Alan Smithee

Metal Gear Remake…Maybe?

Metal Gear Remake…Maybe?

Kojima had an interview with Kotaku recently about many things, but the one thing that many of us gaming whores are picking up on is the statement he had about doing a remake of the original Metal Gear, which appeared on the MSX2 waaay back in 1987 when I was a mere lad of seven.

 Alan Smithee

No Demo For You — Modern Warfare 2

No Demo For You — Modern Warfare 2

Yup the guys at Infinity Ward have stated that there is no current plans to release a demo prior to the launch of Modern Warfare 2. The company says that they want to use the time that could be used making a demo to putting more and more finishing touches on the game. I think […]

 Ryan Wilson

PAX 2009 First Impressions: Dante’s Inferno

PAX 2009 First Impressions: Dante’s Inferno

I had the chance to get in some quality time with EA’s upcoming hack-and-slash title Dante’s Inferno, very loosely based on the first part of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem Divine Comedy.  Like the poem, the game is a journey through the Nine Circles of Hell: Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treason.  […]

 Alan Smithee

Square Enix Handling Modern Warfare 2 in Japan

Square Enix Handling Modern Warfare 2 in Japan

Above is an image from Square Enix’s website in Japan, notice anything similar?!? Yup, it looks like Squeenix will be doing all the legwork when it comes to having Modern Combat 2 come out in Japan…oh you’re welcome, by the way, for the translation.

 Alan Smithee

PS3 Mass Effect on the Way?

PS3 Mass Effect on the Way?

All signs are pointing to ‘not right now’ on a PS3 version of Mass Effect. The guys over at CVG had a recent interview with the same fella who went on and on about Dragon Age: Origins yesterday and he pretty much gave us the industry standard double-talk treatment.

 Alan Smithee

Dual Wielding in Modern Warfare 2

Dual Wielding in Modern Warfare 2

Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling showed off a video recently of their world-ending FPS coming out this year, Modern Warfare 2 last week at a GameCrazy show that showed off a unique perk…that showed the player character dual-wielding Desert Eagles.

 Alan Smithee

PS3 Slim Still Costs Sony

PS3 Slim Still Costs Sony

Kaz Hirai had an interview the other day with Times Online in which he admitted that even with the reduced production costs and reduced form factor of the PlayStation 3 Slim, that the company is still not making any money on hardware sales.

 Alan Smithee

BioWare says Dragon Age has over 120 hours of gameplay

BioWare says Dragon Age has over 120 hours of gameplay

You can learn a ton about this industry when you pay attention to what people say during industry shows…like how last week, the studio chief for BioWare let it slip how long he’s been playing Dragon Age: Origins.

 Alan Smithee

European PS3 Gamers, Great Deals Headed Your Way

European PS3 Gamers, Great Deals Headed Your Way

All of you lovely gamers in Europe who are waiting to pick up the PlayStation 3 Slim will have a little more reason to get one. On the heels of the launch of the newest version of the hardware (on the 1st of September), SCEE will have 3 great titles added to it’s roster of […]

 Alan Smithee

Borderlands DLC Already Being Made

Borderlands DLC Already Being Made

Randy Pitchford, lead of Gearbox…the guys who are making Borderlands, has stated recently that there is DLC already in development for their game before it’s even been released. Oh you silly man you!

 Alan Smithee

GC 2009: New Castlevania Trailer

At GamesCom last week, Konami released a trailer for the new Castlevania that has Kojima attached to it.

 Alan Smithee

Avatar – Game Trailer

Continuing the love fest that I have for this movie, THQ released the trailer above at GamesCom this week in Germany. It doesn’t really give anything new from the movie, but at least it doesn’t appear as if it’s Ferngully the Game. I don’t care what people say, the movie’s gonna rock, but the game…might […]

 Alan Smithee

GC 2009: Dante’s Inferno Trailer

Thanks to the fellas at Joystiq attending GamesCom in Germany, we’re lucky enough to have a new trailer from EA’s event earlier today. I really had no intention of liking this game until I read a whole bunch of the games level design and synopsis over on Wikipedia, now, I’m actually looking forward to this […]

 Alan Smithee

GC 2009: Heavy Rain Trailer

The game is out next year and is an exclusive to the PS3. The designers consider it a “Psychological Thriller”, I consider it pretty. The full title is Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer, and there is very little else known.

 Alan Smithee

Dante’s Inferno Dated

Dante’s Inferno Dated

Gamers everywhere will be able to get their hands on the video game interpretation of the classic piece of literature in the US on the 9th of February and in the EU by the 12th of the same month.