Is Ubisoft's "Prince of Persia Epilogue" DLC worth your $10? That depends on what you're looking for.
Continue reading...3. March 2009
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29 key employees at bankrupt Midway Games could split a bonus payday worth $3.25 million if they sell off the company's "Mortal Kombat" franchise. That's direct from bankruptcy filings obtained by netDockets last week. But according to company spokesperson Geoffrey Mogilner, that's not what Midway actually intends to do. "It's not our goal to sell Mortal [...]
Continue reading...21. January 2009
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"Remote Play," "Life with PlayStation," "PlayStation Home," all are lovely features when considering their low, low price of free -- but our time is valuable as well, and none of PlayStation Network's free applications have been interesting, capable or accessible enough to divert PS3 owners' attention from the fact that the $50-a-year Xbox LIVE just [...]
Continue reading...15. January 2009
Today, Google debuts "YouTube for Television," a new website accessible only from your Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3, that has exactly one function: make YouTube videos easier to view and browse on a full-size television screen. And to that end, Google has mostly succeeded. We tried out "YouTube for Television" today on both the NetFront and [...]
Continue reading...15. January 2009
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Released earlier this week via the Wii Shop Channel, Allied Kingdoms' "Planet Pachinko" is certainly something else. Not actually a pachinko game, "Planet Pachinko" is a combination platformer and shooter set within giant pachinko machines. The premise of the game is this: "In the future of the future," the Robot family's beloved dog "Piddles" is missing, [...]
Continue reading...13. January 2009
Today saw the release of 'Fable 2's' brand new Knothole Island DLC. First teased back in November '08 and subsequently twice delayed, the much-awaited DLC promised the player the ability to: Embark on 3 unique quests set in 3 unique dungeons. Unravel the mystical secrets of the resurrection shrine. Try on a whole new range of outfits and [...]
Continue reading...13. January 2009
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"James," a GameCyte reader, bought a copy of "Far Cry 2" PC the very same week it came out -- and has been wrangling with Ubisoft customer support to get that game to work ever since. But though the details of his struggle are interesting, that's not why he forwarded his entire tech support transcript to [...]
Continue reading...13. January 2009
We spoke too soon -- "bob's game" isn't dead yet. But as Robert Pelloni's online quest for a Nintendo DS software development kit continues, we're beginning to wonder if we -- the casual observers watching Pelloni's plight -- have actually been playing right into his hands.
Continue reading...13. January 2009
You might remember one particular article written by Chris Kohler, more or less countering Steve Kent's swan-song opinion about the, relatively young at the time, Nintendo Wii. His final career prediction pretty much stated that the Wii's bubble would soon burst, perhaps even giving birth to the whole "Wii is a fad" wave which became [...]
Continue reading...8. January 2009
I'm sure enough time has passed that I should really just let this go, but I suppose I'm just a hopelessly bitter individual. I can't help it; whenever I look over at my giant shelf full of fantastic PS2 titles, or read about a great title like Persona 4 coming out for the lingering system, [...]
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6. March 2009
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