Archive for the ‘News’ Category
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Learn More About The Schwarzenegger vs EMA Supreme Court Case [Video]
2 Comments September 2, 2010 Posted by Tovan under Main, News, Videos
The upcoming Schwarzenegger vs EMA Supreme Court case is very important to the video game industry–and almost equally as important to its consumers. If you think that being over the age of 18 means this decision doesn’t affect you, you’re sadly mistaken. You see, there’s a dirty little secret surrounding this case, and here it is: if the Supreme Court... [Read More]. -
New Mortal Kombat Screens From PAX
8 Comments Posted by Tyler under Featured Content, Hot, Main, News, PS3, Xbox 360
With PAX just getting started later tonight, we got access to some un-seen screen shots for the new Mortal Kombat game coming out in 2011. [Read More]. -
University of Florida Has Officially The Best Class Ever, ’21st Century Skills In Starcraft’
1 Comments Posted by Matt under Main, News, PC
University of Florida professor Nathaniel Poling has proposed and been allowed to teach a class called “21st Century Skills In Starcraft“, where it “valuable 21st Century Skills through a hands-on approach.” I wish I were kidding. When asked about the course, Professor Poling said, With society becoming increasingly technology-based and fast-paced, it is important for professionals to be highly proficient... [Read More]. -
Street Fighter Champ Get A Guinness World Record
3 Comments Posted by Nic under Main, News
It would seem the Street Fighter champ Daigo Umehara has another feather to put in his cap, but it’s not another tournament win it’s a Guinness World Record this time. While at the UK event ‘Super Versus Battle‘ the people from Guinness found Daigo to give him his certificate for ‘most consecutive tournament wins’. Daigo had some words to share... [Read More]. -
Call of Duty: Black Ops – Wager Matches
8 Comments Posted by Tyler under Main, News, PC, PS3, Videos, Wii, Xbox 360
In this video it shows the chaos of the four new Wager Matches. With these in the game along with the regular Multiplayer variants, it is bound to add some fun and chaos into the mix of things. [Read More]. -
Call of Duty: Black Ops MP Reveal Night
10 Comments September 1, 2010 Posted by Tyler under Hot, Main, News, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
With Treyarch having a Black Ops blow out tonight showing a ton of new features for their foray into the modern war. Here are a list of things you can expect to see in the next installment of the Call of Duty franchise. Bot matches. Basically a training mode for you and another person. You can play any map, set the number... [Read More]. -
Mass Effect 2 Shadow Broker DLC Trailer
1 Comments Posted by Kreyg under Main, News, Xbox 360
The most recent DLC for Mass Effect 2 has you as Commander Shepard team up with Liara T’Soni to finally confront the one they call the Shadow Broker. This latest trailer shows off a bit of the DLC. If you’re a Mass Effect fan, then you’ll probably want to pick this up. It should help add a bit more value... [Read More]. -
Three Big Surprises From Valve In The Next Year
6 Comments Posted by Tyler under Main, News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Everyone take cover, Valve has stated that there will be “big announcements” in the next 12 months. Specifically three of them (could that be a hit?) in the next 12 months.(Valve Time) In a recent interview Valve’s big man Gabe Newell discussed what happened with the Portal 2 surprise at E3. How people speculated the wildest things. Well Gabe had this to say... [Read More]. -
New Arkham City Screens Look Sexellent
5 Comments Posted by Kreyg under Main, News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Batman: Arkham City was announced a few weeks back and it’s left us gamers wanting more. Well, here is a bit more for everyone out there. These screens show off some action, gadgets, and some of the villains you’ll be facing. Is it me or does Harley Quinn look better than she did in Arkham Asylum? [Read More]. -
Dead Rising 2 Shirt Available Exclusively At Pax Prime
0 Comments Posted by Nic under Main, News, PS3, Xbox 360
Well those people at Capcom are pretty into event exclusive shirts. We all heard about the awesome ‘3 wolf‘ parody shirt and the odd but awesome Street Fighter vs. Tokidoki shirt. Now here’s a shirt that will fly under the radar of most people that fail to pay attention. The ‘Greene’s Hardware’ shirt will be available at a Capcom community... [Read More]. -
Win A Gunblade NY Arcade Cabinet
4 Comments Posted by Nic under Main, News, Previous Generations, Retro
Okay, who hasn’t dreamed of having their own arcade cabinet? You would be the envy of all your friends if you had an arcade cabinet in your room. Just think about rolling out of bed in the morning and kicking some butt all before you even brushed your teeth. That is the American dream and don’t let anyone tell you... [Read More]. -
New Wii Peripheral Makes For Some Female Happy Time
10 Comments Posted by Matt under Hot, Misc, News, Wii
A company called Mojowijo has made a very female friendly Wii peripheral. It is a vibrator that plugs into your Wii remotes accessory port. It’s pretty hard to explain how this work, so an excerpt from the website will explain it all. The device is attached to the accessory port on a Nintendo Wii* remote control. The control is then connected... [Read More]. -
7 Fall XBLA Games Announced
2 Comments August 31, 2010 Posted by Tovan under Main, News, Xbox 360
Microsoft doesn’t usually announce an XBLA game until just a few days before its release (with the exception of summer releases). So it’s a nice change of pace to be provided with both the pricing and release dates (ranging between September 8 and October 20) of 7 XBLA games a few weeks in advance. But wait, there’s more–four of these... [Read More]. -
New Mortal Kombat Trailer Shows Shadow Fighting
6 Comments Posted by Kreyg under Main, News, Videos, Xbox 360
No, it’s not Noob Saibot, but some very recognizable Mortal Kombat character shadows doing some fighting. You get a nice glimpse at Scorpion at one point and boy does he looks great. Mortal Kombat is set to hit stores next year, but this is all we get until then. Hopefully some more gameplay trailers will be released in the future.... [Read More]. -
Kinect Beta Unit Already Listed On Ebay
7 Comments Posted by Kreyg under News, Xbox 360
Yesterday, Kinect beta testers were greeted with a console dashboard update as well as the unreleased Xbox 360 Kinect sensor. The goal was to help Microsoft test out Kinect over the next few months before it’s release in November. Well, someone decided instead of helping, they would try to make a quick buck. By doing this, the seller breaks his... [Read More]. -
New Xbox 360 Controller On The Way
25 Comments Posted by Kreyg under Hot, Main, News, Xbox 360
Tired of the controller you have now? Hate that D-Pad for fighting games like Street Fighter IV? Well, have no fear everybody, Microsoft has designed a new controller for everybody to enjoy. One of the most notable features of this new controller is the new and improved D-pad. It should make playing some of those arcade and fighting games a... [Read More]. -
PS3 X3Jailbreak Hearing Delayed
6 Comments Posted by Nic under Main, News, PS3
An Australian court is delaying the hearing in which Sony is trying to block the sale of the X3Jailbreak which is a USB ‘modchip’ which is currently being kept from immediate release via an Australian Federal court injunction. The hearing to try to keep the product from being sold altogether will be held on September 3. The reason I describe... [Read More]. -
Chilean Government Gives PSP To Trapped Miners
6 Comments Posted by Matt under Handheld, Main, News
On August 5th, 2010, 33 Chilean miners were working in a gold mine 700 meters (2,300 feet) when a cave in left them stranded underground. Due to the magnitude of the cave in, it will take upwards of around 5 months to get them out. Rescue workers have been using small supply lines to deliver them items like Quick dry... [Read More]. -
Nintendo To Lower Prices On The DSi Line
5 Comments Posted by Nic under Handheld, Main, News
If you happen to be an on the go jet set gamer that needs games on the go Nintendo is going to lower the price of the DSi and the DSi XL in September. The date of the price drop will be September 12 to coincide with the release of the release the game ‘Professor Layton and the Unwound Future’... [Read More]. -
Renew Xbox Live Before The Price Increase And Save
10 Comments August 30, 2010 Posted by Kreyg under Main, News, Xbox 360
It was just announced that Xbox Live will be receiving a price increase. While the increase was not that much, it still leaves gamers with a bit of a bad taste in their mouth. Don’t worry though everyone, you can still renew your Xbox Live subscriptions for less before the price increase. Plenty of places across the web have deals... [Read More].
