Archive for June, 2009

After 6 months of letting my friend borrow Fable 2, I had a chance to pop it back in to see if the game still has that enjoyable game play that made it such a hit. To make this experience current, I downloaded both DLC’s for the game called Knothole Island and See the... »

Yesterday morning, ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks, acquired id Software, developer of such titles as DOOM and Quake. This puts both companies at an advantage: ZeniMax gets some old school credibility, while id has the backing of one of the most influential (and moneymaking) studios in the game today. However, John Romero had... »

Sourcelink: Gamasutra Sony’s Motion Controller? Pfft…small potatoes. Wii Vitality Sensor? Ha…you’re joking right? Samus’ return to consoles? I don’t think so. Project Natal? Shheeeeaaaatttt No! What was the most important thing to come out of E3 this year? According to Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter, it was the implementation of last.fm, Twitter and Facebook that will be the most significant…which... »

Sourcelink: Edge Edge-Online reports that the Electronic Merchants Association released the results of a study that shows that the games industry could boost its sales by $6B if they are able to implement “benefit-denial” technology. What is “benefit-denial” technology? This is the tech that is used to activate gift cards, where a cashiers activation is required... »

Leaks of a Netflix survey has been kicking up  the interwebs again. Last March, the same happened with a Netflix survey asking if you would like to have a Netflix streaming service that required a subscription, your Wii connected to the internet and a Netflix streaming disc that would cost you $10. The key difference?... »

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 Publisher: EA Sports Price: $49.99 (w/o WiiMotion Plus) $59.99 (w/ WiiMotion Plus) For: Nintendo Wii Simulation sports on the Wii has had a rough go in the past couple of years. With most winding up being little more than waggling PS2 ports (with the exception of MLB Power Pros), the Wii hasn’t been... »

The ESA announced the winners of the 2009 E3 Games Critics Awards. Best in Show, Best Action/Adventure Game and Best Console Game went to the PS3 exclusive Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. The game was considered to be the best game Sony was showing at E3 with its impressive graphics and level design. The added... »

Sourcelink: Industrygamers When speaking to GameStop’s Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia, he says that digital distribution will not effect GameStop’s sales for another 5 years. In his talk, he mentions that top brass of GameStop have down thorough research and come to the conclusion that customers still prefer to purchase games at Brick-and-Mortar shops. He... »

Prototype Publishers: Activision, Sierra Entertainment Price: $59.99 For: Playstation 3, XBOX 360, PC With more and more open world and sandbox games coming out, gamers know what works and does not work when using it. Prototype is the newest game using an open world setting and the formula it developed for it’s story and gameplay is what makes... »

Rockstar announced today that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be ported to the PSP this fall. The game is said to have no new enhancements at this time. Brad’s Take: I’m not surprised that there is a port coming…just this soon. Usually, Rockstar takes about two years to port over games. Is this a... »