May 2009

SNK’s April Fools Joke Is Real (Sorta)

Published on: 31st May, 2009

This past April 1 was, like the year before it and the year before that, April Fool’s Day. Osaka-based game company joined in the fun and launched a website for faux retro shooter Star Radish.
The game really exists. Well, as an in-game game, that is. The game will be making an appearance in upcoming DS [...]

LucasArts Confirms Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron

Published on: 31st May, 2009

LucasArts backs up the ESRB listings for Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron for the Nintendo DS and PSP with an official announcement, promising to take the multiplayer battles to several new levels.
Elite Squadron is a new twist on the Battlefront series, for the first time allowing players to start a battle on land, commandeer a [...]

DS Sets Australian Sales Record

Published on: 31st May, 2009

It’s not just Japan, North America and Europe that are bonkers for the Nintendo DS. Australia is too, with the local Nintendo outpost announcing today that the console has sold two million units since launch.
In doing so, it became the fastest console in the country to ever reach the mark. That figure includes combined sales [...]

Sega Wheels Out Sonic All-Star Racing

Published on: 30th May, 2009

Sega continues to milk their blue hedgehog for all he’s worth, with the announcement of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, which takes the world’s fastest video game character and puts him in a car.
Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing, due out in 2010 for the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo DS, is just what [...]

Ubisoft’s Killing Day Still Alive?

Published on: 30th May, 2009

One of the titles that appeared in Sony’s first PlayStation 3 “sizzle” trailer at E3 2005 was a first-person shooter named Killing Day. Heavy on destruction, light on details, Killing Day soon disappeared. Until now.
Based on a newly filed trademark from Ubisoft, the game may not be dead after all, as someone at the company [...]

Sony Prepares An Army of Playstation Evangelists

Published on: 30th May, 2009

The Experience Playstation Now program had a “beta test” of sorts earlier this month, with Sony employees well-versed in the ins and outs of the Playstation Portable and Playstation 3 setting up temporary shop in a select number of Best Buys across the country.
The idea for the program is fairly simple: Get the Playstation 3, [...]

PS3 Getting Bundled With Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Blu-ray Next Week

Published on: 30th May, 2009

Buy a PlayStation 3 next week and you might just get a free copy of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete on Blu-ray as part of a new bundle for Sony’s console.
While not yet officially announced, GameStop locations are receiving copies of the Blu-ray movie based on Final Fantasy VII with instructions to [...]

Fight Night Round 4 Demo arrives on Xbox Live

Published on: 29th May, 2009

A demo for EA’s boxing title Fight Night Round 4 has arrived on the Xbox Live Marketplace and is now available for download.
The download weighs in at 784 MB and is exclusive to Gold Members.
From the description:
EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4 is one of the most anticipated games of the year. With an all [...]

SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 Announces 4 Player Co-op

Published on: 28th May, 2009

Last month we announced the upcoming release of SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 and today we’re proud to unveil a brand new game feature. Not only as the SEAL Commander will you be supported by 3 AI teammates executing the very latest SOCOM team-based tactical, stealth and action maneuvers, but now you can [...]

Guitar Hero 5 Release Date, New Information Revealed

Published on: 28th May, 2009

You are aware that we’ll someday see a Guitar Hero 27, right? This is one franchise that has not only blown up and entranced millions of gamers worldwide, but it has already proven its staying power.
Many more off-shoots and iterations are on the way, but perhaps the most anticipated is the next official installment in [...]

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