Archive for February, 2009
Animal Crossing Wii downloadable content starts with Pikmin hat
Like the rest of the world, European and Australian fans will get to enjoy their first free Animal Crossing Wii downloadable content. The DLC allows you to pick up a special Pikmin hat in the game. To quote: “For the next seven days (from February 6-12, 2009) you can get your hands on a very…
SingStar Queen songs list revealed
The full songlist for Singstar Queen has been revealed and will include 25 tracks in the PS3 edition’s soundtrack and 20 in the PlayStation 2 edition. The game doesn’t yet have an exact date in the U.S. but it’s scheduled for release in March in Europe. Here is the list of Queen songs that will…
Tenchu 4: Shadow Assassins review video (Wii)
Tenchu 4: Shadow Assassins uses the Wii Remote to fight, dash, jump and kill like a true ninja. Players continue the saga of Rikimaru and Ayame, elite ninjas who must use their lethal skills to keep the peace in feudal Japan. Playing as both stealthy Rikimaru and aggressive and acrobatic Ayame, players fight their way…
Top 5 game sales per system worldwide in week 5, 2009
What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK, France, Germany) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular right now. Nintendo Wii North America: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. Samba de Amigo (Sega), 3. Wii Play (Nintendo), 4. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 5….
Bioshock 2 to feature multiplayer modes?
A job listing on 2K Game’s Boston branch web-site reveals that they are planning “industry-changing” multiplayer for Bioshock 2: Sea of Dreams in which they are requesting workers “experienced multiplayer design”. Job listings often tip the hand of developers and their plans so it is all but official that Bioshock 2 will indeed include multiplayer…
Resident Evil 5 requires 5GB hard drive install
It has been revealed that the PlayStation 3 version of Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 will require a 5GB hard drive install in order to play the game! For those of you out there with smaller hard drive, this may come as quite a blow. This was revealed via the back of the game’s box, which…
Atari founder and Pong creator Nolan Bushnell to receive British Academy Video Games Award
Nolan Bushnell is the founding father of Atari and some would say the video game industry as a whole. He is credited with creating Pong (a variation on Ralph Bear’s “Brown Box” console game’s “table tennis”) and the Atari gaming systems which ushered in the video game industry and lead to that great pasttime that…
19th Mario Kart Wii tournament runs until February 10. Block Plaza Time Trial
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 19th Mario Kart Wii Competition started on February 1st and runs until February 10th. Now’s the time to get…
Is .hack//Link for PSP last in series?
The upcoming PSP-exclusive .hack//Link is rumored to possibly be the last game in the franchise. The game brings together fan-favorite characters from the entire .Hack universe and the entire run of the series and on top of that the game has a much happier style than previous games in the franchise which were generally a…
FEAR 2 to launch with special nurse care program. No, not really
Warner Bros. has released a funny commercial advertisement for FEAR 2: Project Origin that parodies all kinds of infomercials by offering gamers a “nurse care” program for their “fears” that they might be overtaken with when playing the game. Naturally, the nurses are . . . . well, what’d you’d expect from a game targeted…
First Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up trailer shown
Ubisoft has revealed the first trailer for TMNT: Smash-Up (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up in long-speak) in which we get to see some . . . uhh, fighting Turtles. Nothing is really revealed in the trailer which is more of a teaser than anything else. But hey, at least it looks pretty cool! I don’t…
First Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 trailer shown
A new trailer has been revealed for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 from Activision and developer Vicarious Visions. The trailer explains the storyline and asks, “Who’s side are you on?” The storyline in the beginning of the clip explains how “acts of superhuman negligence” that result in the deaths of over 600 people moves Washington to…
Playing videogames on a mirror!?
Ever found yourself standing in front of a mirror and thought to yourself, “Man, I wish I could play games on this thing!” Ok maybe not, but I’m sure there are those out there (particularly of the female variety I’d reckon) who enjoy drawing on their bedroom mirrors or posting pictures around it and that…
Cowabunga! Do you want a TMNT game from the Batman team? I do! 
I woke up thinking about playing Dance Central. I just want to dance. I just want to dance my life away.
