Gamecock’s Sabotage becomes Velvet Assassin

I loveSabotage. It was the best game I got to play while at E3 last year and I can’t wait for the game to come out. Gamecock and Replay Studios brings news thatSabotagehas now becomeVelvet Assassin. InVelvet Assassin, you play as secret agent Violette Szabo who takes on Nazi forces during World War II. Read up onmy impressions of the gamefrom EIEIO 2007 and see why I’m so excited for it....

July 10, 2025 · 6 min · 1142 words · Charles Burke

Gamescom Day 2 wrap up

Yes, can you believe it? Despite no food, sleep and horrible schedules the entire gamescom 2011 team remains alive! Today Maurice Tan, Daniel Carneiro and myself talk about what we have seen, what games we think should be considered for game of the show and how the Japanese guys who were showingAsura’s Wrathat Capcom are probably certifiable. For those readers who are slightly unaware Maurice Tan is indeed Dutch....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 69 words · Kaylee Johnson

Gamestop: Modern Warfare 2 could be biggest game of all time

It’s no secret that people are putting a lot of stock in Infinity Ward’sModern Warfare 2. Evil publisher Activision believes it will dominate this holiday season, and retail chain GameStop agrees, goingso far as to saythat the shooter could become the biggest game in history. “We expectModern Warfare 2could be the best selling title of all time,” says Tony Bartel, EVP of Merchandising and Marketing. He points out that pre-orders for the game have been incredibly strong, and that many customers upgraded their base copies to the Prestige Edition once it was announced, which is a “very good sign....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Amy Garcia

GameTap editors pick their top 5 games of 2007

This is the time of year where game news outlets run their top games of 2007 list. GameTap’s official list will come early next year, but for now their editors have all listed their personal choices. Games likePortal, BioShock, Rock Band, andSuper Mario Galaxyall made strong showings among their lists, but it was nice to see that lesser listed titles likeMetroid Prime 3: Corruption, Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, God of War II,and evenPegglegot some loving....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 145 words · Kevin Webb

GC 09: New Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 screens are cold

And the trickle ofCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2stuff — controllers, multiplayer information, single-player environments, etc., — continues. Earlier this morning Activision released two images stripped from the Infinity Ward-developed shooter, showcasing a snowy locale and some hard-looking (and cold) soldiers. Equipped with nasty guns, ski goggles, and Wal-Mart face coverings, it looks like these guys are ready to hurt something, which is great: combat usually consists of hurting things. Also of mention is the helicopter in the second image....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 137 words · Raymond Lopez

GDC 09: Nintendo announces storage solutions, 4.0 update

Of course, anyone who owns a Wii and likes to download games from the Wii Shop knows the pain of having to deal with storage — the current arrangement is simply not that convenient. Nintendo is well aware of user complaints, and addressed the issue attoday’s keynote at GDC. Iwata announced that the 4.0 update is available as of right now, so run to your Wii and get it — so that’s why the store was down a little while ago!...

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 188 words · David Trevino

GDC 10: Transformers: War for Cybertron meets my eye

What if you were to build a full-on third-person shooter from the ground up, with the controls and action that you’re used to, and then work the world of Transformers on top of it? That’s exactly what they did withTransformers: War for Cybertron. This way, the design focus was on control, and the end result of this is a game with third-person shooter controls and concepts that you’re already familiar with....

July 10, 2025 · 4 min · 792 words · Patrick Navarro

Get a real-life statue of your Xbox Live Avatar

Here is news so amazing that nobody seemed to pick it up when it was announced over a week ago!Figureprintsis teaming up with Microsoft to createreal-life statues of Xbox Live Avatars. That’s right, yourHalo-helmeted gimp in a‘Splosion Manshirt can be on your shelf, right next to the hundreds of unused condoms! Figureprints boasts that it uses advanced 3D modeling techniques “pioneered by special effects houses” in order to create even the most complex Avatar....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Caitlin Williams

God of War III reality show looking for contestants

Oh, Spike. You do so much for gaming. Too much really. You should probably stop with all thehigh class stuffbefore people start respecting us gamers too much. No? You would rather do a reality show based onGod of War III. Well, OK, I guess. Morereality TV sounds… great? Spike and Sony are putting together a show calledLast Titan Standing. Fromthe casting call pageit seems like contestants will not only be playingGod of War IIIbefore anyone else, but will also be taking part in challenges from the game that have been recreated in real life....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 173 words · Jennifer Luna

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost & Damned breaks records, take our word for it!

No one should really be surprised that the first installment of Xbox 360-exclusiveGrand Theft Auto IVdownloadable content,The Lost and Damned, sold a bunch. Not only is it additional content for one of the most popular games of 2008, butit’s pretty good for the money, too. How well did it sell? Today, Microsoft and Rockstar issued a statement saying that the game “eclipsed first-day revenue for all previous downloadable content on Xbox LIVE....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 399 words · John Wright

GRAW2 Throwback pack includes maps you already own

When I say “you”, I mean “those who aren’t me”. Ubi’sGRAW2is the first in the series I ever got around to playing, so I’m not exactly wrapped up in the idea of playing my favorite maps from games gone by, because — well, I never played ’em. But those of you with fond memories, you’re in luck, or screwed, depending on your reasoning:IGN tells usthat theGRAW2Throwback map pack, a compilation of seven maps from previousGhost Recontitles, are now available for 800 Microsoft points....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Denise Ramirez

Halo 3 news revealed — Happy Halo Day!

Today is the five year anniversary ofHalo: Combat Evolved,and Bungie has delivered some awesome news to celebrate. First of all, aHalo 3TV commercial will be shown worldwide on Monday Night Football on Dec. 4, showcasing some CG for the fans as well as new music by Marty O’Donnell. After the commercial has aired on television it will then be available on Xbox Live Marketplace in full 720p for our pleasure. And to tide us over until Dec....

July 10, 2025 · 10 min · 1980 words · Rachel Abbott

Hello, I’m a Mac

Sometimes you have to wonder where homebrew developers get their ideas. It’s pretty easy to understand why someone would want to play SNES games on a GBA. Finding a good reason why someone would want to run Mac OS 7.5 on a Nintendo DS is not. It looks likesomeonemanaged to do it and even shot a video to prove it: Now, who wants to make Windows 3.1 for the PSP ?...

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 71 words · Vincent Miller