Archive for October, 2009

Frogger Hopping On To PlayStation Network
Thursday, October 29th, 2009

KONAMI ANNOUNCES FROGGER RETURNS FOR NINTENDO WIIWARE™AND PLAYSTATION®NETWORK Frogger Returns boasts a game 12 times the size of the original, crisp 3D graphics and local multiplayer capabilities. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced Frogger Returns for Nintendo WiiWare™ and PlayStation®Network. Based on the timeless arcade game, the latest iteration of Frogger delivers the addictive dodge-and-run [...]

Katamari Creator Rolling Out a Children’s Playground
Thursday, October 29th, 2009

GameCity Announces Japanese Videogame Creator to Design Children’s Playground in Nottingham GameCity at Nottingham Trent University, in conjunction with Nottingham City Council (NCC) today announced that Namco’s award-winning Japanese videogame designer Keita Takahashi will design a children’s playground for Nottingham City. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + [...]

The United Kingdom Games Industry in Peril
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

The Games Industry has always been treated as the illegitimate child of the entertainment sector, neglected by governments and mainstream media outlets alike. In fact, the level of discrimination to the industry is such that Ian Livingstone, Eidos’ creative director and head of acquisitions, remarked how gaming is seen as “one notch up from pornography in the eyes of most of the establishment”.

Netflix Streams To PS3 Despite Microsoft’s Exclusivity Deal
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

As many heard the other day Netflix will finally be streaming to the PS3 gaming console. What many didn’t hear is that streaming Netflix to the PS3 wont be done through an application on the XMB menu system, but instead will be using  BD Live through a special Blu-Ray Disc to stream content. The interesting [...]

Uncharted 2 Quitters to Get the Naughty Dog Steelfist
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

When the addition of multiplayer to the Uncharted series was originally announced, many consumers expressed disinterest. Since then, both global betas and the full-version of the game have proven that the Naughty Dog team excel at delivering high-quality even in the face of adversity. However, not all is perfect as Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has [...]

SOCOM’s War To Have a Cold Front
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

The SOCOM series of third-person tactical shooters has a long history on the PlayStation consoles. Beginning on the PlayStation 2, it had one of the best online multiplayer offerings for all of the last generation of consoles. SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation is the series’ latest offering, the first developed by Slant Six instead of [...]

PS3 Review – Smackdown vs. Raw 2010
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

THQ has been a huge publisher of games in the Wrestling genre. Year after year they release Smackdown vs. Raw as their premier title in the genre. Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 is this year’s release, and the game itself brings many improvements that fans of the series have been asking for.

Zombie Tycoon Scares PSP Owners In Time for Halloween
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Zombie Tycoon comes to you from the developers Frima Studios, known for their Wii and Flash games.  This tongue and cheek take on the “tycoon” genre of gaming pits the player as a Zombie CEO and dares to ask the question, what would you do if in charge of a vast Zombie empire?

PlayStation 2 Celebrates Its 9th Birthday
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

PlayStation 2 Celebrates Its 9th Birthday 140 Million Systems Worldwide Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) pops the cork on its ninth anniversary of the PlayStation®2 (PS2™) computer entertainment system, which has been the benchmark for innovation in home entertainment systems since its debut on October 26, 2000. At the time of its inception the [...]

Rumored PS Store Content for 10-29-09
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

This week is looking rather empty as far as confirmed content is concerned, but we’re brimming with rumored content. The highlight of the week is LocoRoco Midnight Carnival the first PSP game available that can be played with the PSPgo in it’s closed position. Other than that Inferno Pool finally makes it stateside, and Zombie [...]

Official Tekken 6 Stategy Guide is a Knock Out
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

BradyGames Releases the Official Strategy Guide for Namco Bandai Games’ Tekken® 6 BradyGames unveils the official strategy guide for Tekken® 6. The world’s best-selling fighting game franchise returns with its best incarnation yet and this guide will lead players through the entire game.

3D Dot Game Heroes Will Make It Stateside
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

3D Dot Game Heroes, a PS3 exclusive title by developer From Software is soon to hit Japanese store shelves and has not been announced for a western release until today!

FairyTale Fights Tempts First Adopters with DLC
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

FAIRYTALE FIGHTS® DLC BONANZA!! Playlogic Offers Bloody DLC for FREE Within 90 Days of Release Playlogic Entertainment, Inc., an independent worldwide publisher of entertainment software, are thrilled to announce today that its highly anticipated hack’n’slash gore-fest Fairytale Fights will have FREE DLC for all gamers available for a limited period of time (90 days after [...]

Adventures To Go Now Available Exclusively at GameStop
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

NATSUME’S ADVENTURES TO GO TAKES PLAYERS ON AN EPIC JOURNEY The PlayStation® Portable Title Now Available Exclusively at GameStop Natsume Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, announced today that its all-new strategy RPG Adventures To Go for the PlayStation® Portable system is now available exclusively at GameStop. It retails for an [...]

Burn Zombie Burn is Dying to Send you to Paris and Egypt
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Burn Zombie Burn is Dying to Send you to Paris and Egypt… And Your Time is Running Out! Less Than a Week Left To Win the Ultimate Tour of the Dead, Current Leader Score to Beat 49,751,233 Competition for the coveted Zombie World Tour 2009 vacation is heating up on the Burn Zombie Burn! leaderboard, with less [...]