The official nominees for the second annual Xbox Live Arcade Awards have just been announced. This year, Xbox Live members can vote for their favorite games of 2008 over their Xbox 360's NXE. Voting begins Tuesday, March 3 at 2:00 A.M. Pacific and ends Tuesday, March 10 at 3:59 P.M. Pacific. Check the XBLA [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 25, 2009
A movie tie-in game, you say? What could possibly go wrong? Sega announced its American and European divisions are partnering with Madrid-based Pyro Studios to create a multi-platform "mission-based driving game" based on the upcoming animated feature film "Planet 51." Scheduled for theatrical release in November, "Planet 51" is an adventure-comedy penned by the writers of "Shrek" [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Ubisoft has partnered with fitness franchise Gold's Gym to produce an all new fitness game exclusively for the Nintendo Wii. The game, entitled "Gold's Gym: Cardio Workout," focuses on cardiovascular exercises like cardio-boxing and running, and can be used in conjunction with the Nintendo Wii Balance Board. Similar to Nintendo's Wii Fit, the game [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Through the magic of careful reading, Joystiq has discovered confirmation that EA Hasbro will be releasing four games to the Xbox Live Arcade this March. Joystiq uncovered the news buried in a press release announcing the addition of "Yahtzee" to the Hasbro Family Game Night lineup. "Yahtzee" joins the ranks of old-school favorites "Scrabble," "Connect [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Yesterday, news of the identification by Swiss doctors of a new video-game-related skin condition called "PlayStation palmar hidradenitis" made the rounds of such sites as Discover.com and BBC News online. Today, in a statement to MCV, Sony has officially addressed the potential health concerns resulting from extended PlayStation use: We firmly believe that video gaming is [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Sony announced several interesting new statistics regarding its PlayStation Network (PSN) today, chief among them that the PlayStation Network has reached over 20 million registered users in the 27 months since its November 2006 launch. The PlayStation Network provides digital content and online interaction for Sony PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable users in 55 countries around [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Taito's "Exit 2," sequel to the 2006 action-puzzle-platformer "Exit," is now available for 800 Microsoft Points ($10) on the Xbox Live Arcade. "Exit 2" sees the return of protagonist Mr. ESC, the heroic escape artist who travels the world rescuing the hapless and hopeless from imminent danger. With the assistance of those he rescues, as [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 24, 2009
According to IGN, Capcom's "Flock," originally scheduled for a January release, will be coming to PC April 7, Xbox Live on April 8 and PlayStation Network April 9. "Flock" presents players with 50 levels of animal-herding puzzles. Players take control of an alien UFO and manipulate the sheep, chickens, pigs, cows and various other animals [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Independent developer and publisher Hothead Games, perhaps best known for the download-only "Penny Arcade Adventures," will use its "multi-platform development and digital distribution expertise" to bring games from other indie developers to new platforms. The first games to get the Hothead treatment will be popular Xbox Live Arcade titles "The Maw" and "Braid," with upcoming [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 24, 2009
In an interview with MTV's Multiplayer blog, Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi revealed that, despite a less than stellar critical response, the Resident Evil 5 demo has performed exceedingly well, reaching over 4 million downloads via the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network. Takeuchi acknowledges much of the early negative feedback the demo has [...]
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