Weird And Proud Of It
(via rampancy.net) - The news isn't all bad for Crackers the chimp, though. 1Up's reviewer gave the game a B+, and the average of users and editors on the site is an A. The site praised the game for the humorous news segments as well as the unabashedly strange gameplay elements. And when this plays into the objectives, the game becomes great fun.

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5 months ago 

Images of InFamous
(via Xboxyde) -- Sony and Sucker Punch, the creators of Sly Racoon, release three new images of InFamous, their free-roaming action game filled with super-powers, dark textures and scary lightnings. We can expect a kind of gloomy Crackdown, and it's planned to hit the streets somewhere in 2008.

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5 months ago 

Namco Bandai: rumored Soulcalibur 4 install sizes overblown
(via QJ) - After word of some pretty hefty install sizes for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Soulcalibur 4 came out of the rumor mill yesterday, Namco Bandai has gone into rumor-squashing mode.According to Kotaku, the company has said that the supposed installation sizes for the PS3 version of Soulcalibur 4 are "not accurate and are significantly overblown".

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5 months ago 

Arcade: SOULCALIBUR
(via Major Nelson) - Content: SOULCALIBURPrice: 800 Microsoft PointsAvailability: All Xbox LIVE regionsDash Text: Single Player, Local Multiplayer 1-2, HD (High Definition). Fighting game perfection in now back in your hands, this time to the Xbox 360! Play as one of the 19 characters on a mission to acquire the Soul Edge! Do you have what it takes? Now on Xbox Live Arcade, SOULCALIBUR is completely reworked with HDTV support, Leaderboards and of course challenging Achievements.

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6 months ago 

Elements of Destruction reviewed
(via Totally 360) -- Play the mad scientist for the day and lay waste to the world

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6 months ago 

TeamXbox: Chimp Warped And Innovative
(via rampancy.net) - The team at TeamXbox rated Wideload's sophomore effort, Hail to the Chimp, a 7.9 out of 10, scoring highest for audio and innovation. One of the game's greatest strengths might ironically become one of its weaknesses: While the game presents a unique take on the party game formula, Hail to the Chimp is actually at its funniest when you're not even playing.

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5 months ago 

Still Bourne
(via GiantBomb) - As much as I appreciated the way 2002’s The Bourne Identity restored some of the seriousness to international espionage that the James Bond franchise had been frittering away for so many years, anyone who called it a “thinking man’s action movie” was just covering for the fact that they loved watching Matt Damon outrun Parisian [.

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5 months ago 

Famitsu Tackles Persona 4
(via 1Up) -- Atlus' latest is big in Japan. So is the PSP God of War.

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5 months ago 

Behold, the MS E3 08 press briefing Passport
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: Fan stuff Part of the fun of E3 is giving our readers an not only the latest and greatest gaming news, but also an inside look at the convention itself. You might consider this the first such story. We just received our "Passports" for the Microsoft E3 press briefing set to take place on July 14.

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5 months ago 

Dreaming of a New Xbox 360 Dashboard
(via Gaming Today) - With all this talk of the in-game XMB (and by “all this talk” I mean all of the things I’ve been writing), it’s made me remember how great the Xbox 360 dashboard was when I first got my Xbox 360. Compare that with the systems from just a generation ago, and it was a tremendous leap forward.

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5 months ago 

X3F TV -- Points Life: Shedding Light on Secrets
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: Fan stuff, Videos, X3F TV Each week, X3F tips gamers to the tricks of the trade of Achievement hording in Points>Life. Every week a new achievement is unlocked to help you continue your unhealthy obsession with the Xbox 360 meta-game. This week in Points>Life we tackle the return of Alone in the Dark.

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5 months ago 

Ninja Gaiden 2 'horse armor' now on sale Ninja Gaiden II
(via Game Radar) - Joystiq Writes:"Let's face it, we hardcore gamers are always looking for an excuse to play ninja dress-up. After obliterating tens of thousands of nameless, demonic foes, what greater satisfaction could there be than in donning a leopard print bodysuit and doing it all over again? That's the thing, palette swaps used to be bonuses for our hard-earned mileage; easter eggs buried at the end of the playing field.

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5 months ago 

James Bond: Quantum of Solice Game Screenshots
(via Ugo) -- His name is Bond, James Bond. And this is his new video game!

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5 months ago 

Konami Gives Minor Details On Castlevania Fighter
(via Cinema Blend Games) - I’m not sure how I should feel about this, but Konami is bringing Castlevania into the 3D gaming world. Usually iconic 2D scrollers have a hit or miss translation to the 3D realm, but Castlevania Judgment is taking a whole new spin on things. The game is being developed by Castlevania creator Koji “Iga” Igarashi as a 3D fighting game for the Nintendo Wii.

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5 months ago 

Alpha Protocol Aims Ambitiously For RPG, FPS Fans Alpha Protocol
(via Kotaku) - Obsidian Entertainment says it's found the right mix of action and RPG, balancing subtlety with "over-the-top" visual style, and weighing realism carefully against the "abstraction" of fantasy elements. Alpha Protocol, though billed as an "action-RPG," sounds a bit weighted more toward the former than the latter, aiming for a happy medium that hopes to make RPG elements accessible to twitch fans, while still adding the depth to please RPG purists.

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5 months ago 

More MM9 nuttiness USK rates the game for 360
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade Will the back and forth never end? It's multiplatform, then it's not, and now it looks like it is again. With no official word from Capcom, this new Mega Man 9 news of course has only as much credence as the first OFLC rating. But we really don't think that government game rating boards are in the habit of making up games or confusing which controller and console they're using, regardless of what country the ratings board is from.

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5 months ago 

Review of Robert Ludlum& #39 s The Bourne Conspiracy
(via GiantBomb) - Platform: (PS3,X360) As much as I appreciated the way 2002’s The Bourne Identity restored some of the seriousness to international espionage that the James Bond franchise had been frittering away for so many years, anyone who called it a “thinking man’s action movie” was just covering for the fact that they loved watching Matt Damon outrun Parisian cops in a beat-up Mini Cooper and stick pens in dudes’ hands.

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5 months ago 

Ninja Gaiden 2 'horse armor' now on sale
(via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360 Let's face it, we hardcore gamers are always looking for an excuse to play ninja dress-up. After obliterating tens of thousands of nameless, demonic foes, what greater satisfaction could there be than in donning a leopard print bodysuit and doing it all over again? That's the thing, palette swaps used to be bonuses for our hard-earned mileage; easter eggs buried at the end of the playing field.

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5 months ago 

Cell processor aiding in search for oil
(via Arts Technica) -- Once again proving that the Cell is not just a processor for gaming, one company has revealed that it's using the chip to help scour the ocean floor for oil.

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5 months ago 

Retail Radar: $40 Banjo-Kazooie
(via Gamespot) -- Xbox 360 debut of Rare's trademark tag-team listed at budget price point by GameStop.

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5 months ago 

Quantum of Solace
(via Game Spy) -- Quantum of Solace (X360)The secret service's blunt instrument has been remade on film. Now it's time for a whole new approach to the games.

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5 months ago 

Quantum of Solace
(via Game Spy) -- Quantum of Solace (X360)

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5 months ago 

James Bond: Quantum of Solace First Look
(via Gamespot) -- We track down Activision and Treyarch's first game based on the James Bond movie franchise.

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5 months ago 

NYKO Three Port USB Hub Announced for the PS3
(via Gaming Today) - NYKO revealed today details for its upcoming Media Hub for the PS3. The Media Hub attaches to the console, adding three additional USB ports and a media card reader slot that supports SD cards and Memory Sticks. Compatible with all PS3 models, the Media Hub matches the color and contour of the system to expand its media capabilities while maintaining a clean form factor.

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5 months ago 

GameStop buys Gamesman chain in New Zealand
(via Arts Technica) -- Gamestop is increasing its presence in New Zealand by adding The Gamesman stores to its ranks.

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5 months ago 

Venom Games set to close
(via CVG) -- UK Prizefighter dev to close at the end of the month... The Newcastle-based developer founded back in 2003 is set to close down at the end of the month, CVG has learned. Looks like another nail in the UK games industry's coffin.

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5 months ago 

Soulcalibur
(via Metacritic) -- Fighting, Action, from Namco Bandai Games

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5 months ago 

Get Your Soulcalibur 4 Pre-Order Goodies
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5 months ago 

Next Up for Team Fortress 2: The Heavy Pack
(via Gaming Today) - Valve has announced that the Heavy class is next in line for Team Fortress 2 class updates and not only is this good news for gamers/fans, but Valve is actually opening up the floor to suggestions. The designers will be talking about how the update is designed, how to “make the Heavy more viable when he has no Medic to pair with”, and other interesting tidbits - here is an excerpt: Here’s a list for how to help define the problems we want to solve with the Heavy pack.

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5 months ago 

Developers promise imminent PS3 trophy patches
(via Arts Technica) -- The PS3's achievement system, "Trophies," went live last night. Though there are few trophies to unlock right now, more and more developers are promising imminent patches.

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5 months ago