If you’re an RTS fan and you own an Xbox 360, you’ll be happy to hear that Halo Wars looks to redefine the console RTS control scheme. Unlike most of its unwieldy counterparts, Halo Wars was designed from the ground up based on control. The developers repeatedly reminded us that they felt that the single most important ingredient in the experience was the control scheme. Typically it is tedious to...[Read More]

Today, I spent extensive amounts of time with Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, and I’m here to tell you all about what I’ve learned about the game. We had plenty of questions answered by both a designer of the game and Creative Director Ken Lobb, who, as I’m sure most of you know, is one of the most influential people working at Microsoft Game Studios today. It was both revealing and invigorating fo...[Read More]

So we’re big enough nerds to pay close attention to the music in our games, and while playing Mega Man 9 extensively, we were thrilled by the sound of the BGM.  As such, we managed to sneak a couple of clips of music from the show floor.  It’s bad quality (terribly sorry for the clipping and flat quality), but it’s listenable… and it’ll give you an idea of what type o...[Read More]

You’re going to enjoy this one. We’ve got the full Rock Band 2 developer demo available for download, so you can see and hear the explanation from the Harmonix guys for yourself. Please Note: The following video contains some strong profanity. You can view it here (preferable) or Download it here. (150 MB) We’ll have more on Rock Band 2 soon… stay tuned.

ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and older) Release Date: September 2008 Web Site: http://www.civilization.com Product Overview: Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization™ is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV® series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilizati...[Read More]

Release Date: Spring 2009 Web Site: http://www.champions-online.com/ Trailer: Champions Online Product Overview: Champions Online, a massively multiplayer online action game based on the popular pen-and-paper Champions RPG, will give players the power of total customization of their hero experience while they explore a vast universe of richly detailed 3D environments. Champions Online is all about...[Read More]

Release Date: 2009 Web Site: http://www.borderlandsthegame.com Trailer: Borderland Product Overview: Borderlands combines the best in first-person action with player customization and vehicular combat for incredible layers of gameplay depth. The game features a groundbreaking content generation system allowing for near-endless variety in weapons, item drops and character customization. Borderlands...[Read More]

Release Date: October 2008 Web Site: http://www.bioshockgame.com Product Overview: Considered to be one the finest games in the history of interactive entertainment, BioShock is a watershed entry into the world of video games. As one of the most lauded franchises in the past decade, BioShock introduces gamers into an exciting world filled with fascinating characters, intelligent enemies and comple...[Read More]

This brought up vague memories of Soul Calibur’s Wii appearance last year. Transplanting fighting game mechanics onto a Wii control scheme and nearly abandoning the founding gameplay definitely created a “wait…what?” moment when approaching that title, and the walk to Judgment no definitely produced a similar feeling. However, unlike Namco’s bizarre experiment, Judgment looks to capitalize on the ...[Read More]

360/PS3 version shown “So what game do you really wanna see at E3?” was a question a lot of my friends asked before I shoveled off to Los Angeles. My answer was a two parter; (1) PixelJunk Eden and (2) Sonic Unleashed. I’ve played every console Sonic title in recent memory, from Heroes to Shadow to the universally groan-inducing 2006 redux, Sonic the Hedgehog. I’ve seen Sega’s mascot at his absolu...[Read More]

Steve’s inablity to sense the room’s slow descent into arctic conditions is undoubtably related to the escalated global warming phenomenon.  If he were better able to properly sense  the obvious climate change, maybe the earth wouldn’t fall into the sea in twenty years.  Thanks for hurting the planet, steve.