Where the Wild Things Are Website Live – Trailer Revealed

Posted on October 5, 2009 by geelw

WBIE has launched the official web site for Where the Wild Things Are: The Video Game and here you go – the first game trailer:

On the web site, you can check out screenshots from the console and Nintendo DS versions and find out about the film as well as its soundtrack. If you’re lucky enough to be a US resident, you can even enter a contest to win one of six cool Where the Wild Things Are prize packages, one of which will include a brand spankin’ new Xbox 360. So you know what to do, right?

Where the Wild Things Are; The Video Game arrives in stores on October 13, 2009.

Gallery: Magnacarta 2

Posted on October 4, 2009 by geelw

Four lovely pieces of artwork and fifteen in-game screens from the upcoming SoftMax-developed, Namco Bandai published RPG set to hit stores on October 13, 2009 – enjoy!

Import version screenshots:

Calling Web Site Now Live… Be Afraid.

Posted on October 3, 2009 by geelw

At first, I didn’t know whether or not I should be too scared to look at the darn thing. Then I remembered that I’m NOT at all the superstitious type. So, I cheerily clicked on the Kuroeight link and… Hey! it’s a pretty slick deal of a teaser site. Cool – makes me want to see more of the game, which is a great thing, being a games journalist-type and all…

Of course, if yours truly drops dead in a week thanks to a visit from a creepy little girl with a freaky-looking doll, well… it’s been very nice to know you guys. Anyway, Calling is Hudson’s upcoming Wii-exclusive horror game, yet another for the console which has recently been turning into a paradise of sorts for genre fans. The game isn’t out ’til 2010, but you can get yourselves slightly weirded out (if you really want to) by clicking on that link yourselves.

Go on, I dare you…

Now Playing (The Catch-Update!)

Posted on October 3, 2009 by geelw

Oooookay Corall: here’s what’s happening in the play stack this week:

IL2-Sturmovik: Birds of Prey (PS3)*
Katamari Forever (PS3)*
The Beatles: Rock Band (PS3)*
Fairytale Fights (Ps3/Xbox 360 – preview versions)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona (PSP – Atlus sent along review code, but I went and ordered the Collector’s Edition online a day or so previously)
Cid The Dummy (PS2/PSP)*
… plus a few other things I should have gotten this week which are coming next week Monday’s going to be a bit hectic, is all I’ll say…

I’ll get around to posting another set of answers to your random Lijit searches, some of which are getting kind of… interesting.

Back later!

*reviews started and in progress

Risen Teaser Trailer #2

Posted on October 2, 2009 by geelw

Hey wait… shouldn’t this one actually be Teaser Trailer # 1, given the content and “Coming in 5 days” tease at the end? Oops. Well, watch both trailers in reverse order then. Sorry ’bout that!

Risen is in stores NOW for PC. The Xbox 360 version is coming in 2010.

WARNING: Playing Demon’s Souls TOO Early Will Blows UP Teh Internets! WARNING!!!

Posted on October 2, 2009 by geelw

Oh Noes!!!! Actually, dear readers (and this IS the truth this time), Atlus is letting you know that the Demon’s Souls US servers won’t be active until the game’s 10/6/09 release date.

Now, SOME of you LUCKY pre-order-ers out there may receive your standard or collector’s edition before this date and should you try to jump online, you’ll simply get, according to the press release Atlus sent out this evening,

“…an immediate PSN error and have to start playing offline.”

Ulp (that big-ass font IS scary, huh?). Cue Demon’s Soul’s doomy-sounding atonal main theme played loudly enough to creep the cat right under the sofa. Poor Kitty…

In other words, be good and listen to the soundtrack (which is an awesome aural experience), read the hint book if you must and ogle the lovely art book as you sit in front of your lonely PS3. Of course, you can always just play the offline game for a bit until that clock strikes “Server’s UP!”

Anyway, be patient and really, really, really enjoy the game, as it’s spec-tac-u-lar, period.

Valve’s Gabe Newell Gets Free Trip Down Under From Modder

Posted on October 2, 2009 by geelw

No, Valve didn’t kick Gabe to the curb, kids – Next week, he’s off to see a Wizard of Oz named “Joe W-A” who actually raised 3 grand to fly Newell all the way Down Under, which is really cool. Hell, maybe I should start boycotting stuff and see what happens. Knowing me, not much will transpire other than I’d go without a LOT of games and other important stuff…

Ah well – press release, ahoy!

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Dragon Age: Origins Update #5: The City of Denerim

Posted on October 2, 2009 by geelw

This week, lets take a little trip to one of Dragon Age: Origins’ huge cities, the capital of Ferelden, also known as Denerim. It’s a nice place to visit, but you all know how the rest of that old saying goes, especially if the real world is beckoning you away from more play time with BioWare’s upcoming epic Action/RPG. Well, grab that passport anyway, this is only a short hop today!

By the by, I missed an update regarding the game’s soundtrack, so I’ll just quickly report that the very talented Inon Zur is doing the music for the game. A well-respected composer of film, TV and game scores, he’s done some great work in games such as Shadow Ops: Red Mercury, Lineage II, Fallout 3, both Crysis titles and many others. Meanwhile, back at the travel agency, your cart is ready – shall we get on with the tour?

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Gallery: Dawn of Heroes

Posted on September 30, 2009 by geelw

I thought this one sounded familiar… Montreal-based developer Wicked Studios’ DS exclusive Tactical RPG was initially announced for a June 2009 release, so I thought I missed out on it entirely. However, It turns out Majesco is actually publishing it on December 1, 2009, so here you go: the first game trailer and a nice batch of screenshots – enjoy!

I’m really liking the character customization aspects as well as the nice character art, which looks a little inspired a bit by the great Susumu Matsushita’s work. Hmmm… I feel another developer interview coming on. It looks as if I’m off to bug some PR folks…

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New Mass Effect 2 Character Revealed

Posted on September 30, 2009 by geelw

Meet Subject Zero… don’t ogle her tattooed glory too long or she’s the last thing you’ll see… and no, you probably won’t die with a smile on your face, either. Mass Effect 2’s latest character reveal is this deadly lady who has “been around, ran with gangs, wiped out some gangs.” Yikes.