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'Imagine Your Future' Sweepstakes Hands Out $100,000 in Prizes

by Rainier on Sept. 29, 2009 @ 12:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Ubisoft announced that its "Imagine Your Future Sweepstakes, a month-long online sweepstakes that awards more than $100,000 in prizes including four $25,000 college scholarships to aspiring students

Each Day, We Will Spill Their Blood Till It Rains Down From The Skies

by Rainier on Sept. 29, 2009 @ 12:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under MOTD

Not quite sure why yesterday was such a slow news day. Maybe people were traveling back from the Tokyo Game Show, or maybe everybody collectively decided to take the day off.

Either way, it got me some extra time with CrimeCraft, and I also watched "NCIS: Los Angeles," which wasn't as good as the pilot episode from a few months ago, so hopefully it'll pick up.

Believe it or not, the wife and I played Boggle online through Steam, but damn, some of these people are good! The first bunch of people was easy to beat, but once we breezed through the early competitors, the advanced players really gave us a run for our money. It's a simple game, but definitely fun and addictive.

'Super Street Fighter IV' (PS3/X360) Revealed

by Rainier on Sept. 28, 2009 @ 8:09 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

In line with previous Street Fighter installments, Capcom Producer Yoshinori Ono revealed plans to release a enhanced/standalone version of Street Fighter IV. Adding eight new fighters (T. Hawke, Dee Jay, Juri etc), improved online features, balance tweaks to the SF IV roster, new combos, Super Street Fighter IV will add an additional bonus for current SF IV owners but will not be compatible, and will be therefor be sold at a reduced price.

'Deca Sports 2' (Wii) - 29 New Screens

by Rainier on Sept. 28, 2009 @ 7:09 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Deca Sports 2, known in some parts of Europe as Sports Island 2, is an athletic offering, pulling together ten sporting events and pushing the player to their limits, fully using the Nunchuk/Wiimote to control your Mii like characters, including multiplayer.

Various Game Trailers #1697

by Rainier on Sept. 28, 2009 @ 7:05 p.m. PDT | Filed under Trailers

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:

  • Risen [X360/PC] - Intro Trailer
  • Beaterator [PSP] - Artist Montage Trailer #2
  • NBA 10: The Inside [ALL] - Brandon Roy Trailer
  • Dragon Age: Origins [ALL] - Soundtrack Trailer
  • Tekken 6 [PS3/X360] - Motivation Trailer

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

'Lucidity' (X360/PC) Gets Priced

by Rainier on Sept. 28, 2009 @ 4:21 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

In Lucidity, players take a trip into the imagination of Sofi, a young girl who is filled with a persistent desire to explore new worlds and overcome all obstacles in her way.  In this challenging puzzle platform game, players are tasked with keeping Sofi safe as she drifts deeper into the strange new world of her dreams.

'Demon's Souls' (PS3) - 25 New Screens

by Rainier on Sept. 28, 2009 @ 3:27 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Atlus U.S.A. has secured the North American publishing rights for Demon's Souls, a groundbreaking PS3 exclusive action RPG experience. Beautiful, compelling, and unforgiving, Demon's Souls is the hardcore RPG experience PS3 fans have been waiting for.

'Guitar Hero' (ALL) Celebrates Roctober With 25% Off

by Rainier on Sept. 28, 2009 @ 3:23 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

For the first time ever, you can customize the makeup of your band with any combination of instruments in-game: two guitars and two drums, or three guitars and a microphone, etc. while also adding new gameplay mode. Guitar Hero is ushering in Rocktober with a limited-time-only discount on ten favorite tracks available to fans for Guitar Hero 5, Guitar Hero World Tour and the upcoming Band Hero games through XBL.

Monday , September 28, 2009 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on Sept. 28, 2009 @ 2:54 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:


We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

'PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe' (PSP) Coming to PSN Oct. 1

by Rainier on Sept. 28, 2009 @ 11:53 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Inspired by the “tower defense” genre in PixelJunk Monsters, you control a defender-of-the-forest character in a lush 2D environment where you  strategically defend the pathway of your home base from an onslaught of various threatening monsters.