Archive for June, 2011

Redbox Joins the Battle this Week with Video Game Rentals
Friday, June 17th, 2011

Beginning with movies, the appeal of renting movies met itself with an immense amount of success given the accomplishments achieved by rental companies such as Blockbuster and Netflix. Following up on this model, the video game market was brought in with services like GameFly, and this week gamers will have another attractive method of renting movies. [...]

Rockstar Games Gets the L.A. Noire DLC Rolling
Friday, June 17th, 2011

Unlike games that just have a single storyline, games like L.A. Noire are very easy to support with DLC. Rockstar can make as many stand-alone cases as they’d like without having to worry about making them fit in within the story. L.A. Noire had plenty of content when it released, but without much replay value, DLC [...]

Asura’s Wrath – E3 Preview
Friday, June 17th, 2011

Asura’s Wrath was the best game of Capcom’s booth at E3, and that’s meaningful since it had some stiff competition. CyberConnect2 has managed to take the best elements of gaming, anime, and pop-culture, mixed in some fresh ideas of their own, dashed it with style and have thus created an adrenaline filled world of epic [...]

LittleBigPlanet Vita Gameplay is Full of Vitality
Thursday, June 16th, 2011

E3 may be over, but footage from the show floor is still trickling out. Earlier, we posted footage of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations gameplay from E3. Now we have a cuddly gameplay demo for the PlayStation Vita.

Free Avatars for PixelJunkies
Thursday, June 16th, 2011

If you’ve been a loyal PixelJunk fan, you might qualify for some free avatars made available today by Q-games.

Horror Movie Halloween Pitched as Move, Kinect Game
Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Casual gamers have found a home on the PlayStation Move and Kinect, with dance and sports titles filling the peripherals’ library. Wouldn’t it be better if core gamers could have some fun murdering people?

New Shadows of the Damned Trailer Takes Flight
Thursday, June 16th, 2011

It looks like Dark Souls isn’t the only game that can do giant bosses. Goichi Suda and Shinji Mikami’s Shadows of the Damned has shown plenty of footage of absolutely gigantic demons. If you prefer your boss battles with a little more heavy metal and profanity, then you are in luck.

Five Glorious Minutes of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Gameplay
Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Do you like stabbing people in the face? Good, so does Ubisoft. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations is the latest game in the Assassin’s Creed series. Players will take control of Etzio, Altair, and Desmond as they work to end the war between the Assassin’s and the Templars once and for all.

The Walking Dead – E3 Impressions
Thursday, June 16th, 2011

The Walking Dead is most well known for both the comic book series and the currently running television show on AMC. Both of these follow the journey of Rick Grimes in a zombie infested world after an outbreak has occurred. Sounds perfect for a videogame right? Well Telltale Games is developing such a game, and [...]

Mass Effect 3 Rumored to Sport Four-Player Co-op
Thursday, June 16th, 2011

It feels like every game out there is trying to add some kind of multiplayer experience to their product in an attempt to enhance value, and the next developer to jump on the multiplayer bandwagon might be BioWare with Mass Effect 3. According to a Eurogamer report, ME3 will feature a four-player co-op component when [...]

PlayStation Vita To Keep Stride with PlayStation 3 Production
Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Admits that they didn’t support the PSP enough.

Devil May Cry HD Collection Spotted, Could Be PS3 Exclusive
Thursday, June 16th, 2011

HD collections have become all the rage in the video game industry. It’s an easy cash and grab tactic for publishers, at the same time giving fans a taste of nostalgia. Almost every significant franchise from the PS2 days has been remastered in HD and re-released (or is scheduled to be re-released) in collection form. [...]

Sound Shapes – E3 Preview
Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Sounds Shapes was one of the most innovate it games at E3, and possible Vita’s killer app.

Sony Shows Ambition, Aims Beyond 10-Year PS3 Lifecycle
Thursday, June 16th, 2011

The PlayStation 3 has been a major point of controversy since its release nearly five years ago, mostly due to its questionable price point. One fact remains: the PS3 isn’t what it used to be. Not only is it extremely affordable now, especially for the hardware, but the library is reminiscent of the PS2′s glory [...]

Avalanche Studios Working on Next Generation Title
Thursday, June 16th, 2011

It’s the beginning of the end. With Nintendo already announcing their next generation console, it can’t be more than a couple of years before Sony and Microsoft release their next console. In addition, many developers have already started talking about their next generation games, such as Ubisoft. The creators of the Just Cause series are [...]