DownloadPlay is a weekly look at all the new downloadable games and content on the Xbox Marketplace, the PlayStation Store, the Wii Shop Channel, Good Old Games and Steam. Check back every Friday to see what’s been released, and keep an eye out for RetailPlay on Tuesdays, which looks at the coming week’s retail game [...]
A mother in Indiana was shocked when she heard what she believed was the phrase “Islam is the light” coming out of the mouth of a baby in the the Nintendo DS game Baby Pals. See the shocking, hilarious, and real video of the the local news coverage of this story after the [...]
From being sent to the grave to having three new titles, the Need for Speed franchise has had an eventful last few months. Rumors had been circulating that talked about the death of the long time EA racing series. But today EA talked to Eurogamer about the future of the series and it couldn’t be [...]
I have news for American Reloaded, the makers of the Game Gate Vu. The video arcade business is lagging, locations are closing throughout Canada and the United States (including Toronto’s beloved Funland), and the reason isn’t that people have lost interest in video games.
The Game Gate Vu is a new machine that puts a TV [...]
Last September news trickled out about a DJ Hero game in the works over at Activision. Today, in an interview with CNBC, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick officially announced that the game would be coming sometime in 2009. If it turns out half as good as Crackin DJ and they get together a good [...]
If you have both A) an internet connection, and B) an interest in games, you’ve no doubt seen some of the “layoff” stories that every major outlet has been publishing as of late. Once the economy starts to dip, the big companies get scared and decide to take a massive personnel dump. Everyone knows that [...]
Eidos has just released the latest trailer for Batman: Arkham Asylum, and it looks awesome. This is great news for Eidos, because they need to do well on this game, since their stock has been tumbling amid “disappointing” sales of Tomb Raider: Underworld. They’re in danger of being bought out and if the UK publisher [...]
After a decade of losing to Koreans in Starcraft tournaments, North
Americans have decided it’s high time they became students of the game,
literally.
A Starcraft course is now being offered at the University of Berkley in
California. The student-taught course, spear-headed by Mr. Alan Feng, is
actually worth two elective credits and focuses on the ways in which [...]
Comet, a retailer of electrical goods in the UK, is asking its suppliers - including video game publishers - to pay around $30,000 for display space in its 250 stores.
On February 26, the Prince and Elika will be able to adventure through the Underground Palace. With a new magic power and attack in hand, you will be let loose in what seems to be touted as a more difficult adventure that will last “over 3 hours”. There will also be new skins for each [...]
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