Archive for May, 2009
Gladiator AD is new Wii-exclusive fighting game from developers of The Conduit
The developers behind Wii-exclusive FPS The Conduit have announced their newest game. An all-new fighting game IP, exclusively for Wii, called “Gladiator AD”. The game is a brutally realistic gladiatorial fighting game that will take Mortal Kombat on in the brutality department (complete with Finishing Moves) but from a realistic angle. The developers at High…
Bioshock 2 release date is February 9, 2010 worldwide for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC
Update: Bioshock 2 has a final worldwide release date of February 9th, 2010 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Original article: BioShock 2 has gotten official release dates for both America and Europe! This was announced ahead of E3 2009 (taking place June 2nd to June 4th in L.A.) during Take-Two’s second quarter financial conference…
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony is second Xbox Live downloadable content episode. Retail disc of both episodes coming
Rockstar has announced GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony as the second Xbox 360 GTA4 exclusive DLC episode! It will be released this Fall for $20. The Ballad of Gay Tony will assumedly put players in the fancy shoes of Luis Lopez, a “part-time hoodlum and full-time assistant to legendary nightclub impresario Tony Prince” (known…
Mars now available in Noby Noby Boy as Girl reaches new heights thanks to Lucky Week promotion
Noby Noby Boy‘s Girl has reached Mars, making the new planet available for play in the game. This is thanks to a special “Lucky Week” bonus that Namco had. Which allowed players to greatly multiply their distance stretched, therefore allowing Girl to reach Mars much sooner than the “years” it would’ve actually taken her to…
Mass Effect 2 info leaked before E3 2009
A ton of information on Mass Effect 2 has been leaked via the latest issue of OXM Magazine. This ahead of E3 2009. But the first part of the leaked info discusses the fact that the first Mass Effect will continue to get new downloadable content. “We are definitely working on a substantial new DLC,”…
Gigantic Final Fantasy XIII posters confirms 2010 US launch
Final Fantasy XIII has an official U.S. release date of 2010 according to some gigantic new (and awesome, even if it is just character art) posters. The posters are being hung in L.A. in order to promote the title ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2009 that takes place from June 2nd to June 4th….
Launch party giveaway Day 9: An Xbox 360 console with Sacred 2!
UPDATED TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER IS: ERIC MARENTES!! Congratulations to the winner! You’ll be contacted via email shortly. Welcome to DAY NINE of our mega fantastic, super duper, relaunch party. You can look forward to two weeks of daily giveaways! We’re celebrating and that means: In this first week you have the chance to win…
The Flash joins DC Universe Online cast
The Flash has joined the DC Universe Online MMORPG cast announced developer Sony Online Entertainment. Here is the official description of the new character: The Fastest Man Alive, Wally West easily runs at light speed, vibrates through objects, create explosions through friction – and, when at agonizing top capacity, can manipulate time and bridge dimensions….
Poison Ivy joins Batman: Arkham Asylum cast
Poison Ivy has been announced as the newest character to join the Batman: Arkham Asylum roster; as one of the key villains from the Batman mythology that The Caped Crusader will have to take out in the game. Here is her official description thanks to developer Rocksteady Studios: Poison Ivy is an enemy to be…
Family Fun Football announced for Wii by Tecmo
Tecmo has announced a new sports game for Wii entitled Family Fun Football. According to the press release the game is a “fun, arcade-style casual sports game for everyone to enjoy, play against friends and family in vibrant themed football stadiums, or perhaps even in space!” Sounds exciting to me. The game allows players to…
Warner Bros offers $33 million to buy out bankrupt Midway
It’s alive! IT’S ALIVE! Warner Bros has offered to buy the bankrupted publisher Midway for a cool $33 million dollars. Better yet, this is enough money to not only buy the company and it’s name, but also assets like the Mortal Kombat franchise and Midway studios like Chicago and Seattle. However the agreement does not…
First Dead To Rights Retribution video shows combat gameplay
A new first-gameplay trailer of Dead to Rights: Retribution shows off the game’s combat system sans music (just sound effects here, which sounds quite loud). According to Namco the video below shows: “The basic moves in the hand-to-hand combat system.” I don’t know about you, but the combat seems oddly paced and too “quick’, to…
Future Pokemon RPGs will probably include more action
Pokemon was released in 1996 (in Japan) and has basically maintained the same exact RPG formula from game to game. So maybe the next title should spice things up with more action. At least that’s what the Pokemon Diamond and Pearl director Junichi Masuda is thinking. “This is just an idea but . . ….













