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'Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts' (X360) Getting Text Issue Fix After All

by Rainier on Nov. 8, 2008 @ 12:31 p.m. PST | Filed under News

In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts the Lord of the Games is tired of the petty squabbling between Banjo and the evil witch Gruntilda over the years, and has arranged a showdown to decide the rightful owner of Spiral Mountain. Earlier this week Rare said it wouldn't fix the reported small text issue with standard TVs, but apparently Microsoft Game Studios PR has other plans as it's "currently working on a title update to be released within the next 30 days that will fix it for those with Standard Definition TVs."

'Fishing Master World Tour' (Wii) - 40 New Screens

by Rainier on Nov. 8, 2008 @ 5:03 a.m. PST | Filed under News

The new Fishing Master World Tour offers over 200 different types of fish to catch and enables players to catch fish in over forty different locations across seven different regions. Fish on Easter Island, under the Golden Gate Bridge, on the Amazon River and many more exotic global locations.

'WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009' (ALL) Soundtrack Revealed

by Rainier on Nov. 8, 2008 @ 4:42 a.m. PST | Filed under News

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 will unleash a new tag team experience, allowing players to build momentum and attributes, eliminate opponents with high impact double teams and finishers, as well as get the “hot tag” for the win.

'The Lord of the Rings: Conquest' (ALL) - 9 New Screens

by Rainier on Nov. 7, 2008 @ 7:34 p.m. PST | Filed under News

The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is an action-packed game set in the Lord of the Rings universe of J.R.R. Tolkien where players will fight epic battles any way they want, whether it be as the heroic forces of good, or as the legions of Sauron’s evil army, including Cave-trolls, Oliphaunts, the Balrog and Sauron himself.

WalMart Giving $100 Gift Card With $399 PS3

by Rainier on Nov. 7, 2008 @ 7:29 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Starting Sat. Nov. 8 at 8AM, Wal-Mart is giving people who buy the $399 PS3 model a $100 gift card. Unlike the earlier models, the 80GB PS3 is not backwards compatible with PS2 titles. On top of that offer, Wal-Mart is also throwing in a $30 gift card when buy either the $129 PS2 or a $199 Ratchet & Clank PSP Bundle, guaranteeing a minimum of 4 per store for all of the above.

Various Game Trailers #1474

by Rainier on Nov. 7, 2008 @ 5:27 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

  • NCAA Basketball 09 [PS2/PS3/X360] - Tough Places to Play Trailer
  • Need for Speed Undercover [ALL] - Battle Gameplay Trailer
  • Sacred 2 [PS3/X360/PC] - Intro to Ancaria Trailer #3
  • Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection [PS3/X360] - Trailer
  • Street Fighter IV [ALL] - Seth Gameplay Trailer
  • Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix [PS3/X360] - Combo Trailer
  • Sonic Unleashed [Wii/PS3/X360] - Trailers (2)
  • Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World [Wii] - Intro Trailer
  • A Kingdom for Keflings [XBLA] - Avatar Trailer


  • We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

'Left 4 Dead' (ALL) Demo Hacked, Now Featuring Split-Screen, Zombies, Maps

by Rainier on Nov. 7, 2008 @ 5:22 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Set in a modern day survival-horror universe, the co-operative gameplay of Left 4 Dead casts four "Survivors" in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying "Boss Infected" mutants. Not 24 hours after Valve gave pre-order fans early access to the demo, users have hacked it to pieces allowing you to play split-screen co-op on PC (2nd player using controller), enabling zombies from the versus mode in singleplayer vs. 4 AI survivors, while modders have also found how to import fan favorite Counter Strike map de_Dust into the game.

'WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009' (ALL) Create-A-SuperStar - New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Nov. 7, 2008 @ 5:15 p.m. PST | Filed under News

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 will unleash a new tag team experience, allowing players to build momentum and attributes, eliminate opponents with high impact double teams and finishers, as well as get the “hot tag” for the win.

'Guitar Hero World Tour' (ALL) Gets Oasis And Bond Tracks

by Rainier on Nov. 7, 2008 @ 3:46 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Guitar Hero: World Tour will feature guitar, vocals, drums, the ability to create your own songs (and upload them on GHTunes), four-player on/offline co-op, and an eight-player battle of the bands multiplayer mode (4vs4). Activision has just released the Oasis Track Pack and the Quantum of Solace single Another Way to Die as DLC on X360, PS3 and Wii.

'NecroVisioN' - 30 New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Nov. 7, 2008 @ 3:42 p.m. PST | Filed under News

NecroVisioN is a next-gen First Person Shooter that starts in the rage battlefields of World Word I and leads player to much darker and brutal underground world of vampires and demons.