Monthly Archives: March 2009

Cutie Alyssa Milano will voice the leading lady in the upcoming Ghostbusters: The Video Game.

When Sigourney Weaver declined to be part of the project, her character was written out and replaced with a new one, Dr Ilyssa Slewyn.

Too bad for Weaver, who had a change of heart a bit too late — good for fans of Alyssa.

Game’s out for everything under the sun on June 16.

Blender has posted a partial interview with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich on the subject of his band’s upcoming Guitar Hero edition.

Most of it he has said before in other interviews. What caught our eye was him talking about how hard it was to play his own songs.

“I look like a complete fuckin’ klutz because I can drum them in real life, but obviously there are slight modifications when it’s transcribed for the game”, he said.

“I have it inbred in me how to play these songs, but then I have to sit and look at little dots on a screen and try to figure out how to play it the way it’s transcribed.

“Meanwhile, my 10-year-old and my 7-year-old are shredding on the guitars. It’s kind of a mind-fuck, sitting there, with my 45 years of semi-glory, and getting toasted by my kids.”

Get a lot more swearing through the link. Game’s out March 29.

MTV has posted the first trailer for Scratch: The Ultimate DJ.

The game will have a turntable controller, and is coming to PS3 and 360 sometime this year.

Music included comes from Kanye West, The Beastie Boys, Nelly, Run DMC, Gorillaz and various others.

The video’s after the jump.

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Target’s giving away 1,000 free Nintendo Points with every DSi.

Similar deals happened in Japan when the handheld released last year.

The points can be redeemed through the Wii Shop Channel.

Thanks, GoNintendo.

G4 will be broadcasting the 9th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards on national television.

Taking place on Wednesday, March 25 during GDC, the ceremony will be aired by X-Play’s Adam Sessler on Friday, April 10 at 6.30pm PST.

Tim Schafer (Grim Fandango, Psychonauts) will be presiding over the evening.

More through here.

Rockstar’s patched the PC version of GTA IV to version 1.0.3.

Notable features include graphical optimization; greater user control over graphic settings, including a new “OFF” option for reflection and shadow quality; and the elimination of remapping restrictions for keyboard and mouse, allowing for user-custom control schemes.

The update will be installed automatically through Windows Live when you log in, or you can do it manually here.

Detailed breakdown after the break.

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According to a Twitter post from Geoff Keighley, Spike TV will be “telling you a lot more” about Mass Effect 2 next Friday night.

Not sure exactly they will be showing, but we’ll be sure to watch.

Game’s out in early 2010 for PC and Xbox 360.

Microsoft has said that Final Fantasy XIII will sell better on Xbox 360 than PS3 when it’s finally released outside of Japan.

This bit of confidence is based on this week’s NPD data, which also has the console-maker confident that the 360 version of Resident Evil 5 will also outsell its PS3 counterpart.

FFXIII is still a PS3 exclusive in Japan.

More through the links.

GameStop is offering a Fight Night: Round 4 demo two-weeks before it hits stores if you pre-order.

Per the retailer’s website, here’s how you do it:

Online Customers: A unique code and instructions to unlock the demo will be emailed one day prior to the demo’s release date.

In-Store Pickup / Store Customers: A Pre-order card with code and instructions to unlock the demo will be available at stores shortly before the demo’s release date.

Game’s out June 14 for 360 and PS3.

Thanks, That Gaming Site.

Some screens for the new Wolfenstein have popped up in a group billed as “PC shots”.

Rumor this morning was that something may be amiss with the game’s PC version, thanks to a Games for Windows or PC logo not appearing on the debut trailer.

Still unsure what is up. We’ll find out Monday.

Klonoa:The Door to Phantomile is expected to arrive on Wii May 5, and to get you interested, Namco’s released four new trailers for the platformer.

We have one posted below. It’s titled Lull in the Wind.

You can view the other three over on IGN.

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Wii Fit will be one year old this May, and has already surpassed Halo 3 in US sales.

According to NPD numbers released yesterday, as of February 2009 the Nintendo title has sold 6 million copies in the US alone.

Halo 3′s sold 5.9 million since September 2007.

With such an influx of balance boards out there, Kotaku is quick to point out that developers will probably be lined up around the block to make games for it.

We’re not arguing.

Details outlining The Old Republic’s Bounty Hunter character class have popped up on the MMO’s official site.

Apparently the Sith’s offering “massive bounties to employ the galaxy’s most lethal hunters”. Good thing too. Boba Fett was cool as hell.

Bounty Hunters will be able to work alone or in groups, and can carry a vast array of advanced blaster weapons and flamethrowers.

Jetpacks will help you maneuver around obstacles and enemies, and, of course, the characters will be decked out in way-cool Mandalorian armor.

Loads more info is through the link, with mini videos, screens and such.

Thanks, Mike.

Aeria Entertainment’s free-to-play MMO Dream of Mirror Online will give players the option to marry, no matter if couples are the same sex.

Virtual wedding bands are available in the game, purchased via micro-transactions.

More on GamePolitics.

Warner’s sent out fresh screens and a trailer of Terminator: Salvation.

At least the shots look fresh: it’s getting a bit hard to tell with this one.

The trailer’s decent enough though. It’s posted below.

The game’s out in May.

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Steam has quite a few indie games on sale now through Sunday – some are only $4.49.

Loads of demos are available too, in case you have a fear of commitment or just wanna try something new.

Here’s some of what’s on offer:

• And Yet It Moves
• Between
• The Graveyard
• The Path
• The Maw
• Musaic Box
• Osmos –Demo
• Retro/Grade– Demo
• Zeno Clash
• Caster
• Monster Trucks Nitro
• Harvest: Massive Encounter
• Mayhem Intergalactic
• Braid
• Space Giraffe
• Obulis
• Larva Mortus
• Mevo and The Grooveriders
• COIL
• Mightier
• Dyson – Coming Soon

Pricing ranges from the previously mentioned $4.49 and $17.99.

Go play something.

Activision released a new trailer of Raven’s Wolfenstein this morning, and pretty damn sensational it looked too. One thing, though: there’s no PC or Games for Windows logo listed in the game’s platforms at the end.

Eagle-eyed VG247 reader ShiroGamer spotted the omission, and it’s certainly true. Only 360 and PS3 are listed in the movie’s splash screen, as you can see in the image above.

The shooter was announced for “Xbox 360, PS3, Windows PC” just before E3 last year.

Has the PC version been dropped? Or did Mr Video-Maker do a booboo?

We’ll ask Acti on Monday.

EA’s Steve Papoutsis has told Eurogamer that a Wii Dead Space game was a dead cert.

“Doing a Dead Space game for the Nintendo Wii was a no-brainer,” he said.

“It’s a great system that has helped evolve video games. The motion controls the system offers provide developers with an all new tool box to leverage in the games we make.

As well as motion-controlling, EA simply wanted to bring the franchise to a new audience with Extraction.

“Another big reason why we wanted to do Dead Space: Extraction on the Wii is that we had a lot of untold story and wanted to give Wii players a chance to experience a Dead Space game,” Papoutsis added.

Extraction releases later this year.

Gamestop boss Bob McKenzie has told VentureBeat that DSi pre-orders are significantly higher than they were for the first DS.

“We’ve seen some pretty brisk pre-orders on DSi,” he said.

“It’s probably double where we were on the original DS, as far as reservation activity, so we’re expecting some great things from that.”

We’ve already written the headline, “New Nintendo hardware in record debut shock”.

The revamped handheld goes on sale in the US on April 5, and on April 3 in Europe.

Thanks, Kotaku.

NASA’s announced its MMO, titling the “game” Astronaut: Moon, Mars, and Beyond.

Developers Information Place, Virtual Heroes and Project Whitecard are working on the project.

NASA’s aiming to build interest in space exploration among students with the title.

No date. Thanks, Massively.