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At X’10 – Windows Phone 7 with Xbox Live

August 24, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves hands-on, interview, Microsoft, Mobile, mobile gaming, smartphone, Windows Phone 7, WP7, x10, Xbox Live68 Comments

Alex and I attended Microsoft’s X’10 event in Toronto, and the first order of business was to get a look at Windows Phone 7 in action – actually, I played a little Fable 3 before Alex showed up, but that’s another interview in the pipeline, but I digress. Greg Milligan of Microsoft gave us a demonstration of the new mobile platform, and showed off some of the Xbox Live integration as well. All in all it looks pretty impressive, and the screen response, even on the LG prototype phone (which…

The Hand Eye Society meets for the 9th time

August 24, 2010August 24, 2010 Doug Groves canada, event, Fan Expo, Gaming, Hand Eye Society, iteration games, jph wacheski, Metanet, PC gaming, social, Toronto0 comment

The 9th iteration of the Hand Eye Social is only a couple of days away, and if you haven’t been to one, I’d highly recommend it. The socials bring together the Toronto indie gaming scene and are always a blast, whether inside the venue itself, or outside taking a breather and talking with others (it CAN get noisy inside – people are gaming after all). All the details are below, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that you really should visit iteration games now, and check out…

Left 4 Dead’s Sacrifice not written in stone

August 23, 2010August 23, 2010 Doug Groves DLC, L4D, L4D2, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Mac gaming, PC gaming, Steam, Steam powered, The Sacrifice, Valve, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Zombies2 Comments

When Valve released “The Passing” DLC for Left 4 Dead 2, it was the first time that we got to see the cast of the original L4D in the new game. We also saw the ultimate fate of one of the original characters, but I won’t spoil it for those who haven’t seen it yet. The newest DLC for the franchise is called “The Sacrifice”, and will finally fill in that bridge (no pun) between the two, as it will tell the story leading up to “The Passing” from the…

Razer gaming gear

August 20, 2010August 24, 2010 Doug Groves Futureshop, headset, keyboard, Naga, PC gaming, Razer, Razerone1 Comment

At the recent Futureshop ‘Back To School’, Alex also caught up with Razer, which makes a wide lineup of gaming accessories, from keyboards and mice to headsets. We take a look at some of the gear, including the Naga mouse, which sports a numeric keypad on the side, for the hardcore MMORPG player. Check out more Razer gear at Future Shop here. This article now featured on the Future Shop Tech Blog here.

Windows Phone 7 launch games announced

August 19, 2010 Doug Groves bing, Bing maps, Crackdown, Microsoft, Microsoft Canada, Project Sunburst, Star Wars, THQ, Windows Phone 7, WP7, x10, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Live2 Comments

In anticipation of the international fall launch of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft has announced the starting line up of games, clocking in at over 60 titles. This includes some casual mobile classics like Uno and the always addictive Bejewelled, and mobile interpretations of console titles such as Guitar Hero 5, Halo: Waypoint, and Assassins Creeed. For Star Wars fans there’ll be a couple of games developed by THQ – Cantina, which puts you in the role of a Tatooine bar owner, and Battle For Hoth, a tower defense game set…

Dead Rising 2 screens raise many questions…

August 19, 2010August 18, 2010 Doug Groves Blue Castle Games, Capcom, dead rising, Dead Rising 2, GamesCon, PC gaming, PS3, screen shots, Vancouver, Xbox 360, Zombies1 Comment

Out of GamesCon running in Cologne Germany, comes some pretty, uhm, interesting screenshots for Capcom’s Dead Rising 2. As you can see from the above pic, there appears to be what every zombie game needs… giant angry teddy bear vs wheelchair dude multiplayer racing action. In fact, many of the screenshots (below) are equally bizarre, suggesting that the multiplayer modes in the game are certainly on the less serious side. What’s with the Rock Band like screens? Will there be a Zombie PunchOut mode? How much duct tape is enough…

Sony adding 320GB PS3 to the fall line-up

August 18, 2010August 17, 2010 Doug Groves Playstation, PS3, PS3 bundle, PS3 Move, PS3320GB, Sony2 Comments

Though they had already appeared on the inventory lists at both Amazon and Gamestop in the past couple of days, Sony has finally officially confirmed that they will be updating the PS3 with both 160GB and 320GB hard drives. The 160GB model, priced at $299.99 is replacing the current PS3, and already shipping to retail, so should be appearing on shelves any time now. The 320GB Move bundle, stuffed with Sports Champions, a PlayStation Eye and Move controller, aimed at getting people up and running with Sony’s new motion controller…

Mass Effect 2 coming to the PS3 in January 2011

August 17, 2010August 17, 2010 Doug Groves Bioware, Electronic Arts, GamesCon, GamesCon 2010, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, ME, ME2, PS3, Sony3 Comments

It was bound to happen. With Mass Effect being one of the most innovative franchises to come along in a long time, in both story telling and gameplay mechanics, it’s no surprise that BioWare has announced that it’s bringing the hit game to the PS3. To further entice PS3 players, BioWare is including hours of bonus content to immerse them into the ME universe. [I hope some of this bonus content fills in the back-story from Mass Effect 1 for PS3 owners, since the second game’s story is even better…

Irrational Games reveal their latest game – Bioshock Infinite

August 13, 2010August 13, 2010 drsquid bioshock, BioShock Infinite, Gaming, Irrational Games, PC games, PC gaming, Project Icarus, PS3, System Shock, trailer, X-Com, Xbox 3601 Comment

I loved System Shock 2. Created by Irrational Games, it was one of the scariest and most immersive games ever made. It is also one of my all-time favourites, and boy did its ‘spiritual successor’, System Shock Lite…Oh sorry, Bioshock, disappoint. Today, Irrational Games announced their latest game, Bioshock Infinite. After my hopes were dashed that Ken Levine, the mind behind Irrational, wasn’t going to be working on the X-Com reboot (another of my top 10 games of all time), I was hoping that ‘Project Icarus’ was going to be…

The Hand Eye Society wants your game on a cabinet

August 10, 2010August 9, 2010 Doug Groves game cabinet, game developers, Hand Eye Society, indie games, Mousey McTrackball, project, The 2UP, Toronto, TORONTRON, video games1 Comment

With the success of TOJam, and of the Hand Eye Society’s Torontron arcade cabinet chalk full of indie games from local developers, it’s only a small surprise that they’re making more cabinets, and they’ve put out a call for more games to fill them up. More specifically, there will be 3 cabinets with different control schemes, and they want to highlight some of the best of the Toronto indie scene in high traffic areas like the TIFF Bell Lightbox and the offices of the OMDC. The cabinets in question will…

Steelseries 6G V2 keyboard review

August 10, 2010August 10, 2010 Doug Groves 6Gv2, gaming keyboard, heavy, keyboard, pro gaming, review, Steelseries6 Comments

Whether you build your own PCs, or buy a computer off the shelf, the keyboard is often the last thing on your mind. Either the new machine comes with one, or you probably have one (or several) lying around that’ll do the trick. I know I’m that way. On one of my systems, I’m still using the keyboard from the PC manufacturer, which looks nice enough, but for extended use is actually pretty annoying. I’ve generally steered away from most gaming keyboards, because although I do game on the PC…

Plants vs. Zombies stumbles onto Xbox this September

August 6, 2010August 6, 2010 Doug Groves Michael Jackson, Microsoft, multiplayer, Peggle, Plants vs. Zombies, Pop Cap, PvZ, XBLA, Xbox 360, Xbox Arcade, Zuma2 Comments

Since it’s release on the PC almost a year and a half ago, Plants vs. Zombies has migrated to both the Mac and iOS. This September, it’ll make it’s console debut on the Xbox 360 as an XBLA title, priced at 1200 MS Points (or $15). Besides getting a resolution bump to 1080p, the game will have 7 different play modes, including two new multiplayer modes (coop and vs.), and 21 different mini games. “With a ton of new features and content exclusive to the XBLA version, we’ve pulled out…