Many gamers complain that Activision’s CEO Bobby Kotick turned the venerable gaming company into an organization that lacks vision, creativity and heart. In his zeal to turn all of their IPs into annual franchises he’s sucked the soul out of the company. I always thought the criticism was a bit harsh, I mean Activision still […]
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TELEVISION: Spike TV Previews Halo Legends
The folks at Spike TV got their hands on an extended preview of the upcoming Halo animated series, Halo Legends. I’ve made my dislike of the Halo franchise well known, but I’ve always thought the story was pretty good and this animated series is shaping up nicely.
Video Game Releases: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 and Wet
This week we have one huge game and another fun game hitting the store shelves. WET Wet is a game that hasn’t gotten much of a marketing push but promises to be an interesting shooter. It’s the game Quentin Tarantino would make if he was a game developer, or maybe the game developers watched one […]
Video Games: Batman Arkham Asylum Insane Night DLC Detailed
The rumored free DLC for Batman Arkham Asylum is no longer rumored. The folks at Eidos and Warner Interactive sent over official word today that beginning September 17th, the Insane Night Map Pack will be available from PlayStation® Store, Xbox® LIVE Marketplace, and Games for Windows® LIVE Marketplace, and offer gamers two new Challenge Maps […]
VIDEO GAMES: Daft Punk comes to DJ
I’m not going to front and act like I know anything about the DJ culture or who the heck Daft Punk is or why this is stupendous news, but it does seem like Activision is really pulling out all the stops for their new Music game DJ Hero and I’m getting curiouser and curiouser about […]
Michelle Rocks out to Guitar Hero 5
I feel like I’ve reviewed Guitar Hero and Rock Band so many times that I’ve run out of things to say about them. Originally, I wasn’t excited about Guitar Hero 5, Activision’s latest milking of their music game franchise. I looked at the initial set list and had no idea what many of these songs […]
VIDEO GAMES INTERVIEW: The Beatles Rock Band Producer Josh Randell Speaks!
Did you know that 9.09.09 is going to be a huge day for the Beatles? For the first time ever The Beatles are issuing their remastered Catalog in both Mono (for you purist) and Stereo on CD. It’s widely expected that The Beatles music on iTunes will finally be announced at today’s Apple’s music event […]
VIDEO GAMES: Coolest Batman Arkham Asylum Moments
Batman Arkham Asylum is one of the most innovative games to come down the pike in a long time. If there was anyway I could nominate Mark Hamill for a Best Actor Oscar I would. His Joker is simply amazing. This game lived up to the advanced hype and all the annoying trailers. I finished […]
VIDEO GAMES: Peggle Nights coming to X-Box Live Arcade
Peggle is the puzzle game that everyone was talking about last year. The sequel, Peggle Nights is coming to XBox Live Arcade this fall. Popcap Games is Tuning the game specifically for the XBLA player, Peggle Nights is an expansion for the original Peggle (XBLA) and includes all the levels and challenges from the PC […]
VIDEO GAME WALKTHROUGH: Shadow Complex Demo Walkthrough
Shadow complex is one of the best X-Box Live Arcade titles to hit that platform in awhile. For 1200 MS Points you get a richly detailed, full side-scroll shooter that contains a lot of little surprises. This feels like a full game that seems aimed at adults. Not like most of the “kiddy,” or “casual,” […]
VIDEO GAME NEWS: Call of Duty Map Pack 3 Downloaded 1 Million times in a weekend!
You people really do love some Call of Duty. The recently released Map Pack 3 is a smash. You love it, you really, really do. Map pack 3 was downloaded over a million times during it’s weekend (Aug 6 – 9). To date all three map packs for World at War have over 6 million […]