Sonic 4: Fans will be pleased with Ep2 cast (via CVG) - Tails set for second episode?. Sonic's happy animal friends could be set to appear in episodic series, Sonic the Hedgehog 4, if comments made by Sega's Takashi Iizuka are anything to go by.Related StoriesUK CHART: Battlefield Bad Company 2 goes topMore Xbox 360 models coming?Fallout: New Vegas Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 13722 | 5 months ago
Sackings may impact future success of Call of Duty (via CVG) - Michael Pachter offers his two cents on Infinity Ward departures. Activision's sacking of Infinity Ward bosses, Jason West and Vince Zampella "may impact future success of Call of Duty games," says analyst Michael Pachter.Related StoriesSonic 4 gets Super SonicCrackdown 2 will contain video Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 12831 | 5 months ago
Natal's Full Lineup to be at E3 (via CVG) - Microsoft has said it plans to reveal motion controller games at the event in LA. Microsoft has announced that it intends to showcase the full lineup of third-party Natal games at this year's E3.Related StoriesCrackdown 2 will contain video replaysEA resets servers for Battlefield: Bad Company 2Halo Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 11313 | 5 months ago
Ex-Black dev's Bodycount detailed (via CVG) - Codies' new FPS revealed in OXM. Just as CVG exclusively revealed, ex-Black developer, Stuart Black and Codemasters are working on a new FPS - and it's finally been unveiled in the latest OXM. Related StoriesMore Xbox 360 models coming?Sonic 4: Fans will be "pleased" with Ep2 castFallout: New Vegas Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 11094 | 5 months ago
Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands gameplay video (via CVG) - First in-game look at PoP's return to roots. Ubisoft's released the first gameplay trailer for Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands.Related StoriesCrackdown 2 will contain video replaysEA resets servers for Battlefield: Bad Company 2Halo Reach has 'teabagging' bugMafia II and Playboy join Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 10260 | 5 months ago
Xbox 360 Fancast 156 -- Missing The Glue (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: Podcasts
It's a tough week for the Fancasters, who soldier on throughout a show without their usual host, Richard. He's the glue that holds this whole mess of madness, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 praise and Halo: Reach beta excitement together, y'know? Still, a podcast is what you expect and we try our best to create one of those things. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 9171 | 5 months ago
Portal was a test, Portal 2 is a game - Valve (via CVG) - Developer putting 'more capital and more risk' into follow-up. "Portal was a test bed... Portal 2 is a game," Valve has told US mag Game Informer.Related StoriesUK CHART: Battlefield Bad Company 2 goes topMore Xbox 360 models coming?Sonic 4: Fans will be "pleased" with Ep2 castFallout: New Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 8214 | 5 months ago
Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Portal and Steam Coming to Mac in April Valve (via Kotaku) - After much speculation and some not-so-subtle hinting, Valve has officially announced a Mac version of popular gaming service Steam coming in April, and its bringing Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series with it.
While rumblings of Steam coming to the Mac platform have been stirring for quite some time, the first solid indicators came last month, when Mac-specific graphics were found in the beta test files for the new Steam service. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 7836 | 5 months ago
GDC: Day Zero Note (via Kotaku) - To: Ash
From: Crecente
Re: I AM NOT DEAD...YET!
Myself, Mike McWhertor and Stephen Totilo are all flying out to San Francisco tomorrow to start our GDC coverage. It will be fantastic, informative and, I hope, entertaining.
The schedule is packed from breakfast to midnight snacks with interviews, gameplay sessions, hands-ons, lectures and parties. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 7215 | 5 months ago
Olympic Hockey Hero is NHL 2K11's Cover Man Nhl 2k11 (via Kotaku) - Presumed dead until a week ago, not only is NHL 2K11 publishing this year for the Wii, it'll have one of the stars of the United States' silver medal-winning Olympic hockey team starring on its cover.Ryan Kesler (right), who memorably fired home an empty-net goal to cap the Americans' victory over Canada to begin the Olympics, was asked to do the cover a day after the team's loss in the gold-medal rematch. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 7098 | 5 months ago
Mafia II and Playboy join forces (via CVG) - Retro centrefolds to feature in open-world effort. 2K's announced that it's teamed up with Playboy to include more than 50 "vintage covers and centrefolds" in Mafia II. Related StoriesSonic 4 gets Super SonicCrackdown 2 will contain video replaysEA resets servers for Battlefield: Bad Company Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 6966 | 5 months ago
I Was An Xbox Live Celebrity, For One Night Only Column (via Kotaku) - I shamelessly invaded your Xbox Dashboard last week – and now that my thumb fatigue has expired, I'm here to tell you about it.
When Avery Alix from Xbox Live emailed me about participating in a "Game with Fame" event, I said, "Hell yeah!" faster than Lindsay Lohan to another shot of Cuervo. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 6924 | 5 months ago
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (via DCEmu) -- Newly released today:
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Chris Redfield, protagonist of the original Resident Evil and Resident Evil: Code Veronica, returns
New environments and a diverse assortment of locations
New enemies bring new challenges: speed and... Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 6708 | 5 months ago
Blur Beta Starts Today - We Still Have Codes to Giveaway (via Planet Xbox) -- Later today Activision and developer Bizarre Creations will begin a beta for the upcoming action-racer Blur, and PlanetXbox360 is lucky enough to have plenty of beta codes to give away; all you have to do to enter is follow the quick link. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 6558 | 5 months ago
Mafia II Features Vintage Playboy Magazines (via 1Up) -
Ah, the 1950s -- an era when Elvis Presley ruled the radio waves, Senator Joseph McCarthy helped fuel Cold War paranoia, and the internet hadn't yet made Playboy magazine totally irrelevant. That's precisely the point in American history that 2K Games hopes to capture with Mafia II, and they're partnering with Playboy to help lend a little authenticity to the game's '50s mobster atmosphere. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 6426 | 5 months ago
New Xbox 360 model incoming? (via CVG) - Exec hints at new Xbox 360 hardware configurations and price points. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has suggested that the platform holder could be preparing to unleash new Xbox 360 hardware configurations at different price points.Related StoriesUK CHART: Battlefield Bad Company 2 goes topMore Xbox Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 6396 | 5 months ago
New Lara Croft art is HOT Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (via Game Radar) - A bit of concept art from the recently announced Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light game has surfaced. As you can see, Lara is hot in the picture. We know Lara is hot because she is operating a flamethrower and the flammable liquid of such devices can typically exceed temperatures of 1300 degrees centigrade (2372 degrees Fahrenheit). Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 6222 | 5 months ago
Halo Reach has 'teabagging' bug (via CVG) - But Bungie's working on it. The Halo Reach alpha has a bug which stops players from 'teabagging' eachothers' corpses. Breaking news, folks. Related StoriesSonic 4 gets Super SonicCrackdown 2 will contain video replaysEA resets servers for Battlefield: Bad Company 2Mafia II and Playboy join Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 6171 | 5 months ago
EA resets servers for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (via CVG) - 360 maintenance will be finished within the hour, promises publisher. EA is in the process of resetting the online servers for the Xbox 360 version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - following problems caused by unprecedented demand.Related StoriesSonic 4 gets Super SonicCrackdown 2 will contain video Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 5874 | 5 months ago
Mafia II gets in-game Playboy Mafia II (via Game Radar) - 2K Games has announced it has signed a license agreement with Playboy magazine for a unique in-game integration to use more than 50 the publication's vintage covers and Centrefolds in Mafia II,
Mafia II will enable players to collect virtual copies of the iconic magazine, which has served as the definitive guide to lifestyle and culture for men since December 1953. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 5703 | 5 months ago
This Wednesday: Scrap Metal rocks the XBLA Block Party (via Joystiq) -
Slick Entertainment's top-down racer Scrap Metal continues Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade Block Party promotion this week, Major Nelson reports. It'll be available this Wednesday for 1200 and almost begs comparison to classic racer-shooter hybrid, Rock N' Roll Racing -- in that, both games have rock and roll and racing. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 5451 | 5 months ago
You could design the next revision of the 360 motherboard (via Joystiq) - A Microsoft job listing reveals that the company is looking for staff to design a new Xbox 360 motherboard. From the sound of it, the new "Motherboard Design Engineer" will be helping to design further revisions of the existing Xbox 360 architecture, rather than the hardware for a next-next-generation system. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 5448 | 5 months ago
