Archive for April, 2009
Saints Row 2 DLC delayed a week
We have good, bad and ugly news today. First: the bad news, and any Stilwater 2.0 regulars should pay close attention because their plans for a return trip may have to wait. According to the game’s official blog, the first DLC package for Saints Row 2 has been pushed back a week to April 23.
The [...]
Joystiq impressions: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Okay, so maybe we were a little harsh on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (the game) when it was announced back in February, but can you really blame us? First off, it’s a movie tie-in. Secondly, Activision’s video game treatment of the first Michael Bay Tranformers flick was awful. Having now seen what [...]
Banjo-Tooie explores XBLA on April 29
Fans eager to play the sequel to Banjo-Kazooie will get their chance to Stop ‘N Swop on April 29 when Banjo-Tooie releases on Xbox Live Arcade. As with the first game, Banjo-Tooie will be priced at 1200 ($15) and will sport “a super-charged frame rate,” which is crazy developer speak for “gewd grafix.”
Rare also promises [...]
Bionic Commando multiplayer demo swings onto Xbox Live this month
Ready to try your luck at bionic swinging in 3D? You’ll be able to get an early hands-on with Bionic Commando in a multiplayer-only demo on Xbox Live later this month. The demo will offer 8-player deathmatch on “Vertigo,” one of the game’s 16 multiplayer maps. The full game will also feature team deathmatch and [...]
Burnout Paradise teases ‘Cops and Robbers’
We’re not exactly sure what they stole, but judging by the teaser trailer for Burnout Paradise’s looming Cops and Robbers mode, criminals will have their jobs cut out for them outrunning the Paradise City fuzz.
As a latest move to “change the way people think about and experience” the chaotic racer, much of Cops and [...]
A girl with guns and a sword, new trailer for Wet
We’re trying hard to temper any excitement for Wet with the cold reality that, despite looking like a lot of fun to play, the upcoming action fest is still sans a publisher to call its own. Even so, that hasn’t stopped developer A2M from releasing gameplay showing off the game’s high-flying antics, which look to [...]
So you want to see Final Fantasy XIII in action?
The Final Fantasy XIII demo has now been captured — in full — and placed on YouTube. Grab a controller and pretend you’re playing the game! The videos highlight Square Enix’s amazing CG, some real-time gameplay and a few terrific tunes. Obviously there are some spoilers, but for those who simply cannot wait until 2010, [...]
Where’s his fizz? Bow Wow challenges gamers as April’s celeb gamer
Hulk-loving artist, Shad Gregory Moss (aka, Bow Wow) is challenging gamers as April’s Xbox Game With Fame celebrity. NBA Live 09 fans are invited to go up against the Tokyo Drift survivor today at 5:00PM ET on Xbox Live. If you’re up to the task, make sure to add the Gamertag Bow Wow GWF — [...]
Halo? Simpsons? Rube Goldberg? Sold!
We always knew that there would be some very interesting maps generated with the new Halo 3 map Sandbox, but this … this is special. This map takes three of our favorite things — Halo, The Simpsons and Rube Goldberg machines — and swirls them all together into a delicious, digital smoothie. We could waste [...]
Microsoft talks to GLAAD about GLBT policy issues
Stephen Toulouse, handler of Xbox Live Terms of Service policing, appeared on last Sunday’s Major Nelson podcast to speak about how Microsoft is handling the concerns of the GLBT community. He recently sat down with two representatives from GLAAD to speak about the policy and what Microsoft could be doing better. Speaking about the meeting, [...]