Archive for January, 2009

Brutal Legend Game Online Preview: Looks like our rock ‘n roll fantasy will finally come true, as publishing powerhouse EA recently picked up this heavy-metal action romp. And we couldn’t be happier. Crafted by legendary designer Tim Schafer (Psychonauts) and starring real-life fake rocker Jack Black as a demon-slaying roadie, it’s destined to take us [...]

Wolfenstein Game Online: Who wants to shoot some Nazis?
Get in line, because old-school hero B.J. Blazkowicz gets first dibs in the latest version of the famous first-person shooter series. Travel back to 1943 and help the poor guy stop Heinrich Himmler from crossing into a parallel dimension and amassing a new Nazi war machine. Team-based [...]

Achievements, New Screen Revealed for GTA IV DLC: We’re still a month away from the release of the first downloadable add-on for Grand Theft Auto IV, but developer Rockstar has kindly released a new screenshot for the game alongside a list of the added Achievements Xbox 360 owners can expect from the DLC.
The five additional [...]

Video Game Market Investigation: Canadian spent a record $2 billion on video games, sales including hardware, software and accessories totalled $2.094 billion in 2008.
January 23, 2009 TORONTO — Canadian spent a record $2 billion on video games last year, fuelled by a $500 million pre-Christmas spending spree in December.
Sales including hardware, software and accessories totalled [...]

Killzone 2 Game Review: PS3 eventually announces release date for heralded Xbox 360 killer. SYDNEY: One of the most eagerly awaited PS3 games of all time has finally been given an official release date, after over five years in development and numerous delays.
Killzone 2, which is now slated for a 26 February 2009 release, amazed [...]

Galactrix Game Review Online: Anticipated Release: the First Quarter of 2009. The minds behind the sleeper hit Puzzle Quest are back in ‘09, taking their addictive role-playing/puzzle hybrid to the stars in an intergalactic space adventure.
And while this time we’re better prepared for the franchise’s unique take on match-three puzzle gameplay, new tweaks like a [...]

Halo Wars Goes Gold and New Vidoc Now Available: Halo Wars demo to release, try game’s first two campaign missions and multiplayer map. We’ve also got details on what to expect from the Halo Wars demo releasing on February 5. I’ve been excited for this game since they announced it years ago. The first RTS [...]

Halo Wars Game Online: You got your strategy in my Halo! And we hope it tastes delicious. This March release mash-up comes courtesy of Ensemble Studios, the folks behind the great Age of Empires games.
But will Halo’s first-person fans dig the deep strategy gameplay? Only time — and a few run-ins with a Covenant dropship [...]

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Game, Anticipated Release Date: March, 2009. World collide when Rockstar’s unflinching GTA hits Nintendo’s unstoppable handheld. Due in March of 2009, Chinatown Wars is set in the same Liberty City as GTA IV and looks to be just as intense as other games in the franchise, sporting cel-shaded graphics, recruitable [...]

50-Month Gap Now Guaranteed Between Launch Of Current Generation And Next U.S. ‘Final Fantasy’. Updated info regarding the release of “Final Fantasy XIII” serves as an extraordinary reminder of just how slowly major game publishers have gotten into this console generation.
During the previous generation of game consoles, publisher Square-Enix released its first “Final Fantasy” game [...]