Archive for August, 2009
10 Capcom Classics like Dino Crisis, Mega Man, Street Fighter 3, Resident Evils coming to PS3 and PSP
Capcom has officially announced 10 classic PS1 and PSP games that will be released on the PlayStation Network very soon! The list is shorter than I was hoping, but still offers a girth of fantastic titles. The Capcom PSN Classics include: * Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded (UMD Legacy) * Mega Man Powered Up (UMD Legacy)…
Lost Planet, Devil May Cry 4, Dead Rising $40 Three-Pack coming to Xbox 360 in America on September 8, 2009
If you don’t own Dead Rising, Lost Planet or Devil May Cry 4 yet, then you’re in luck! Capcom will be releasing all three as part of an Xbox 360 “Platinum Hits Triple Pack” at a price point of $40 (each has sold over 1 million copies in the USA alone). That price is much…
Scribblenauts 2 might end up on consoles like the Wii
Scribblenauts 2 might be hitting consoles like the Wii. Or maybe even PS3 or Xbox 360. Why would we make that case? Because according to a new interview with 5th Cell co-founder and creative director Jeremiah Slaczka, Scribblenaughts will be the company’s last hurrah for DS games as they will be shifting their focus to…
First Batman: Arkham Asylum downloadable content will be free
It looks like the Caped Crusader will be getting some Batman: Arkham Asylum downloadable content “soon”. Update: On September 17th this new downloadable content will arrive on Xbox 360, PS3 (and PC?). The content is the Insane Night Pack, which Eidos announced contains these two new maps: Totally Insane’s combat challenge places Batman in the…
Xbox 360 Elite 120GB price cut to $300 and Pro to $250 on August 28, 2009
Beginning August 28th, the price of an Xbox 360 Elite console will drop by $100 and come with a bigger hard drive at 120GB, although it ships without HDMI cable. The price cut prices the console at just $299.99 estimated retail price in the United States. In Europe the Elite model will be cut to…
Sony still losing money on the PS3 Slim. Earning it back on accessories and games
Sony has always priced the PlayStation 3 console below its production costs, even at the originally high retail prices between $600-$500 to $400 more recently. As a result Sony made a loss of $3.32 billion on PS3 hardware sales from the 2006 launch up to Q1 2008. Since then, they’ve been working hard to shrink…
StarCraft 2 Expansion Packs not meant to “gouge people”
As real-time strategy fans might know, StarCraft 2 was split into three campaigns. So how will Blizzard charge and generally handle these? As expansion packs apparently. In a recent interview with StarCraft 2 producer Chris Sigaty, he clarifies that after the first release of “Terran: Wings of Liberty” as a full campaign, the two other…
First James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game trailer
Discover James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game and delve deeper into Pandora’s world with this first gameplay video exposing the epic war that tears the Navi’s and Humans apart. The game is scheduled for release in December 2009 for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, and a portable version on DS. Avatar is the story of an…
Wii Sports Resort review. The game that made Wii famous gets an upgrade
Wii Sports Resort is the sequel to the original Wii Sports, a game that was not only a launch title for the Wii system but also a pack-in game (this means that every Wii system sold comes with Wii Sports, therefore every Wii owner has the game). This propelled the game into superstardom, as Wii…
First Guild Wars 2 trailer
NCsoft and ArenaNet recently premiered the first Guild Wars 2 teaser trailer at gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Show attendees were treated to a glimpse of what’s to come in the much anticipated sequel, set 250 years after the original Guild Wars. Thanks to the power of the internet and streaming video, you can enjoy it…
First look at Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized (DS) gameplay on video
I believe the already overly long name “Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized” for the third portable Call of Duty game for the Nintendo DS technically was “Call Of Duty 6: Modern Warfare 2: Mobilized Version”, but we’ll call it CoD: MWMDS for short-ish… CoD: MWMDS gives you an arsenal of cutting-edge weaponry (none of…
On Xbox Live Arcade today: Watchmen 2 and NBA 2k10 Draft Combine
From today, at 9AM GMT (2AM PDT), you can play WB Games’ Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2 on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360. Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2 will be available worldwide for 1200 Microsoft Points (that’s US$15 / €14.40 / £10.20 / CAN$18.60 / AU$19.80). It’s June 1977, and…













