Gameflow, Madden 11’s most
impressive new feature, hacks game-time in half, from 60 minutes to less than 30
while retaining all the time on field. How? Gameflow cuts play calling. Gone is
the 300-play deep catalogue of passes and runs and defensive packages that the
average player narrows to 13 or so clutch plays.
In its place, an [...]
Posts Tagged ‘PS3’
April 27th, 2010
Madden 11s Gameflow Will Teach You Football
April 24th, 2010
Sega President: Console Games Still Main Business
Despite the company’s increased focus on digital and downloadable games
(and subsequent
layoffs), Sega’s business still relies primarily on traditional
console and PC games.
Speaking to 1UP, Sega president Mike Hayes — who oversees both the
U.S. and London divisions — expressed that the layoffs of game
developers in the U.S. was not due to
Posted in Luxury 
Tags: downloadable content, dreamcast, layoffs, mike hayes, PS3, Sega, Xbox 360 
No Comments »April 23rd, 2010
The Gamer’s Institute: A Non-Gamer’s Guide to Gaming
Wondering why your four year old nephew does better than you in Modern Warfare 2? Feel like playing the CSI: Deadly Intent video game after watching your favorite episode of the television drama? Scared to pick up the Academy Award nominated Avatar’s accompanying game? Enroll today in the Gamer’s Institute!
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A non-gamer has to be
April 16th, 2010
Sony Cancels Home-Like ‘PSP Room’
Sony has announced that they’ve canceled development of PSP Room, a
social networking application that would have brought many features
similar to the PlayStation 3’s Home to their portable system.
The announcement came by way of a post on the official Japanese
website for the project, and a very roughly translated version of the post (via
Posted in Luxury Tags: home, PlayStation, playstation network, PS3, room, shackware, Sony No Comments »April 10th, 2010
The Virtual Goods: Mass Effect 2, Game & Watch and More
As if to model itself after its retail counterpart, this week’s downloadable offerings are pretty slim. Fortunately, most of the platforms have a little something going on and we intend to give you the best of what we can find in this week’s Virtual Goods. So here are our picks for which intangible games you [...]
Posted in Luxury Tags: Flower, Game and Watch, just cause 2, Mass Effect 2, PS3, The Tester, Xbox 360 No Comments »March 15th, 2010
Decisions That Shaped Video Game History
We cannot pinpoint what sent the giant SEGA ball rolling down hill,
eventually to its grave as a console maker, but the botched Saturn
launch, if not the catalyst, rang like a death knell.
Sharpied for a September 2nd, 1995 launch, enthusiasts and analysts
were shocked when the company used the year’s E3 to announce an
March 8th, 2010
Can Backbreaker Tackle Madden?
When I first heard that UK based developer NaturalMotion had a football game on the way, my first thought was: “football as in soccer or as they call it, ‘The Beautiful Game,’” since well, it’s the UK after all. When I found out that this game, Backbreaker, was actually an American pro football game, I [...]
March 6th, 2010
Video Game Drinking Games: Heavy Rain
One of the best parts about being an adult is conceiving
arbitrary reasons to drink. Just got a new job? Drink! Just lost your job?
Drink! Just worked a day and can’t face the cold reality stretching out for the
rest of your existence? Drink!
That’s why drinking games are so fun: you get to [...]
Posted in Luxury Tags: drinking game, Heavy Rain, heavy rain drinking game, Omikron: The Nomad Soul, PS3, quantic dreams No Comments »March 5th, 2010
Director: God of War Franchise Needs a ‘Breather’
Just because the God of War franchise is taking a break, doesn’t mean that similar games in the action genre should, too.
Though God of War 3 game director Stig Asmussen told 1UP that the series should only have a game every two to three years to avoid making it irrelevant, he hopes to see more [...]
Posted in Luxury Tags: God of War 3, God of War III, PlayStation 3, PS3, Sony, Sony Santa Monica, Stig Asmussen No Comments »February 27th, 2010
3 Reasons Why MotoGP 09/10 Might Be a Good Ride
To be frank, the MotoGP franchise has been in a bit of a downward spiral lately. After the terrific MotoGP 2, the series then simply spun into a cycle of rehashing old ideas. Capcom has recognized the foul-up, and started to clean things up a bit by taking feedback from the community. Additionally, Capcom has [...]
