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  Rock Band Picks Up Styx, REO Speedwagon

  Two classic rock groups collide next week in Rock Band, with three songs each from Styx and REO Speedwagon, and one song by Styx and REO Speedwagon. REO Speedwagon and Styx are getting together for a Can’t Stop Rocking tour that kicks off this May, and with Rock Band as one of the sponsors it…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 17, 2009
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  Gaming Chair For the Weak of Arms

  Finally a solution for gamers who want to game but just don’t have the upper body strength to support their own arms. Ikea’s Jesper is a padded bench that you straddle while playing games. The design allows you to rest your arms in front of you as you game, thus mitigating even the slightly physical…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 17, 2009
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  Burnout Paradise Has A Date With The Police

  The long arm of the law finally reaches into Paradise City later this month, as Criterion Games announces the release date for Burnout Paradise‘s Cops and Robbers pack. The next batch of paid downloadable content for Burnout Paradise drops on April 30th, with the Cops and Robbers pack adding an all-new freeburn mode to the…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 17, 2009
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  MadWorld Sells 66K In The U.S., Sega Seems Pleased

  NPD sales numbers procured by Gamasutra reveal that Sega’s M-rated tongue-in-cheek blood bath MadWorld sold 66,000 copies in the U.S. following its March launch, and the publisher feels encouraged. Despite a respectable Metacritic score of 82 percent, the M-rated MadWorld didn’t exactly explode off of the shelves when Sega released it last month. The stylishly…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 17, 2009
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  A Look At Arkham Asylum’s Harley Quinn

  .html I’m not totally in love with Harley Quinn’s look in Batman: Arkham Asylum. She’s a little too hard, a little too grimy.

  By Brian Crecente Published April 17, 2009
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  I Wrote You A Letter. No, You Didn’t. But…

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Flying Tristan Mini-Bash is getting ready to change schools, leaving behind the friends he’s made at his current school — especially one little girl he’s quite smitten with and who’s quite smitten with him. She’s written him a couple letters this week on fancy Power Rangers type stationary. (We think…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 17, 2009
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  Over 20 Minutes Of Starcraft II Gameplay Footage

  Blizzard have released the second of their Starcraft II “Battle Reports”, which feature developers giving a play-by-play as two players duke it out in the upcoming strategy title. This episode shows the Zerg facing off against the Terrans, and…well, it’s over 20 minutes of real Starcraft II gameplay footage. Get comfortable.

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2009
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  Adventure Game Developer Goes A Little Nutso On Sony

  It wasn’t an April Fools joke! There will be a third Syberia! Only, it might not be appearing on PS3. Maybe just the PC. Why? Because Sony are apparently “censuring” the developer. Yes, in a step we’d call extraordinary if it wasn’t so downright entertaining, the president of Microids – the developers behind the quirky…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2009
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  The Pirate Bay Court Decision: Guilty

  A verdict has been reached in the nine-day trial against one of the largest BitTorrent websites The Pirate Bay. Ironically, the decision was leaked from the court. The Stockholm-based piracy site is a peer-to-peer server which made video games, movies and music available for “sharing” among users. Swedish police raided the The Pirate Bay and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 17, 2009
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  Upskirts? No, You Mean Upside Down Skirts

  You’ve gotta give it to Japanese erotic game developers. They sure are inventive! PC title Hypnotism Class lets players hypnotize schoolgirls. What does this do? It causes them to stand on their heads, it seems. The girls, however, continue to converse — however, a different (and novel?) view is provided for viewing pleasure. It’s even…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 17, 2009
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  Trine Looks Even Better With A Friend

  A new trailer for Frozenbyte’s PlayStation Network and PC fantasy action platformer Trine shows how much the game can change in co-operative mode. Trine is an action platformer that allows the player to switch between three different roles – thief, wizard, and warrior – creating objects or destroying them in order to traverse beautiful fantasy…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 17, 2009
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  Battlefield Heroes Coming This Summer

  I never got into Battlefield, ever, but for some reason, Battlefield Heroes looks like a blast. Must be the Nazis in shorts. Anyway, it’s been a while coming, but should now be “out” this summer. While various closed betas have been kicking around for months now, the “open beta” – in other words the release…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2009
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  Wing Commander In Paper Craft

  There are many uses for paper, but right now, we cannot think of a better use than these Wing Commander paper models. Awesomely named website Paper Commander (YES!) has relatively simple models from the WC franchise available for download. You too can make these. Isn’t that delightful? Of course it is. Silly. Welcome!!! [Paper Commander…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 17, 2009
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  Shoko Nakagawa Sings New Pokemon Song

  Earlier this month saw a new ending for the Pokémon anime. A new ending means, you guessed it, a new theme. The tune, “Get Fired Up Notch-Eared Pichu”, is sung by geek princess Shoko Nakagawa, who also voices Giza Mimi Pichu (“Notch-Eared Pichu”). It’s a catchy and cute song. You know, for whatever the hell…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 17, 2009
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  And The 20 Top-Selling PC Games For March Were…

  Rounding out the NPD sales news today is the group’s monthly PC sales charts, highlighting the 20 best-selling PC games (excluding the major digital delivery services) for the month of March. And, joyously, World of Warcraft is not at the top (we love rootin’ for the underdogs!). Instead, that honour goes to Creative Assembly’s brilliant…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2009
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  More Nitty-Gritty On The Free SFIV Championship Mode

  Street Fighter IV for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 is getting a free Championship Mode. As we previously posted, it brings new features. But wait! There’s more. Here’s how the tournaments work in the Championship Mode: Tourneys are divvied up into five different levels, making it possible for players of various skill levels…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 17, 2009
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  Pac-Man Trashes French Supermarket

  Delightful Frenchman Remi Gaillard – the man behind that Mario Kart video from a few months back – returns, in what can only be dubbed “Pac-Man meets Jackass”.

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2009
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  Nintendo: Not Everyone Has Played Brain Age

  With the gajillion titles of Brain Age and its sequel Nintendo has sold, you’d think pretty much everyone has played the game. You’re wrong. “Some people might think that, given the huge sales of the Brain Training series, there can’t possibly be anyone out there who hasn’t played it, but that’s not true at all”,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 17, 2009
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  Free Street Fighter IV Championship Mode Dated, Brings New Features

  On April 24 (in Japan), Street Fighter IV will get the totally free “Championship Mode” update, bringing unique features to both the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Replays, it seems, will be viewable cross-platform as well as “replay rankings”. However, the PS3 is getting an exclusive voting system that allows players to vote for parts…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 17, 2009
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  Demigod: 18,000 Customers, 100,000 Pirates [Update]

  Poor Demigod had a rocky launch. Mainly because there were too many people trying to play the game. And why were there too many people? Because there were five pirates for every paying customer. In a post on the game’s forums, Stardock’s Brad Wardell has revealed that the game’s servers have been flooded with users…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2009