When it came time to play Off Road, a Ford & Land Rover-branded racing game from Empire Interactive, Xplosiv, and Razorworks, my biggest concern was the level of realism involved. When it comes to racing games, I distinctly prefer an arcade experience over a simulation. I’m not saying Gran Turismo or Forza are bad games [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Sony, you’re such a tease. When GameCyte arrived at the Shrine Auditorium this morning for Sony’s E3 2008 Press Briefing, we noticed something rather curious as we settled into our seats. Though each of Sony’s gigantic monitors displayed PS3 software, the electronics giant wasn’t running looped promotional footage. Someone was actually playing each of four games [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Kaz Hirai reminded us about it last month, but SCEA President Jack Tretton confirmed it this morning, at Sony’s 2008 E3 Press Briefing: TV shows and movies are now available for purchase and rental via the PlayStation Store. Speaking to an eager crowd about upcoming features of the PlayStation Network, Tretton revealed that the new video [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 20, 2008
Hi there, and thanks for consciously choosing not to read GameSpyte instead of just glossing past it. Your brief consideration is all we need. Today, we’ll be celebrating pirates, but not the cool marketable kind with eyeliner and slurred dialogue — the boring, digital kind. Step aboard!
Continue reading...Thursday, June 19, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Enthusiast: Lightsaber Duels come to Wii, just as disgruntled former LucasArts staffer revealed; producer interviewed at (IGN) Disgruntled staffer kicks himself for forgetting to leak info on the stylus-driven DS clone (IGN) Crysis Warhead runs well on $620 PC, Crytek claims (PC Games via Shacknews) Walking is [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Consumer Report: Nintendo Wii Menu version 3.3 update destroys homebrew, Freeloader support (Nintendo Wii Fanboy; Nintendo Everything via videogaming247) Enthusiast: PlayStation 3 “trophies,” in-game XMB finally inbound for firmware v2.40; release date unspecified (PlayStation.Blog) Nintendo’s Laurent “geeks and otaku” Fischer promises some sort of Wii storage [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 16, 2008
Though we’ve known since late April that Crytek would begin developing titles for multiple platforms, it never crossed our minds — not for a second — that the team responsible for lush, tropical videogames that eat state of the art videocards whole might find themselves creating a portable title. But unless June 16th is the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 13, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Updated repeatedly when it suits our diabolical purpose. Enthusiast: Won’t help you steal high-priced gasoline: Syphon Filter 3 on PSN (PlayStation.Blog) Mod chips gain legal precedent in UK, jury still out on mod dip (Team Xecuter via GameSpot) This week’s Virtual Console lineup rocks for Europe, why the hell don’t we [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 12, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Enthusiast: Cryptic Studios countdown to reveal existence of Star Trek Online [or another blatant asset ripoff] this July 28 (Hailing Frequency Forum via Ten Ton Hammer) X360 Unreal Tournament 3 gets July 7th ship date, contains exclusive new video preview of Gears 2 (BusinessWire) Game “borrowing” Oblivion assets [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Updated on the fly: Enthusiast: Microsoft shows off Xbox 360 RPG lineup in Tokyo, including The Last Remnant, Infinite Undiscovery and Star Ocean 4 — take your pick of straight/sarcastic liveblogs (IGN, 1UP) Star Ocean 4 arrives 2009 as potential Xbox 360 exclusive; trailer and a few details [...]
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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