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With the release date set for June 24, 2008 on PS2, PC, XBOX 360, and Nintendo Wii (PlayStation 3 version to follow) this is a game you will definitely not want to miss from Atari & Eden Games.
Taking the fear to a new level, the next-gen Alone in the Dark features the macabre […]
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NewsFactor Network says that despite what’s been said so far about Grand Theft Auto, it’s Nintendo’s own games that are leading the way in sales.
Now that’s certainly good news that makes me feel better after having to find those awful articles about Take-Two’s undeserved success.
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With rumors of Nintendo making a revision to their popular DS handheld there has been many concept designs floating around the internets. Check out this collection of Nintendo DS revision ideas.
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Here’s an article about Guitar Hero’s financial success for Activision:
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Activision Inc posted a quarterly profit on Thursday that blew past expectations as demand for its “Guitar Hero 3″ and “Call of Duty 4″ video games made up for a complete lack of new releases.
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This week, Sessler talks about the game that is so addictive, it made him put down GTA IV. That’s right; it’s Boom Blox for the Wii.
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This is the latest project of Electronic Arts:
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Video-game publisher Electronic Arts Inc unveiled two initiatives on Tuesday to breathe new life into its sports business by making games that are easier to play and customized for Nintendo Co Ltd’s popular Wii console.
Key games such as “Madden” […]
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From Gamespot:
While Lego Batman is being released on a multitude of platforms, Traveller’s Tales claims that this is the first Lego game that they’ve built specifically for next-gen platforms such as Xbox 360 and PS3. The environments are more detailed than those of Lego Star Wars, and they feature nice incidental effects, such […]
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Click over to watch this great race.
A most awesome race inspired by the tracks in Indiana. Just like in Virtua Racing, this too has the option of making a pit stop for repairs if your car gets banged up, but if you’re really expert at this, you won’t be […]
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Right after the click.
In this game, you race across some very tricky bridge-like paths and need to complete the round within the first 3 ranks in order to continue to the next one. It’s a great challenge, and some versions even have a special surprise stage where you can […]
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Click over to see one of Sega’s most marvelous car games:
This brings back many fond memories. You’ve got many tricky turns to navigate here, but with a little practice, you can do it, baby! Great stuff.
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In three parts:
In this game, the most notable lightgun shooter Atari has ever made when they dealt with coin-ops (in association with a special developer called Mesa Logic), you’re part of an elite task force unit called S.T.A.A.R that’s sent to infiltrate the famous research facility in Nevada to […]
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Right after the jump.
A cute game where you control a bird that needs to gather plenty of young chicks and bring them back to her apartment.
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Now here is a blast from our gaming past! Hugues Johnson deserves credit for the excellent work scanning the entire catalog. Remember when the graphics were so bad that the instructions, game box and killer artwork was all our imagination really had to make these early games so compelling. Take a minute to […]
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A few years after I, Robot was made, Atari tried the 3-D plane again with this racecar game in which you have a stunt track available:
It’s pretty challenging, as there’s special feedback steering effects that complicate your efforts to drive straight, but it’s very good.
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Here’s a cool game with isometric graphics inspired by all those old monster movies from the 1950s:
The industrial “Planet X” has been invaded by sinister aliens intent on forcing the crew there to build them weapons with which to attack earth. And your job is to conduct a rescue mission to save […]
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While Konami obtained the rights to making a side-scrolling game based on Aliens that was reminiscient in some ways of Contra, it was Sega who obtained the rights to making a lightgun shooter based on the third movie, seen in the recording here:
And so, what we have here is an excellently designed […]
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I found a review of one of the home versions of Metal Slug 3 on The Japan Times, where the reviewer says the following about some old classics:
Age has not been kind to “Pac-Man,” “Pong” or “Space Invaders” — all historic games that launched empires. In their original […]
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Another month of sales results in Japan, and again, Nintendo’s console outsold Sony’s:
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd’s Wii game console outsold Sony Corp’s PlayStation 3 by 3-to-1 in Japan in March but its DS handheld machine fell behind the PlayStation Portable for the first time in six months, […]
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Here’s an article on a developer’s quest to buy other ones:
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - THQ Inc is looking at buying other video game developers, but the publisher of games like “Cars” and “Saints Row” can grow without making acquisitions, Chief Executive Brian Farrell said on Thursday.
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Curious how much abuse Sony’s PlayStation Portable can take before it completely breaks?
Well, BrokenReview posted the following video showing a PSP get dropped/smashed/driven over, pausing between demonstrations of torture to note what still functions on the unit. In my opinion the PSP fairs as well as could be expected - since it […]
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Right now you can download John Coulton’s ‘Still Alive’ for RockBand on Xbox LIVE free. PlayStation 3 owners will have the same opportunity to grab this great DLC this April 17th with PSN. The following video is a live performance featuring John Coulton along with Leo Laporte and Mahalo Daily’s Veronica […]
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Okay now, here’s an article about new sports products:
PARIS (AFP) - New games releases for spring 2008 include a range of sport themes, with a new version of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 specially for Wii, a blue tennis-playing hedgehog, high-def racing cars and a “god of war” combat game, […]
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Click ahead to reach the station.
A terrific game where you control a train that needs to counter and avoid enemy fire as it makes its way across country. Terrific music too.
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Bottle Cap over at Newsgrounds decoded the SSBB theme song.
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Yoshi at Brawl Central provides the actual latin/japanese/english translation :
Audi famam illius.
あの人の噂を聞いたことがある
I have heard of his rumor.
Solus in hostes ruit
たった一人で敵陣に舞い込み
He alone rushed into his enemies
et patriam servavit.
故郷を救ったとか
and saved his homeland.
Audi famam illius.
あの人の噂を聞いたことがある
I have heard of his rumor.
Cucurrit quaeque tetigit […]
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Click ahead to see it.
You guessed it, this game is about, simply put battling monsters, including one who looks a lot like Dracula! Gahahahahaha!
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