Rock Band enthusiasts, the wait is nearly over: Very soon, your copy of Rock Band 2 will come with as many tracks as it says it does on the box! Today, Harmonix and MTV Games sent us a press release, confirming the 20 post-launch downloadable tracks that every owner of Rock Band 2 is entitled [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 16, 2008
Dammit, dammit, dammit, dammit! In a disheartening conversation with Shacknews, Valve’s Doug Lombardi has announced that our favorite team-oriented FPS won’t be seeing any more major updates until 2009. Team Fortress 2 won’t get any new weapons, no class upgrades or new achievements, no gameplay modes, nada. Seems the majority of the TF2 team have [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 16, 2008
Though Xbox 360 owners have been enjoying Harmonix and MTV Games’ ubiquitous music title since mid-September, the timed exclusivity of Rock Band 2 is just about to expire. MTV and Harmonix issued a press release this morning, confirming to eager PS3 owners that their shredding sequel is still on track for its October 19th release [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Remember, two days ago, when we told you about Sony’s new firmware upgrades for the PS3 and PSP, and we said they were scheduled for release “later this month?” Well, two days counts as “later,” right? Spotted over at Joystiq, Sony has gone ahead and released both firmware upgrades; they’re available for download and installation [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 13, 2008
I have a soft spot for City of Heroes. It wasn’t my first MMORPG, and it wasn’t my last, but it’s definitely among the top when I think back on how much I enjoyed playing it. I could always tell when I was among like-minded players, simply by taking a glance at the other heroes’ [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 13, 2008
The Xbox 360 isn’t the only console that can be changed through the magic of software. Today, via press release and a post on the official PlayStation.Blog, Sony has offered up a preview of the new features to be included in firmware upgrades to both the PS3 and the PSP. Gamers can expect improved trophy [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 9, 2008
Japan loves the Xbox 360. Just a short while after sales had been extremely sluggish in Nintendo and Sony’s home turf, Microsoft is now claiming that sales are exceeding projections. “We’ve done better than we forecast. We are finding that we have a shortage of hardware,” said Microsoft’s John Schappert in a Reuters report this [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 9, 2008
Microsoft, our very own American gaming giant, decided to go clear over to the Tokyo Game Show to declare the upcoming release of the New Xbox Experience. Thankfully, they yelled loud enough that we were able to hear them over here, and convey the news to you: The New Xbox Experience debuts on Wednesday, November [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 3, 2008
Psyonix Studios dropped the news this morning that Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars, their PSN-exclusive vehicular sports game, has gone gold. Psyonix is very fortunate to be releasing the game solely through digital distribution; the cost of stamping that name onto discs would probably sink the company. If you haven’t heard of this game (how [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 3, 2008
This morning, at the second day of Nintendo’s media event in San Francisco, there were a few new announcements for the future of WiiWare. World of Goo received a release date; we’ll be seeing it the week after next on October 13th. After that, however, came an announcement of something new: RealNetworks, the digital services [...]
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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