Call of Duty Black Ops and Kinect Take Over British Paper
With the recent launch of Kinect for Xbox 360 and Call of Duty Black Ops tomorrow it seems that this free local British paper “Metro” is maxed out with promos for both products. Interestingly enough as far as Call of Duty Black Ops is concerned the Xbox 360 version seems to have gotten all the love. The Playstation 3 version not so much. There is even an article about fans gearing up f...[Read More]
GameManx Podcast Episode 110: Fable III Edition
Kinect, Fallout New Vegas, Fable III, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, Jordan’s for Xbox Live avatars and more.
Super Street Fighter IV New Alternate Costumes
The previously announced release schedule for the new Super Street Fighter IV alternate costumes has been changed to the following: • Hakan, Makoto, Guy, Dudley, Dee Jay — Oct. 26, 2010 (OUT NOW) • Ryu, Ken, Akuma, Gouken, Dan — Nov. 2, 2010 (OUT NOW) • Chun-Li, C. Viper, Sakura, Rose, Cammy — Nov. 16, 2010 • Chun-Li, C. Viper, Sakura, Rose, Cammy — Nov. 16, 2010 • Juri, Ibuki, Cody, Adon, T. Hawk...[Read More]
Kinect Review Roundup
Well Microsoft’s holiday Jesus peripheral hit stores today and the reviews (embargoed until today no doubt) are pouring in… or rather pressed to web. The common theme of the Kinect reviews seems to be more of the same from previews. The sentiment shared by most is that its cool but not really something that can be used for a lot of gaming just yet. Also that the hardware seems okay, ki...[Read More]
Vanquish Review
Vanquish is a third-person shooter action video game developed by Platinum Games and published by Sega. The game was directed by Shinji Mikami who created the Resident Evil series. He has also served as Executive Producer on Viewtiful Joe, Devil May Cry, and God Hand. He helped write and was Director of Resident Evil 4. Mikami stated that Vanquish was partially inspired by the Casshern AKA Casshan...[Read More]
Gran Turismo 5 Gets New Release Date
According to this email I just received from Amazon regarding my pre-order it appears that the new release date for Gran Turismo 5 is December 31 2010. I don’t think anyone would be surprised if this changed again. December 31 does seem like such an odd release date. New years eve release date? Really? Until then we can dream so with that said here’s a screen shot from the game:
GameManx Podcast Episode 109: Kinect with Oprah
Kinect, Killzone 3 beta, PSP 2 speculation, Zombies in Call of Duty Black Ops, Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare DLC, Marvel vs Capcom 3 at Capcom’s ATL fight club and more.
Sports Champions – Review
When Sony first announced the Playstation Move it was quite obvious it would be getting it’s very own version of Nintendo’s Wii Sports, and Sport’s Champions is that game.
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare Review
Just in time for Halloween, Rockstar have unleashed a Zombie hell upon gamers in Undead Nightmare, the latest DLC for the fantastic Red Dead Redemption.
Astro Announces Wireless Headset System with MixAmp 5.8
This new MixAmp is compatible with both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 systems. Just a week or two ago I posted about the new Sony gaming surround headset that was announced rather quietly. I was bummed out a week ago to find out that although they look great they are for PC only and not wireless. Luckily Astro Gaming has just announced their A40 headset and new wireless MixAmp 5.8 system compatible w...[Read More]
Costume Quest Review
Costume Quest is a new game developed by Double Fine. It takes place on Halloween night and you take the role of one of the two twins Reynold or Wren. Soon enough the twin you did not choose to play as will get kidnapped by monsters and your mission is to rescue your sibling. The environments are really nice and simple. Every level is nicely decorated with a Halloween theme and really sets the moo...[Read More]
Capcom Fight Club Atlanta Recap
Last night Capcom hosted a Fight Club event for its fighting game fans in Atlanta. My third time out to a Fight Club event I was really interested to see if my experience would be any better than the last one I attended in NYC. You can also heard about that on our podcast. In any case the line was ridiculously long as should be expected. After the last event I vowed never to go again unless I had ...[Read More]