LIVE: Nintendo E3 2009 press conference
We’re live at Nintendo’s press conference at E3 in Los Angeles… 10:50 AM: Doug Aamoth Conference starts at 9am Pacific, 12pm Eastern. Stay tuned for live updates… 12:03 PM: Doug Aamoth and away we go…...
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Bookies think Modern Warfare 2 will be the best seller this year
Anyone who has any doubts over what will be the best-selling video game this holiday season needs to check himself. It will absolutely be Modern Warfare 2. And while I can say that without anything...
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First review of New Super Mario Bros. Wii gives the game a 9.2 (and guess...
Super Mario Bros. Wii doesn't come out here in North America for another five days, but, for whatever reason, it comes out in Australia in two days! That explains why you can find the world's first...
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Daily Crunch: Showdown Edition
It’s very easy to win a Tekken art book from us! $150 Spy pen is probably good enough for “Mission: Impossible” And our costume contest winner is...
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What’s the bigger seller: New Super Mario Bros. Wii or Modern Warfare 2?
So by now you probably already have Modern Warfare 2, have beaten the single-player mode (cheap shot!), and have been killed within three seconds of re-spawning in multi-player mode more times than...
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Braving the weather to see New Super Mario Bros. Wii at the Nintendo World Store
New Super Mario Bros. Wii hits stores today, and it will probably be on of the biggest games of the year. (Little Tommy and Little Susie shouldn't be playing Modern Warfare 2!) To celebrate the launch...
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Rallying around the idea of a North American Nintendo Wii on-demand video...
It must be pretty darn easy being an analyst at one of those fancy Wall Street firms. Take this story, that Nintendo may well launch an on-demand video service for the Wii here in North America next...
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A collection of reasonably priced Xbox 360 games
This is the worst time to be a gamer. Yeah, it's great that so many good games have come out recently (take your pick from New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed II, Left 4 Dead...
View ArticleVideo: Emulated New Super Mario Bros. in 1080p makes us want Wii HD even more
This here is a video of New Super Mario Bros. Wii in 1080p, thanks to the wonders of emulation. (I had completely forgotten about the Dolphin emulator!) If there were ever a reason for Nintendo get...
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Final Fantasy XIII gets 39/40 rating from Famitsu magazine
The Famitsu [JP], Japan's (and probably the world's) most important video game magazine, awarded New Super Mario Bros. for the Wii with a perfect 40/40 rating just last month. It was only the 13th...
View ArticleZero Punctuation doesn’t really like New Super Mario Bros. Wii or Left 4 Dead 2
Just in case you find yourself on crunchgear.com and not escapistmagazine.com, here’s Zero Punctuation’s review of New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Left 4 Dead 2. He’s fairly critical of both, as is his...
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Some Sunday deals for your perusal
Didn’t get what you wanted over the holidays? Still have a little money left in the bank? Here’s a handful of enticing deals for some lazy Sunday shopping.
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New Super Mario Bros. Wii is the fastest single-console game to reach 10...
Can we agree that Modern Warfare 2 was an average shooter, just one that happened to be backed by a gigantic marketing budget? It wasn't bad, certainly, but the story was bat-shit crazy—Red Dawn was...
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Shock: Sony invites devs to make games for the PS3
Flash: Sony executive is bullish about the PS3! The Wii—you've heard of it, yes? Years ago, it was hard to find because it was massively popular. You could find one on eBay, but for like $8 million....
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Ubisoft tries to spin DRM server crash, says the games are just too popular...
Oh, Ubisoft. You so quickly went from the guys that brought us Splinter Cell (young people: Splinter Cell used to be cool in the early to mid 2000s) to the guys that have created the stupidest DRM...
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PAX East 2010: The oddest Street Fighter battle you’e ever seen
You'll find no one here who's not down for a round or two (or 10) of Street Fighter. No one! In fact, I'm half-convinced that that's Greg under that helmet.
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