Everyone that swings by the screening of 300 in Petco park is entered to win one of these 300-themed Xbox 360 Elites. Microsoft is giving away ten of them and up to 6,000 Comic-Con attendees can go, which makes your chance to win one of these 0.167%. Better than winning the Powerball, but not nearly [...]

During the press conference Microsoft announced they have plans to bring the Xbox Live Video Marketplace to Canada and Europe this year. No specific TV shows or movies were announced, but at least other regions will be getting something to download this year. They also did not mention if the video marketplace would appear in [...]

When I started playing Grim Grimoire, I was ignorant of the story.  All I knew was that the game was pretty and it was an RTS.  By the end of the game's intro, I knew that the game was based in a world where magic exists.  I also saw a lot of similarities between the [...]

The other notable addition in the ESRB’s database is Live Free or Die Hard. Sensory Sweep is listed as the publisher, which is odd since they usually play the role as a developer. They are the team behind Justice League Heroes for the Nintendo DS and the Xbox 360 port, Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting. [...]

Fox put up a nifty little flash game to promote Live Free or Die Hard designed with Wii remote control in mind. You are supposed to hold down the A button and swing the remote left or right to do hooks and forward for jabs. The only problem is I can’t get the game to [...]

It might seem like it’s late for Warner Brothers to release an Alvin and the Chipmunks video game since the three high-pitched, singing rodents fell from stardom. However, EB Games has listings up for a Nintendo DS, Wii, Playstation 2 and PC versions of an Alvin and the Chipmunks game in their database. This game [...]

Warner Brothers announced that Mattel has the license to make toys for the 2008 Speed Racer movie directed by the Wachowski Brothers. In the press release they mention:   “Radica, Mattel’s newly acquired games and electronics division, will put the action in the hands of kids through products that let them take the wheel, literally.” [...]

If you’ve ever been to a Gameworks you might have noticed Sega has the Eastern cousin of the crane machine, the UFO catcher. Each play costs around 20 points if you want to win a Sonic plush or a fancy toy car. Something interesting Sega is starting to do is they have limited edition plush [...]

Newbie video game studio Brash Entertainment managed to snag US$400 million in funding from a series of equity investors. Brash Entertainment opened their doors in March and it was presumed they would obtain around $150 million in start up capital. Their funds exceed two times the initial estimate and maybe it is due to Brash [...]

Love it or hate it after a week at the box office Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End made a boatload of money for Disney. In North America Disney Interactive has a video game tie in out for nearly every “living” system, seven releases total including PC and Playstation 2 versions. Things are different [...]

Sony released PSP firmware version 3.5 in Japan. The main feature added in is a tweak to remote play which now lets you connect your PSP to your Playstation 3 from a wireless router anywhere in the world. This means you can stream episodes of the Muppet Show saved on your Playstation 3 to your [...]

  Gamestop is having a decent sale this week with a collection of $10 games. There aren’t too many gems on the list and some of the titles are extremely archaic. Why buy SSX Tricky for $10 when you get SSX 3 for just a little more? Their $15 game selection is slightly better where [...]

  After selling seven million copies of Lego: Star Wars games LucasArts and Travelers Tales are creating Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, just in time for the 30th anniversary of Star Wars. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga isn’t all new, it brings mashes together the first two games and throws in online play [...]

SCEA e-mailed details about Playstation 3 firmware 1.80 and there are some clever features coming to Playstation 3 owners when it is released tomorrow. If you connect your Playstation 3 to your TV with a HMDI cable DVD movies, Playstation games and Playstation 2 games will be upscaled to 1080p. Also the Playstation 3 will [...]