Archive for November, 2009

Aliens vs. Predator Trailer Talks Multiplayer

Aliens vs. Predator’s inter-species multiplayer is given the talking heads treatment by senior producer Dave Brickley and assorted UK games journalists in a new trailer. Modes touched on include deathmatch, team deathmatch, four-player coop ‘Survivor’ mode and ‘Predator Hunt,’ where eight marines are stalked by a single predator. Coming from Rebellion–developer of the original Alien [...]

Napoleon: Total War: Ask Creative Assembly your questions

Strategy house to field CVG reader queries. Do you have any burning questions you’d like to ask Napoleon: Total War creators, Creative Assembly? Well thanks to the kindness of Sega – and because we love making you do our jobs for us – (don’t you mean User Generated Content is the future? – Ed) we’re [...]

Robbery caught on tape during an Xbox gaming session

Two burglars burglarizes an house and the owner was too busy playing games to notice anything!

Shack PSA: Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday Savings on PC Games (Updated)

Digital distributors have begun rolling out their Thanksgiving sales to offer PC gamers a hearty spread of savings on titles including Dragon Age: Origins, Resident Evil 5, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Far Cry 2, Dawn of Discovery and Grand Theft Auto IV. Steam’s ‘Early Holiday Sale’ is rotating one-day deals on some top-notch games, replaced by [...]

Today’s US Nintendo downloads

Tales of Monkey Island Ch.4 tops ten-game list. Here’s the official list of Nintendo downloads live in the US now – ten games with Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 4 probably of most interest. Unless you like the sound of "relaxing animal sim", My Zoo. Each to their own… Click here to read the full [...]

The 100 Best Xbox Games – Part Two

Games 75 – 51 on Xbox World’s list. This is part two of Xbox World 360 magazine’s top 100 Xbox 360 games. Read part one for games 100 to 76 and look for the final two sections on the site shortly. Click here to read the full article Related Stories Making of… Batman: Arkham Asylum [...]

First Puzzle Quest 2 screenshots

Match-three puzzle action headed to DS and XBLA. The sequel to the popular DS puzzle game, Puzzle Quest 2, will be out in Spring 2010 on Xbox Live Arcade and DS, and we have the first shots here. Click here to read the full article Related Stories Call of Duty Classic for XBLA this week [...]

Nintendo Downloads: Bookworm, Tales of Monkey Island, Sudoku, The Combatribes

While PopCap are building vocabulary with Bookworm in this week’s batch of Wii and DSi downloadable releases and Telltale teaches legalese through Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 4, EA, well, EA simply wants to steal your face. DSiWare Foto Face: The Face Stealer Strikes – $8 Bookworm – $5 Master of Illusion Express: Mind Probe [...]

Duke Nukem rises from the dead?

Screenshot for ‘Duke Nukem: D Day’ appears on internet. A screenshot for something called Duke Nukem: D Day has appeared on the internet. Click here to read the full article Related Stories Call of Duty Classic for XBLA this week Xbox Live iPhone app released LittleBigPlanet Scoops Children’s BAFTA Call of Duty Classic out this [...]

Fight Night R4 DLC gameplay video

Tyson, Holyfield and more in title update on December 3. EA’s gearing up to unleash a new DLC pack for Fight Night Round 4 on December 3, and here’s a new gameplay trailer showing some of the new treats in store. Click here to read the full article Related Stories Call of Duty Classic for [...]

"No truth" to Spotify console rumours

Music streaming company denies console reports. Spotify has denied this morning’s report that the popular music streaming service is headed to current-gen consoles. Click here to read the full article Related Stories Call of Duty Classic for XBLA this week Xbox Live iPhone app released LittleBigPlanet Scoops Children’s BAFTA Call of Duty Classic out this [...]

Duke Nukem ‘D-Day’ Teased with Screenshot

Duke Nukem’s official Facebook page has been updated with a screenshot for something called “D-Day,” with the action hero himself teasing that he “doesn’t stay down for long.” It remains to be seen exactly what D-Day is, whether it be a a new game, the build-up to an announcement or revelation, or something else entirely. [...]

Copying WoW "not the right move" – Blizzard

Industry needs to come up with new, innovative MMOs, says producer. MMO developers trying to copy World of Warcraft is "definitely not the right move," says Blizzard lead producer, Shane Dabiri. Click here to read the full article Related Stories Call of Duty Classic for XBLA this week Xbox Live iPhone app released LittleBigPlanet Scoops [...]

Mass Effect 2 Trailers Reveal ‘Adept’ Class, Another Returning Character

Mass Effect 2′s space wizards the Adept are detailed in the first of two new trailers for BioWare’s sci-fi RPG sequel, showing the class’s new blue biotic ablities. [video]15857[/video] Shackvideo users can use the HD Stream. The second trailer reveals the story behind the return of yet another Mass Effect party member, the Quarian machinist–and [...]

Morning Discussion

I’m told today is Cyber Monday, which apparently does not make the Internet even more hilarious and terrifying than usual but instead brings yet more price reductions to consumer goods. But which would leave you feeling most hollow and empty? Ahhh, do you see? Yes ladies and gentlemen, the awful, awful satire is back on [...]

Buy PSPgo for £150

Christmas price wars see pricey handheld going cheap. HMV has fired its tactical nuke in the Christmas price war by slashing the price of Sony’s PSPgo to £150. Click here to read the full article Related Stories Call of Duty Classic for XBLA this week Xbox Live iPhone app released LittleBigPlanet Scoops Children’s BAFTA Call [...]

5th Cell up for Scribblenauts Wii

Technical director drops hints. A Wii version of seminal DS puzzler, Scribblenauts could be on the cards if comments made by the game’s technical director, Marius Fahlbusch, are anything to go by. Click here to read the full article Related Stories Call of Duty Classic for XBLA this week Xbox Live iPhone app released LittleBigPlanet [...]

Have some Super Street Fighter IV facts

Exactly what will be in the upcoming update. To go with the screenshots of new characters Cody, Guy and Adon, released last week, Capcom has put out a fact sheet for the tweaked and boosted Super Street Fighter IV. It has facts in it, some you may know, and some you may not. So here [...]

Modern Warfare 2 claims another week at number one

Activision shooter continues to hold off Assassin’s Creed II and New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Activision’s shooter continues to hold off Assassin’s Creed II and New Super Mario Bros. Wii in latest UK sales chart. Click here to read the full article Related Stories Call of Duty Classic for XBLA this week Xbox Live iPhone [...]

AVP multiplayer gameplay trailer

Featuring CVG’s Andy Robinson!. It’s usually our job to shove cameras and microphones into the faces of unnerved developers, but this time it was us staring into a giant lens after CVG’s Andy Robinson went hands-on with Rebellion’s Alien vs. Predator. Click here to read the full article Related Stories Call of Duty Classic for [...]

TheTruthSettingUFree Does Not Stand Alone

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The Sims 3 World Adventures Expansion Pack official game trailer for PC and Macintosh – ‘China’

The Sims 3 World Adventures Expansion Pack features new Simlish music from artists like Grammy award-winner Nelly Furtado, rising star Pixie Lott, German sensation Stefanie Heinzmann, breaking new rock band Matt & Kim and global indie dance rockers Young Punx. “I was really excited when I heard EA wanted me to be involved with The [...]

Armada 2526 Trailer PC Strategy 1:25 of gameplay footage

Armada 2526 Trailer PC Strategy 1:25 of gameplay footage

Inside Gaming 10/31/09: You Chose Netflix on Xbox 360 (News/Machinima)

You chose Netflix on Xbox 360! Elder Scrolls 5! Call of Duty in 3rd Person! And Netflix on the PS3, hell! It’s frozen over! This is Inside Gaming for Halloween, October 31st, 2009. (Mystery Costume #2) FOR MORE MACHINIMA GOTO: www.youtube.com TAGS: Inside Gaming IG news machinima deadpixel dead pixel video games trailer Halloween Critical [...]