Archive for June, 2008

Review: Iron Man (XBOX 360)

June 29th, 2008 – 11:05 am Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Game Reviews., Games

Developer - Secret Level (XBOX 360, PS3);
Artificial Mind And Movement (Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, PC)
Publisher - SEGA
Available on - Everything!
Creating an enjoyable Iron Man video game shouldn’t be too difficult. Somehow the concept of a man in a flying metal suit with regenerating projectiles sounds like one that would work [...]

And The Heavens Shall Tremble - Diablo III!

June 29th, 2008 – 10:09 am Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Games

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Following Blizzards tradition of revealing new titles at huge scale events the recent 2008 Blizzard Invitational was no exception, hosting the first footage of what’s been in development for four years, Diablo III.

Know Your Gaming Movies

June 25th, 2008 – 3:43 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Games, Movies

When a movie is released based entirely on the intellectual property of a video game, some hesitance arises. These game-to-film adaptations hold little roots in the history of movies as few have managed to prove successful.
Fortunately a few outliers lay faith in the game to film conversion process. While films such as Street Fighter prove [...]

Call Of Duty - World At War Info

June 24th, 2008 – 6:00 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Games

Yesterday Activision followed up the circling rumors on Call Of Duty 5 to announce the next chapter in the popular FPS franchise, Call Of Duty : World At War.
This next installment will be akin to Call Of Duty 3, leaving the hands of the series’ original creators Infinity Ward, to be solely developed by Treyarch. [...]

Review: Penny Arcade Adventures - On The Rain-Slick Precipice Of Darkness Episode One (PC)

June 20th, 2008 – 6:54 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Game Reviews., Games

Developer - Hothead Games
Publisher - Online Distribution
Available On - PC, XBOX 360 (XBOX Live)
Throw some good humour into a game and you’ve instantly added a whole lot of charm and replayability. Couple this with solid game design and entertaining characters and you’ve got Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain-slick Precipice Of Darkness Episode One (here [...]

The Incredible Hulk Competition *Closed*

June 19th, 2008 – 1:33 am Posted by: Liam
Filed as: Movies

Thank you to everyone who entered, the winners will be contacted shortly and have their prizes sent out to them. If you didn’t win don’t worry we have more competitions coming soon. Enjoy!
Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment are giving THREE lucky Space Meat readers the chance to win an Incredible Hulk T-Shirt and double in-season [...]

Retro Review: Grand Theft Auto III (PC)

June 18th, 2008 – 7:27 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Game Reviews., Games

This review was originally written for GamerAU’s retro section.
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Developer - Rockstar North
Publisher - Rockstar Games
Available on - PS2, XBOX, PC
Grand Theft Auto III is one of the greatest and most impactive video games in the industry to date. Fortunately my job here is to explain how and why this came about, as I [...]

Farewell Freeloader

June 17th, 2008 – 11:17 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Games

It was short but sweet. Anyone who has purchased Datel’s Freeloader for Wii will soon find the latest Wii firmware update 3.3 from Nintendo will actively cause Freeloader to cease functioning.

Ubidays ‘08 - Gaming At The Louvre

June 16th, 2008 – 7:45 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Events, Games

Who said games aren’t art? Recently Ubisoft decided to show off their latest wares at their prominent Ubidays 08 event, going down in style at the Louvre Museum, Paris. Apart from lots of coverage on already known works such as Far Cry 2, a slew of promising sequels and more vague titles were announced throughout [...]

Brisbane Gamer’s Meetup 05/07/08

June 15th, 2008 – 8:39 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Events, Games

Hosted by the dynamic duo at Australian Gamer, Matt and Yug are again set to light up the rooftops of Brisbane’s ‘The Valley’ Saturday 5th July.
Dubbed as an un-official after party for Gen Con Oz, there’s no excuse not to come if you’re in the Brisbane area attending Gen Con or not. I’ll be there, [...]