Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (iPad)

Grand Theft Auto, one of the biggest franchises in videogames, now rides shotgun on iPad. A port of the PlayStation Portable edition of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (which was in turn a port of a Nintendo DS game), the iPad version is a phenomenal play. You are Huang Lee, the spoiled son of a Triad [...]

Rumor pegs Nintendo 3DS for November 11th in Japan

Remember when Nintendo said it’d release its release date for the 3DS autostereoscopic portable game system on the 29th of this month? We may already have the magic number — depending on how you interpret a few Japanese words. You see, a supposed video game accessory designer by the handle “nocchisan” recently tweeted that eleven Nintendo 3DS [...]

Dead or Alive 3DS Reemerges As Dead or Alive Dimensions

We haven’t heard much about Dead or Alive 3DS since E3. And to be honest, we didn’t hear much about it then either. It looks like Tecmo Koei is at long last ready to start talking. Famitsu.com posted today a screenshot-filled look at the game, which is now know as “Dead or Alive Dimensions.” The Famitsu.com [...]

Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (NDS)

Professor Layton and his apprentice, Luke, have already investigated multiple mysteries on the Nintendo DS. Previous iterations in the puzzle franchise, the Curious Village and Diabolical Box, have quickly become fan favorites due to their high production value, fantastical storylines and of course, challenging puzzles. The latest adventure for the good professor, subtitled the Unwound Future, [...]

Black Ops Dedicated Servers Come With a Catch

Call of Duty: Black Ops for PC will ship with dedicated server support this November, but there’s a catch. Activision and Treyarch studios announced it has partnered with GameServers.com to offer exclusive dedicated server rentals when the game launches. “We are extremely excited about this unprecedented relationship with Activision to offer dedicated servers exclusively for Black [...]

FIFA 11: Final Look

Previewing games can be a funny business. You’re either under the watchful gaze of the developers themselves as they unveil their progeny for the very first time or part of a scrum of people keeping one eye on the game at hand and the other scoping out to see if the lady with the tray [...]

Super Street Fighter IV’s New Costumes Revealed

Capcom has a new batch of costumes on the way for Super Street Fighter IV players. Today, the game’s Japanese official blog was updated with a first look.Here’s a glimpse at Ryu, Chun-Li, Fei-Long, Juri and Cammy: Hoping for in-game shots? You’re going to have to wait until next week. Capcom will be making some announcements regarding the [...]

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (Xbox 360)

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is back. In fact, four Spider-Men are back for Shattered Dimensions, a game that celebrates the wallcrawler’s various incarnations. These four Spider-Men inhabit different worlds with different gameplay styles and unexpected variations on well-known villains. If you think you’ve seen it all with Spider-Man games, think again. (Go ahead, think. I’ll [...]

You would be forgiven for saying you’ve had your fill of tower defense games. The past few years have seen a flood of these strategy clones filling downloadable portals like Xbox Live Arcade. But you know who might be able to bring you back: the good people that brought you Peggle. PopCap, one of the [...]

Batman: The Brave and the Bold (NDS)

The Brave and the Bold series on Cartoon network pits comic books most popular hero, Batman, with some of the lesser known DC characters. Rather than teaming with Wonder Woman or Superman, the Caped Crusader takes to the streets with Plastic Man, Blue Beetle, and Red Tornado. That premise carries into the DS game, which [...]