Archive | June, 2008

Interview: Seth Killian Covers Capcom-Unity

30. June 2008

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With the recent relaunch of Capcom-Unity, in all of its legit social-network glory, we got a chance to sit down with one of the community team members of Capcom, Seth Killian. As expected, he’s a total badass when it comes to Street Fighter, and an equal badass when it comes to serving the Capcom community So, [...]

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PS3 Trophy Support Explained

30. June 2008

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On the official PlayStation Blog Jeff Rubenstein has posted a video explaining what exactly the PS3 Trophies are. This has been a long rumoured feature that was said to duplicate  the XBOX360 achievements, but watch the video below to see for yourself. What do you guys think? I’m a huge achievement fan on the 360, so [...]

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PS3 Firmware 2.40 Arriving Wednesday

30. June 2008

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Sony has announced that the much-anticipated PS3 firmware update 2.40 will be coming on Wednesday July 2nd. This news comes after rumours that the update wouldn’t hit until around E3, but the earlier the better. A recent video posted on the Playstation Blog earlier today revealed that in game XMB was finally coming to PS3, [...]

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Rock Band 2 Announced. September Release, 360 Exclusive

30. June 2008

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It was inevitable that this news would come sooner or later, but today is the day when EA officially announce a sequel to their hugely successful music game that we expected, and hoped, would come later. The sequel is to be released in September of this year, exclusively for the Xbox 360. While the game offers [...]

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EA Sports All-Play - Casual Sports Gaming

28. June 2008

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In a turn for the casual, EA recently announced their new All-Play initiative. Taking a stab at a more casual take on their popular sports games, the All-Play editions of the games will feature, as far as we can tell, pretty robust basic-gameplay modes, on top of a bunch of mini-games that actually look fun. We [...]

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Preview: SoulCalibur (XBLA)

28. June 2008

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After six minutes and three seconds, we’ve completed SoulCalibur yet again. The pencil-drawn endings, capped off with entering a trio of letters to initial our victory, are nostalgic enough, but the six glorious minutes of massacre a la Mitsurigi that took place prior has us in high-five mode. With SoulCalibur IV coming in a mere month, [...]

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Diablo III Confirmed

28. June 2008

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Blizzard, after much speculation, finally confirmed Diablo III at their Worldwide Invitational event in Paris today. The last week or so saw an evolving splash page at Blizzard.com, as it changed from a solid surface to an icy-donut, prominently featuring glowing runes surrounding ominous glowing eyes. The resulting revelation was a fiery face. Fantastic. The game will [...]

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New Prince of Persia on Nintendo DS

28. June 2008

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Coming in tandem with the “next-gen” version of the re-invigoration of Prince of Persia this holiday season, Ubisoft revealed a Nintendo DS incarnation of the upcoming platformer titled The Fallen King. The handheld title, however, will not be a cel-shaded 3D wall-crawler, but a 2D old-school PoP style game that’s centered around the stylus. When [...]

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Awesome, Free Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Update

28. June 2008

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Rainbow Six Vegas‘ first 2007 map pack left a pretty sour taste in gamers mouths, as the ten dollar offering wasn’t particularly priced as well as they could be, especially when the content consisted of three maps. Still, the game was such a smashing success, folks paid for it, and loved it. Later, Ubisoft threw [...]

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Ticket to Ride, Reviewed [XBLA]

26. June 2008

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Trains in themselves are inherently boring, but add cards and a slow pace of progression to the mix, and we’ve got ourselves one yawn-eriffic sounding game you’d get stuck playing with the family on a Friday night. Somehow, though, Ticket to Ride manages to be an incredibly entertaining port of the tabletop classic, in which [...]

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