If you thought a holiday PlayStation 3 price drop and thePS3 Slimwere nothing more than fiction,Ars Technica’s“The Mole” may make you reconsider: the industry insider (who dropped the initial details on the new Xbox 360 Elite bundles) says Sony will launch the PS3 Slim this fall and slash the price on their hardware. In addition to this, Sony will phase out the 60 GB hard drive model in favor of the monstrous 160 GB model....
Waiting for a PlayStation 3 is hard. On one hand, you’ve got to camp out on some dingy street for a few days and nights, and on the other, well, you get f’ing shot! It seems as soon as the PS3 dropped, civility in American went right out the window. Forget BB guns, people arenow shootingwith real bullets: On the first day the much anticipated PlayStation 3 hit shelves in stores across the country, two armed thugs in Connecticut targeted game seekers with fat wallets, shooting one person waiting in a Wal-Mart line who refused to give up money, authorities said....
If you fondly remember an age where coin-operated arcade machines were king, you may feel nostalgic aboutthe pricing structureofTrash Panic‘s latest incarnation, which utilizes a similar pay method on the Japanese PlayStation Network. It pretty much works in exactly the same way. With100 Yen Gomibako, players are expected to drop 100 Yen in exchange for three play sessions. Once those three chances are up, it’ll cost another 100 Yen to get back in the game....
Piracy of PlayStation Portable games and the utilization of the device as a piracy machine are on the downturn, according to Sony’s hardware marketing head John Koller. A two-month downturn, that is. In an interview withMTV Multiplayer, Koller said that it wasn’t a “secret” that there “has been some piracy on the PSP,” but maintained that it is “trending down right now” as a result of first-party downloads through the PlayStation store....
Good morning, dear Fridayers. I’m not sure if you’re aware, but we’ve arrived at a very important moment just now. As you read this, cosmic forces beyond human understanding are hard at work turningthe weekinto theweekend. I know, right? It’s all very … science. Anyway, whether or not you’re capable of comprehending the finer and more complex inner workings of the universe and how it does what it does, the important thing to remember is this:...
It’s been a while since we had a patronizing statement aimed at “core” gamers from Nintendo of America’s Reggie Fils Aime, but the meaty executive has come out in full force with anotherround of statementsaimed at calming the old school Nintendo fanbase. “We listen to our fans all the time,” claimed the savory boss.“Nintendo fans are some of the most passionate in the world, and believe me, they make their opinions heard....
Gamescom has drowned me in a sea of SEGA assets today, in case you couldn’t tell. Here’s the next selection — some screens and art for the hot looking downloadable title,Renegade Ops. This game is one that I’m seriously looking forward to, because it’s rather awesome. You can’t really go wrong with a top-down car shooter that takes its story cues fromG.I. Joe. In fact, that sounds like the most perfect thing ever made....
We touched on it briefly during the course of ourNeo Geo episode, but come on. It’sMetal Slug. you’re able to’t touch on it briefly. So we’re doing a whole episode about it. Partly because it’s one of my favorite games ever, but mostly because it deserves it. While it isn’t exactly“old”per se, the series represents one of the greatest eras in videogame history; when you might say sprite-based artwork had matured into the best it was ever going to be....
Ah.Psssh. Heh, this is Easy. I’m just walking, slashing, and winning. Over and over. No challenge. Too easy. Dungeon Crawler? Whatever. How ’bout Dungeon Stroller. How ’bout Roguelike with Training Wheels. Forget this sissy crap on this sissy system. [four hours later] F*ck! How is that little piece of crap hitting so hard?! What is that thing anyway? Can this dungeon even be completed? How many times have I died here?...
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athenacame out just over a year ago togenerally favorable reviews. Today, Atari has announced the release date for the Macintosh port of the game, which is due to arrive this Friday, April 16th. I played it for a while on Xbox 360 and, apart from being too dark for me to see much of the time, it was a pretty entertaining experience. I’m sure Mac users will enjoy it, especially considering how thin their options generally are....
Concerned about the $249.99 PSPGo price tag? What if it came with a free game, more specificallyRock Band Unplugged? According to PSPGo bundle listings on Best Buy’s Web site, the handheld will ship with a voucher to download a digital copy ofRock Band Unplugged(a $39.99 value). As the listing describes, it “lets you start enjoying PSPgo’s rocking features right away.” Best Buy is offering the PSPGo bundle with voucher in both“Piano Black”and“Pearl White....
A lot of effort was put into craftingDead Space‘s universe using out-of-game means, and as expected, they’re treating the sequel similarly. As announced during the “Building a Horror Entertainment Franchise: Dead Space 2” Comic-Con panel, an animated feature and a graphic novel are on the way. Dead Space Salvage, the impending graphic novel, is about the Magpies finding the USG Ishimura and encountering the same necromorph horror that Isaac Clarke faced in the originalDead Space....
If I had to choose one word to describe the wholeHalomovie debacleit would be drama. The movie has beenkilledandbrought backmore times than Freddy Kruger. As of right now the movie has been completely and totally scrapped and that has been confirmed by everyone involved. Of course new rumors will eventually surface about another movie in the works and eventuallyHalois going to make it to the big screen — it’s too big a deal not to....
