Can we trust Spider-Man? Or, to put the question more accurately, can we trust his games? The superhero’s franchise has been unpredictable at best and frustratingly inconsistent at worst. While 2004’s Spider-Man 2 and 2005’s Ultimate Spider-Man were both faithful and fun, 2007’s Spider-Man 3 and Spider-Man: Friend or Foe were either painfully mediocre or [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Published on: 28th May, 2009
First we had the Sixaxis, which quickly became the Dual Shock 3. But SplitFish wants to give PlayStation 3 owners even more options, and both will be officially unveiled at E3.
As revealed by That Gaming Site, SplitFish has announced the Dual SFX Evolution and the Dual SFX Frag Pro, two new PS3 exclusive controllers set [...]
Published on: 28th May, 2009
PlayStation 3 exclusives are the toast of the town lately, but one particular title seems to be left behind in such discussions: Tecmo’s Quantum Theory.
Unfortunately, it’s going to continue to be on the back burner, simply because the game has been delayed. According to PushSquare, Tecmo has said the highly anticipated action title has been [...]
Published on: 28th May, 2009
God of War III is arguably the most anticipated PlayStation 3 exclusive project of the generation thus far, but every time we bring it up the inevitable response is a one-word question: “when?!”
At this point, most believe we won’t see SCEA Santa Monica’s masterpiece until March of next year, which remains quite feasible. But what [...]
Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Council 4 Hands-On:
We return to the Naruto universe as he reunites with his old friends and faces new challenges.
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