In this photo released by Nintendo, Roxana L., 32 and Jaime M., 33, of Los Angeles, buy a Wii video game system on Nov. 27, 2009, in GameStop at the Westfield Culver City in Culver City, Calif. Consumers continue to seek out the Wii system, now with a new suggested retail price of $199.99, and [...]
A Uwe Boll movie you might want to own? It’s true, but only if you’re an action movie buff. Check out the straight-to-DVD artwork for Alone in the Dark 2.
Do you see why I’ll be picking this up, and other action movie fans will give it a shot as well? It has [...]
It's very easy to roundly dismiss a game that most people don't think is very good -- heck, we do it all the time. But we think before you make with the lambasting, you should have to read a postmortem article, like this one on Gamasutra from 8monkey, the developer of Darkest of Days. Where many terrible games just appear to be rush jobs, the folks working on Darkest of Days (which hovers between a 45 and 52 on Metacritic, depending on platform) seem to be a nice enough group just doing the best with what they had (which, of course, was not enough money, time nor manpower). A compelling postmortem isn't going to make Darkest of Days a better game (it's a long ways off from that), but maybe it'll make us all slightly nicer people.
Something's always struck us as kind of ... off about the title Aliens vs. Predator. For one, there are "colonial marines" up in there, mixing it up. More confusing, though, is the fact that both "Aliens" and "Predators" are, in fact, aliens. [And aren't all of them predators? - Ed.] At least Sega is keeping our minds diverted from these recondite questions with the latest multiplayer footage (found after the break).
Aside from trotting out a handful of European game writers who all tell the same "This game is SO awesome" story, we're treated to a smattering of gameplay snippets from all three sides of the equation. We're only left wondering one thing after watching them - if you can play as a predator against eight colonial marines, who would ever choose the marines side?
[Thanks, Ikarop]
Imagine if Rabbids Go Home was turned into a puzzle/strategy title. That’s what this flash mini-game pretty much is! A great way to get you thinking about Rabbids, all while killing some free-time.
Q-Games and Nintendo had a recent partnership in the release of Digidrive, but it doesn't seem like they're letting their relationship cool off any time soon. According to a new OFLC rating, Q-Games is developing -- and Nintendo is publishing -- a game called Reflect Missile. No platform was announced, but the safe money's on either a DSiWare or WiiWare release. Now, let's get to determining exactly what a "Reflect Missile" is. Is is just, like, a really shiny missile, in which one might see themselves? Or is "Reflect Missile" a command in weird, broken English? For instance, "Captain Douglass, reflect [that] missile?" Or is the command being issued directly to the missile itself -- "Reflect, Missile!" The possibilities are as endless as they are nonsensical. [Via GamerBytes]
It appears that, in some cases, the PSN Rock Band track packs in the UK are receiving a price hike in comparison to the individually purchased songs. An EU PlayStation forum user notes the discrepancy, which applies no discount to pack purchases, making it cheaper to purchase all of a pack's tracks individually. The issue had previously been contained to packs with over three songs, but next week's update appears to break that trend. However, reviewing previous weeks with track packs of three, it appears that the EU and UK pricing were accidentally reversed for next week, but we won't be able to confirm that until the update goes live. We've confirmed the pricing anomaly for the UK PSN Store and we're following up with Harmonix to figure out what's going on. Check out examples of the pricing inconsistencies after the break. [Thanks Si]
It took longer than I thought, but my import DSi LL has finally showed up! Now that it’s here, I’m offering up you guys a chance to ask any questions you have. Is there a specific answer you’re looking for? Perhaps you’d like a certain picture/comparison picture? Just leave a comment [...]
Is it a good idea to pinch the cheeks of a rabid, killer God-wolf? Most definitely not -- however, after watching the latest trailer for Chibiterasu's handheld babysitting adventure, Okamiden, we don't think we'd be able to help ourselves if ever placed in the lupine protagonist's presence. Forget that. We'd cheek-pinch every single thing in this adorable video: the little kid who accompanies Chibi, the enemies the duo swiftly cut in half, even the barren trees they magically bring back to life. And trees don't even have cheeks. How crazy is that?
Super Metroid is my number-one favorite game of all-time. I can say that without batting an eyelash, because I’m 100% confident in my choice. There are tons of other games that fight for my number 2 spot, but Super Metroid is by far the best game of all-time, as far as I’m concerned. [...]
Wow, what an amazingly fresh and inventive title for the DS…and it came from Square-Enix! I don’t know how this one squeaked out of the Final Fantasy factory, as it doesn’t adhere to anything that falls in-line with their money-making mission. I don’t know if we’ll ever see a sequel to this gem, [...]
