Just over a month ago, we brought you the news that in Japan, the PlayStation Portable was receiving some very desirable new online functionality, in the form of a direct PSP store for digital downloads, and an infrastructure mode to allow formerly adhoc-only PSP titles to be played over the internet. While we still haven’t [...]
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...Monday, September 29, 2008
Valve’s Source game engine may be nearly four years old, but the price is right — anybody who buys a single Source-powered game can download the Source SDK for free, via Steam. (Didn’t know you had it? Check your “Tools” tab in Steam.) Valve has also used their online delivery system to keep their game [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 25, 2008
Burnout Paradise, that is. Today, Criterion’s oft-updated opus hit PlayStation Network for $29.99 — the same price you’d pay for a brand-new Greatest Hits copy at retail. While the 3.24GB download will not include any of Criterion’s spectacular DLC upon delivery, the game will apparently self-update to bring you new cars, motorcycles, weather, Freeburn challenges, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 15, 2008
EA may have their own digital distribution mechanism, but that won’t stop Steam users from spectacularly splattering alien guts all over North Korea’s top-secret island military installations. Through a partnership between Crytek and Valve, Crysis and its expansion pack-cum-sequel Crysis Warhead are now available for preorder on Steam at $40 and $30 respectively. The full [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The pleasant folks over at Paradox Interactive have supplied GameCyte with a handful of new screenshots from their upcoming horse & sword game, Mount & Blade. These new screens show off both mounts and blades, so they cover every aspect of the game. Some of the screens even have mounts and blades together in the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Going into a game like Mount & Blade, you can be fairly sure of at least two things: The game will feature a blade, and someone will likely have a mount. For more information on this unique title, however, we were given a helpful tour by TaleWorlds and Paradox Interactive, the game’s developer and publisher, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Castle Crashers is great fun. If you like the classic, simple fun of side-scrolling beat-em-ups, you’ll enjoy this game. If you like the frantic hilarity of a cooperative/competitive four-player romp like Gauntlet or Four Swords, you’ll enjoy this game. If you like the inimitable, tongue-in-cheek, grin-inducing art and humor of The Behemoth from Alien Hominid [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Update: Konami PR has informed us that the PC version will be distributed exclusively through Steam. “No retail boxed version will be produced,” a representative informed us. Update: Silent Hill: Homecoming producer Tomm Hulett has confirmed that the U.S. release is still on for September. Original Story: While the game’s subtitle won’t be nearly as apt in [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Ever since we spoke last month with CD Projekt’s Tom Ohle about the company’s new digital delivery system for recent-retro PC games, we’ve been looking forward to getting our hands on some Good Old Games. GOG.com, at present, is in the early stages of beta testing, looking to fully launch in September. GameCyte has had a [...]
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Thursday, October 9, 2008
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