Next Red Faction planned for March 2011, focus on franchise’s roots

Next Red Faction planned for March 2011, focus on franchise’s roots

In an interview with Joystiq during the 2010 Game Developer’s Conference, THQ’s executive VP of Core Games Danny Bilson let a few new details slip about the upcoming sequel to the critical-smash hit Red Faction: Guerrilla. “The new game takes [Red Faction] to a whole new place, it kind of ...

Green Day: Rock Band releases June 8 worldwide

Green Day: Rock Band releases June 8 worldwide

That’s right, folks — Harmonix has just revealed that Green Day: Rock Band will be available for all come June 8 on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. Players will progress through the career of the trio, unlocking collectible images (more than 100, apparently) and some 40 minutes of “rare and ...

PlayStation Move Media Bonanza: SOCOM 4, Sports Champions, The Shoot, Party and More

PlayStation Move Media Bonanza: SOCOM 4, Sports Champions, The Shoot, Party and More

Having just blown the lid off the PlayStation Move (a.k.a PlayStation 3 Motion Controller) and its Sub-Controller, Sony has now unleashed a plethora of assets for some of the compatible games that were shown during this evening’s press conference. PlayStation Move (Hardware) SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs Sports Champions The Shoot (Working ...

PlayStation Move Hands-on Impressions

PlayStation Move Hands-on Impressions

At GDC 2010, Sony formally introduced its motion controller, aptly titled: PlayStation Move. For those that have not been following its development and unveiling at E3 2009, the technology pairs a camera (the already available PlayStation Eye) and a wand with a colored orb at the top.
Garnett Lee and I ...

Guest Post: How Writing Helps to Heal

Guest Post: How Writing Helps to Heal

Welcome to meryl’s notes blog (this here place you’re lookin’ at) in Plano, Texas. We’re honored to be a stop in Linda Joy Myers‘ WOW! Women On Writing Blog tour.
About Linda Joy Myers Ph.D. She’s president of the National Association of Memoir Writers and a practicing psychotherapist.

Casual Games Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

Casual Games Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

GDC 2010 is in full effect and this editor is still waiting for the huge game announcements and the exciting IGF winners show to begin tomorrow. This is the perfect time to fire up some casual games before the huge GDC news and trailers get out. Be careful because casual ...

LukPlus looking for Coropata publisher at GDC

LukPlus looking for Coropata publisher at GDC

If you are reading this and you are in charge of business development for a game publisher, and if you are at GDC — as unlikely as all that is — please go speak to LukPlus. According to Siliconera, the publisher has a meeting room at the convention, and is ...

Ubisoft prepping short film, a Ghost Recon: Future Soldier prequel

Ubisoft prepping short film, a Ghost Recon: Future Soldier prequel

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Ubisoft will release a short film ahead of the release of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. The film will be helmed by Francois Alaux and Herve de Crecy, the duo that just won an Academy Award for their short film Logorama. We’re assuming the Ghost Recon ...

REVIEWS: Retro Game Challenge

REVIEWS: Retro Game Challenge

Review (North America)
By Zachary Miller, Staff Writer
March 10, 2010
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Relive the good, the bad, and the downright awful with this nostalgic collection.
So many gamers this day long for the simpler, more hardcore times of the NES. I used to be one of those gamers, and I still find myself ...

Eminem & Jay-Z all blended up in new DJ Hero DLC pack

Eminem & Jay-Z all blended up in new DJ Hero DLC pack

Scr-scr-scratched through all of DJ Hero’s tracks? Activision has announced a new DLC mix pack featuring Renegade Edition headliners Eminem and Jay-Z. The collection is scheduled to drop on Xbox Live, PSN and Wii this month and includes: “Shake That” by Eminem blended with “Show Me What ...

Codemasters hits the track this September with F1 2010 for PC, Xbox 360 & PS3

Codemasters hits the track this September with F1 2010 for PC, Xbox 360 & PS3

[IF1 2009; Wii]Having dominated the rally track with DiRT and DiRT 2, and taken a lap around the street-racing arena with GRiD, Codemasters has announced it’s now tossing its hat into the Formula One ring with F1 2010. Yeah, we kind of expected some weird capitalization, too. It’ll run on ...

Hands-on: Mafia II

Hands-on: Mafia II

It seems like almost a year ago that I first saw Mafia II. That’s probably because it was almost a year ago that 2K Czech (formerly Illusion Softworks) demoed live gameplay from the title (which had been announced almost a year and a half before that.) Today, it was time ...

Final Fantasy XIII ships 5 million copies

Final Fantasy XIII ships 5 million copies

In a Japanese press release, Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XIII has shipped 5 million duplicates worldwide. Surprisingly, 3 million of those duplicates were shipped outside of Japan. Of course, Square Enix is not saying how many of those duplicates have been sold, so bear that in mind ...

Street Fighter IV iPhone Hands-on Impressions

Street Fighter IV iPhone Hands-on Impressions

Released tonight at GDC 2010, the iPhone version of Street Fighter IV is extremely impressive.
The game features 8 fighters: Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Guile, Blanka, Dhalsim, Abel, and M. Bison. The fighters can be used for head-to-head multiplayer over Bluetooth or for solo play modes including Dojo mode, which challenges the ...

Analysts predict hardware, software drops in February NPD

Analysts predict hardware, software drops in February NPD

In advance of NPD sales results for February 2010, analysts are predicting year-over-year declines for pretty much everything. Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter, according to Gamasutra, is predicting that hardware and software sales will decline 10 percent, with Wii hardware sales hit particularly hard (around 40 percent) due to shortages. ...

Shin’en Announces 3D Platfomer for WiiWare

Shin’en Announces 3D Platfomer for WiiWare

Shin’en Announces 3D Platfomer for WiiWare
March 9, 2010 at11:55 PST– Source:Silicon Era
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The creators of Art of Balance reveal their next WiiWare project.
Shin’en, the company behind Fun! Fun! Fun! Mini Golf and Art of Balance, announced their latest WiiWare game, Jett Rocker.
The title is a 3D action/platformer ...

Rock Band 3 Set For Holiday 2010

Rock Band 3 Set For Holiday 2010

Rock Band 3 Set For Holiday 2010
March 9, 2010 at11:59 PST– Source:Harmonix
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The details are scarce, but prepare to bring the Rock this holiday season.
Today Harmonix said on their Facebook account that EA would be distributing Rock Band 3 this holiday season.
Although they did not give many ...