Archive for April, 2009
Made In Ore allows you to create your own WarioWare
Nintendo will be publishing a new series in Japan this month called “Made in Ore”. The two titles were announced at a Nintendo conference last October and include “Made in Ore” and “Asobu Made In Ore”. Although neither game has yet to be announced for release outside of Japan where it hits on April 29th,…
Will Wright leaves EA to focus on his Stupid Fun Club development house
Will Wright has left EA to focus on his Stupid Fun Club think tank development house, where he will work on developing new IP’s (Intellectual Properties) across multiple media. Although he will no longer be with Electronic Arts, his services will still be in use due to the fact that EA has a stake in…
Man finds drugs in used Grand Theft Auto game
A UK man found drugs, specifically ecstasy tablets, inside a copy of Grand Theft Auto (which version is not specified). Which he subsequently reported to the police, who are now investigating the situation. According to the report in The Telegraph (Via 1UP) the man bought two copies of the game for his children and discovered…
Unreal Tournament 3 Sonic The Hedgehog mod released
Below you can watch an in-game video of someone playing Unreal Tournament 3 Deathmatch using the Sonic the Hedgehog mod with a remaking of Green Hill Zone! If you find that exciting then be sure to download the Unreal Tournament 3 Sonic Green Hill Zone map. Although to play this map you must first install…
All Guitar Hero’s Greatest Hits now called Guitar Hero: Smash Hits
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits is the new name change for “Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits” Activision has announced. Guitar Hero: Smash Hits will be releasing this June in North America on Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2. It features 48 master tracks of songs taken from previous Guitar Hero game including Guitar Hero 1,…
Bubble Bobble Plus and Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure classics updates coming to WiiWare
Square Enix has announced that they will be releasing two updated Taito classics onto WiiWare with Bubble Bobble Plus and Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure set for release this May. Bubble Bobble is an arcade classic that was originally released in 1986 and become a hit all around the world. Bubble Bobble Plus updates the classic…
On Xbox Live today: Puzzle Quest: Galactrix and Flock!
From today, at 9AM GMT (2AM PDT), you can play D3 Publisher’s Puzzle Quest: Galactrix on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360. Puzzle Quest: Galactrix will be available worldwide (except India or Korea) for 1600 Microsoft Points (that’s US$20 / €19.20 / £13.60 / CAN$24.80 / AU$26.40). Explore the entire Galactrix universe in the exciting…
The winner of our Ultimate Ninja 4: Naruto Shippuden competition
The past two weeks we’ve given you the chance to win in our Ultimate Ninja 4: Naruto Shippuden competition. The task was a matter of mentioning who would win in a fight between an older Naruto and Sasuke. There were a lot of AWESOME answers from you guys and girls. We heartily thank everyone who…
MadWorld 2 possible as Sega aims to change Wii-exclusive into franchise
Wii-exclusive MadWorld will spring into a whole series of sequels if it’s up to Sega. Sean Ratcliffe, vice president of marketing at Sega of America, said as much in a recent interview. Here are the choice quotes about the beat ‘em up: Question: “Sega is also going after the core audience with games like House…
Top 10 Best and Worst Power Ups
What are the top 10 Best and Worst Power-Ups? Pretty much everyone has a list of their own because power-ups were an ESSENTIAL part of videogames during the 8 and 16-bit genres. Sure they’ve somewhat died out in recent times, but they are still a very important part of videogames and something that almost everyone…
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs videogame announced by Ubisoft
Ubisoft has announced that they will be developing and publishing video games based off Columbia and Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming CG film “Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs“. The game will be released on handheld and console platforms alongside the film’s release this September. The game is the third title to be developed by Ubisoft…
Lego Rock Band accidentally confirmed by Harmonix
Harmonix seems to have unintentionally confirmed that Lego Rock Band is in development. This was revealed via a leaked PDF showing an early version of Harmonix senior designer Dan Teasdale’s GDC discussion called “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap: Design Lessons Learned From Rock Band.” Apparently Lego Rock Band was supposed to be officially announced prior…
Final Fantasy XI gets improved account security with purchase of USB thumbdrive
Square Enix has released a new security feature for Final Fantasy XI called the “Account Security Token” which will protect your account from online hackers. The “Account Security Token” is essentially a USB thumb drive that Square Enix will send you. This makes it so that your game and your profile cannot be accessed unless…













