Archive for category Video Games

OnLive Launching This June

Posted by Admin in PC, RSS on March 11th, 2010

OnLive, the magical PC and Mac streaming-game service will be launching June 17th. The on-demand service will cost you $14.95/month. Requiring a 1.5 Mbps connection for standard-def games (5 Mbps for HD), the service pipes games to your PC, TV, Mac…whatever has the client installed! The $14.95/month is the price of entry; games will cost extra. You [...]

Last Character Named For Super Street Fighter IV

Posted by Admin in RSS, Sony PS3, Xbox 360 on March 11th, 2010

Capcom has finally delivered news about the last character to be included in Super Street Fighter IV, a brand new fighter hailing from Turkey named Hakan. According to Capcom the red skinned Yağlı güreş master is set to add “some of the most insane moves and Ultra Combos in the series.” Hakan will join T. Hawk, [...]

Scrap Metal Review

Posted by Admin in RSS, Xbox 360 on March 10th, 2010

The Xbox Live Arcade Block Party is well under way and for the second week of the celebration, Microsoft brings us Scrap Metal from Slick Entertainment, the people who brought N+ over to XBLA. Being the masterminds of marketing they are, Microsoft appears to be employing a rather common tactic of starting with a [...]

Go!Cast Episode # 40 – The One with March Madness

Posted by Admin in RSS, Video Games on March 4th, 2010

Mario and Mike start their 2010 March Madness Video Game tournament, where they rank 65 of this year’s games across four brackets, and explain the details of the tournament. Mario’s fiance, Tina, also makes her Go!Cast debut, as she tells a story about Mario’s inability to return a game, and how she has to step [...]

Toy Soldiers Review

Posted by Admin in RSS, Xbox 360 on March 4th, 2010

To kick-start the Xbox Live Arcade Block Party, a promotion for the upcoming Game Room, Microsoft brings us Toy Soldiers, a World War I tower-defense strategy game starring—you guessed it—toy soldiers. I’m sure I’m not the only one who immediately thought of the old Army Men games when this was announced. As such, [...]

Lazy Raiders Review

Posted by Admin in RSS, Xbox 360 on February 28th, 2010

Indiana Jones, Lara Croft, perhaps even Uncle Traveling Matt…all characters known for their adventures in archaeological exploring. Well, now there’s a new explorer in town and his name is Dr. Diggabone. Acting as the official protagonist, Dr. Diggabone is incredibly lazy and rather than walking around on his own accord like some kind [...]

Video Game Innovations or: stuff that makes gaming better

Posted by Admin in PC, RSS, Xbox 360 on February 25th, 2010

Every now and again a video game console has a feature that is just downright smart. These innovations created a world of difference in game play or in terms of system technology because they added features as well as making gaming easier. Whether the innovation was meant to further add realism or even allow DVD [...]

Things I learned from Video Games (part 2)

Posted by Admin in RSS, Video Games on February 20th, 2010

Welcome back to the next installment of “Things I learned from Video Games”. Here at G3, we believe that video games are a learning experience as well as entertainment. When we play a game you can bet your sweet lucky 3rd grade bicycle helmet that we’re thinking of how it might improve the world at [...]

Sony Cracking Down on Pirates, Renters, and Used Games

Posted by Admin in RSS, Sony PSP on February 17th, 2010

Lately, developers have been fighting back against pirates using in-the-box codes. EA and Bioware have used this strategy with Dragon Age and Mass Effect 2, offering downloadable content like Shale and the Cerberus Network for free to those who’ve bought the game new. Sony’s decided to use this strategy in a new, potentionally aggrivating way. When [...]

120 GB Hard-drive to be discontinued?

Posted by Peter in RSS, Xbox 360 on February 6th, 2010

Recent evidence has come to suggest that the 120 gigabyte hard-drive could be discontinued for the Xbox 360. Eurogamer released a news post earlier this week discussing a price drop for the hard-drive by Microsoft, who were quoted on saying “In Europe, the 120GB Hard Drive is available for an ERP of €129.99 / £79.99 while supplies last“. Now [...]

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Unveiled

Posted by Admin in Nintendo Wii, RSS, Xbox 360 on February 4th, 2010

With speculation running riot over the last few days, the culmination of an enormous community challenge over various social networking sites has concluded with Sega finally announcing the official title for Project Needlemouse. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 1 was unveiled on the Sega blog early this morning alongside the official website launch for the [...]

Nintendo Announces New Pokemon Game

Posted by Admin in Nintendo DS, RSS on January 29th, 2010

It’s completely understandable for you to read that headline and think “Oh great…Pokemon Pinball 3 is something I couldn’t live without this year.” So you’ll be happy to know that when Nintendo says “New Pokemon in 2010,” they mean the good ones. Over in Japan, Nintendo announced a brand new entry in the Pokemon series that [...]

Wii and DS Sales Start to Slow Down

Posted by Admin in Nintendo DS, RSS on January 28th, 2010

Today, Nintendo released their financial report for the nine-month period of April – December 31st, 2009. While the numbers might appear phenominal, they point to a significant decline in sales and a lackluster 2010 for Nintendo. From April-Dec. ‘09, Nintendo managed to sell another 23.35 million DS units (down from 25.62 million in 2008), and 121.38 [...]

New Screenshots for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Posted by Admin in RSS, Sony PSP on January 22nd, 2010

New screenshots for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker have been made available by Konami showing off the game’s multiplayer aspect as well as some character art. Directed by series creator Hideo Kojima, Peace Walker is the first Metal Gear Solid title developed for the Playstation Portable. The screenshots below show some new items, including a [...]

Achievement List for Mega Man 10 Revealed

Posted by Admin in RSS, Xbox 360 on January 22nd, 2010

The achievements list for Mega Man 10 has been revealed thanks to the team at Xbox360 Achievements, and if you thought Capcom were going to make things a little easier after Mega Man 9, you were oh so wrong. As well as the obligatory completed game achievement Capcom has thrown in the almost impossible feat of [...]

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