Archive for February, 2010
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 and Shiren the Wanderer 4 confirmed for DS
A gaggle of all-new DS games have been shown/announced/confirmed in the latest issue of the influential Japanese magazine, The Weekly Famitsu. The games revealed in the magazine (through pages that someone scanned directly from the magazine and uploading onto the Internet) are all for the Nintendo DS and include the following: * Dragon Quest Monsters:…
Got a new PSP Go? Get LittleBigPlanet or Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines for free
Don’t have a PSP Go yet? Buy one now and get a free copy of Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines or LittleBigPlanet PSP! This newest Sony promotion will last until March 21, 2010 and will be a huge incentive to pick up the latest handheld system from Sony. These games are given at no extra cost to…
US EA Store offers free Battlefield 2142 download with Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC pre-orders
Electronic Arts has announced that they are giving away free copies of the downloadable shooter Battlefield 2142 for those who pre-order their copy of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 for the PC through the EA Store. However this offer is only available for United States citizens and the reserve promotion ends on February 25th. Although you…
Command & Conquer 4 loses LAN and dedicated server support
It’s official. Command & Conquer 4 won’t have dedicated servers or LAN support. This is in addition to the revelation earlier this week that you’ll need to be connected online at all times in order to even play the game. Of course, if you’ve been following the PC scene in recent times, you know that…
Stargate Worlds and Stargate Resistance developer is bankrupt
Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment has filed for bankruptcy in Maricopa County Court. The troubled developer who is currently developing Stargate Worlds, an MMO, and just released the shooter Stargate Resistance, was banking on the latter title’s sales to help keep it afloat. But unfortunately for them that didn’t happen. So obviously this casts a shadow of…
On Wii Shop and DSiWare this week: GhostSlayer, Mouse House, Go-Kart Racing (WiiWare), Flight Control, Faceez, Flipper, Aura-Aura Climber (DSiWare)
Nintendo downloads this week: Let’s say you’re relaxing at home, but something doesn’t seem quite right. Maybe your house has ghosts. Clearly you need to get GhostSlayer, with its Wii MotionPlus accessory functionality, to figure out how to deal with them. Or maybe your house has a mouse. Mouse House puzzles seem the logical choice…
Games Weather Report of Week 7, 2010
What were the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe last week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the hottest. Think of it as a games weather report. What follows is a listing of the Top 10 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined. North America’s Top 10 Games:…
Gaming News you might’ve missed in week 7: DICE Award Winners
Machima.com‘s Inside Gaming covers game news you might’ve missed last week. They do it in a nice, brief video format. The Dead Pixel details the latest news, reviews, and trailers in his own irreverent style. In week 7, 2010, he talked about the results for the 2010 DICE AIAS Awards, which is a prestigious award…
On PlayStation Network this week: Yakuza 3 demo, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing demo (PS3), The Tester Ep 1 (PSN), Magic Carpet (PS1) and more
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced what new PlayStation Network downloadable games, expansions, demos and videos were released for PlayStation 3 and PSP this week in America and Europe. AMERICAN PlayStation Store for PS3 Price Updates Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Sale, One Week Only (now $7.49, original price $14.99) Topatoi Permanent Price Drop (now $7.99, original…
Perfect Dark XBLA features GoldenEye 007 Weapons and levels
The upcoming Perfect Dark for Xbox Live Arcade will contain some special treats for fans of Rare’s other Nintendo 64 shooter classic, GoldenEye 007. As confirmed by GiantBomb during the Giant Bombcast when they were discussing Microsoft’s X10 event (where they got to see Perfect Dark for XBLA in action), the fellows confirmed that the…
Fragile Dreams release date is March 16-19, 2010
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon has a release date of March 16, 2010 in the U.S. and March 19, 2010 in Europe. Set in a post-apocalyptic vision of Japan, Fragile Dreams is a fantasy adventure game that takes place in a world seemingly devoid of human life. Consequently, gamers will experience an acute…
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown shown by Sega in Japan
Sega is showing of Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown for the arcade at the AOU 2010 arcade expo in Japan. This newest version of Sega’s fighting game is assumed to be the last revision, and so far it has only been announced for Japanese arcades. Though it could still be released elsewhere on consoles. Perhaps…
Tecmo Bowl Throwback description leaked
The football videogame classic, Tecmo Bowl, is coming to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network confirmed the ESRB, who has rated the game E for Everyone and offered their description for it. Here is the ESRB description, confirming the game’s existence. “This is a top-down arcade-style football game in which players compete against teams around…
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.
