Monthly Archives: March 2009

Nyko’s Metal Pedal now available, includes splitter for double bass

click to enlarge Are you bored of only using one foot in your music games? Did you decide not to slap down the cash for a Guitar Hero: Metallica pre-order? If you answered yes to both of these question, then this post is for you! Nyko announced today that it has released its Metal Pedal, read more »

Big in Japan: Xbox 360 cracks 1 million, PS3 just over 3 million

According to Enterbrain figures, the Xbox 360 and PS3 have both achieved milestones in Japan. As headlines would have you believe, the Xbox 360 has surpassed the one million mark for consoles sold, whereas the PS3 has done much more admirably, pushing over three million systems on the populace. The Xbox 360 achieved this after read more »

New Fight Night Round 4 screens look great, face tattoos absent

First things first: Mike Tyson, where’s your face tattoo?! Second: We’ve got a load of new screens from semi-perennial pugilist Fight Night Round 4, presented in a gallery just a few inches down. Do the shots look good? Just as good as when we saw the game in action earlier this month. With Fight Night read more »

PSA: Gears 2 Snowblind Map Pack out now

click to enlarge Locusts and gentlemen, COGs and girls, the Gears of War 2 Snowblind Map Pack is now available. The pack contains four new maps: Grindyard, Under Hill, Courtyard and a remake of Fuel Depot from the first Gears. If you’d like to make some red snow in online multiplayer — or mow down read more »

PopCap Arcade Vol. 2 includes three games for $20

PopCap Arcade Vol. 2 is hitting stores across North America today for slightly under 20 bucks. This new compilation includes three games from the PopCap library: Peggle, Heavy Weapon and Feeding Frenzy 2. While all three titles are already available on Xbox Live Arcade for 800 ($10) each (2,400/$30 for all), this new retail package read more »

Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts DLC trailer is bumming us out

We really hope the new Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts DLC, “L.O.G.s Lost Challenges,” sells a lot of units. No, we don’t have any financial stake in Rare or Microsoft, we just hope they can afford a better trailer than the one we’ve embedded just above. Honestly, with that font and those production values, it looks read more »

Codemasters signs Ken Block for DiRT 2

Taking up duties as the face of the DiRT franchise, popular rally driver Ken Block tells us why he wanted to be involved in Codemasters’ racer in the video above. Taking inspiration from the late (and sorely missed) Colin McRae, the new kid on the block regales his story of getting involved in the sport read more »

Volition prepping new Saints Row 2 DLC for April 16

New content is set to pull up alongside Saints Row 2, flashing gang signs and a new set of platinum rims. Developer Volition revealed that it is working on three new downloadable packs for the game, with the first, Ultor Exposed, set to arrive April 16 on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 for read more »

The Maw dev on the ‘negative stigma’ of DLC

Speaking to Gamasutra, Twisted Pixel CEO Michael Wilford spoke about the company’s recent release The Maw. Specifically, Wilford addresses the game’s DLC, two episodes of which are now available. Wilford stated that Microsoft requires Xbox Live Arcade developers to disclose plans for DLC up front and Twisted Pixel decided that extra levels would make sense. read more »

Two new Battlefield: Bad Company 2 screens (yes, two)

click to enlarge EA is big on “micro-destruction” in its upcoming Bad Company sequel, as evidenced in gameplay footage screened during GDC. Building on the tearing down of the first game’s environments, it’s now possible to shoot out the most wee little details — bricks, for example. EA isn’t big on showing what the game read more »