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Halo 2600 kicks it old school

August 5, 2010August 5, 2010 Doug Groves Atari, Atari 2600, Ed Fries, Figure Prints, Halo, Halo 2600, Microsoft, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox23 Comments

Ed Fries, who helped get Microsoft Game Studios get of the ground, and was a seminal part of the original Xbox project at Redmond, has kind of come full circle, then back again. Although he’s currently involved in a number of other gaming projects, it’s this little diversion called Hal0 2600 that is worth checking out. It’s a full fledged Atari 2600 adaptation of Halo… sadly it doesn’t include Warthog levels, as for some strange reason, the 128 bytes of RAM wasn’t quite enough… The thing you need to realize…

Three free games, and more, for Playstation Plus subscribers

August 4, 2010August 4, 2010 Doug Groves Capybara Games, Critter Crunch, DLC, free games, Gaming, Kahoots, Playstation Plus, PS3, PSN, Syphon Filter, Toronto1 Comment

During E3 2010, Sony announced Playstation Plus, their paid subscription model to match Xbox LIVE. Since one can already game online for free with PSN, there seemed to be little incentive to pony up the $50 US/year for Playstation Plus, which added the capability to cross game chat, and the promise of exclusive and free content. It looks like Sony has stepped up to the plate on the latter, and is delivering some solid free content to Plus members, including Critter Crunch, from Toronto based Capybara Games. There’s a whole…

EA officially announces Battlefield 3

August 3, 2010August 3, 2010 drsquid Battlefield 3, beta, EA, Gaming, Medal of Honor, MoH, PC games, PC gaming, pre-order, PS3, Xbox 3601 Comment

Taking a page of the Halo book, EA has announced that if you pre-order the Medal of Honor Limited Edition, which is released on October 12, 2010, you’ll get an invitation to the Battlefield 3 beta. This is the first time that EA has formally confirmed that Battlefield 3 is coming, however there was no additional information about the game given. Hopefully EA will release more news about Batttlefield 3 soon — even one really cool screenshot would be good enough for me. On Sunday, they also launched their latest…

Indie Gaming Celebrated at Hand Eye Society Social

August 2, 2010August 2, 2010 Paul L Brandon Boyer, canada, Emilie McGinley, event, Hand Eye Society, indie games, indie gaming, interview, Jim McGinley, Jim Munroe, Messhof, Miguel Sternberg, Nidhogg, Offword, PC gaming, TOJam, Toronto4 Comments

The indie gaming scene in Toronto is exploding, and rgbFilter has covered one of local Hand Eye Society’s latest socials.

A Visual Guide To Real-Time Strategy

August 1, 2010 drsquid Blizzard, infographic, Kotaku, PC, PC gaming, RTS, visual guide7 Comments

Continuing their great series of infographics, Kotaku posted their latest visual guide to coincide with the launch of StarCraft II. The RTS, or Real-Time Strategy game, has long been a staple genre of PC gaming, and while there have been some console RTS’s, very few of them have been successful. The release of StarCraft II, and its success so far, both critically and commercially, reinforces the fact that the PC has never really gone away as a gaming platform, it’s just lain low for a while. It is only fitting…

Halo: Reach – The Battle Begins trailer

July 29, 2010 Doug Groves Bungie, campaign, Halo, Halo: Reach, Limited Edition, trailer, video, Xbox 360, Xbox Live8 Comments

A new trailer was launched today for Halo: Reach, and this time around, it’s focusing more on the dramatic elements than the multiplayer gameplay. Although thoroughly impressed with the multiplayer beta that came out in the spring, it’s good to see some more focus on the single player story. Gamers have logged millions of hours of game time on the Xbox Live servers, but for me, the Halo series has always been about the epic space opera. There are few game franchises that manage to capture that sense of scale…

Starcraft II is here, and you can win a copy

July 27, 2010August 2, 2010 drsquid Blizzard, canada, event, Future Shop, Gaming, launch, PC, RTA, RTS, Starcraft, Starcraft 2, Starcraft II, Toronto23 Comments

rgbFilter is celebrating the release of the game by giving away two copies of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, in conjunction with Future Shop. Just leave a comment after the break, and we will randomly pick the winners.The entries have been tallied! Congratulations to unokilo321 and heimp!

Alan Wake: The Signal available now

July 27, 2010 Doug Groves Alan Wake, DLC, giveaway, horror, Remedy Games, survival, The Signal, trailer, Xbox 360, Xbox Live1 Comment

The Signal DLC for Alan Wake is available on Xbox Live as of today, for 560 MS Points. For many out there who’ve already bought Alan Wake, you should have a redemption code for The Signal in your Alan Wake box. On that note, congratulations to danfalone, who won a copy of Alan Wake, along with The Signal, in our giveaway yesterday. See the full press release after the break.

Hydro Thunder Hurricane review

July 27, 2010 Doug Groves Arcade, game, Hydro Thunder, Hydro Thunder Hurricane, review, speedboat racing, Summer of Arcade, Vector Unit, XBLA, Xbox 360, Xbox Live3 Comments

For those who may not recall, Hydro Thunder was a Midway Games sit down style arcade speedboat racing game from 1999. It also spawned versions for the Dreamcast, N64, Playstation and the PC, though I’m only familiar with the arcade version, which probably still haunts more than one Dave & Busters outlet across North America. Though I haven’t played it in years, it certainly delivered on over-the-top speedboat racing back in the day. Now, Vector Unit, a small developer, has resurrected the franchise for Microsoft Game Studios as Hydro Thunder…

A Life Well Wasted, gaming radio done right

July 26, 2010July 26, 2010 drsquid A Life Well Wasted, ALWW, blogger, Gaming, NYU, Olly Moss, Podcast, Radio, Robert Ashley, Tetris1 Comment

A Life Well Wasted is the brainchild of former Computer Gaming World, Game for Windows Magazine contributor, and member of the legendary 1up GFW Radio podcast (you can find a ‘best of’ here), Robert Ashley. After the demise of the ‘old’ 1up, and the end of GFW Radio, he decided to continue keep that show’s legacy and high-standards, alive by producing his own podcast. However, unlike GFW Radio, A Life Well Wasted is not a roundtable discussion style show, but more akin to the kind of radio shows found on…

Alan Wake giveaway

July 26, 2010July 27, 2010 Doug Groves Alan Wake, DLC, giveaway, Remedy, The Signal5 Comments

This week, The Signal DLC comes out for Alan Wake. The only problem is that you can’t play the DLC without the game. To help one lucky reader along, we’ve got a copy of the game (our review copy to be precise), along with a code to download The Signal. The rules are pretty straight forward. Leave a comment in this post. Anything will do, but hey, there’s no reason you can’t keep it clean. Don’t worry if the comment doesn’t show up, especially if you’re not a registered user,…

Limbo game review

July 22, 2010July 27, 2010 Doug Groves Achievement perfect, Limbo, Limbo game, Playdead, review, XBLA, Xbox, Xbox 3609 Comments

Unlike most platform puzzle games, Limbo isn’t going to put a smile on your face, unless you have a slightly dark sense of humour. The official summary of the game is “Uncertain of his sister’s fate, a boy enters LIMBO”. Like that austere and sparse description, the game world is full of empty space, leaving a lot of room for the player to imagine the world behind the game, rendered in what can be described as a beautifully layered charcoal sketch, with a silent film era grain. As the boy,…