Advertising

As an Amazon Associate, we earn commission from qualifying purchases.





Rainier's Articles


'Rainbow Six Vegas' (ALL) Demo On Xbox Live .. Again

by Rainier on Nov. 1, 2006 @ 4:14 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Rainbow operatives take to the chaotic streets of Las Vegas as an escalating terrorist siege in "Sin City" threatens to take world terrorism to new, uncontrollable heights. After a brief print mag exclusivity, Ubisoft has now released the 477mb single-player demo on Xbox Live Marketplace, now also available in North America.

'NBA Street Homecourt' (PS3/X360) - 9 New Screens

by Rainier on Nov. 1, 2006 @ 3:34 a.m. PST | Filed under News

NBA Street series expands on the fast-paced and larger-than-life 3-on-3 basketball gameplay, creating a hyper-real world that merges legendary courts with the hometown courts of your favorite NBA stars into one seamless city of streetball moments.

'Criminal Crackdown' (PS3) Now Known At 'Calling All Cars'

by Rainier on Nov. 1, 2006 @ 3:23 a.m. PST | Filed under News

In Calling All Cars you take the role of a bounty hunter careening around a stylish cartoon world on the hunt for criminals on the loose. Originally announced as Criminal Crackdown, Jaffe revealed that it has now been renamed to Calling All Cars, possibly to distance the game from Microsoft's X360 title Crackdown

Various Game Trailers #924

by Rainier on Oct. 31, 2006 @ 10:25 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 :

  • Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz [Wii] - Trailer
  • Superman Returns [PS2/Xbox/X360] - Audio Trailer
  • Thrillville [PS2/Xbox] - Featurette Trailer #2
  • Konductra [NDS] - Trailer


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

30 Virtual Console (Wii) Titles Available Before Year's End

by Rainier on Oct. 31, 2006 @ 10:18 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Nintendo is making the greatest video game archive in history available for download to its Virtual Console. On top of the 530 GameCube titles, Nintendo will have 30 classic games available for download, from NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx16 consoles.

'Halo 3' (X360) Pre-Order Starts Tomorrow

by Rainier on Oct. 31, 2006 @ 5:45 p.m. PST | Filed under News

The epic saga continues with Halo 3, in this third chapter of the Halo trilogy, Master Chief returns to finish the fight, bringing the epic conflict between the Covenant, the Flood, and the entire human race to a dramatic, pulse-pounding climax. Starting tomorrow GameStop allows you to pre-order Halo 3, which comes in 3 versions : Standard ($59.99), Collector's ($69.99), and Legendary Edition ($99.99).

'Metal Slug Anthology' (PSP/Wii) - 15 New Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 31, 2006 @ 5:38 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Celebrating Metal Slug’s 10th Anniversary, SNK Playmore and Ignition Entertainment will release Metal Slug Anthology, containing: Metal Slug 1 through 6; with Metal Slug 1 and 2 making their first appearances on a home console, since the NEOGEO AES system.

'Viva Pinata' (X360) Goes Gold

by Rainier on Oct. 31, 2006 @ 5:08 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Rare's Viva Pinata brings a vibrant world of living pinata animals to video games, television and beyond. The Viva Pinata universe showcases an engaging cast of colorful, wild-roaming pinata animals that entertain and challenge imaginations. Viva Pinata has gone gold and is on track for its November 9, 2006 release date.

'X3: Reunion 2.0' Announced

by Rainier on Oct. 31, 2006 @ 4:45 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Enlight announced X3: Reunion 2.0, adding new features to the original X3 game, including free expansions, while removing Starforce protection, enabling more players to access the game without the potential performance issues of the copy protection.

'The Ship' Sails for Free On Steam This Weekend

by Rainier on Oct. 31, 2006 @ 3:46 p.m. PST | Filed under News

The Ship is a thriller set onboard a 1920's luxury liner where Mr X, the Ship's owner, has "invited" you to a mysterious game of hunt and hunted, as players must secretly track and extinguish specified passengers while avoiding similar fate. You now get the chance to try out the full game for free starting Thursday, November 2 at 1 pm PDT through Sunday, November 5 at the same time, available on on Steam.