BAFTA Video Game Awards: Super Mario Galaxy vs. LittleBigPlanet?
Super Mario Galaxy vs. LittleBigPlanet? Yeah, that'll be an interesting one... wait, what? LittleBigPlanet isn't in the running for Best Game? (Scroll down to the image in the next news posting for an approximation of my thoughts on this development.) Okay, so you might already be confused anyway. This BAFTA's a bit different from previous iterations of the awards ceremony, as games from the...[Read More]
Snoop Dogg partnering with MTV Games; Rock Band to feature some of his songs
So apparently, Snoop Dogg has partnered with MTV Games for all sort of various promotional deals (for instance, his next album will be released through MTV). But the only part we care about is the fact that apparently his music will be featured as DLC on Rock Band in the future. Anyone else find that strange? I mean, not to take away from Snoop at all… but it clearly is as far from Rock as...[Read More]
Hideo Kojima to give keynote speech at this year’s GDC
Loves you some Metal Gear Solid? Well, you might be interested to know, then, that none other than Hideo Kojima will be giving this year's keynote at Game Developers Conference. Yes, and unfortunately, you can't attend, but we'll do our best to cover it for you—we promise. For the press release, check out our full article.
Stormrise – All new HD Video trailer explaining the innovative control scheme
Real-time strategy games on consoles have always… well, sucked compared to their PC counterparts, simply because of one little (okay, big) thing: when you’re managing so many troops at once in real-time, you need a ton of buttons and super-fast selection speed via mouse cursor to make it all happen the way you want it to. Fortunately, The Creative Assembly (developer of Stormrise) rec...[Read More]
The Dark Spire for DS to spoil you with premium box and soundtrack
As has been the case with most other recently-announced Atlus titles, the upcoming release of The Dark Spire will now also be "spoiled", meaning that you get a premium box with it which includes a full game soundtrack. And if you're a huge game music nerd like me, that makes you quite happy indeed. I am always thrilled to see companies trumpeting the quality of their games' music, as it says to m...[Read More]
Free Grand Theft Auto IV multiplayer on Xbox LIVE coming to you from Microsoft and Rockstar
Looks like Niko stole you some free Xbox LIVE Gold All right, cheapskates, we know you’re out there; this one’s for you! Microsoft and Rockstar Games will be bringing you six free days of Xbox LIVE Gold online multiplayer in both Grand Theft Auto IV and The Lost and the Damned beginning on February 17 at 9:00 PST and ending on Sunday, February 22 at 11:59 PST. That means that if you s...[Read More]
More Bubble Bobble Plus (WiiWare) details
Lyte Edge over at the NeoGAF forums has graciously provided some more details of the upcoming WiiWare game from Taito. Of course, the game was released today in Japan, so there should be an abundance of information/media on the horizon for anyone who’s interested (old-school co-op platforming FTW). Here’s the scoop from Lyte-Edge: You choose to play in either Play Mode or Ranking Mode...[Read More]
SEGA renews trademarks on two more old-school Dreamcast titles
Kotaku reports that SEGA has renewed trademarks on two rather unexpected properties: Rez and Eighteen Wheeler: American Pro Trucker. That might not be so surprising considering their recent behavior patterns of doing so with other more prominent IPs, but 18 Wheeler, really? Rez, on the other hand, we can understand… though we did see Rez HD not too long ago for the PS3 and 360. Anyone who ...[Read More]
Yasunori Mitsuda to compose music for Sirius Entertainment’s Lime Odyssey
"Paying attention now?" Sirius Entertainment was heard to have said. Also, screenshots. God among videogame composers Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger, Xenogears) is apparently working on Lime Odyssey, an MMORPG coming from the same development team that brought us all Ragnarok Online (which, by the way, was responsible for robbing my college roommates from me for an entire year of my/their life.....[Read More]
New Bubble Bobble Wii screens
New Bubble Bobble Wii screens released! The game releases tomorrow in Japan for 1,000 Wii Points. In North America, no date has been announced just yet. Keep your fingers crossed. Click here to view them all. Thanks to GoNintendo.
MadWorld – New video trailer
New MadWorld trailer released! Ah, to have a chainsaw for an arm…
Dead Rising 2 Officially announced by Capcom; screenshots included, video on the way
Remember our report over the weekend about that viral video on YouTube that claimed to be footage of Dead Rising 2? Well, it looks like it was legit after all. Capcom just released confirmation, along with screenshots and video, of Dead Rising 2. We'll have more very soon—including the full trailer—but for now, here's the press release and some screens.