Plus, retail disc combining Gay Tony and Lost & Damned to launch on the same day. By Steve Watts , 07/22/2009 Rockstar announced tonight that The Ballad of Gay Tony will (ahem) come out on October 29 for 1600 Microsoft Points ($20). The 360-exclusive downloadable content for Grand The...
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Chin-Sports a sort-of follow-up to Pole's Big Adventure. By Kevin Gifford , 07/22/2009 What does this fish, which comes from this Sega website , have to do with anything that resembles a video game? Answer: Quite a lot, it turns out, as the company revealed the first details today for Chin...
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What are you waiting for? It's Monkey Island on the App Store for $8. By Chris Pereira , 07/22/2009 LucasArts didn't quite come out and simply state it to be true, but after very strongly suggesting that iPhone and iPod Touch owners would be treated to some sort of Monkey Island action...
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MadWorld, Animal Crossing and Excitebots among the titles on offer. By Kat Bailey , 07/22/2009 Times sure have changed. According to the June NPDs, the Wii is still moving more units than the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3, but indications are that sales are slowing significantly. Just look ...
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Mark Rein thinks Bobby Kotick's recent threat to pull PS3 support stem from frustration. By Chris Pereira , 07/22/2009 Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has made it very clear that he doesn't agree with the way Sony has handled pricing of the PlayStation 3. Quite simply, he wants it to be cheape...
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The Behemoth's 2D action game is no longer exclusive to Xbox 360. By Sam Kennedy , 07/22/2009 Though it's been rumored in the past, The Behemoth has confirmed that Castle Crashers is now headed to the PS3. As many of you know, the beat-em-up action game, which was awarded the best Xbox Liv...
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Backbone Entertainment was reportedly asked to make a Wii prototype of the game. By Kat Bailey , 07/22/2009 Mirror's Edge was released on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 last year, with a PC version following soon after. But Electronic Arts likes going multi-platform, and it appears that th...
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Watch as Left 4 Dead 2 on Xbox 360 is played at Comic-Con. By Chris Pereira , 07/22/2009 Protests aside, it's time to really start getting excited for Left 4 Dead 2 . Its November release date is coming up fast, so we have for you a trio of L4D2 videos straight from Comic-Con 2...
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Xbox Live Gold members can get some NFL action beginning this Thursday. By Chris Pereira , 07/20/2009 First GameStop announced that it had an exclusive demo of Madden NFL 10 , and now Microsoft has made it known that the previously announced demo featuring the New York Giants and Dallas C...
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On the fence about another Wii Sports title? Discover how fun it is as we play through the collection of recreational activities. By 1UP Staff , 07/20/2009 Live TV by Ustream Time : Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 5 p.m. PST Location : Watch the embedded video player here in this story....
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The Wii apparently wasn't enough for the little buggers. By Kat Bailey , 07/20/2009 Ubisoft knows a good thing when it sees it -- or a popular thing, at least. The publisher announced today that Rabbids Go Home -- the latest in the popular Rayman spinoff series -- will also be appearing on...
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Xbox 360 owners who want early access just have to fill out a survey. By Kat Bailey , 07/20/2009 Xbox 360 owners will soon have the chance to preview the next system update. All that has to happen to be considered for the early release is to take a survey . "We're looking for multiple ...
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New pictures show off what could have been in a NBA Jam or Hangtime game. By Steve Watts , 07/20/2009 Midway's Ed Boon, co-creator of the Mortal Kombat series, revealed on his twitter page today some previously unseen artwork that could have made it into a game in the NBA Jam series (above...
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New pack will contain four new maps, and debut in August. By Kat Bailey , 07/20/2009 These days, most of the hype is for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 . But last year's Call of Duty: World at War remains quite popular in its own right, and the crew at Treyarch is still churn...
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The Jedi Temple Mission Pack is Microsoft's Xbox Live Deal of the Week at just five dollars. By Dustin Quillen , 07/20/2009 Looking to dust off that copy of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed ? You may want to turn your attention to the Xbox Live Marketplace, where they've slashed the price of t...
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RIZ-ZOWD retitled, "The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road." By Kat Bailey , 07/20/2009 XSEED has recently made a habit of localizing relatively obscure gems from Japan, exposing Americans to the likes of Retro Game Challenge and Fragile: Farewell to the Ruins of the Moon. ...
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The motion control-focused series could potentially see its way to other platforms. By Chris Pereira , 07/20/2009 Of the many third party games that have been released for Wii, few have embraced what the system is all about better than Boom Blox . With two games having already been released...
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Three new WiiWare games, one DSiWare, and not a Virtual Console offering in sight. By Steve Watts , 07/20/2009 This week's Nintendo downloads include some interesting offerings, but oddly not a single Virtual Console game in the bunch. Leading the WiIWare releases is the anticipated My Life...
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The 62-year-old rocker offers his likeness to Activision's upcoming rhythm game. By Dustin Quillen , 07/20/2009 We've known for a while now that guitar legend and all-around rad senior citizen Carlos Santana would be lending some of his music to Guitar Hero 5 , but he'll be contributing t...
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"If there's any future Gears products, it's not the kind of thing you tag onto a game like that, right?" By Kat Bailey , 07/20/2009 Count Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski among those who don't believe that Microsoft's Project Natal will replace "traditional" gaming...
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