It’s that time of year again. A time when journalists and developers dust the cobwebs off their suits, drink free vodka until they upchuck on said suits and then pass out. As great as today’s Golden Joystick Awards are for us industry types, though, they’re even better for gamers. Because today is the day when over a million real gamers’ votes are transformed into little phallic-shaped awards.It all means your ...
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Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., has announced DanceDanceRevolution Hottest Party 3 for the Nintendo Wii and DanceDanceRevolution X2 for the Sony PlayStation 2 are both now available nationwide. Featuring new gameplay that delivers physically engaging, innovative and easy-to-pick-up-and-play mechanics, both games boast a bounty of new and enhanced features including improved graphics, new customizations, and all-new game modes. Also, for the first time, Wii users will be able to show off their moves using the Wii Balance Board.
WorthPlaying writes: "In Painkiller: Resurrection you play William 'Wild Bill' Sherman, an ex CIA Agent and specialist for dangerous missions in the Black Ops Special Unit has a big problem: during his last job, he has managed to not only kill the head of an illegal drug operation and a slew of innocent civilians, but himself in a fatal mistake. After last week's snafu, JoWood has released a proper demo"
Valve has released the latest Team Fortress 2 update, now available on Steam.The patch adds several Halloween themed additions including a new map, hats, achievements, ghosts and exploding pumpkins.
Sony has announced that PSP owners can now download LocoRoco Midnight Carnival via the PlayStation Network.LocoRoco Midnight Carnival is roughly 190MB and is priced at $14.99. If you are not quite convinced you can download a demo for the game today and test the Boing Boing for yourself.
HellDescent writes: "While playing the Left 4 Dead 2 demo, we noticed that our friends who were playing the original Left 4 Dead were showing up in in the main menu. Now why would players from the original Left 4 Dead have their online status displayed in Left 4 Dead 2? The only thing that comes to mind is the rumor/experimenting with linking the games that was on the web not too long ago. Valve aimed to bring both sides of Left 4 Dead fans together and stated they were attempting to link the 2 games. This little message under "Online Friends" in the main menu of Left 4 Dead 2 gives much the rumor a big tank sized injection of reality. Hopefully this means we wont have to leave Bill, Zoey, Francis and Louise behind. Only Valve and their super big vault of secrets now that answer. For now, we will have to wait a few more weeks to full release."
NowGamer: Tecmo and Swedish developer Pieces Interactive have announced Fret Nice - a platformer that players control with their rhythm-action peripheralsSporting an especially pleasing 2D art-style reminiscient of LittleBigPlanet and LucasArts' upcoming Lucidity, Fret Nice will hit Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network at the start of next year.
GameRanger Technologies today announced the addition of Borderlands to the multiplayer matchmaking service, GameRanger. Borderlands marks the 600th supported game after just a year since the PC release of GameRanger.GameRanger opened to PC gaming in November 2008 with over 500 supported games. A year later, it has now reached 600 supported games with the latest major title, Borderlands. Unlike the built-in service, GameRanger solves router and firewall network problems automatically, making it simple to host online Borderlands games with friends."Borderlands provides a strong co-op experience that is best played with people you already know," said Scott Kevill, president of GameRanger Technologies. "I'm very pleased offer an easier way for Borderlands fans to play their friends online."GameRanger runs on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 and is available as a free download from http://www.GameRanger.com
GamingUnion.net writes, "Splinter Cell has long been an on-and-off multiplatform series. Originally debuting on the Xbox, the series later made its way to Sony and Nintendo's platforms as well. Splinter Cell: Conviction however is currently exclusive to the Xbox 360, a departure of where the series previously was heading.Ubisoft have announced that Conviction will not be the last installment into the franchise, so naturally questions have been raised about whether future titles will also be Xbox 360 exclusive. We managed to catch up with Yannis Mallat, the CEO of Ubisoft's Toronto and Montreal studios, at the recent GameON: Finance conference to ask him his opinion on the matter."
