What’s cooler than using the Wii-mote to simulate swinging a tennis racket, shooting a gun and wearing boxing gloves? How about wielding a lightsaber? Game|Life reports: At the Hollywood & Games Summit, Newsweek’s N’Gai Croal asked LucasArts’ Jim Ward the question we’ve all wanted the answer to: “What would it take to make a lightsaber [...]
Just a friendly reminder. In case you haven’t already downloaded the final version of the Wii’s Opera-based web browser, you better do it soon, because after tomorrow, it will no longer be free. I don’t know how popular the web browser has been for Nintendo, but whether you think it’s a fantastic addition or a [...]
I can understand that Nintendo was trying to appeal to the masses with the Wii, providing titles that were accessible by traditional non-gamers. That’s why games like Wii Sports and Wii Play were so successful. The problem is that they’re really taking this mini-game thing way too far, because in addition to Super Monkey Ball, [...]
Here’s the second trailer of Grand Theft Auto IV: Of course, it would be incomplete without the necessary analysis:
Hot on the heels of Sony’s announcement that a new firmware version is available for their PSP handheld gaming and multimedia machine comes a development in the homebrew community to downgrade that sucker away from 3.50. Most legitimate people may be asking why you would ever want to downgrade your PSP, but the homebrewers and [...]
I’m having a hard time thinking about what to write today, so I’ll tell you what I read and eventually end up writing about (mostly) nothing. It isn’t really surprising news, but the movie tie-in Transformers: The Game scored a 6.0 on Gamespot. What raised my expectations a bit was that I found the last [...]
Hurray! Everyone is playing video games these days. I remember hearing a while back that Jessica Alba was addicted to her Nintendo DS, but now we get an official endorsement for a “real” actress. Above is a commercial done by Nicole Kidman, advertising More Brain Training for the DS. Yes, she’s not the sharpest knife [...]
Presenting a gameplay trailer of Luminous Arc, an upcoming turn-based tactical RPG for the Nintendo DS. The story explains one thousand years ago, dragons and Witches warred against God for the fate of the world. God’s power was triumphant, but it was a difficult struggle, and the deity sent Himself into a deep sleep to [...]
I’ve seen my fair share of fighting games in my day, from the original Street Fighter II right up to the current Virtua Fighter 5. They all have a certain special appeal to them, whether it be tossing fireballs across the screen (hadouken!) or ripping skulls (with spines attached) as the ultimate fatality. One series [...]
Gamespot was able to grab a hold of a playable version of Manhunt 2 and wrote down their impressions of the controversial title. Here’s their final say on the preview: Based on what we played, Manhunt 2 is shaping up to be a solid, intriguing follow-up to the original. The game’s violence and gore, which [...]
