Screens: Operation Flashpoint

Screens: Operation Flashpoint

Tweet Codemasters wants gamers to witness the ruthless precision of the US Special Forces and feel the fear of impending battle in Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. Players will take a decisive role in degusing a military flashpoint between two global superpowers that threatens the entire world. As part...

Resident Evil: The Dark Side Chronicles Screenshots

Resident Evil: The Dark Side Chronicles Screenshots

Tweet Resident Evil has long been one of my favorite franchises. Hands down, it has supplied more scares than any other series, including Fatal Frame or Silent Hill. The Nintendo Wii is receiving another Resident Evil title in the form of Resident Evil: The Dark Side Chronicles. Taking the protagonists of...

Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny Trailer

Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny Trailer

Tweet Samurai Shodown is one of the classic fighting genre franchises. I remember it existing around the same time I would go to the arcade to play Street Fighter II and school noobs with Guile. Nowadays, my main character is Ryu, but on Samurai Shodown my go-to-guy was Hanzo. He’s a ninja and I...

Happy Fourth Of July, Evil Readers!

Happy Fourth Of July, Evil Readers!

Tweet We just wanted to take a moment, during our busy BBQ-eating, beer-imbibing, explosive-handling day to wish you all a Happy Fourth Of July. You can see in the image above a few of the tasty gaming gems we’ll be playing this weekend, if we ever get enough time in front of the TV. What will YOU be...

Cocoto Platform Jumper hits the Wii store

Cocoto Platform Jumper hits the Wii store

Tweet Neko entertainment, an independent developer, announced that it’s newest title “Cocoto Platform Jumper” is now available for purchase in the Wii Store. The game goes a bit against the grain by casting the main character as a demon living in Hell, whose friends are captured by the God...

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Screenshots

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Screenshots

Tweet Once a title that wasn’t going to be released in the United States because of the multiple holders of rights to the characters, somehow Nintendo has bypassed all the red tape to release this new title by Capcom. A new entry in their “VS” series, previous titles like Marvel vs. Capcom...

Batman: Arkham Asylum Inside the Asylum Behind the Scenes

Batman: Arkham Asylum Inside the Asylum Behind the Scenes

Tweet When I first saw Batman: Arkham Asylum in the form of a screenshot, I was a little hesitant about the possibility of a “good” Batman title. After watching a few videos of the game in action, my anticipation rose a lot. Then after E3 2009 and watching people play the game and seeing the...

Midway Acquired By Warner Bros.

Midway Acquired By Warner Bros.

Tweet Anyone who has followed video game news over the last 10 years knows that Midway has dramatically fallen from grace.  The onetime publisher of such great games as NFL Blitz, NBA Jam, Rampage and of course Mortal Kombat, has seen exponentially diminishing returns with each console generation.  After...

The Importance of Narrative

The Importance of Narrative

Tweet In my gaming history, starting back with Pong of all things, the games I enjoyed the most had stories that enveloped you as the main character. I have fond memories of Super Dodgeball and how racist that game actually is. The inclusion of defeated enemies turning into angels also provided some...

Ubisoft announces Heroes Over Europe

Ubisoft announces Heroes Over Europe

Tweet If ever there was an aspect of World War II that you’d think would be perfect fodder for video games, it would’ve been the aerial combat – the idea of flying aces known for their proficiency in taking down their enemies and given actual scores for their kills seems like something that...