Archive for August, 2009
LostWinds 2 titled Winter of the Melodias
The WiiWare-exclusive launch title LostWinds will be getting a sequel in LostWinds 2: Winter of the Melodias (no that is not a typo). LostWinds, if you didn’t know, has become the best-selling WiiWare title in Europe. And thus the developers at Frontier are now working on the sequel. It will feature a brand new game…
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles release date is November 17, 2009
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles releases for Wii on November 17, 2009 announced Capcom via their Capcom Unity Blog. It will also be released in Europe on November 27th (where it will also be bundled with the Wii Zapper, a first for a third-party title). This puts it in direct competition with Valve’s competing zombie…
Monster 4×4: Stunt Racer announced for Wii
Ubisoft has announced a new Wii racer called Monster 4X4: Stunt Racer, the sequel to the original “Monster 4X4: World Circuit” which appeared on the Wii (as well as other systems). “Gamers of all ages will enjoy even bigger wheels, faster trucks and crazier stunts which made Monster 4X4: World Circuit the second highest selling…
GTA Chinatown Wars’ PSP port release date is October 20, 2009
The previously DS-exclusive Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be released for the PSP on October 20th, 2009. The game will be released both on UMD disc as well as over the PlayStation Network as a digital download title for you PSP Go-ers (the PSP Go comes out on October 1st). Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown…
Aion Open Beta starts on September 22, 2009
The open beta for Aion: Tower of Eternity will start on September 22nd announced publisher NCSoft. Within the next four weeks, NCsoft will treat European and North American gamers to two opportunities to jump into the world of Aion and explore Atreia as Asmodian or Elyos characters ahead of its release in Europe on 25nd…
Heavy Rain downloadable content being considered as extra stories
Heavy Rain may be getting some additional DLC in the form of extra episodes that would add to the storyline. However David Cage, founder of developer Quantic Dream, is aware enough to not leave players hanging with a cliffhanger that they’d have to download an extra chapter to solve. “It’s a self-contained experience. We won’t…
Naruto Shippuden Ryujinki (Dragon Sword Chronicles) coming to Wii in Japan
Naruto Shippuden Ryujinki has been announced for Wii in Japan. It will be released on November 26th this year. The game is the latest in a line of Naruto games for the Wii, but this one seems to be more of an adventure game with fighting game elements. In the game Naruto wears his 10th…
Gran Turismo 5 adds damage, NASCAR and WRC! Will include 1,000 cars!
Some new details have come out regarding Gran Turismo 5, the first next-gen (or current-gen) “core” entry in the series. And the numbers are quite staggering. The game will include an insane 1,000 cars! Exterior damage has been implemented and 170 of the cars will even include interior damage! Perhaps the most mind-boggling news though…
Halo 3: ODST Video Doc “Bip.Bap.Bam” shows Firefight mode
A new Halo 3: ODST Video Documentary/trailer called “Bip.Bap.Bam!” has been released and it details the all-new Firefight Mode for the game. Firefight is similar in some respects to Gears of War 2‘s Horde Mode, wherein you take on wave after wave of increasingly difficult enemies. In Halo 3: ODST, you can play Firefight Mode…
Gears of War 2 Game of the Year Edition arrives on September 1, 2009
Epic has announced Gears of War 2: Game of the Year Edition for release on September 1, 2009 for Xbox 360. For those who don’t have the game, it will be a great deal at a cheaper price of $40. It includes the full game of Gears of War 2 along with all of the…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 scored by Hans Zimmer
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will have a soundtrack composed by Oscar-winner Hans Zimmer. This will reportedly be his first videogame-focused score. This hopefully means the epic-ness will be taken up a few notches as you play through the game. Which you can see in action, the single-player History Mode at least, in this…
Dragon Age: Origins voice cast includes Tim Curry, Claudia Black and Captain Janeway
BioWare has revealed the voice cats for Dragon Age: Origins, and it will include the likes of Tim Curry, Claudia Black, Kate Mulgrew, Tim Russ and Steve Valentine, among others. Dragon Age: Origins marks BioWare’s return to fantasy, created from the ground up to take players through a dark epic tale filled with violence, lust,…













