Posts By James Reith

Shadows Of The Damned & Child Of Eden Flop In US

Shadows Of The Damned & Child Of Eden Flop In US

Adding fuel to the contradictory bonfire that gamers cry for originality and then don't buy the titles that try for it, Shadows Of The Damned and Child Of Eden have, predictably, flopped sales-wise,... Read More

Rumour: Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 To Be Announced At Comic-Con

Rumour: Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 To Be Announced At Comic-Con

According to an unconfirmed report on comics blog The Quarter Bin, next week's Comic-Con will host the announcement of Ultimate MVC3. We know that MVC3 Producer Ryota Niitsuma will have his own panel ... Read More

Link To The Past – With A Portal Gun?

Link To The Past – With A Portal Gun?

[HTML1] Ever thought Zelda: A Link To The Past was missing a little something from the massive inventory it already provides?Read More

Famous Games As Book Covers

Famous Games As Book Covers

Artist A.J. Hateley has reimagined several popular computer games in the style of old Penguin book covers. The low-res image above doesn't really do these justice. Check out Unreality for the full s... Read More

Starfox Crew Fill The Gaps In 3DS’ Eco-Friendly Cases

Starfox Crew Fill The Gaps In 3DS’ Eco-Friendly Cases

A 3DS game case uses less plastic and is littered with little square openings. Normally these are just boring holes, but Starfox 64 3DS' packaging will be using double sided cover art, meaning that up... Read More

Nintendo Encounter Difficulties Porting Classics To 3DS

Nintendo Encounter Difficulties Porting Classics To 3DS

It seems no one thought that porting a 2D game to stereoscopic 3D would be a problem... Using NES Shooter Xevias as an example, Nintendo's Takao Nakano explains the perils of these previously unforese... Read More

EA Buy Popcap For $750 Million

EA Buy Popcap For $750 Million

In perhaps the biggest buyout in gaming since EA purchased Bioware, EA have now gobbled up Popcap games for a hefty $650 million in cash and a further $100 million in shares of EA common stock to sele... Read More

‘Tim Scahfer Pitches A New Game’ Video

‘Tim Scahfer Pitches A New Game’ Video

[HTML1] Tim pitches a new game to one tough cookie of a producer. The video is promoting Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster for Kinect which is being developed by Tim Schafer's Double Fine Producti... Read More

Fallout New Vegas: Old World Blues DLC Trailer

Fallout New Vegas: Old World Blues DLC Trailer

[HTML1] Fallout New Vegas goes a little Ed Wood on us from the looks of things, and I mean that in the best way possible. If you can't wait to be the victim of an experiment gone wrong, or just wan... Read More

Final Fantasy Rhythm Game Covers 13 FF Titles In One 3DS Release

Final Fantasy Rhythm Game Covers 13 FF Titles In One 3DS Release

Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy is an upcoming 3DS Rhythm game produced by Square Enix and Indies Zero, the folks behind Retro Game Challenge. The game almost covers all the numbered Final Fantasy games ... Read More

Quirky Japanese No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise Trailer

Quirky Japanese No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy7Az8JPwzQ Fancy being told how it is in Japanese by a Mr. T look-alike with a bleeding neck? Well dream no more.Read More

Street Fighter X Tekken ‘Dhalsim’ Trailer

Street Fighter X Tekken ‘Dhalsim’ Trailer

[HTML1] I thought trailer perhaps a bit too strong for what is essentially a teaser, but then again this teaser does lay it on pretty thick. Piece together the cryptic scraps displayed and who coul... Read More

Bungie Release Pre-Halo Shooter On iPad

Bungie Release Pre-Halo Shooter On iPad

Back in a time which Xbox players call 'The Dark Age', the Master Chief was just a twinkle in Bungie's metaphorical eye. The aforementioned developer did, however, produce a few quality shooters befor... Read More

Cracked Riddle Promises New Arkham City Video For Comic Con

Cracked Riddle Promises New Arkham City Video For Comic Con

The fans over at Arkhamcity.co.uk got their Sherlock caps on and deciphered a code spread over some recent Arkham twitter posts. ArkhamCityNews had been tweeting with certain letters capitalised, the ... Read More

Date Revealed For New Dragon Age II DLC

Date Revealed For New Dragon Age II DLC

A story based expansion for Dragon Age II titled 'Legacy' will be available this month, EA confirmed this during their recent showcase event. The pack will dive further into the Hawke family's story... Read More

PS Vita Video Shows Myriad Of Features: Cross-play, Near & Party Apps

PS Vita Video Shows Myriad Of Features: Cross-play, Near & Party Apps

[HTML1] If you've been living under a rock for the past month, you might not be aware that Sony's PSP successor, previously known as the NGP, was announced as the PS Vita. In this new video, we lea... Read More

Nintendo Downloads For US Gamers

Nintendo Downloads For US Gamers

Here's the list of downloadable games appearing on the WiiWare, DSiWare and eShop stores. Included amongst them is the1991 Laserdisc classic Dragon's Lair II for DSi! WiiWare: Just JAM - Pick up tha... Read More

Bioshock Infinte Full E3 Trailer Hits The Net

Bioshock Infinte Full E3 Trailer Hits The Net

[HTML1] Having previously been shown only to select few behind closed doors at E3, now we may all bask in the wonder of the floating city of Columbia. This is the full 15 minute trailer and it is w... Read More

Ubisoft Launch ‘Ubicollectibles’ Merchandise

Ubisoft Launch ‘Ubicollectibles’ Merchandise

Ubisoft, the developer behind such massive franchises as Assassin's Creed, Tom Clancy' Ghost Recon and Might & Magic, has launched a new limited edition merchandise based on their popular series... Read More

First Awesomenauts Character Revealed

First Awesomenauts Character Revealed

[HTML1] What is Awesomenauts you may ask, as I most certainly did? It appears to be a 2D multiplayer online battle arena with a mock old-skool sensibility. Ronimo Games, the folks behind awesomenau... Read More