….
Dynasty Warriors 7 will be better than 6, says creator
The official Koei UK website did a video interview with the creator of Dynasty Warriors 6, producer Takashi Morinaka from Koei’s internal development team Omega Force. The next game in the series, the Dynasty Warriors 7 hint, is quoted below. But another sequel won’t come as a surprise to long-time fans of the Hack-and-Slash series….
Nintendo plans to open new R&D office near Kyoto headquarters
Seemingly in a show of unbridled success, Nintendo is bucking the worldwide economic downturn by announcing that they are going to build an all new research and development (R&D) office near their Kyoto, Japan Headquarters that would make it easier for the company’s two other R&D offices to collaborate easier (meaning a merger?) as well…
Original 2D Splatterhouse included in new 3D Splatterhouse game
It has been confirmed that the original 1988 arcade version of Splatterhouse will appear in the upcoming Namco Splatterhouse reboot which will see the franchise appear in 3D for the first time. This was confirmed at Comic-Con where co-producer Mark Brown responded to a question regarding if the original would appear in the new game…
EVE Online retail package includes special edition ship bonus
Eve Online will be heading to store shelves as a boxed retail game (it has been sold digital-only since Icelandic company CCP Games took over publishing rights from Simon & Schuster Interactive in May of 2003 including via Steam since January of 2008) and the details on what the package will include have been confirmed…
Black Mirror 2 adventure coming to PC
Black Mirror 2 has been announced for PC by developer Cranberry Productions and publisher dtp entertainment. It has a release date of December 31st 2009, so it may or may not actually make it this year. The original game (released in late 2003) was developed by Future Games and published by The Adventure Company, but…
101-In-1 Explosive Megamix mini-games collection announced for Nintendo DS
Atlus has gone out of it’s comfort zone to pick up “101-in-1 Explosive Megamix” for DS which it will publish in North America. As the title suggests, the game is a mini-game collection in which players earn gold coins by successfully completing challenges that they can spend on unlocking more games. The games range from…
Halo themed wedding officiated by Master Chief
You may have heard about the Halo-themed wedding that recently took place, but now there is actually footage of the wedding taking place. The wedding, officiated by Spartans of course, was caught in action by MTV Multiplayer and was put on by bride Desirai Labrada and groom John Henry. And guess what. It was the…
Splatterhouse developer BottleRocket fired by Namco. Afro Samurai team given development duties
Development just got a little TOO Friday the 13th for Namco Bandai’s upcoming Splatterhouse action horror game. Namco has confirmed reports that they have “parted ways” with Splatterhouse developer BottleRocket and have replaced them with the team who worked on Afro Samurai. As such, the game has not been scrapped or even put on hold,…













