PAX Prime 2010 – Dance Central: Hands-on Impressions
Dance Central debuted quizzically at E3 this year, but as time and more hands on (dance on?) impressions have come out, it’s become the showcase game for Microsoft’s new Kinect. It’s the only game in the entire lineup that I want to play, and being able to finally get some time with it was great. [...]
Xbox 360 “slim” – first impressions review
Impressions, or, BSCreview’s Gaming Editor Nabs An Xbox 360 It’s a sad state of affairs when a Gaming Editor doesn’t have all of the hardware and tools available to provide the best coverage of an ever-growing industry. Namely, these tools include the three next-gen gaming consoles on the market today: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii. [...]
E3 Press Conference Impressions: Microsoft
Microsoft was the first company to have their press conference at this year’s E3. Not only were they first to showcase their products and games, they decided to have two events within two days. However, neither of them inspired any confidence for the gamers who made Microsoft and the Xbox what it is today. Sunday [...]
Halo Reach Beta launches today
If you purchased Halo 3: ODST, you were allowed a noteworthy perk today. On the game’s main menu was listed the option “Play the Beta”. That’s right. Five months earlier than the scheduled wide release, Microsoft, along with developer, Bungie, is allowing gamers to try out the beta version of their next big title, Halo: [...]
State of the Industry, So…Now What?
God of War III is here, as is BioShock 2, Final Fantasy XIII, and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. If your wallet is suffering now, don’t take a breath. I was digging around online recently to see what was on the horizon. We’re in a very brief lull – the calm before the storm. Splinter Cell: [...]
E3 2010, Microsoft’s “Project Natal” Debuts on Sunday, June 13th
Not to be outdone by Nintendo’s 3DS hand-held reveal, two days later Microsoft made an E3 announcement of its own: “Project Natal”, Microsoft’s groundbreaking motion technology codename, will have its world debut on Sunday, June 13, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA (but not at the Convention Center). The show will start on Tuesday, June 15th [...]
New Game Releases Week of March 21, 2010
Week of March 21, 2010 release list by platform, including genre of each title: microsoft XBOX 360 Just Cause 2 – Action/Adventure MotoGP 09/10 – Racing How to Train Your Dragon – Action (based on movie of same name) Game Room (Xbox Live Arcade) – Compilation nintendo WII Red Steel 2 – First-person shooter Rooms: [...]
EA Will Not Be Outdone, “Mapathy” Ad Jabs at Competition
In response to Activision/Infinity Ward’s “Mapathy” ad that announces the first map pack DLC for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, EA/DICE announces the first map pack for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be released on March 30 – the same day as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2′s map pack. Only…DICE’s map pack will [...]
Final Fantasy XIII, 5 Million Shipped
Released last night: 2 million units shipped in Japan since the December 2009 release and 3 million shipped to the West for the March 9th release. That’s units shipped, not sold, but still. With this 5 million unit shipment of FFXIII, that brings the total shipped unit total for the entire Final Fantasy series to [...]
Aliens vs. Predator Map Pack DLC, March 18
It’s called The Swarm Map Pack and it’s coming to the general public on March 18, 2010. Those who purchased the Special Edition already have them. The DLC will run you $7.00 U.S. Two maps will be specifically for the competitive multiplayer and two will be for the cooperative modes, totaling four maps in this [...]
Hot Deals, Amazon Xbox Bundle Packs Lots of 3′s
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 is packing a retail punch for gamers, and good things come in 3′s. In addition to the much-anticipated release of Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Elite console is getting a voluptuous bundle packed to the gills. Amazon.com just posted a link – albeit inactive as of this writing – [...]
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Review
EA may have a lot of ground to cover before they take the FPS action crown away from Activision’s Call of Duty franchise, but their well-known and critically acclaimed Battlefield series has built a fan base that rivals the best Activision has to offer. And with the recent upheaval at Infinity Ward, resulting in a [...]
