Monthly Archives: January 2010

We had no idea it was abnormal for professional basketball players to catch on fire until well-past our childhood years. Why? NBA Jam. Big heads, bigger dunks, and spontaneous combustion meant that NBA Jam could never be accurate – but damn was it ever fun. And now, according to ESPN‘s sources, the high-flying franchise is gearing up for a comeback.

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What’s more fun than slashing up apocalypse-born beasties with a scythe while riding on molten fire horses? While “nothing” is a tempting answer, we’re gonna have to go with “slashing up human opponents with said pointy implement.” Or at least, that’s what we assume. We have no way of actually knowing, because Darksiders is a single-player only affair. But why?

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Christina Norman, senior technical designer for Mass Effect 2, has told IGN that the Vanguard class has been given “the deadliest” powers from both the soldier and adept, with each one selected for its ability to “complement the Vanguard’s aggressive play style”.

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A new video for Star Trek Online trailer has popped up, showing off loads of blasting and killing. And some exploration. But mainly blasting and killing.

Which is the sole reason to play, other than being able to channel your inner Kirk.

Game’s out next month: you can pre-order now. The video’s is posted below.

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Atlus announced today that it will publish the co-op remix of Metal Slug XX for PSP in UMD format only.

Sorry, digital folks.

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Games. Movies. Games and movies. Cinemaware founder Bob Jacob reckons games of movies are pretty much doomed to failure.

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Capcom France’s Antoine Seux has told Gamekult (thanks, Nintendo Everything) that it was very disappointed with Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles sales.

Seux said he feels Wii users have “moved on” from hardcore games, causing a lack of publisher support in 2010.

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 producer, Karl-Magnus Troedsson, has told FPSgamer that the franchise “has always been deeper” than its rivals, and remains that way to this day.

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According to soundtrack composer and musical mastermind Hans Zimmer, his Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 score is close to being released as a soundtrack CD.

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BioWare has released the announcement trailer for Awakening, the first expansion for Dragon Age: Origins.

The video is below the break, courtesy of GameSpot, and hopefully it will tide you over until the expansion’s March release.

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EA Canada senior producer, Jason DeLong, has told Game Informer that initial game purchases could become less expensive in the future, with value being added later on in the product’s life.

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Spec Ops: The Line lead designer Cory Davis has told Gamespot that the Dubai-based shooter is to be the most “provocative” in its class.

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The latest issue of OPM US has confirmed in its cover feature that Gran Turismo 5 will include night-time racing and Indy Racing League cars.

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US market research firm Nielsen has claimed that 52 percent of PSP owners are female.

According to more number-crunching, 49 percent of Wii owners are female, and 45 percent of total active gamers are also female.

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Nintendo of America said today that, while sales data for December and all of 2009 will be revealed by the NPD Group on January 14, it’s estimated that US consumers bought 3 million Wii units in December.

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Mark Hamill has said that after playing The Joker in the Batman animated series from 1992-2004, he never expected to play the insane villain again – until he was asked to do Arkham Asylum.

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Hollywood is already knocking on Darksiders’ door, Vigil creative director and comic legend Joe Madureira has just told VG247, despite the fact the game still isn’t actually out.

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Two videos for Army of Two: The 40th Day popped up over on Shack, both demoing general co-op play.

The shooter lands January 12 and 15 for PSP, PS3, and Xbox 360 in the US and UK, respectively. Go watch.

Nintendo’s confirmed that Wii Sports Resort has sold over 5 million units in the five months it’s been on sale in Europe.

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If Bayonetta’s reviews are to be believed, it seems we already have our first big contender for Game of the Year.

The Platinum fighter releases this week for PS3 and 360 in Europe. It’s already out in the US.

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