You remember playing hockey with the buddies on a frozen pond. That small-game scrum vibe, the 3-on-3 action, the goalie with pillows for pads to guard him against the speeding rubber puck. 3 on 3 NHL Arcade is a no rules, fast-paced downloadable game coming to Xbox Live Arcade (800MS Points) and PlayStation Network ($9.99) [...]
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Dead Space Downloadable Content Announced
Electronic Arts revealed today that “Premium Upgrade Packs” are on the way for fans of the sci-fi dismemberment simulator Dead Space. Interested parties can snag the new content starting November 20, at which time over a dozen items will become available. The upgraded content contains a variety of weapon and/or suit upgrades and customizations for [...]
Mercenaries 2 Getting Politically-Fueled DLC
Downloadable Content that’s awesomely appropriate. Senator Barack Obama and Governor Sarah Palin will continue their string of appearances into the virtual world. Upcoming DLC for Pandemic’s August release, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, will feature the two as playable characters. Presidential candidate Obama’s running mate Joe Biden and Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s head-honcho John McCain [...]
Mirror’s Edge Demo Coming To PSN Oct 30, XBL Oct 31
Not sure whether you want to make the leap of faith into the upcoming free-runner title Mirror’s Edge? The good news is you’ll get a free sample in the form of a playable demo available on PSN tomorrow, October 30, with the Xbox LIVE version coming a day later. Those who pre-ordered the game will [...]
Play Crysis Warhead For Free
Starting this Friday (10/10), PC gamers can download Crysis Warhead and test drive its online multiplayer all weekend at no charge. You can even download it now and host a local frag-fest over LAN. Crysis Warhead is the spiritual successor to Crysis, but is a standalone title so you don’t need the original to play [...]
Warhammer Online Breaks Record
It has only been out a week, but Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning already has 500,000 subscriptions to its name, making it the fastest selling MMORPG of all time. Yes, this takes into account that other role-playing game. Sure World of Warcraft probably has half a million gold farmers and spammers alone, but Warhammer Online [...]
Battlefield: Bad Company, Reviewed [360, PS3]
Forget what you know about first-person shooters. No longer can a beleaguered player find solace around every corner, behind every building. Sure you could shoot through (some) walls in Call of Duty 4, but Battlefield: Bad Company takes it one step further. Try to seek refuge in an abandoned building, and you soon find the [...]
Mirror’s Edge Ships Nov. 7 on Consoles
Electronic Arts’ vertigo-inducing, first-person parkour on PCP finally has an official release date of November 7th on 360 and PS3. Unfortunately, PC gamers hoping to get their leap-of-faith on will have to wait until “later in the winter” according to the press release. This puts the highly anticipated Mirror’s Edge right in the middle of [...]
EA Partners with Eidos Interactive for iPhone Gaming
Electronic Arts made a big announcement yesterday that they have acquired the rights to license and distribute four of Eidos Interactive’s highest profile games, as well as the rights to any upcoming games for the next three years. We have had great success with Eidos products on mobile platforms to date and this strategic relationship [...]
PAX 08: Dead Space, Previewed
Dead Space is about serious, mutated crap hitting the fan, in space. There are no shortage of things gone wrong, and the entire demo level we saw (about halfway through the game) was varying tones of brown. Granted, the textures are alright, and a propriety engine built at Redwood Shores and Havok physics are at [...]
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