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Rainier's Articles


'Monster Lab' (NDS/Wii) - New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Nov. 3, 2008 @ 6:09 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Monster Lab is a blend between action & RPG, allowing you to compose your own fighter by mixing & matching various body parts, taking your creature out to fight others and upgrading as you move up the ladder.

Monday, November 3, 2008 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on Nov. 3, 2008 @ 6:04 p.m. PST | 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:

'Bigfoot: Collision Course' (NDS/Wii) - 13 New Screens

by Rainier on Nov. 3, 2008 @ 3:49 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Since it's inception, Bigfoot has been the leader of the pack in innovation and development in the monster truck industry. Get ready for some mind blowing 4x4 care crushing action starring "The Original Monster Truck", Bigfoot!

'Metal Gear Online' (PS3) Commemorative Campaign Celebrates 1 Million Users

by Rainier on Nov. 3, 2008 @ 3:36 p.m. PST | Filed under News

To celebrate Metal Gear Online's 1 million users since its June 2007 launch, Konami will launch a special campaign, Metal Gear Online: Commemorative Campaign," that will officially begin on Nov. 25, 2008, awarding 10,000 reward points to gamers who access MGO during the 2 week promotion.

'Dynasty Warriors 6' (PS2/PC) Goes Gold

by Rainier on Nov. 3, 2008 @ 2:21 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Dynasty Warriors 6 will deliver the massive scale and realistic atmosphere that players have come to expect from the series, but will redefine the Tactical Action experience, with completely re-imagined character designs and weapons, yet maintaining familiar characterizations that are accurate to culturally depictions.

'Colosseum' (X360) - 5 New Screens

by Rainier on Nov. 3, 2008 @ 2:19 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Colosseum, developed by Swedish studio Shortfuse Games, is a cel-shaded 3D fighting game featuring a single-player segment, but with a heavy multiplayer focus.

THQ Confirms Multiple Studio Closures, Layoffs

by Rainier on Nov. 3, 2008 @ 2:07 p.m. PST | Filed under News

This morning, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter sharply lowered the annual price target for THQ, similarly to what he did last week with EA before they announced increased loss and pending payoffs, indicating that the Calabasas publisher's upcoming financial result (Nov. 5) might be less rosy than expected. Earlier today, it was rumored that THQ might close several of its studios, which has now been confirmed to us by its PR. Paradigm Entertainment, Mass Media, Helixe, Locomotive Games and Sandblast Games have all been shuttered, while Juiced Games reportedly and Rainbow Studios laid off part of their staff.

'Salvation' (X360/PC) - New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Nov. 3, 2008 @ 12:56 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Salvation is a third-person shooter game set in the near-future where the world government has staged Judgment Day, replicated Christ and Antichrist in order to kill them off and assume ultimate power. Any dissidents are killed or sent to a cybernetic virtual Hell, causing a human to suffer unbearably.

'You're In The Movies' (X360) Goes Gold, Gets Dated

by Rainier on Nov. 3, 2008 @ 12:41 p.m. PST | Filed under News

You're In The Movies is a minigame-laden party game that takes players' action and cobbles them together into campy B-flicks.

'Beltion: Beyond Ritual' - 4 New Screens

by Rainier on Nov. 3, 2008 @ 11:39 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Beltion: Beyond Ritual is Rostok-Games' alternative fantasy RPG, in development since 2004. Beltion allows the player a freeform gameplay with a mix of fantasy and historical reality of medieval Europe.