Archive for February, 2008

Chains Of Olympus Only 5 Hours Long, But Worth It

Ben Dutka from PSX writes:
"At last week’s Game Developers Conference, it became abundantly clear that independent developers favor quality over quantity, which means we reviewers shouldn’t be putting so much emphasis on length. One developer said the lasting impact a game has on the player is far more important than the amount […]

Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon

Life is good for the residents of Heartflame Island, especially since new robots and automated machines do almost all of the work. But technology is a tool–not an answer to all problems. Maybe that’s why everyone is a little uneasy about […]

Hands-on GTA IV Previews are Live

The latest — and eagerly anticipated — previews have finally landed! As GTA4.net has been saying for a few days now, Kikizo, IGN, CVG, GameSpy, 1UP, Team XBox and Gamespot (amongst others) were all treated to yet another exclusive look at Grand Theft Auto IV.
Read the whole story for a summary of […]

European / Others Hardware Charts for Week Ending February 23rd, 2008

VGChartz reports that the European / Others hardware charts for week ending February 23rd, 2008 was as follows:
(IN brackets is last weeks #)
Total:
DSL: 150,304 (166,677) Wii: 84,567 (104,543) PS3: 69,575 (76,306) PSP: 44,701 (46,218) 360: 44,040 (46,409) […]

Jumper

Jumpers, people with a genetic anomaly that enables them to teleport themselves instantaneously to anywhere on the globe, have existed for centuries. An age-old battle rages between the Jumpers and the Paladins, a clandestine organization set on eliminating them from the […]

Confirmed: Initial D For PS3 - First Images Inside

We reported a few days ago that the next installment of the Initial D racing series could be headed for the PlayStation 3, however it was only a rumour at the time.
Now a Japanese magazine has confirmed the existence of the title, as well as revealing the very first images of the […]

Interview: Infinity Ward Talks Call of Duty 4

Tom’s Hardware writes:
"Here at Tom’s Games we’re big fans of Infinity Ward and Call of Duty 4 so when the opportunity to interview Robert Bowling - Community Relations Manager at Infinity Ward and IAmFourZeroTwo blogger - at GDC presented itself we jumped at the chance.
We’ll give you fair warning, […]

PS2 Review - Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One should not be confused with the game bearing nearly the same title, released for PC and XBox 360. “Big Red One” has been released for PS2, XBox, and Gamecube. Yet another WWII first person […]

PSP Fanboy review: God of War: Chains of Olympus

The life of Kratos may have been one long Greek tragedy after the next, but the God of War series and the success it reaps is anything but tragic. To call it so would be blasphemous to the gods, for each game in the action-packed series has never failed to impress. As the latest entry […]

Turning Point: Fall of Liberty

Not another typical WWII game set in the European or Pacific theatres, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty sees history take a catastrophic turn for the worse as the game opens with the German invasion of the U.S. via New York. Taking […]