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More Games Reach the PlayStation Store

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:06:36 -0800

Sony has released a new slate of downloadable games for the PlayStation 3 and PSP: (Read more...)

Dream Day Wedding: Bella Italia Available for the PC

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:43:01 -0800

Dream Day Wedding: Bella Italia as a download for the PC. The game has players planning the perfect wedding in a variety of locations in the Italian countryside.]]> (Read more...)

GameStop Reports Strong Quarter and Full-Year Results on Strength of Used Game Sales

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:03:07 -0800

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Colony Defense Review

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:21:29 -0800

Developer: Mana Bomb Games Studio

Platforms: PC and Xbox 360
Reviewed on PC

Windows System Requirements: 1.5 GHz Processor, 1 GB RAM, DirectX 9.0c compatible video card with 128 MB RAM, 300 MB HD space, Windows XP SP2 or more recent operating system

Defend an entire planet from the onslaught of an alien invasion in this tower-defense game set on a series of spherical planets.

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Supreme Commander 2 is Now Available for the Xbox 360

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:47:10 -0800

Supreme Commander 2 available in stores for the Xbox 360. This real-time strategy game in which players participate in a three-sided galactic war previously shipped for the PC.]]> (Read more...)

Perfect Dark Reaches Xbox Live Arcade

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:26:00 -0800

Perfect Dark is now available as a download through Xbox Live Arcade for 800 points ($10). 4J Studios has converted the game so that this shooter is presented in full 1080p HD when Joanna Dark faces galactic conspiracies in the year 2023.]]> (Read more...)

Sonny With a Chance Available for the DS

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:57:12 -0800

Sonny With a Chance for the DS is now in stores in North America. The game features mini-games inspired by the "So Random" cast on the Disney Channel.]]> (Read more...)

Infinite Space Now Available for the DS

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:51:14 -0800

Infinite Space for the DS is now in stores in North America. This is an epic role-playing game that has players hunting pirates with a fleet of spaceships while investigating a galactic mystery.]]> (Read more...)

Spectral Force Genesis Available for the DS

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:45:43 -0800

Spectral Force Genesis for the DS is now in stores in North America. This role-playing game introduces players to the Spectral Force role-playing game universe on the DS.]]> (Read more...)

Resonance of Fate Reaches Stores

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:39:40 -0800

Resonance of Fate for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is now available in stores in North America. This role-playing game has players working as private military contractors exploring an Earth that is a burned-out, nearly lifeless shell.]]> (Read more...)

Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight Reaches Stores

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:33:57 -0800

Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight for the PC is now available in stores. This game is the final real-time strategy installment in the Tiberium Saga set in the Command & Conquer franchise, and (once again) has the Global Defense Initiative battling the Brotherhood of Nod for control over Tiberium.]]> (Read more...)

Majesco Reports Decent Holiday Quarter

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:09:17 -0800

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Conqueror Threatens Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:59:14 -0800

Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game, called "Threat of the Conqueror." The expansion adds around 200 playable cards and 30 loot cards to the game, the art on some of which comes from player-taken screenshots.]]> (Read more...)

Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening Expansion Released

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:21:31 -0800

Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening to stores for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. The content will also be released as a download on Thursday, March 19. The expansion adds the Amaranthine area of the world and has players investigating the secrets of the darkspawn following the defeat of the Archdemon and ending the blight in the original game. The expansion increases the game's level cap and adds five new party members.]]> (Read more...)

Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon Ships for the Wii

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:02:49 -0800

Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon for the Wii to stores in North America. Developed by Namco Bandai and tri-Crescendo, this role-playing game has players exploring an abandoned world populated only by ghosts.]]> (Read more...)

GTI Club Supermini Festa! Available for the Wii

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:27:53 -0800

GTI Club Supermini Festa! for the Wii is now in stores. This version of Konami's arcade racing game was previously released for the PSP.]]> (Read more...)

God of War III Available for the PlayStation 3

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:08:53 -0800

God of War III for the PlayStation 3 is now in stores. This latest God of War game has Kratos descending to Hades and climbing Mt. Olympus to take revenge upon the gods who have manipulated him in the previous games.]]> (Read more...)

Let's Draw! Ships for the DS

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:07:31 -0800

Let's Draw! for the DS to stores in North America. The software is based on the line of Japanese drawing books and teaches people to draw using a series of steps and mini-games.]]> (Read more...)

Metro 2033 Reaches Stores

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:47:16 -0800

Metro 2033 for the Xbox 360 and PC to stores in North America. The game is based on a novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky set in the Moscow Metro after apocalyptic events and is a first-person shooter that has players venturing out of the subway into a devastated world.]]> (Read more...)

Field of Glory: Rise of Rome Available for the PC

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:39:23 -0800

Field of Glory: Rise of Rome as a download for the PC. This is an expansion that requires the original Field of Glory, itself based on the tabletop wargaming system of the same name. Rise of Rome adds battles from Rome's expansion as well as the Persian wars and Punic wars.]]> (Read more...)

Monday Brings Another Round of Downloadable Games from Nintendo

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:37:21 -0800

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Pokemon HeartGold Version and Pokemon SoulSilver Version Reach Stores

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:07:54 -0800

Pokemon HeartGold Version and Pokemon SoulSilver Version, both for the DS, are now in stores. These latest Pokemon games are set in the same Johto region introduced in Pokemon Gold Version and Pokemon Silver Version a decade ago. In addition to the usual Pokemon experience that has players training and battling monsters, these games come with the "Pokewalker" accessory that serves as a pedometer that grants experience to the walker's Pokemon.]]> (Read more...)

Order of War: Challenge! Released as a PC Download

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:16:37 -0800

Order of War: Challenge! as a download for the PC. This is a stand-alone title related to the Order of War game published by Square Enix, but providing limited real-time strategy battles between players online, set during World War II.]]> (Read more...)

More Downloadable Games Reach the PlayStation Store for PlayStation 3 and PSP

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:49:15 -0800

Sony has released a new slate of downloadable games through the PlayStation Store for the PlayStation 3 and PSP: (Read more...)

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising Available for the PC

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:40:31 -0800

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising is now available in stores. This is a stand-alone expansion to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II from THQ's Relic Entertainment studio, and introduces the Chaos Space Marines to this real-time strategy game based on the classic Games Workshop tabletop game.]]> (Read more...)

Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space in Stores for the Wii and PC

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:50:25 -0800

Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space for the Wii and PC. This is the second season of Sam & Max's adventures, a compilation that takes the Freelance Police everywhere from the North Pole to the Underworld.]]> (Read more...)

Scrap Metal Reaches Xbox Live Arcade

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:39:58 -0800

Scrap Metal. Available for 1,200 points ($15), the game is a top-down combat racing game in which players blast enemies as they race.]]> (Read more...)

Calling Available for the Wii

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:20:46 -0800

Calling for the Wii is now available in North America. This Japanese-style horror game has four characters simultaneously exploring the truth behind the "Black Page." ]]> (Read more...)

Yakuza 3 Ships for the PlayStation 3

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:35:24 -0800

Yakuza 3 for the PlayStation 3 has shipped to stores in North America. This latest Yakuza game once again has players exploring Japanese organized crime through an extensive story, plenty of combat and mini-games.]]> (Read more...)

Racquet Sports Available for the Wii

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:06:14 -0800

Racquet Sports for the Wii is now in stores in North America. The game includes casual racquet sports ranging from ping-pong to beach tennis.]]> (Read more...)