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The game Wheelman starring Vin Diesel has hit game stores today Wheelman a cross promotion with Midway games and published by Ubisoft. The demo is up on the Marketplace so check it out. Vin’s own studio created the game and he also stars in the game about a wheelman who seems to be able to [...]

Like the old saying goes: “In space, no good deed goes unpunished.”
Or maybe I’m mixing my aphorisms. Still, you’d be hard-pressed to come up with a more compact summation of Mass Effect 2’s overriding ethos. See, when last I teamed up with Commander Yukiko Shepard of the SSV Normandy, she’d just saved all sentient [...]

There’s a lot to soak in when seeing, or playing, Red Dead Redemption for the first time. There’s obvious stuff, like how it applies a lot of Rockstar’s open-world principles into the setting of the rural West. Or how in addition to the open-world mechanics, the core combat now features prominently features cover. Or the [...]

In slightly shocking news from Nintendo, it looks like the father of Mario and Zelda , Shigeru Miyamoto, will not be taking the stage at the company’s E3 press conference in LA next week, kickstarting rumours that a new Super Mario game could well be announced at the show. Miyamoto has been more focused on [...]

Few games live up to the hype during the wait before release. If you were watching the NFL NFC Championship game on Sunday you saw the special 2 minute trailer for Mass Effect 2. The trailer looked fantastic and just added to the hype and the early reviews have been very high for the sequel. [...]

After watching Microsoft and Sony drop the prices on the Xbox 360 and the PS3, Nintendo has decided to jump in with a price cut as well. Starting September 27th, the Wii will cost $199 in North America, a $50 drop from the previous price. Japan will be getting a slightly smaller price cut, but [...]

The economy is still struggling, but that isn’t stopping the video game industry from pushing games out the door at a blistering pace. In addition to Sony’s new handheld video game system, the PSPgo , more than 40 different titles are being released this week. Clicking on any of the title names will give you [...]