Gaming Outcasts

Some stories have come out from Microsoft saying they are going to wait a little bit longer before the release of their next console. However I am questioning if the 360 is ready to be replaced? High definition has not completely taken over, and that is one of the main selling points for the 360 and Sony's PS3. Most of the people I know do not own a HDTV, or have the money to purchase one in the next year or so. ... Read More

Demo With System Benchmark Mode Will Be Available Before the Game's Release SAN MATEO, Calif — April 23, 2008 — Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that the highly anticipated PC version of Devil May Cry® 4 is locked and loaded for release this summer. Devil May Cry 4 is already a certifiable hit in the console world, having shipped over 2 million units world wide since its release in North America in February. A demo of ... Read More

April 18, 2008 - Q Entertainment and Valve today announced availability of Lumines(TM) on Steam, a leading platform for PC games and digital content with over 15 million accounts around the world. Lumines, the critically acclaimed music-based puzzle game, was created by Tetsuya Mizuguchi and is available now via Steam for as low as $9.95 for the Base Pack. The Base Pack contains 21 unlockable skins in Challenge Mode, Skin Edit Mode and a sampling of Time Attack, Puzzle and Mission modes. For ... Read More

Join The Sims Phenomenon with The Sims 2 Double Deluxe and Redesign Your Sims Homes with The Sims 2 Kitchen and Bath Interior Design Stuff GUILDFORD, UK — April 18, 2008 — Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that The Sims™ 2 Double Deluxe and The Sims™ 2 Kitchen and Bath Interior Design Stuff are available on store shelves across North America and Europe. Read More

I don't know what you guys think but this just blows my mind. DC Comics And Epic Games Announce Plans For Comic Book Series Based On Hit 'Gears Of War' Video Game Franchise New York, NY – April 18, 2008 – DC Comics, the largest English-language comic book publisher in the world, in partnership with Epic Games, Inc., announced plans today to publish a comic book series based on the hugely popular action video game franchise Gears of War. The series is slated to ... Read More

WildStorm a DC comic company will be creating a comic book for the Xbox 360 and PS3 game Prototype. Although nothing much was stated in the article, we can only hope this will add to the conspiracy between main character Alex Mercer and the Military’s elite Blackwatch division. This genetic experiment gone wrong will hit a comic store near you this August. Source Read More

Airport Mania is a like a lot of games that have been coming out for the PC: a dash/micromanagement "casual game". But, you shouldn't write it off, because it is still a fun game. The premise is simple. You control an airport terminal. Cute little planes, characterized with eyes, and even eyelashes on the lady planes, come in, you load people off and on the planes, and you get them to runways where they can take off. Sometimes you have to deal with ... Read More

After much outrage from the community, EA has publicly stated they will no longer be charging for extra weapons in Battlefield: Bad Company. Many sites had written stories to say enough is enough. We won’t stand for this abuse any longer. Well they listened and we feel empowered. Never one to let a PR opportunity slip by; EA’s John Riccitiello compares EA to Disney, NBC, and CBS. Saying to the Financial Times “Interactive entertainment is going to determine one great company and I think ... Read More

Heads up to all the COD4 players out there! Remember back when the game launched last fall and there was a weekend event to celebrate? Well it's happening again next weekend. Thanks to a press release from Microsoft, we can report that next weekend you'll have the opportunity to play against the COD4 devs as well as an MMA fighter named Jens "Lil Evil" Pulver Not only that, but just playing during the weekend will enter you for all sorts of prizes. ... Read More

This just looks awesome, I really really hope they make something like this for the iPhones. And if your interested in this, use the coupon code "GUITAR15 for 15% off. Guitar Hero® is now available on mobile! Rock out anytime, anywhere with this rhythm-based, three button game that stays true to the original. Read More

This is sure to piss Nintendo Off but Wii Hacker Waninkoko has posted a video of the hacking of the Virtual Console. It seems that he has made his own Virtual Console Channel and that you can take off your games and play them on another Wii. Heres the video http://wii-news.dcemu.co.uk/virtual-console-hacked-103235.html Read More

At each of Spore’s five stages, from the microbiotic to the intergalactic, there is an eternal choice: kill or... don’t. When you start, as a microbe with teeth, it’s kill or be vegetarian. When you evolve enough to crawl from the primordial soup to dry land, it’s kill or sing little songs to befriend things. Once your species forms a society and decides what buildings to have in its first village, it’s kill or bring plates of oranges to appease semi-sentient tangles ... Read More

These scans are from the May 2008 issue of Game Informer which features a Gears of War 2 exclusive cover story. The screens look much better in the magazine, so pick it up as soon as you can! Read More

Red Faction: Guerrilla producer tells VideoGamer.com dev team is "finding some of the challenges of the PS3 beneficial". The PS3 has the potential to achieve better graphics than the Xbox 360, a Volition developer has told VideoGamer.com. Speaking to VideoGamer.com at THQ's Gamers Day in San Francisco, California, this week, Jeff Carroll, associate producer in charge of multiplayer and PS3 on upcoming third-person action game Red Faction: Guerrilla, said that while developers will struggle with the PS3 at first, once they "figure it out" ... Read More

In a surprising move, Microsoft has released a new firmware update for the Xbox 360 HD DVD player, which will automatically download the next time users watch an HD DVD movie. The new update includes "compatibility improvements" for specific HD DVD titles as well as "additional support for network features," according to a post by Xbox Live's Larry Hryb in his official blog. The update is widely expected to be the last firmware update for any HD DVD player. In fact, it comes ... Read More