Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade

When Shotest Shogi and Basement Pool were originally announced, we were a bit harsh on the latter and quite welcoming to the former. Well thanks to that delisting process that Microsoft unveiled not too long ago, Basement Pool is going to be seeing a bit of a delay. Posting on the Indiegamer boards, Paul Johnson of Rubicon said that while the game is a pet project of his that’ll likely never really die, Rubicon is waiting for Bankshot Billiards to be retired before releasing Basement …

Filed under: News, Xbox Live Marketplace
Just so you know, the FREE Bungie Day 2008 theme and gamer picture pack are now available for download off the Xbox Live Marketplace. W00tacular! And no, your calendar isn’t misinforming you. The downloads are available a day early (tomorrow, July 7th is officially Bungie Day), but that just allows us to celebrate 48 hours of Bungie Day(s). You’ll have to wait for Cold Storage though, it’ll be made available for FREE sometime tomorrow.
Also, when you download today’s free goodies, be sure to note the …

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To go with the pixelated video from earlier, we’ve got a few much better looking screen shots from the new Prince of Persia game. While the shots don’t exactly reveal anything new (and their origination on a message board smells a tad like viral marketing) they do reaffirm the astonishing use of cel shading that the Assassin’s Creed team has been able to pull off.
The three new screens are also accompanied by a few artworks of some monsters that remind us vaguely of Ico, as well some …

Filed under: News, Videos
As you you’re well aware thanks to this blog’s helpfully descriptive title, there’s a new Prince of Persia video making the web rounds, showcasing the game’s first in-game footage. Allegedly. Though, before you get too excited, be well aware that the video is both off-screen and is nothing more than the camera circling around the prince. To be honest, it’s quite a bad video showing us absolutely nothing new or exciting. But it is a Prince of Persia video (allegedly), so we figured we’d share. And for …

Filed under: News, Xbox Live

As Criterion Games wraps up development on the soon-to-be-released Cagney update for Burnout Paradise, the team is already experimenting with what future updates could bring to the title. Previously announced bikes, night-time driving and a new island have been revealed as key additions coming to the game but now Criterion has revealed the team is experimenting with airplanes. Continuing the developer’s admiration for high speed, planes could be an interesting addition to the series but it doesn’t appear that anything is set in stone just yet.
Until …

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Criterion recently announced some “bummer” news regarding Burnout Paradise’s upcoming Cagney update, saying that it will not release on July 10th as originally planned. Tear. Due to the Microsoft certification process taking longer than expected, Criterion confirmed that the Paradise’s Cagney title update will roll out a few days later, on Monday, July 14th. The PS3 Cagney release won’t be affected. So, you can look forward to some hot Cagney update action on the 14th, bringing with it three new freeburn modes, 70 freeburn challenges, new cars and …

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We recently stumbled across some very interesting Bungie related news over on the NeoGAF forums that we’ve A) never heard about and B) feel ashamed for not not having heard about it previously. It’s news that (allegedly) pertains to Bungie’s next super secret project and the possibility that they’ve been dropping subtle hints these past few months. Odd and confusing hints that all point to the little janitor-looking “Superintendent” character you see above.
As the story goes, way back in Might of this year, this mysterious (and adorable) Superintendent …

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Mercenaries 2 news has been lacking a bit lately, so we were rather excited to see a new trailer pop up on the old Gametrailers.com. Actually, it’s a developer walk-through video with the game’s lead designer Scott Warner who shows actual level gameplay but played three different ways with all three Mercenaries 2 personalities. There’s plenty of tactical, covert and overkill gameplay to view complete with head butts, helicopter hijacking, button mashing sequences and explosive goodness that really doesn’t look too bad. Both visually and gameplay wise, …

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Criterion recently announced some “bummer” news regarding Burnout Paradise’s upcoming Cagney update, saying that it will not release on July 10th as originally planned. Tear. Due to the Microsoft certification process taking longer than expected, Criterion confirmed that the Paradise’s Cagney title update will roll out a few days later, on Monday, July 14th. The PS3 Cagney release won’t be affected. So, you can look forward to some hot Cagney update action on the 14th, bringing with it three new freeburn modes, 70 freeburn challenges, new automobiles and …

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When the game was first announced, fanboys on both sides were worried that Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe wouldn’t be able to do justice to either property. While the main of that question is still up in the air, one small part of it has now been answered (for those few who rally care). See, the very first episode of the MKast went up recently and promised again to its followers that the game would in fact feature the series’ signature Fatalities.
Bu- bu- bu- but Batman doesn’t …