Reader Niallalot saw me writing about “Tomb Raider: Underworld” in my last couple of Diary entries and wrote: “Now hold on just a minute - did Lara’s latest really leave you so non-plussed? For shame.”
Niallot, because you asked, here’s how I felt about “Tomb Raider: Underworld,” which I finished on Sunday:
Yes, it was my [...]

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Reader Niallalot saw me writing about “Tomb Raider: Underworld” in my last couple of Diary entries and wrote: “Now hold on just a minute - did Lara’s latest really leave you so non-plussed? For shame.”
Niallot, because you asked, here’s how I felt about “Tomb Raider: Underworld,” which I finished on Sunday:
Yes, it was my [...]

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Games have become one of the most popular use of the iPhone* in 2008, thanks to the launch of an application store.
In just a few months, the iPhone has become a gaming handheld to be reckoned with, uttered by some in the same breath as the Nintendo DS.
While day-to-day charts give us a glimpse into [...]

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Games have become one of the most popular use of the iPhone* in 2008, thanks to the launch of an application store.
In just a few months, the iPhone has become a gaming handheld to be reckoned with, uttered by some in the same breath as the Nintendo DS.
While day-to-day charts give us a glimpse into [...]

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Things I’ve learned this month:
*People who bought or rented “Wii Music,” on average, played it several hours less since launch those who have played Wii versions of “Call of Duty,” “Guitar Hero,” and “Animal Crossing” — three games that came out weeks after Nintendo’s musical game. Problem?
*In November 2008, the most fervently played game on [...]

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Things I’ve learned this month:
*People who bought or rented “Wii Music,” on average, played it several hours less since launch those who have played Wii versions of “Call of Duty,” “Guitar Hero,” and “Animal Crossing” — three games that came out weeks after Nintendo’s musical game. Problem?
*In November 2008, the most fervently played game on [...]

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How, after all, does a year ending in “Wii Music,” “Fallout 3,” and “Gears of War 2” compete for gaming greatness with years that concluded with “BioShock,” “Super Mario Galaxy,” “Portal” or “Grand Theft Auto III,” “Metal Gear Solid 2” and “Ico“?

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During the holiday shopping season, it’s more important than ever for games to stand out… in a good way. Here are the covers of this week’s releases and how they fared in our weekly box art reviews…

“Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars” (Wii)
What the Box Tells Us: A pair of mouthless, weapon-wielding mushroom men make their [...]

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If you were jumping up and down about yesterday’s “Dungeon Keeper” MMO announcement, you might want to read this.
The franchise had been dormant since “Dungeon Keeper 2″ was released in 1999, but rights holder Electronic Arts recently granted the license to Chinese MMO developer NetDragon for a “Dungeon Keeper” MMO specifically targeted at the Asian [...]

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I heard there were going to be major announcements and surprises at Spike’s Video Game Awards on December 14th. I was told there’d be major appearances — even after I told the organizers that I, a VGA judge, would not be able to attend.
So we’re getting… Jack Black as a host. World premiere gameplay footage [...]

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Key to the longevity of the otherwise short zombie shooter “Left 4 Dead” is the unique ability to play as the zombies.
But the feature doesn’t mean anything if no one’s playing it.
Developer Valve recently leased an initial batch of game usage statistics for “Left 4 Dead,” based on achievements unlocked one week after release, providing [...]

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Get ready for a twist, “Call of Duty” fans.
Even though the new “Call of Duty: World At War” is succeeding with consumers and critics by sticking to the successful adrenaline-fueled formula of its franchise predecessor, new downloadable content coming to the game in 2009 will represent a break from 2007’s “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.”
How [...]

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Filed under: News, Screens

EA’s Facebreaker K.O. Party doesn’t seem to have met with the task of imitating Ready 2 Rumble Boxing. According to this new announcement, the next Wii game to attempt the feat may be … oh, hey, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing!
Ready 2 Rumble Revolution was first announced back in 2006, but that’s [...]

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Filed under: News, Controller
Nintendo recently filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which, as you might have guessed, has been shot down. Apparently, the word “remote” is far too common and incapable of being trademarked, said a letter sent to Nintendo from the USPTO last week.
The attempt to trademark the [...]

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Filed under: Interviews

Did you notice the Prince in Ubisoft’s new Prince of Persia game sounds exactly like Nathan Drake from Uncharted? In a Q&A on the PlayStation.blog, Ben Mattes said the selection of Nolan North was “entirely intentional.” North’s portrayal of a Indiana Jones-esque character in Uncharted landed him the role of the Prince. “When [...]

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Quantic Dream’s David Cage sat down with 1UP to talk about their upcoming PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain. From our impressions, you already know the game will utilize SIXAXIS controls, mainly to interact with the environment or selecting an option during a conversation. Cage expands upon this, stating that SIXAXIS will be used “for [...]

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Filed under: e-Distribution Games

Maybe Sony hasn’t completely given up on releasing PS1 games for download onto PS3/PSP. The sharp eyes of David B. discovered two new games added to the ESRB database: Rayman 2 and Medal of Honor. While we’re pretty certain the latter hasn’t aged too well, we’re more than glad at a [...]

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We’ve been waiting for native iPlayer support on our PS3 since a cunning coder created their own workaround site back in April. Finally our wait is over and PS3 everywhere (well, in the UK at least) can enjoy the BBC’s latest offerings through their PS3s. Simply head on over to the official website [...]

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Filed under: e-Distribution Games

Maybe Sony hasn’t completely given up on releasing PS1 games for download onto PS3/PSP. The sharp eyes of David B. discovered two new games added to the ESRB database: Rayman 2 and Medal of Honor. While we’re pretty certain the latter hasn’t aged too well, we’re more than glad at a [...]

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Oh really, Spike TV? You’re really going out of your way to make sure we watch your Video Game Awards show this year. Not only are you debuting Uncharted 2, but you’re also going to be giving us a look at God of War III? Really? The Gametrailers.com promo page for the VGAs [...]

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Given Microsoft’s recent Black Friday sales boasting, we’d think that the Xbox 360 team’s egos are severely bloated. Not so. Shane Kim says the company is, somewhat distressingly, “cautiously optimistic” about next year’s sales.
Sure, Don Mattrick, senior VP of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft, said the same thing in the Black Friday statement. But [...]

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As we inch ever closer to Home’s open beta phase, when the PSN’s unwashed masses finally gain entrance, it’s clear that preparations are being made for the big day (whenever that may be) behind the scenes. Home producers both sides of the pond have revealed that there will be some server downtime tonight, [...]

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These screens from Bongfish Interactive’s open-world snowboarding game Stoked do their best to show off the terrain and character models, but obviously can’t really do justice to the game’s main USP - the dynamic weather system.
Nice shots, though. As ever, pinches of salt should be kept within easy reach but if those are really in-game [...]

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You may not agree with Cracked’s word choices to describe these lame duck consoles, but it’s hard to argue with their picks. I mean, the Supergrafx is on the list—and it had five games. Five!
But we could take issue with the inclusion of nifty little Vectrex, the vector graphics-only console released in 1982. If we [...]

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Filed under: Rumors
Square Enix’s announcement that Dragon Quest IX would be exclusive to the DS effectively signaled the end of this generation’s console wars in Japan. Now, according to an EGM rumor, the DS will have to share the title with the Wii.
“Quartermann,” EGM’s pseudonym for various rumermongering staffers, says that Protectors of the Starry [...]

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Half-Life, the first-person shooter that put Valve on the map, has sold, on average, almost a million copies each year since its release in 1998. It’s still the company’s best seller—and that’s just at retail.
But the figures for Valve’s other games — which similarly don’t include games sold via Steam — Counter-Strike, The Orange Box, [...]

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In-game advertising group Massive announced it has signed with Blizzard Entertainment today, feeding the Starcraft and Diablo publisher ads through its Battle.net service. But don’t expect to see any actual ads in those games.
Blizzard COO Paul Sams put the fire out before it started, stating in the press release, “This partnership does not include in-game [...]

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In-game advertising group Massive announced it has signed with Blizzard Entertainment today, feeding the Starcraft and Diablo publisher ads through its Battle.net service. But don’t expect to see any actual ads in those games.
Blizzard COO Paul Sams put the fire out before it started, stating in the press release, “This partnership does not include in-game [...]

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On Wednesday afternoon both MTV Multiplayer and Kotaku posted stories detailing how they had received copies of Animal Crossing: Wild World for the DS from Nintendo. Because these carts were meant to show off the character importing feature of Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii, the DS carts were already opened and had saved [...]

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