E3 is Back and Bigger Than…Last Year???
E3 2009 will officially be returning to the Los Angeles Convention Center and will no longer be invite only as it was last year. Though next years E3 won’t be open to the public it will be open to all video game industry audiences ranging from the media, to developers, to analysts, and retailers, so if you’re working at Game Stop maybe you can convince your boss into giving you some ...[Read More]
Little Big Planet Delayed Due To Qur’an Mentions
This has got to be any developers nightmare. You finally think you have wrapped up and are ready for what looks to be a great launch and then you get the influx of drama. So yeah, Murphy and his stupid law has reared his ugly head yet again. Apparently some lyrics in the games soundtrack make references to the Qu’ran. It looks like Little Big Planet will now be released some time in November...[Read More]
Go Figure! Xbox 360 Owns PS3 For Fourth Week In Japan
Who would have ever thought that the Xbox 360 would ever gain ANY momentum in Japan but that’s exactly what we are seeing. Heres the Media Create Company console sales breakdown for last week: (Sept. 29 and Oct. 5) Xbox 360: 8,271 units sold Playstation 3: 7,232 units sold Last month on September 1st Microsoft cut prices on the Xbox 360 in Japan. Xbox 360 consoles were discounted to as low a...[Read More]
Playstation 3 Greatest Hits Packaging Haxored
If you were among those that didn’t like the idea of getting the new red PS3 cases with US Playstation 3 Greatest hits games you may be in luck. Yesterday in the discount section at a local target I spotted copies of Motorstorm and Resistance hacked tagged with a red greatest hits sticker. The label was outside the packaging on the plastic and the cases were standard clear ones. This may be ...[Read More]
Retro Rewind: Strider
Strider is a true classic in my eyes. Although kind of short it was very fun. Word on the street in the new EGM (Quartermann section) is that there just may be a retro remake of Strider in development. – System: Genesis/Megadrive – Publisher: Capcom – Type: 2D Platformer – Release: 1990 (one of the earliest 8-Megabit cartridge for the system)
RUMOR: Google To Buy Valve
There are rumors circulating that Google may be in the process of trying to buy Valve. Yes, the same Valve that made that Portal game we all loved so much. Also the same Valve that is about to drop Left 4 dead that we are looking forward to playing. The PC game download store Steam which is currently owned by valve may be the biggest reason that Google may be eying Valve. TEXT ADS IN THE NEXT PORT...[Read More]
Publisher Says Game Reviewers are Lazy, Reviews Unfair
The former Editor In Chief of EGM Dan “Shoe” Hsu has this very interesting article about game reviews on his blog. The piece is written by “an anonymous guy from a big publisher” who speaks on why publishers pressure publications, pull ad buys and blacklist reviewers and publications when their games get unfavorable reviews. Below is a quote but I do recommend you read the ...[Read More]
Amazon Announces Guaranteed Release Date Game Delivery
Amazon just stepped their shipping game up. Now for $5.98 you can get video games on the release date. Consider me interested but not sold. I think its still cheaper to just drive to the store to buy a game. Here is the full press release:
Soulja Boy Shows His 360 Special Edition Sidekick LX
Video no longer available (originally hosted on WorldStarHipHop). This just looks like a new sidekick with a custom theme but oh well. Wow, people still use sidekicks?! YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! Like Ghostface would say… “Yall need to stay in school man!”
Nas Goes In Hard Playing Rockband
Video no longer available. Nas did pretty damn good too. HA HA. Somebody been practicing.
EGM WTF IS UP WITH THE LATE ISSUES?!
So for the last month i was wondering if my EGM subscription ran out. I found it odd that I never got any “please renew” notices. Anyway last Friday I received last months issue. I was like “what the fuck?” this is late as hell. Then yesterday I received the new EGM, less that a week after last months late issue. They need to get that shit ironed out. Getting magazines late...[Read More]
Comcast Giving Away Free Wii’s To New Subscribers
This morning during a Today Show commercial break I saw a new Comcast commercial announcing a new promotion where new “Triple Play” subscribers can get a free Nintendo Wii when they sign up. The commercial featured a man with a Wii Wheel driving an imaginary kart sort of skidding on his ass like Mario and Luigi do during the Mario Kart Wii intro. I wondered (and still do) about where C...[Read More]