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Sega took Mahjong and side quests out of Yakuza 3
Sega! If a company is going to release a game outside of Japan, they’ve got to do it right! Yakuza 3 owners are now even more displeased with how Sega handled the localization and North American release of the game, and I’ll give you a hint why - more content was cut than previously revealed. As Gamertell reported before Yakuza 3 was released for the PS3 on March 9, 2010, Sega admited that the hostess…
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Valve says Portal 2 is the best game it has ever created
Is Portal 2 Valve’s greatest game? Gabe Newell thinks so.
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Important Importables Review: Sakura Taisen 3 for Dreamcast
Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning is a great game and a wonderful addition to the Sakura Wars series. It’s text heavy, which may scare some importers, but thanks to the help of fans many translations are available online that make it easy for anyone to play.
Gamertell Preview: LEGO Universe first impressions
This massively-multiplayer online game includes customizable LEGO avatars and, so far, most of the elements you’d expect from any online role-playing game (except leveling up). Here’s a bullet-point list of the game’s features and my observations base on the first day of the closed beta. Also check out the LEGO… Continue Reading »
GDC 2010: New Red Faction title expected in March 2011
Instead of roaming around the surface of a planet, the next Red Faction will mostly take place underground. It will borrow atmospheres from the first couple Red Faction games as well as Red Faction Guerrilla. It will still have destructible environments, but this time destroying things will have a… Continue Reading »
GDC 2010: Sony shows first PlayStation Move games
Sony showed how new and existing games such as LittleBigPlanet can be used with the PlayStation Move. One player controls Sackboy with the DualShock 3 and the other uses to PlayStation Move to interact with the environment. EyePet can also be used in conjunction with PlayStation Move. SOCOM 4 can… Continue Reading »
PlayStation Home Update: Tranquil Getaways, ask Yoda and Grecian goodness
If you ever thought about taking a peaceful vacation on a tropical island, IREM just opened its Seaside of Memories on the US Server. This space is gorgeous, overlooking the ocean with huts, white sandy beaches and dolphins leaping near by. Also available are the Santorini Greece apartment and yacht.… Continue Reading »
Rock Band 3 announced for holiday season
Viacom’s CEO Philippe Dauman just announced Rock Band 3 will be available during the 2010 holiday season. This time around Viacom says Rock Band 3 will revolutionize the music genre. Continue Reading »
Save money on Star Trek Online at Amazon today
Amazon’s Video Game Deal of the Day today (March 9, 2010) is sure to please those dying to explore the final frontier. Both the standard and collectors editions of Atari’s Star Trek Online, the MMO inspired by Star Trek, are greatly discounted. Plus, both still cost just enough to qualify… Continue Reading »
Gamertell Review: Calling for Wii
Hudson Soft’s Calling is the latest survival horror game for the Wii. There have been plenty of these as of late, and Calling is happy to wedge itself somewhere between Ju-On: The Grudge (a haunted house simulator) and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (a psychological thriller), except that Calling is actually… Continue Reading »
10 Minute Solution exercise DVDs being made into a Wii game
Activision is getting into the whole Wii fitness thing, and teaming up with Anchor Bay Entertainment to do so. See, Anchor Bay Entertainment has a series of exercise DVDs called 10 Minute Solution. If you’ve ever sat up, watching infomercials, you’ve probably heard about them. There’s titles like 10 Minute… Continue Reading »
Utterly confusing Heavy Rain moments
I recently played through Heavy Rain for the first time. I enjoyed it so much, I managed to get through it in less than one day. But there are some instances while playing where I found myself thinking,” How is that possible?” Even though Heavy Rain has a great story… Continue Reading »
Fans help Rising Star Games translate Fragile Dreams
It’s a wonderful thing when video game companies are willing to listen and work with their fans, and the latest news from Rising Star Games is particularly heartwarming. See, in Europe Rising Star Games is releasing the Wii game Fragile Dreams: Ruins of the Moon. The company was going to… Continue Reading »
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Important Importables
Jenni Lada brings us information about all of the groovy new gaming imports from around the world.






