Manhunt 2 Ban Lifted in UK

The ban put in place by the British Government over the Rockstar release of Manhunt 2 has finally been lifted. The government banned the sale of the game over its controversial excessive use of violence. This is the first game banned since Carmageddon. The game was mostly received poorly by critics, so, the joke may …

Sony Sales Increase

NPD results for Sony’s performance in February show that the PS3 has increased in sales 120% in comparison to last year. In addition to this huge jump in performance, the PSP also saw a 38% increase in sales. I’d attribute much of this increase in sales for the PS3 to the recent announcement of the …

‘Ultimate Band’ from Disney

The House that Mouse built is entering the market that was perfected by Guitar Hero, and made even better by Rock Band. Disney’s video game unit announced the Nintendo exclusive on Wednesday. Ultimate Band rather then using an new controller, would rather use the existing Wiimote and DS. “We thought we could do a very …

Relive the 8-Bit Days in Your Browser

Wanna kill time at work? Navigate over to nintendo8.com and relive your childhood with 100 original NES games all playable through Java in your browser. Seriously, why does Super Mario Bros never get old? What was your favorite NES game? Super Mario 3 still takes top honors for me. Have fun, just don’t blame you …

Gears Of War 2 Announced

Late last week at the GDC (Game Developers Conference) in San Francisco, Microsoft officially announced Gears Of War 2 for the XBOX360. Right now they are saying it’s due to be released in November of this year, versus IMMEDIATELY, which is when I suggested to them that they should release it. If it’s even half …