Archive for March, 2009
Nintendo DS reaches 100 million shipped worldwide
Nintendo has announced that the DS has surpassed the 100th million units shipped mark which is a MAJOR milestone. Additionally a whopping 83 DS games have shipped over 1 million units with these seven games: Nintendogs, New Super Mario Bros. Brain Age, Pokemon Diamond/Pearl, Mario Kart DS, Brain Age 2, and Animal Crossing: Wild World,…
FEAR 2: Project Origin downloadable content coming as new maps
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is set to get some downloadable content this April 2009. The content planned will include a premium theme, a picture pack, and a free new “Toy Soldiers” map pack. The maps included were not detailed but let’s hope it’s literal! Hopefully the new maps will help to make the multiplayer more…
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles on-rails shooter and Resident Evil and Resident Evil 0 Wii remakes announced
Capcom has announced Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles for Wii. The game is the sequel to Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles and will follow-in that games footsteps with another on-rails shooting game and will be released this Winter 2009. This time the game will be based on the Resident Evil 2 scenario and will star…
Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 being localized for Wii
It looks like Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 is being localized for Western release on the Nintendo Wii. This was revealed via a post on popular game-rental service GameFly’s web-site (via: GoNintendo). The game has yet to be officially announced for Western release but these kinds of early retail reveals are usually accurate…
Excitebots: Trick Racing debut trailer
Nintendo officially announced Excitebots: Trick Racing in the recent Nintendo Wii and DS schedule and now they have shown the first official footage of the Wii racing videogame which is a sequel to Excite Truck. As you can see from the video below, the game looks similar to Excite Truck but with interesting robot designs,…
Vancouver 2010: the Official Video Game of the Olympic Winter Games announced
Sega is taking another shot at Olympic-based videogames with their upcoming “Vancouver 2010: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Winter Games”. Developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software the game has been announced for release in Winter of 2010 for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. The game will naturally be an “authentic simulation of a host…
UP videogame based on the Disney and Pixar film announced
THQ has announced UP: The Video Game, based on Disney and Pixar’s upcoming film of the same name. The game is being developed by Heavy Iron Studios who previously developed the Pixar video games based on Wall-E and Ratatouille. The game will be released alongside the film’s May release for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii,…
Competition time: Win Lux-Pain for DS
Update: The winner of our Lux-Pain competition is announced here. Welcome to our “Lux-Pain” competition where you have the chance to win Ignition Entertainment’s mysterious new Lux-Pain DS adventure game! Grand prize: A copy of Lux-Pain for DS, along with a Nintendo DS case. The official website mentions it comes with an exclusive art book…
Professor Layton (4) and the Devil’s Flute announced as first part of second Trilogy on DS in Japan
Developer Level 5 has confirmed that Professor Layton (4) and the Devil’s Flute will be released in Japan sometime in fall 2009. The game is said to be a second trilogy in the Nintendo DS puzzle-adventure series, and takes place three years before Professor Layton and the Curious Village, before Layton met Luke. But don’t…
Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising launch trailer
The Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising stand-alone expansion pack will be released worldwide on March 12th, 2009, at 10AM PST. It’s only available as a download-exclusive for PC on the EA Store and Direct2Drive, with no word on a Steam release yet. It’s priced at $19.95 / £14.95 / €19.99. Picking up in…
Zero Punctuation reviews House of the Dead: Overkill and Killzone 2
This week on Zero Punctuation: Yahtzee pits House of the Dead: Overkill versus Killzone 2. Place your bets. As always, coarse language ahead.
On Xbox Live today: Peggle and Crystal Defenders
From today, at 9AM GMT (2AM PDT), you can play PopCap Games’ Peggle on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360. Peggle will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points (that’s US$10 / €9.60 / £6.80 / CAN$12.40 / AU$13.20). Experience the ball-bouncing, peg-busting phenomenon! Do you have what it takes to become a Peggle Master?…
Halo Wars 2 still possible on Xbox 360?
The 100% Completion achievement description in Halo Wars reads “Ready for the Sequel”, hinting that developers from the now defunct Ensemble Studios might have known they’ll work with Microsoft again in the future. Hopefully we’ll see Halo Wars 2 bring more RTS goodness to the Xbox 360 console. With Microsoft closing their Ensemble Studios —…
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.
