Would Hollywood Really Make Another Doom Movie?

posted 03-10-11 by Angelo D'Argenio

Do you remember the original movie that came out in 2005? You do? Geez how do you sleep at night. Famous for being indescribably bad, the original Doom took everything that was horrible about the Doom video game, combined it with everything that is horrible about Hollywood action movies, and just to be sure that [...]

Stop Seizing Our PS3s!

posted 03-10-11 by Angelo D'Argenio

We have been following Sony’s legal troubles for so long… frankly we are getting a little sick of it. At this point we just want Sony to get out of the courthouses and get back in to the game development business. God of War 4 isn’t going to make itself you know! It’s not enough [...]

New 3.60 Update Secures PS3

posted 03-10-11 by Angelo D'Argenio

Famed hacker KaKaRoTo, otherwise known by his real name Youness Alaoui, has been following the PS3 hacking scene for some time. He was the original designer of the PSFreedom jailbreak, and his work allowed a lot of the PS3 hacking scene to flourish. Recently, Sony released a new firmware update for the PS3, which obviously [...]

Hands-On Mortal Kombat Demo Review

posted 03-09-11 by Angelo D'Argenio

If you happen to be a Playstation Plus subscriber then you are one of the few privileged people who get to play the new Mortal Kombat demo before anyone else. In fact, many people have been paying the Playstation Plus subscription fee just to be able to play the new Mortal Kombat early. I just [...]

Bungie Joked About MMO Reveal

posted 03-09-11 by Angelo D'Argenio

During a recent panel at the Game Developer Conference, David Aldridge, Lead Designer over at Bungie revealed that Bungie would be making a massively multiplayer action game. Immediately after that was revealed, sites started posting stories all over the place about Bungie’s foray into the MMO world. Hell, there were even details revealed by certain [...]

Tim Schafer Is Making a Tower Defense

posted 03-09-11 by Angelo D'Argenio

Tim Schafer has to be the most under appreciated game designer in the world. After making awesome classics like Maniac Mansion and The Secret of Monkey Island he went on to create games that everyone loves and yet simultaneously few people know about. Grim Fandango, Psychonauts, and Brutal Legend were some of the most hilarious [...]

Nintendo Tightens Belt on 3DS Piracy

posted 03-09-11 by Angelo D'Argenio

Nintendo has said over and over again that they would not screw around when it came to 3DS piracy. Up to the handheld’s release in Japan, Nintendo continued to remind us that the handheld has new built in piracy prevention measures. Then the device is finally released and within 24 hours flash cards were already [...]

Sony Wins Subpoena, Knows All Your Personal Info

posted 03-08-11 by Angelo D'Argenio

And now for more news on the Geohot front. Many of you may remember that Sony was attempting to gather information about anyone who visited Geohot’s website, watched his videos, or communicated with him in any way. Originally, it appeared as if Sony wouldn’t be able to get this information, as it was viewed as [...]

Nintendo Gets AT&T On Board for Wi-Fi Hotspots

posted 03-08-11 by Angelo D'Argenio

For a while, the Nintendo 3DS was looking like the next big thing in portable internet gaming. With its “always on” Wi-Fi constantly searching for Wi-Fi hotspots, the 3DS would be able to keep you in touch with your gaming buddies, download game updates and patches, and even provide you new content, all from your [...]

MVC3: An Analysis of Jill and Shuma-Gorath’s Moveset and Playstyle

posted 03-08-11 by Angelo D'Argenio

I bet you thought we were done didn’t you? I bet you thought that there were no more character trailers to analyze. Well you were wrong! Capcom was nice enough to produce reveal trailers for Jill and Shuma-Gorath, their first DLC characters for Marvel VS Capcom 3, and since the game was previously hacked so [...]

Minecraft Developer Announces Scrolls

posted 03-07-11 by Angelo D'Argenio

Minecraft can’t so much be called a game, as much as it can be called a drug addiction, and you know how drug dealers are. They give you a little taste to get you hooked, and then once you need them they push you on to the harder more expensive stuff. This is exactly what [...]

Half-Minute Hero Coming to Xbox?

posted 03-07-11 by Angelo D'Argenio

Half-Minute Hero was one of the best PSP exclusives. Unfortunately, it’s a PSP exclusive, and that means it was sadly overlooked in the grand scheme of gaming. It put several genres of game together in thirty second chunks all working to parody one of the oldest parodied genres, the lengthy JRPG. It’s a cult classic [...]

Streaming 3D Movie Trailers Come to the 3DS

posted 03-07-11 by Angelo D'Argenio

With the 3DS now out in Japan, everyone is wondering just what capabilities the little device has, and with the GDC going on right now, Nintendo figured there was no better opportunity to tell us what the little stereoscopic handheld can do. The latest reveal was an upcoming update to the eStore exclusively for the [...]

The Lightning Round — Quick Gaming News For Thursday March 03, 2011

posted 03-03-11 by Angelo D'Argenio

What Is the NGP More Powerful Than? Recent rumors stated that the NGP, Sony’s Next Generation Portable, was as powerful than a Playstation 3. However, shortly thereafter, Sony said that this wasn’t true. Instead, they said that the NGP can produce Playstation 3 level graphics considering the NGP’s size. Epic Games’s Mark Rein confirms this [...]

3DS Supports Netflix

posted 03-03-11 by Angelo D'Argenio

Nintendo’s GDC keynote speech really built up the 3DS as more than just a gaming machine. Between its new 3D trailer service, 3D camera, and purchasable 3D movies, the handheld is looking to be a pretty powerful portable media machine. However, all of these services were specific to the 3DS, which means that the 3DS [...]