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Be Afraid of the Dark: The Darkness II Demo Impressions

The Darkness II demo is available now for download, so I did just that and gave it a try. Published by 2K Games, The sequel to The Darkness continues the violent story of Jackie Estacado as he continues to deal with his inner demons, literally. The Darkness II takes place a couple of years after the original, and Jackie is still mourning the death of his girlfriend Jenny. He has managed to hold the Darkness ...

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Is Neo Geo Going Portable?

Kotaku has reported that SNK Playmore may be getting back into the hardware business with a new device simply called the Neo-Geo Portable. The new handheld comes with a 4.3 inch LCD display, four face and shoulder buttons, AV output, an analog stick, SD card support and 2GB of storage under the hood. You won’t just get the device alone, as the memory card is preloaded with the following titles: World Heroes ...

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Asura’s A@#, I mean Wrath: Demo Impressions

If you played the demo that's in the PSN store and on XBL I'm sure you will get the title. Where do I begin with this epic fail of a game? Before I get into it, let me tell you the back-story. A long time ago I was a guest on the Warzone with Torrence Davis, Hip Hop Gamer and several of us were blown away when we saw the trailer and so on. Fast forward to now...and I have to say that this game is a@#! I del ...

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Guild Wars 2 Releases Later this year, Beta Expanded

Straight from the ArenaNet Blog, the founder and President of ArenaNet Mike O’ Brien started off the Year of the Dragon with some very good news. Guild Wars 2 is expected to release later this year, and select press will be invited to participate in beta testing. March and April will see the studio increasing the size of their beta test events so more gamers can join in the fun. This is very good news to me ...

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Visceral Games Developing a New Online Shooter

Visceral Games has confirmed through a job posting that the studio is working on a new IP described as a “thrilling online action shooter game” and will be the “cornerstone for a new EA Games Studio”. The studio is looking for a lead multiplayer designer, who will also be tasked in designing maps and mentoring the new studio’s other designers. Visceral Games will be pretty busy if current rumors hold up bec ...

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Step Ya Game Up Podcast Episode 99: Are You Getting Tired Of Video Games?

Blade206, DCI and WorseCase come together once again to bring you another entertaining episode of Step Ya Game Up. On this week's episode we talk about the following: - Does Star Wars: The Old Republic Interest you? - Is Microsoft the ugly girl of the bunch? - PS Vita sales vs. 3DS sales - THQ Having financial issues - Microsoft Or Sony to announce they're dropping out of the console race at E3 2012 - PS4 a ...

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CES 2012 for Dummies: Vol. 2 Part 2

Day 2 & 3 So it’s true; CES is over for 2012. Knowing this may very well be our last one…you know…seeing that the world is gonna end and all, it was a pretty good one. To back up that claim, we could go through every little thing that made it great but, that’s no fun. That’s also time-consuming and, with this being the internet and all, you’re probably not going read all of that. Instead, why not just g ...

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DC Universe Online Celebrates One Year Anniversary – Game Update 8

2011 was a pretty big year for DC Universe Online, and SOE has some pretty interesting statistics to share with us. Since launch, DCUO has seen: More than 3.5 million Heroes, more than 2 million Villains More than 1.8 million registered players on PC, and more than 2.3 million registered players on PS3 3.6 million days of playtime total by all players in-game More than 1,200 new NPC characters added since l ...

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Oops, Diablo 3 for consoles wasn’t confirmed after all

Recently, Blizzard Community manager Micah Whipple responded on Twitter about Diablo 3 coming to consoles which sounded very much like a confirmation. Unfortunately the tweet was taken out of context and only stating that a console version is still a possibility and not a reality. Here is a statement given to IGN about the matter: "Bashiok's response on Twitter was intended as a confirmation that we're acti ...

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Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Delayed – Makes up for it with a Multiplayer Beta

If you plan on getting your hands on Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Solider, than you might have to wait a little longer. Ubisoft announced that they are delaying the newest addition to the Ghost Recon franchise until May 22 in North America, and May 24 in Europe. The PC version will be arriving at an unannounced date. That doesn’t mean you have to wait until May to play it because in April a multiplayer ...

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