This weekend I noticed that there was a demo for Costume Quest on XBLA, and I honestly didn’t know much about it. When I mentioned the game to a gamer buddy of mine, he hadn’t heard much about it either. It’s a game from Tim Schafer’s company Double Fine who if you don’t know, employs some of the minds behind …
It’s an indie title; you’ve surely heard of it. Reviewers are already loving it for its old-school platforming awesomeness and take-no-shit-tough-as-nails attitude. It also comes out today on Xbox Live Arcade, but it’s releasing on WiiWare, PC and MAC at a later stage. Because it’s an indie title, the developers (just two guys) don’t have to answer to stuffy, corporate bigwigs or …
Because, for some weird reason, there are lots of news pieces floating about today that are all inextricably connected with the digital distribution of games. We’re talking about full games for digital distribution, and not downloadable content, which we’ve already seen isn’t as big as one would think. So it’s safe to say I’ve felt a great disturbance in the …
The second game in the apparent Xbox Live Arcade and PSN Dreamcast revival has finally been given a release date. Following on the heels of the poorly ported and ill-received Sonic Adventure, classic frantic arcade and Dreamcast…taxi simulator Crazy Taxi will be released on the download services on November 24. The game will feature updated, 720p graphics and presented in …
Remember that curious Ubisoft published, Housemarque (Super S0tardust HD) developed game we told you about? The one that blended platforming with Ikaruga inspired shifts between light and dark? They’ve finally graced us with a trailer, showing the game’s intriguing bullet-hell gameplay. Sure, the trailer has some pretty dodgy voice-over, but the game looks effing incredible. It really does look like …
Dark Energy Digital, the company who developed Hydrophobia, recently published the XBLA title after years of hard work. When anyone publishes a labour of love, only to see it take some flak from the press, they are surely allowed to get a little miffed. However, when “being miffed” transforms into “downright hateful”, it becomes somewhat problematic. Dark Energy Digital, specifically …
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Yeah, I’m that damned excited! One of the most critically acclaimed, but publicly overlooked and underappreciated games from last gen, Ubisoft’s incredible Beyond Good and Evil will be getting re-released next year. Even better is it’s not some quick, nasty cash in. The game’s going HD, with level textures, character models and even its score being updated to better …
Xbox Live’s Marketplace offers up a variety of goodies for XBL users including Arcade games, a Deal of the Week promotion as well as goodies for avatars, add-ons and more. Xbox Live’s Major Nelson has posted up a list of all of the goodies scheduled to be released over the coming weeks, and we have it all for you right …
Cooking for your family is one of the most important responsibilities in daily life, …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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