NBA Live 09
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
If you're a basketball fan and a gamer, you probably feel compelled to buy a new NBA game every year for updated rosters if nothing else. This year, the one to buy is not NBA Live 09.
Army of Two game, the movie
General Use, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Videogame Publisher Electronic Arts and Universal Pictures are teaming up to bring EA's Army of Two game to the big screen. Considering the production crew signed on to do it, there's a decent chance it won't suck.
Surprise, most gamers aren't geeks
Macintosh, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Software, TV Plug-n-Play, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
For some, it's hard to take the videogame industry seriously when all it conjures is images of boys playing virtual soldier shooting aliens on the spare TV in the basement. Thing is, that image hasn't been accurate for a decade or two. And now, a new Ipsos study shows it to be completely false. Go figure.
Saints Row 2
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Another entry into the go-anywhere, do-anything, simulated criminal behavior in a sandbox genre, THQ's Saints Row 2 is so flagrant in its courtship with controversy that it all comes off as quaint.
NHL 09
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
It would seem you only need to hit EA over the head with a 2 x 4 five or six times before it realizes a better hockey game. Then, like a bonus, it realizes the best.
Bond game promo, play free, win stuff
PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
If you like 007, freebie games, chances to win cool free stuff like a PlayStation3, have a PC and an internet connection, well, has Activision got a deal for you.
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
As yet another WWII shooter, you might be inclined to dismiss Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway as derivative. But you shouldn't.
Down Lo on the Downloads: Shop-Store-Mark 10/08
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Oh downloadable games, why have you forsaken us? Or, why was August such a good month for Live Store Shop offerings and September such a lousy one? Ever heard of "pacing"? Apparently not, as September saw mostly mediocre releases.
Nintendo dominates August software sales chart
Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360
Before Microsoft dropped the price on Xbox 360 resulting in a sales surge, there was August, and August was all about Wii.
Sting Hero: World Tour
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
More than a multi-Grammy award winner, more than an awesome songwriter, more than a tasty bassist, solo artist and Police frontman Sting has proven once again that he's a major money magnet as he lends/licenses his voice and likeness to Activision's imminent Guitar Hero World Tour.
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