Archive | June, 2009

VidZone Impressions (PS3)

Since the release of the PS3, Sony has continued its push to expand PS3′s functionality through a mixture of hardware and software apps.  Over the last year we’ve seen the release of Home, Life With Playstation, PlayTV, and now we have a new on-demand music video service: VidZone. VidZone is a completely free application currently [...]

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Street Fighter IV Coming to Wii?

Street Fighter IV Coming to Wii?

With the latest Street Fighter game looking simply stunning in full HD on the 360 and PS3, how could Capcom reduce it so it could run on Wii? While it may not be official at this point, Capcom VP Christian Svensson has reportedly stated that people should never say never about the game coming to Wii, and [...]

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Persona PSP To Feature 2 Disc Soundtrack

Atlus know just how to treat their audience well, and once again they are packing a soundtrack with their newest release, the PSP version of the first Persona game. They did this last year with the amazing Persona 4, but this time the company are packing the entire soundtrack of the game, spread across 2 [...]

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E3 2009 Nintendo Press Conference Wrapup

Edgar and I get together to recap the E3 2009 Nintendo Press Conference. Since this converence covers both the Wii and the DS this file will appear on both feeds! We cover such topics as whether or not New Super Mario is a “real” Mario game (it is BTW, Edgar is insane , the craziness [...]

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The Last Guardian Screenshots

The first screenshots for the recently confirmed Team ICO project, The Last Guardian, have been released, and while nearly all of them are taken from the E3 trailer, the beauty on offer here is amazing. The creature that accompanies the young boy in the images is so wonderfully designed that the fur and skin look almost [...]

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The Sims 3 Sells 1.4 Million in First Week

The Sims 3 was always going to be an important PC title this year, but EA have to be ecstatic with their first week sales. Since the game’s release on June 2nd, sales have reached 1.4 million, making The Sims 3 the best selling PC game launch for EA, something attributed to the huge base of [...]

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Burnout Big Surf Island Dated and Priced

Arguably the biggest piece of DLC to come to the current king of post release content, Burnout Paradise, Big Surf Island will be arriving earlier than we anticipated. The DLC pack will be out Thursday this week, and for the low price of 1000 Microsoft points on 360, and $12.99 on PSN. As a piece of premium [...]

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Team ICO Inspired LittleBigPlanet DLC Coming This Week

Once again, LittleBigPlanet creators Media Molecule prove this week that the PS3′s new mascot Sackboy can pull of any sort of get up. These ICO inspired costumes are to be bundled with a set of stickers, sound effects, and some Shadow of the Colossus-the spiritual successor to ICO-costumes. The pack is probably being used to [...]

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Tetris Turns 25

There are few games that everyone will likely have heard of or played in their time, but Tetris ranks highly when considering just how many people have enjoyed its deceptively simple design over the years. 25 years ago, Russian scientist Alexey Pajitnov devised the game, but the success of the game has escalated to catastrophic proportions since then. [...]

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WiiSpot Podcast #039 Posted

WiiSpot Podcast #039 Posted

E3 is upon us yet again, this time returning to some of the greatness as before! Exciting times, and it’s with that that we bring you WiiSpot Episode #39! Edgar and I talk about all things E3 and bring you some news on games from High Voltage software, Super Smash Bros, a new Lord of [...]

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