Archive for February 2008

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Top Spin 3 Player Lineup Revealed

2K Sports let the bag off of the players you can expect to play in the next chapter of their tennis franchise, Top Spin 3.  The Williams sisters are still not playable and that’s a shame but they do bring out 3 of the game’s legends for the first time in a videogame.  You can [...]

Gears of War 2 Trailer

Here’s the Gears of War 2 trailer shown at GDC and available in the Xbox Live Marketplace currently.  COG TOWN!

7 Free Xbox Live Arcade Games Today

Perhaps lost in the shuffle of Gears of War 2 is the announcement that community-created games developed via XNA Game Studio 2 will be available to download via Xbox Live.  Seven (7) of these games will be available free!  Here are the 7 coming sometime today.  One quick note…this games are available to play for a limited time only.  Once you [...]

Gears of War 2 in November

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is about to get interesting finally.  It looks like Epic Games and Microsoft are getting ready to unleash Gears of War 2 upon the world.  And they’re looking to do that this year…in November!  I don’t think anyone doubted this would be a franchise but it’s a bit surprising that November [...]

N+ Jump Kicks to Xbox Live Arcade

I must have been a sheltered child because I have no idea what this game is.  However, N+ (N Plus for the symbol challenged) makes its way to the Xbox Live Arcade despite my lack of knowledge. Play as a lone ninja or destroy the robots with a friend in Cooperative, Survival or Race modes [...]

MLB 2K8 – Dontrell Willis Interviews

2K Sports shared a series of interviews with me on their upcoming game, MLB 2K8.  The videos feature Major League Baseball pro Dontrell Willis talking about various features in the game as well as sharing some candid comments about his career.  I’ve hooked you up with all three so get your viewing on below. Video: MLB 2K8 [...]

Lost Odyssey – First Impressions

I’ve never really been a fan of turn-based RPGs.  I’m not sure why but I’ve always simply held them low on my “fun factor” list.  That has changed recently after playing Lost Odyssey.  The game is so beautiful that it makes you forget that you’re playing a turn-based RPG.  The battle sequences are just so [...]

Toshiba Quits HD DVD; Format War Over

I was on the elevator heading to work and I saw a quick news splash on the “elevator news update” that Toshiba has pulled out of the HD DVD business.  This is no shock considering all of the studios, retail outlets and online rental companies that suddenly decided to join Blu-ray. “This was a very [...]

Prototype Dev Diary & Screenshots

From the floor of the Game Developers Conference, courtesy of my friends at Sierra Entertainment, comes new Prototype media.  Here are four (4) new screenshots and a developer diary highlighting the design of New York City in the game.  I’m ready to see what this Alex Mercer character can do in this game.  It’s like Crackdown [...]