What we heard: Ever since the Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft console war began in earnest in 2001, the Big Three have been fanatical about information control. Even the series of “leaks” leading up to the Xbox 360’s unveiling in 2005 turned out to be a too-clever-by-half alternate reality game.
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What we heard: Speaking with GameSpot in May 2008, Ready at Dawn cofounder and creative director Ru Weerasuriya expressed a measure of doubt over whether his studio would return to the PSP. The news came as some disappoint to game-starved PSP owners, considering the independent developer’s success in 2006 with Daxter and 2008 with God [...]

Microsoft declares first 360-exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV add-on has generated more revenue in 24 hours than any other DLC; hard numbers MIA.

Given that Grand Theft Auto IV has sold more than 5.2 million copies in the US alone, there was little question that its first expansion would be a hit. Sure enough, today Microsoft [...]

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Prinnies are done with being used as mere cannon fodder in other people’s elaborate games of turn-based war. The combustible penguins from the Disgaea series have ditched the strategic grid in favor of a starring role in an action platformer, but even though they’ve turned their back on being hurled at enemy forces against their [...]

Chocolat dvd No one could have suspected that the sequel to 2004’s Killzone would be this good. Killzone 2 is a tremendous package, offering an exciting campaign and terrific competitive online play, neither of which create new paradigms for first-person shooters, but rather set new standards in subtle but significant ways. From groundbreaking visuals [...]