Daily Filter: September 1, 2010

Daily Filter: September 1, 2010

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you are eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to ...

Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Gets Currency, Wagers, Bots, and More

Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Gets Currency, Wagers, Bots, and More

At last night’s Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Reveal event, it became clear that developer Treyarch is putting a lot into the next on-line Call of Duty. Players will now unlock guns, grenades, equipment, attachments, killstreaks, and everything else through in-game currency, which is earned through playing the game. ...

Samus Aran and Chuck Greene Now Playable

Samus Aran and Chuck Greene Now Playable

Metroid: Other M has shipped exclusively for Wii and Dead Rising 2: Case Zero available only for download for Xbox 360. Metroid: Other M comes to us from Nintendo and Team Ninja; is available for $49.99US ($59.99CAN) and is rated “T” for Teen. Our review should be posted in ...

Daily Filter: August 31, 2010

Daily Filter: August 31, 2010

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you are eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to ...

TRON: Evolution Collector’s Edition Announced

TRON: Evolution Collector’s Edition Announced

More and more games are getting the “Collector’s Edition” treatment as we get closer to the Q4 2010. And Disney Interactive announced this day a large box set that’s available for pre-order right now. For $129.99, gamers will receive alongside the game a “TRON light cycle collectible based on ...

Details of Epic Mickey Collectors’ Edition

Details of Epic Mickey Collectors’ Edition

It would have been odd to see Epic Mickey arrive at retail without a Collector’s Edition, so it comes as no surprise that Disney Interactive has provided details of the Collector’s Edition for the title. So, for $69.99 players will get “the full version of the game, a five ...

Worms Reloaded Review

Worms Reloaded Review

Worms Reloaded marks the series’ long-awaited return to the PC in 2D form, but is largely the same offering as the Xbox 360 release of Worms 2: Armageddon. The game sports full Steamworks-integration to handle multiplayer, stats, and achievements. Personally, I’m sad to report that the game could have ...

Daily Filter: August 27, 2010

Daily Filter: August 27, 2010

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you are eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to ...

Dead Rising 2 “High Stakes” Edition Announced (360, PS3)

Dead Rising 2 “High Stakes” Edition Announced (360, PS3)

Want a chance at winning a 6′ (replica) zombie? Capcom has you covered with the recent announcement of Dead Rising 2 High Stakes Edition. Besides a chance at a “Golden” Terror Is Reality XVII ticket which will net you the zombie, the box set for the Playstation 3 and ...

Daily Filter: August 26, 2010

Daily Filter: August 26, 2010

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you are eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to ...

Links: Howdy from Boston 2010 Edition

Links: Howdy from Boston 2010 Edition

Image by Werner Kunz (werkunz1) via Flickr Travel. Love it. Hate it. I dream of going to London, Paris, Greece, Italy and other places. But then I think about all the work it takes to do overseas travel and the desire goes away… for a tiny while. Maybe it will ...

GFW Radio Reunion #2 at PAX Prime ’10 is “Official Dead”

GFW Radio Reunion #2 at PAX Prime ’10 is “Official Dead”

This is a sad thing to tell you about. PAX Prime ’10, just a handful of days away, has lost a panel. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the GFW Radio “The Brodeo” Reunion #2 has been cancelled.  There are a few reasons, none of them that important, but ...

Venture Beat Spills Details on Combo Chip in Xbox 360

Venture Beat Spills Details on Combo Chip in Xbox 360

Venture Beat’s Dean Takahashi took a detailed look at the new chip inside the sleek black plastic of the redesigned Xbox 360 (unveiled at this year’s E3). As Sony was able to eventually accomplish with the PS2, the secret at the heart of the new box is a chip that ...

Daily Filter: August 25, 2010

Daily Filter: August 25, 2010

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you are eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to ...

Catch of the Week 23 August 2010

Catch of the Week 23 August 2010

PC Catch of the Week: Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy: Use your famous mystery-writing skills to help solve an ancient homicide and capture Edgar Allan Poe’s murderer! Follow your ghostly guides through Poe’s classic tales as you meet the different suspects in this dark and haunting hidden object ...

How a Freelance Writer Prepares for Vacation

How a Freelance Writer Prepares for Vacation

Image by Giampaolo Macorig via Flickr Those who know me well probably just fell out of their chairs seeing “vacation” in this post’s title. “Vacation” and “Meryl” don’t go together. I know. That’s pitiful, not a thing to brag about. Anyway, for the past couple of weeks, I’ve been getting ...

“APB Draws Just 130,000 Registered Players”

“APB Draws Just 130,000 Registered Players”

Gamesindustry.biz is reporting that the cops and robbers MMO APB from Realtime Worlds has a registered player base of 130,000. That may seem a small number compared to the likes of World of WarCrfat, which has multi-million registered players, but as Gameindustry goes on to report: The number of ...