Month: September 2009

  • Microsoft Rumored To Buy EA

    Word on Wall Street is Microsoft is going to Buy EA. I don’t know why Wall Street would randomly make up a rumor like this…but it’s driven up the stock prices for both EA and Microsoft (EA is up 8.1 percent, Microsoft 1.1 percent). Even Reuters covered the issue. “There’s talk that Microsoft might be…

  • Microsoft Offers $50 Rebate for 360 Elite

    Microsoft is currently running a pretty good deal, if you buy an Xbox 360 Elite between now and October 5 you can get $50 back through a mail-in rebate. This puts the Xbox 360 at $250 (until October 5), which is pretty awesome. Unfortunately it’s through a mail-in rebate, which always seem to take forever…

  • Halo Legends Anime Preview on Spike

    Spike TV aired a clip from the “Babysitter” short by Studio 4°C. Looks pretty good, surprisingly (for the Halo series) not a lot of shooting going on, more hand-to-hand combat. Halo Legends is due out sometime early next year.

  • Demon’s Souls PS3 Video Walkthrough Part Two

    The boss battles in the game seem pretty epic.

  • Left 4 Dead 2 Demo Out Next Month

    It’s Left 4 Dead news day, apparently. At a press conference held in Tokyo, EA announced that a Left 4 Dead 2 demo will be out October 27th. No details on if the demo would be for the PC, Xbox 360, or both.

  • Left 4 Dead’s Crash Course Coming Next Week

    Valve announced today that Left 4 Dead’s new campaign, Crash Course, will be out next week. The campaign takes place between the No Mercy and Death Toll campaigns, fleshing out what happens once you escaped from the hospital and how you end up trying to get to the airport. The DLC will be available on…

  • Free Halo 3 ODST Theme For Gold Members

    If your an Xbox Live gold member and want a Halo 3 ODST theme, well now’s the time to get it. This week only the theme is free. [ Major Nelson ]

  • The Beatles: Rock Band – Two Microphone Pack

    **ROCK BAND MEDIA ALERT** MTV GAMES, HARMONIX AND EA ANNOUNCE Unique Bundle Allows Fab Four Fans to Sing Along to 45 of The Beatles’ Greatest Hits Guildford, UK. – 22nd Sept., 2009 – Harmonix, MTV Games, and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc., today announced the The Beatles: Rock Band – Two Microphone Pack for PS3™,…

  • Dark Void Community Site Is Live

    Airtight Games’ upcoming third-person shooter Dark Void just got a community site, which is pretty cool. And, if you recruit enough friends to join, you get a chance to win an Xbox 360 console. Dark Void fans unite as Capcom is proud to bring you the new and improved Dark Void Community site with lots…

  • Lucasarts Classics Out On Steam And Direct2Drive

    Lucasarts has released a number of their older titles for both Steam and Direct2Drive. They packaged the games together, one package containing Jedi Knight series, the other package having a few of their classic adventure games. Direct2Drive adventure game pack contains The Dig, Fate of Atlantis, Last Crusade and Loom for $9.95, and the Jedi…

  • Persona 3 Portable Japanese Trailer

    Everything seems so exciting in Japanese. I have no idea what’s happening in the video, but it seems pretty similar to the PS2 version of the game, except that the main character can be female.

  • The Making Of Halo ODST

    It interesting to see how the game evolved from a “mini-campaign” to a full game, in about a year’s time. Can’t wait to play it next week.