BioShock Now Available From Steam
Extremetech :: Thursday, August 16, 2007
Hotly anticipated shooter BioShock,and its manual, is now available for download on the Steam network.
BioShock Demo now on Marketplace
Xbox Live Marketplace :: Thursday, August 16, 2007
Welcome to Rapture with the official demo of BioShock, the “genetically enhanced” first person shooter that lets you biologically modify your body and take control of everything in your world. Experience the incredible world of BioShock for yourself with the free demo now available in Xbox LIVE® Marketplace.
EA Late on Mac Gaming Claims
Extremetech :: Thursday, August 16, 2007
Electronic Arts has renegged on its promise to launch Mac games simultaneously with their release on other platforms.
Cyber Snipa Declares Warboard
Extremetech :: Thursday, August 16, 2007
Cyber Snipa Announces Warboard Gaming Keyboard
Civilization 4 Beyond the Sword Review
Gamepyre :: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Overall, this latest Civilization expansion is a must for ANY fan of this great franchise. It is a bit more expensive than your average game expansions go for, but if you bought Civ IV and still play it then it’s just a must. Get it. It will change your entire Civilization gaming experience.
Alien Syndrome
Sony Games :: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
In Alien Syndrome, players take control of the game’s strong and enigmatic heroine – Earth Command Trooper Aileen Harding – and battle a variety of fearsome aliens and colossal bosses. Gamers choose from a wide selection of character specialties and skills as they progress through an engrossing campaign, protected by many different types of armor and using a variety of melee and ranged weaponry. Players can improve their heroine’s statistics and discover a huge number of powerful new abilities as they fight through infested spaceships and bizarre alien planets.
Carcassonne: Lost Island Expansion Pack
Xbox Live Marketplace :: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
For only 300 Microsoft Points, grab the Rivers II Expansion Pack for Carcassone, which includes 12 new tiles for use in creating your medieval town.
Media Consumption: Artificial Studios’ Jeremy Stieglitz
Gamasutra Columns :: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
In our latest Media Consumption column, Artificial Studios’ Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia lead designer and programmer Jeremy Stieglitz gives us the rundown on his media diet, from The Cardigans to Spawn to the Wii’s Resident Evil 4.
BioShock Demo now on Marketplace
Xbox 360 Games :: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Welcome to Rapture with the official demo of BioShock, the “genetically enhanced” first person shooter that lets you biologically modify your body and take control of everything in your world. Experience the incredible world of BioShock for yourself with the free demo now available in Xbox LIVE® Marketplace.
The China Angle: Profiting From Love
Gamasutra Columns :: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
In Gamasutra’s latest China Angle column, Pacific Epoch’s Shang Koo sees love alive in Chinese MMOs as the country celebrates its second Valentines Day of the year, while the prognosis for two MMOs in particular is somewhat more grim, as preparations begin to suspend operation.
Madden NFL 08
Sony Games :: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Madden NFL 08
Sony Games :: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Feel what it’s like to be a field general making key personnel decisions on both sides of the ball during the game’s biggest moments in Madden NFL 08. Quickly identify your strongest players on the field before every snap then move them into position to make game-changing, momentum-altering plays. Play to your team’s strengths by immediately reading your opponent’s schemes and reacting to the action as soon as the ball is snapped.
Release This: Mario Strikers Takes U.S. Wiis Online
Gamasutra Columns :: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
This week Wii exclusive online multiplayer title Mario Strikers Charged hits the United States, while Europe enjoys MotoGP ’07 and a reissued Mario Party 8, and Japan gets undersea Wii title Forever Blue – exclusive GamerMetrics stats inside.
Dungeons & Dragons® Tactics
Sony Games :: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Faithfully utilizing the Dungeons & Dragons® 3.5 rule-set, Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics allows players to take a party of six adventurers into a wide variety of dangerous environments to experience deep and exciting turn-based action. All of the core races and classes are available to the player, including two Psionic classes, the Psion and the Psychic Warrior. Play with your friends wirelessly in both cooperative and adversarial game modes.
Madden NFL 08
Sony Games :: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Feel what it’s like to be a field general making key personnel decisions on both sides of the ball during the game’s biggest moments in Madden NFL 08. Quickly identify your strongest players on the field before every snap then move them into position to make game-changing, momentum-altering plays. Play to your team’s strengths by immediately reading your opponent’s schemes and reacting to the action as soon as the ball is snapped.
Wii Board – What are the possibilities?
Bona Fide Reviews :: Tuesday, August 14, 2007
The new E3 this year was an interesting change of pace from the E3’s of yore. Gone is the gamer paradise we once loved, and replacing it, a business to business summit meant mostly if not solely for industry. As such, E3 had a lot less to offer in terms of playable demos, but a lot MORE to offer in terms of company press conferences. The big 3 got together to show off their current projects and shiny new toys, and Nintendo was certainly no exception. It’s big headliner? The Wii Balance Board.
Overlord – XBox360 Review
Gamepyre :: Monday, August 13, 2007
Comedy is hard to do; and even harder in an interactive medium like a video game. This game pulls it off well; there was many times I laughed out loud, and I always had a grin on my face. I thoroughly enjoyed this game. When a game does so many things right, the things it does wrong are all the more obvious. Load screen; get used to them! They are every where and they are too long; one I times at 40 seconds! I don’t understand the need for load screens anymore. So many games that are bigger with higher resolution graphics don’t have them. At the very lest, they should put something entertaining on the loading screen not just the word loading and some minions running by on it.
Vampire Rain Xbox 360 Review
Tweak Town :: Monday, August 13, 2007
TTGamer have today posted a review of Vampire Rain for the Xbox 360. Vampires and videogames have known to work well in the past, but as Vampire Rain proves, this isn’t always the case.
Saling The World: Japan Trains Faces, UK Sings ’90s Hits
Gamasutra Columns :: Monday, August 13, 2007
Gamasutra’s “Saling The World” column this week sees an early, console-spanning sales lead for “face training” edutainment title Otona no DS Kao Training in Japan, while SingStar ’90s injects new life into the PlayStation 2 in the UK.
BioShock Demo now on Marketplace
Xbox Live Marketplace :: Monday, August 13, 2007
Welcome to Rapture with the official demo of BioShock, the “genetically enhanced” first person shooter that lets you biologically modify your body and take control of everything in your world. Experience the incredible world of BioShock for yourself with the free demo now available in Xbox LIVE® Marketplace.
BioShock Demo now on Marketplace
Xbox 360 Games :: Monday, August 13, 2007
Welcome to Rapture with the official demo of BioShock, the “genetically enhanced” first person shooter that lets you biologically modify your body and take control of everything in your world. Experience the incredible world of BioShock for yourself with the free demo now available in Xbox LIVE® Marketplace.
Release This: U.S. Boogies Down, Japan Observes FFXII: International Zodiac
Gamasutra Columns :: Monday, August 13, 2007
Gamasutra’s “Release This!” takes a look at every game title we know to be shipping to stores this week, wherein U.S. gamers will enjoy Boogie and Mega Man Star Force, while Japan receives SD Gundam G Generation: Cross Drive and Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System.
Blogged Out: ‘Rocking The Boat’
Gamasutra Columns :: Monday, August 13, 2007
Veteran UK writer Jim Rossignol’s latest ‘Blogged Out’ column sees blogging from a former employee of the normally closed-off world of Rockstar, the open world of Enemy Territory developers Splash Damage, and a Stalker community project going official.
Desert Island Games: Ignition Entertainment’s Ed Bradley
Gamasutra Columns :: Monday, August 13, 2007
In Gamasutra’s latest Desert Island Games, Ignition Entertainment’s Mercury studio manager and publishing acquisitions manager Ed Bradley gives us a run-down of his top five titles, including launch-era Everquest, X-Com: UFO Defense, and a handful of Miyamoto hits.
Critical Reception: Nintendo’s Mario Strikers Charged
Gamasutra Columns :: Monday, August 13, 2007
This week’s edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to the Nintendo Wii’s Mario Strikers Charged, an online multiplayer-enhanced sequel that critics are calling “a very respectable debut for Nintendo’s foray into online gaming for the Wii.”
Saling The World: Guitar Hero Encore Tops Charts in U.S. and UK
Gamasutra Columns :: Monday, August 13, 2007
Gamasutra’s “Saling The World” covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, as this week’s charts feature strong U.S. and UK sales for Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and chart-topping debuts for Taiko no Tatsujin DS, Minna no Golf 5, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion in Japan.
Media Consumption: IR Gurus’ Ben Board
Gamasutra Columns :: Monday, August 13, 2007
For this edition of Media Consumption, a column that looks at the media and art diets of our favourite industry personalities, we spoke to Ben Board, producer on Melbourne based studio IR Gurus? Wii, PSP and PS2 flight combat title Heatseeker.
Critical Reception: Activision’s Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
Gamasutra Columns :: Monday, August 13, 2007
This week’s edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to the Guitar Hero II semi-sequel Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s, a release that critics describe as “a quick-and-dirty cash-in” that should nevertheless be “as fun as ever” for series fans.
