So I saw this on Joystiq this morning, but after clicking through all of the “we saw this on this other site” links it traces back to a UK game site called DarkZero, who apparently did some actual listening during Activision’s quarterly earnings call and discovered that the company is giving Tony Hawk the year […]
In some weird alternate dimension, arcades still matter in North America and the classic quarter-sucking games of the 80s and 90s are still absolving us of our pocket change while simultaneously keeping us out of the house under the guise of “going out and doing stuff.” In that reality, Target: Terror came out and was […]
We found this WORLD EXCLUSIVE footage of Fight Night Round 4’s all-new Classic Interview mode… OK, whatever, I can’t keep up the lame joke. This amazing Mike Tyson footage speaks for itself. But keep in mind that it frequently speaks in shocking slurs and filthy curses before you hit play on it.
So, given that this […]
Some portions of the Internet are ablaze today, as the news of how the protection schemes used to stop people from bootlegging Mass Effect and Spore on the PC will work has come out. Most of the reporting sites are tracing the news back to Derek French, a technical producer at BioWare, who posted the […]
In your first several hours with Grand Theft Auto IV, it’s easy to want to approach it with a checklist of expectations and start comparing it to what you think a “next-generation” Grand Theft Auto game should be.
- New carjacking animations? Check.
- Improved gunplay? Check.
- GPS on the map? Check.
- Corny-yet-still-somehow-funny jokes? Check.
It’s natural […]
29 hours, 46 minutes, and 17 seconds later, and I’m finished with Grand Theft Auto IV. Well, the main story, anyway. I’ve barely played any multiplayer, and of course my game progress is 64.67%. So there’s more to do, more to see. That’s always the way, isn’t it? I doubt I’ll try to see it […]
I’m writing to you from Alderney, the final area to unlock in Grand Theft Auto IV. It just opened up after I completed a particularly lengthy and lucrative mission working for… well, I guess I should leave the specifics out, just in case you haven’t cruised past me yet. I’m 18 hours in now, with […]
It’s been an interesting week here at the office, with things happening on multiple fronts. For starters, this “Grand Theft Auto” game has been taking up a lot of our time. I just got the achievement for maintaining a wheelie for a set distance, and have met some great characters. So far, the office favorite […]
NBA Ballers: Chosen One feels like a relic, like an old arcade game that’s been given a fresh coat of paint, but no additional gameplay depth. Like an old arcade game, it’s fun for awhile, but unless you have nostalgic feelings for, well, the other two Ballers games, you’ll probably get fed up fast.
Like the […]
Dark Sector is notable for being the first “next-generation” game announced all the way back in 2004. Back then, it sort of had a stealth-action look to it, like a futuristic version of Splinter Cell. It would have been interesting to see how that game would have turned out, but I have a feeling that […]
For those of you waiting long and hard for the PlayStation 3 version of the Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack, today is your lucky day. The maps are now available via the PlayStation Store for $9.99. That’s a full penny cheaper than the 360 version!
The pack contains four maps, and I happen to […]
We’ve been out seeing pre-release games lately, and as such, the office has been pretty quiet. But that doesn’t mean that we haven’t acquired a bunch of new, weird stuff. Take a look around the office and give a warm hello to Gamedeer.
It’s certainly not rare for developers to support their game post-release, especially in this day of downloadable console content, where popular map packs can bring in millions and millions of dollars in their first week of release. But most of what we’re getting is pretty standard stuff, like map packs, new skins, a mode or […]
Rocky & Bullwinkle takes the world of the 1959-1964 cartoon and clumsily crams it into a second-rate WarioWare knockoff. It’s not a bad idea, as the large cast of characters and multiple themes bring a number of different frantic and fractured microgames to mind. Well, my mind, anyway. But this Xbox Live Arcade release doesn’t […]
I’ll never be a great Ikaruga player, and that’s fine. I’ve come to terms with that. But that doesn’t mean I can’t stand at a safe distance and appreciate it from afar. While some people would claim that most 2D overhead shooter worship comes from a very pretentious place that’s usually reserved for wine snobbery, […]
Do you, the game-playing public, care at all about Unreal Tournament anymore? That’s a question I had to ask myself when I started playing the PC version of Unreal Tournament III after its release late last year. Personally, I was thrilled to see the UT formula updated with a new engine and new potential for […]
Wrestling games are weird. While actual professional wrestling places a lot of importance on the stories and feuds between wrestlers that set up the actual matches, most of the wrestling games we’ve seen over the past few console generations have been little more than clumsy fighting games with deliberately-obscured health meters. Midway’s TNA Impact might […]
So I’m sitting here in Las Vegas, less than 24 hours after seeing Midway announce a real shocker: Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. After seeing the trailer, which doesn’t feature too much gameplay, and talking to a few people at Midway, I’m optimistic. But the shocks don’t stop with the crossover.
To get this out of […]
Well, the Mortal Kombat countdown (kountdown?) running over on noob.com expired at 3PM today and revealed no new news about the next game. Ryan and I are here in Las Vegas, where Midway is apparently going to announce the next MK game, but I’m not sure if it’ll be something we can talk about today, […]