Psychonauts available on Steam
Posted by inpheaux on October 12th, 2006 at 11:49 amLast month, we reported that the criticially acclaimed PC platformer Psychonauts would be coming to Steam, Valve's online game delivery service.
Well, it's out now. $19.99 gets you one of the best games I've played in years, and you don't have to leave your house.
Seriously, if you haven't played Psychonauts yet, you now have absolutely no [...]
Capcom dissolves Clover Studios
Posted by inpheaux on October 12th, 2006 at 11:33 amI'm not sure what to say, apart from stating that this is probably some of the worst news I've heard in quite awhile. Clover Studios, a subsidiary of Capcom, developers responsible for the Viewitful Joe games, God Hand and Okami, are being dissolved. This doesn't mean all the developers from Clover are now out of [...]
More Wii/PS3 Preorder rumors
Posted by inpheaux on October 10th, 2006 at 10:04 amHere's your update for the week: October 9th thing we reported on earlier turned out to be false. Whoops. Same goes for the "we'll call you" thing we didn't report on. This was all sorta expected.
So what's new? Well, for starters, some actual real news has been trickling out of Gamestop/EB Games. Specifically, that PS3 [...]
MTV reveals most of the Guitar Hero 2 set list
Posted by inpheaux on October 3rd, 2006 at 6:54 pmI know it may seem like every other day there's another post here about some new Guitar Hero 2 news, but damnit, we're excited about this. MTV has an online gaming video . . show . . thing . . on their "Overdrive" site, and in their latest episode the lead segment is about [...]
New set of Reviews & Previews posted
Posted by inpheaux on October 1st, 2006 at 7:48 pmWe've been busy around here, honest. Couple new things to discuss.
First: we've done away with our old numerical score system, as discussed on our forums. Numbers just don't convey any information anymore. What review sites are really trying to convey when it comes to scores is if we recommend a game or not, and if [...]
Wii / PS3 rumors: Preorders and Kiosks
Posted by inpheaux on September 28th, 2006 at 8:42 pmWelcome to Rumor Land!
Today's set: Wii and PS3 preorders and kiosks.
A Gamestop employee on the Something Awful Forums mentioned that today he read in an internal e-mail that Gamestop and EB locations in the US will start accepting preorders for the Nintendo Wii on October 9th. Put down $50 and you'll be put in line [...]
PS3 gets an upgrade and price drop in Japan
Posted by inpheaux on September 23rd, 2006 at 9:34 pmOh, Sony. Not even out of the gate yet, and you're already having to drop MSRP to make your product relevant.
The Tokyo Game Show took place last week, and during Sony's keynote, Ken Kutaragi dropped two last-minute changes. First item: Upgrade. HDMI is in now, for real, on both models of PS3. No, you probably [...]
Harmonix to be acquired by MTV for $175 Mil
Posted by inpheaux on September 22nd, 2006 at 11:54 amAccording to the New York Times, MTV is slated to pick up Harmonix immediately for $175 Million in cash. The article says it's more than just a branding thing, citing some crazy stuff about "expanding web channels" and "remixing songs", but really it boils down to branding.
MTV obviously wants some street cred, and having one [...]
Wii in Europe - 8 DEC 2006, Australia - 7 DEC 2006
Posted by inpheaux on September 15th, 2006 at 10:38 amWell, the three press conferences are now all over, and we've got the last set of dates & prices. First, Europe:
European Release: 08 DEC 2006
Price: £179 / €249
Includes Wii Sports
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and 15-20 other games available at launch
Games retail for £34 - £39 / €49 - €59.
Bundle includes all the same stuff [...]
New batch of games available on Steam
Posted by inpheaux on September 14th, 2006 at 3:31 pmIt seems like every other week Valve is hopping in bed with some new publisher or developer to push their stuff out via Steam. And to think that some people said online delivery via Steam would never take off. First it was X2 and X3 popping up without Starforce, then Popcap dumping all their games [...]