There’s a press release floating around from UbiSoft today that is noticeably more triumphant than most. The gist: the company will develop and publish a game based on Avatar, James Cameron’s distantly upcoming sci-fi epic. This isn’t much of a surprise, since UbiSoft has established good relations with WETA (which is handling f/x duties for … Continue reading
BUY IT HERE AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PLATFORM: Xbox360; PS3ESRB RATING: MaturePUBLISHER: 2K GamesDEVELOPER: Starbreeze I feel like I’ve been seeing bits and pieces of The Darkness at game events for a couple of years. I’d never read the comic book, and had little interest in doing so. And until I heard about it constantly while … Continue reading
BUY IT HERE AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PLATFORM: PSPESRB RATING: EPUBLISHER: Sony Computer EntertainmentDEVELOPER: SCE Studios Japan The Pitch Why make a new game when we’ve got this shovel right here?The Play When PaRappa the Rapper was announced for the PSP, no one was happier than me. I love the series. It has its problems, but … Continue reading
Here’s a look back at the week that was in the world of gaming: Seems Like Old Times When it came to PR and marketing leading up to the “Next-Gen” launch, Microsoft and Sony had only one goal, destroy the enemy. A day couldn’t pass without some “rumor” popping-up about how the PS3 would be … Continue reading
Robert Cummings (Xenophobic Gamertag: Jacob Singer 45): Ok, on the CHUD message boards ( at least in the video game forums), I’ve developed this reputation as a bit of a Japan-basher. That I’m anti-Nintendo, anti JRPG (that’s Japanese role-playing games to you people who have actual lives), anti-cutesy, and, some might say, anti-fun. And I … Continue reading
E3 is made for lists. This year is more difficult because there was less on display, leading me to feel like I’ve already shouted out the highlights in the three and a half days of coverage that went before this. But with a few days to think (and having compiled my own ballot to the … Continue reading
Here I was all set to write a little whine about how the week after E3 is always so dead, news-wise, and then Peter Moore jumps out of a coffin and scares the pants off me. The (now former) Microsoft exec has gone from sucking gloriously at Rock Band to abandoning ship for a top … Continue reading
After Thursday’s massive schedule, the final day of E3 was relatively easy. I skipped my first appointment, with Games For Windows, because I figured it would be little more than marketing pitch. Based on what a couple other people told me, I was right to do so. So I went to play a little more … Continue reading
Hail Eris! Confusion reigns. Last week, we all got word that Sony was dropping the price on the 60GB version of the PS3 to a mere $499. Sony Europe president then stated that this price drop is just to offload the remaining 60GB models in order to make way for the more [inflated/welcome) 80GB units; … Continue reading
Yesterday hurt. Couldn’t resist the siren song of the Rock Band party the night before, and that led to a massive plate of corned beef hash at 3am and, well, you know how that turns out. At least I didn’t get drunk and hop on the skateboard I acquired from Sierra. That would have been … Continue reading