Kickin It Old School Is Cool
If you sometimes feel a little bit 8-bit, then Super Meatboy may be the perfect game for you. Available on the PC and Xbox Live network, this old school platformer is totally cool.
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A Champion of Role-Playing Games
Dragon Age II brings us a new story, more action-oriented RPGing, new companions, a brilliant graphical transformation and a streamlined interface in a great game.
Portal 2 DLC Announced
Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the first game add-on for the year’s highest rated multiplatform game, Portal 2, is in development and targeted for this summer. Portal 2 DLC #1 will offer new test chambers for players, leaderboards, challenge mode for single and multiplayer modes, and more. Targeted for release this summer, Portal 2 DLC #1 will be offered free of charge for the PC, Mac, Xbox 360, and PS3. Portal 2 was released April 19 and currently holds … Continue reading Portal 2 DLC Announced
Dungeon Siege III Web Comic Launches
As previously announced at C2E2, fans will be reintroduced to the world of the Dungeon Siege video game franchise with an all-new digital comic revealing essential pieces of this epic role-playing saga! The Dungeon Siege III web comic will deliver three exciting vignettes by writer Jeremy Barlow (Star Wars: Rebellion) and artists Iban Coello (Iron Man: Iron Protocols) and Sergio Abad (Transformers: Prime). This will be the first comic to be available digitally through www.digital.darkhorse.com. The 10th Legion has fallen, but heroism is not dead in the kingdom of Ehb, even as the Azunite faction continues their control… The three … Continue reading Dungeon Siege III Web Comic Launches
TimeGate Partners With GameServers For Section 8 Multiplayer
TimeGate Studios revealed today an exclusive partnership with GameServers.com to provide dedicated server rentals for fans playing Section 8: Prejudice (www.warisprejudice.com) on the Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Section 8: Prejudice, 2011’s most anticipated and robust $15 downloadable shooter, rolled out to Xbox consumers on April 20th. Dedicated servers traditionally exist solely for the PC platform. PC players embrace dedicated servers because of players’ ability to host high-capacity servers, private sessions, configure game types, and generally customize their play experience and environment. Section 8: Prejudice is the first product on the … Continue reading TimeGate Partners With GameServers For Section 8 Multiplayer
Harmony Is Not Quite Bliss
Spring Up Harmony attempts to combine several types of gameplay into one exciting casual game. And although they hit the mark pretty well, it just doesn’t have the staying power of others in this field.
Gearing Up for NASCAR Action
A freshmen effort by developer Eutechnyx brings NASCAR back to the video game industry with NASCAR 2011: The Game. And while the base is solid, many glitches need fixed fast.
ESRB Streamlines Rating Process For DLCs
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) today announced it is introducing a new streamlined rating process for games that will only be sold and downloaded through console and handheld storefronts such as Microsoft Xbox LIVE Arcade, Nintendo Wii or DSi Shop and Sony PlayStation Store. These games will receive the same recognizable ESRB ratings via a process whose efficiency and ease of use provides the scalability necessary to address the steady increase of games delivered digitally across an ever-expanding multitude of new devices and outlets. Starting today, publishers of these downloadable games will complete a different submission form than is … Continue reading ESRB Streamlines Rating Process For DLCs
Evil Controllers Doing Good
In the April spirit of going green, Evil Controllers is partnering with high school team Gamers Go Green from Chicago’s Whitney M. Young High School to host the first-ever green Game Hour. Led by students Daniel Romero, Evan London, Noelanni Alvarez, Courtney Mills, Donte White, Adam He, and supported by the one and only Evil Controllers, Game Hour will occur on April 23, 2011. But what is Game Hour? It’s simple. On Saturday, April 23, at any selected hour of the day unique to each family, Evil Controllers and Gamers Go Green will ask everyone to abstain from the use … Continue reading Evil Controllers Doing Good
Space Invaders Infinity Soundtrack Released
TAITO Corporation (TAITO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd., today announced the release of the SPACE INVADERS INFINITY GENE -EVOLUTIONAL THEORY- soundtrack album. The album is available for download via the iTunes Store. SPACE INVADERS INFINITY GENE is a shooting game with evolution as its central theme. Released for the iPhone and iPod touch in July of 2009, digital distribution on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft edition via Square Enix followed in September of 2010. SPACE INVADERS INFINITY GENE received several awards both domestically and … Continue reading Space Invaders Infinity Soundtrack Released