Archive for July 2010

In 2007, D3Publisher created a role-playing/Bejeweled hybrid called Puzzle Quest that took the gaming world by storm.  Puzzle Quest became famous for being ridiculously addicting and fun.  The cross-genre title had the appeal of an RPG with the replayability of a puzzle game.  On the surface, it may not have made sense, but after spending [...]

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Gaming visionary American McGee returns to Wonderland as Electronic Arts and Spicy Horse Games announced Alice: Madness Returns yesterday at an EA event in New York City. The sequel comes ten years after the 2000 PC hit, American McGee’s Alice. Designed with the same dark style of the original, but now featuring entirely new visuals, story and [...]

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Along with announcing all the final details for Kinect today, Microsoft confirmed that Kinect Adventures will be bundled with Kinect when it launches at $149.99 this holiday season. With Kinect Adventures, you are the controller as you jump, dodge and kick your way through exciting adventures set in a variety of exotic locations. With location [...]

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Microsoft officially announced the price of Kinect today, which confirmed the rumors of $149.99 for the motion-sensing device. The launch titles of Kinectimals, Kinect Sports and Kinect Joy Ride will retail at $49.99 each, and will be part of the 15 Kinect games that will be available at launch. For those who still don’t own an Xbox [...]

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Earlier today, rumors began circulating that Modern Warfare 2 would be releasing an update that would have users pay a monthly premium to continue playing the game on Xbox Live. The rumors started back in February when Activision CEO, Bobby Kotick said, “If you think about the success that we’ve had in other product categories [...]

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PopCap Games confirmed today its plans to release Plants vs. Zombies for the Xbox Live Arcade.  With an anticipated launch in early September, Plants vs. Zombies on XBLA will deliver more game content than any previous iteration of the franchise, boasting seven game modes, including two all-new multiplayer modes, 12 unique achievements and 21 mini-games. Upon [...]

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Kicking off the 3rd annual Summer of Arcade and releasing this week (July 21), is the game Limbo from Playdead. The game features a dark, black & white art style, where the object of the game is to survive, and to move forward using a very basic control set. Similar in simplicity to N+ and [...]

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So, let me be clear right away. This game is not for you. Seriously, it isn’t. I mean, it could be, and we won’t judge you, but with the upcoming Kinect device for the Xbox 360, we think this may be the best first game that your children to try. Especially after seeing a flawless [...]

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On Friday, the teams at Atari and Eden Games revealed the next car that will be playable in Test Drive Unlimited 2: the Aston Martin One-77.  Why the special name for it?  The car is only being produced in a limited run totalling 77 units, which means it’ll be quite rare and quite expensive as [...]

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EA Sports announced last month that EA Sports Active 2 was in development for Kinect on the Xbox 360, and will be available in North America on November 16. The EA Sports Active 2 console-based fitness programs will deliver true fitness results with an innovative heart rate monitor, wireless tracking, as well as a new online hub to track [...]

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