Ikaruga, the bullet hell shooter to end all bullet hell shooters, has finally hit the Xbox Live Arcade. Originally released on the Dreamcast, then ported to the Gamecube, the game is infamous for its crushing difficulty. Here is what’s new to the downloadable version: 720p visuals, online co-op, replay video saving, and leaderboards. The game […]

For those that fell asleep during the entirety of eighth grade English, didn’t pay attention during High School, and couldn’t possibly care any less about the humanities right now: here is one of the few situations where some knowledge of the English language can come in handy. Today’s lesson is on foreshadowing, a literary device […]

Okay, try to follow me on this one: Microsoft, makers of such things as the Xbox 360 and Windows, has tapped Rare Studios, former second-party studio to Nintendo, to develop a knockoff of Nintendo’s Wii-remote for the Xbox 360. Now, let’s not mince words or be painfully oblique about the whole thing: when I say […]

Oh wow, this story is really interesting. Hot off their recent break-up with Microsoft, the guys at Bungie have just posted a new, quite revealing job listing. There has been a lot of speculation about what Bungie would do since it’s no longer bound to Xbox hardware, but would anyone expect them to begin development […]

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One, the first in a series of episodic games from pseudonym-prone comic strip duo Gabe and Tycho, will break a lot of new ground when it is eventually released. Being the first episodic game available for not only Windows-based computers, but Mac, Linux, and Xbox […]

One advantage that print publications will always have over their online counterparts is the ability to wait on information. Most game magazine publish one issue a month, so if there is a particularly slow news day, they’re unaffected. However blogs, with a constant need to keep you clicking through to advertisers, need to fill […]

If you’re a Sega fan, or just simply have a passion for Sonic, you probably heard about a spiky blue hedgehog’s latest videogame while combing the internet over the weekend. Currently titled Sonic Unleashed, the game has gained a lot of attention for, ostensibly, being a throwback to classic Sonic games. The first, non-cinematic screenshots […]

Instead of trying to flesh out little tidbits of information into sprawling tomes, let’s just cut to the chase. Here are some stories that are making the rounds on these here tubes:
(1) Siliconera is reporting that Space Invaders Get Even, a retro-inspired real-time-strategy game made for Wii, will include support for Nintendo’s Wifi connection. To […]

Hey, 360ites, Rez HD is coming to the Xbox Marketplace today. It will cost you 800 points and will blow your mind. Download it now or I swear I will stop updating this site with increasing frequency.
This version supports 720p, Dolby 5.1, and online leaderboard. They’ve also worked trance vibrator functionality into 3 accompanying controllers. […]

Your wallet will bleed this week, here is why:
Wii:
Endless Ocean (Nintendo; $29.99) - Lies about the length of the game aside, Endless Ocean is the first in what will most likely be the new hit genre of deep-sea-diving/exploration/virtual aquarium. If it helps at all with your consideration, Edge, a well respected British magazine notorious for […]