Remember when Uwe Boll said that his movie Postal will 'destroy Indiana Jones at the box office'? Well if that feat didn't sound ridiculous enough back then, it certainly sounds ridiculous now.
Due to the political content in Boll's most recent game-to-movie adaptation, Postal has been banned from most cinemas in America. He had originally intented it to be released on 1500 screens around America ... It will now only appear on 4 screens.

Reading Boll's press-release where he begs movie e...

This is the third week of Nintendo of Europe's Hanabi Festival for the European Virtual Console, where US and Japanese imports are made available to be downloaded. Whether this week will be the last for the Hanabi Festival is unknown, but there's a good chance it will be, given that WiiWare will launch in Europe next week.

After last week's release of Cho Aniki, NoE returns this week to release another three games, two of which are even more shoot-em-ups for the Virtual Console.

The fi...

"Speaking to British newspaper the Daily Mail, an "aghast" Tam Fry of the National Obesity Forum called for children to be banned from playing Wii Fit."

"This week's PlayStation Store update is quite big one for both Europe and the US. The European PlayStation Store has received a new playable demo and two new full games, whereas the US has received two new playable demos. The PixelJunk Monsters Encore pack is now available to purchase in Europe and both stores have received new characters for Everybody's Golf World Tour. This week's update also has several new videos, XMB themes and wallpapers. Check out the full list below."

It's no secret that Japanese companies use celebrities and popular bikini models to promote their goods. Sony has done it for PSP, Nintendo has done it for their games, and let's not forget the booth babes and show girls that appear at many gaming expos.

These girls are usually paid to look good and act excited while playing a game or console, no matter how awful it might be.

But if you take a look at many Japanese celebrity's blogs, you will often find them talking about their favorite...

From JeuxVideo Magazine comes word of an interview with Michel Ancel, the father of Rayman and creator of Beyond Good & Evil. In the interview, Ancel reveals that he and a team of about 10-12 people are working on the project. However, Ubisoft has not greenlit the project.

Beyond Good & Evil, released in 2003 to critical success, but was a commercial failure, with the game receiving less than satisfactory sales, being sent to die against games like Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. T...

"After being officially confirmed yesterday, the first proper screenshots of Lost in Blue for the Nintendo Wii have emerged. And if their awful quality is reflective of the gameplay we can expect, we’re not holding out much hope.

Whether these shots are from early development of Lost in Blue Wii or not isn’t clear, but even still, they’re really rather awful. The Nintendo Wii has been around for a year and a half now (and developers will have had kits to create games before then), so why so..."

The upcoming game in the PixelJunk series is PixelJunk Eden. A physics based game where you are a dot and have to travel through the level of vegitation. Some nice features about this game have been revealed. It will have remote play which means you can play this game on your PSP anywhere in the world. Which is an awesome feature, sadly not much games do this. And it will also have trophies for Home.

Today Sony released firmware update 2.35 for the Playstation 3, the minor update according to Sony fixes stability to several PS3 games. Considering Rockstar's announcement about the freezing problems in GTA IV being Sony's problem you would think this patch would solve the issues.

Unfortunately so far there appears to be no change, however Sony have said that they have identified the issue and are working on a solution. So maybe in the next one?

At the recent Konami press conference, Metal Gear Solid director Hideo Kojima gave a speech about the completion of Metal Gear Solid 4, but he also used it as a chance to comment on the current state of the video-game industry and the uprising of casual gamers over hardcore gamers.

Kojima also admitted that Western devs have surpassed Japanese devs (including himself). Yes, believe it or not, Kojima can be modest.

Rumours are currently circulating that Kojima might be planning MGS5, but in a recent interview with the UK edition of PSM magazine he expressed interest in developing Zone of the Enders 3, saying it might be good to change to outer space, or robots, or things like that.

6 Reasons why you SHOULD NOT use your PS3 as a Blu-Ray Player. This really caught my eye so I put it up. The PlayStation 3 is the said to be the best Blu-Ray Player on the mart. After all, it can play PS3 games as well, but this article said you should only use it as your games console.


Here they are:

1. Doesn't work with universal remotes.
2. It's louder than standalones.
3. Interface isn't as easy to use.
4. You have an older AV receiver and need multichannel analog outputs.
5. ...

With North America seeing the launch of WiiWare this past Monday, Japan gets the first real Virtual Console update this week. There are a couple gems in this update.

The first game is the Taito classic, Bubble Bobble for the Famicom. With gameplay that stands the test of time, join the two Bubble Dragons Bub and Bob through multiple levels, defeating enemies.


Next up is a game featuring Sega's top mascot before Sonic, Alex Kidd. This game is Alex Kidd in Miracle World for the Sega...

"Consumerist,

I have had a bad morning. Last night when i tried to sign into my xbox live account "thegayergamer" I was told that it had to be changed. I figured that it was just from people reporting it as an offensive name being that the greater Xbox live community isn't exactly welcome to gay people, i spend a lot of time muting people on Halo3. I assumed that once i called Microsoft they would straighten things out.

I talked to a supervisor there, Roxy, who told me that she didn't pe..."

There will be two new titles added to the Xbox Originals collection, which are Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse and Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows. Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows will not be available in Japan or Korea and Stubbs will not be available in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Korea, and Japan. Gamers will be able to purchase both games on the Marketplace on May 19th for 1200 points each,

"Codemasters has unveiled Race Driver: GRID's multiplayer features and revealed that the game - due out on PS3, 360 and PC on 30th May - features full damage modelling.

GRID features 32 online race events taking in 80 circuits overall, with support for 12 players online and a ranking system that rewards skill and persistence.

Players will be rewarded with points for winning and beating better-ranked opponents, among other things, graduating from Junior Rookie to Legend as they amass poin..."

"Speaking to VideoGamer.com at Sony's recent PlayStation Day Nigel Kershaw, MotorStorm Pacific Rift's game director, has revealed what it's like to develop for the PlayStation 3.

When asked if MotorStorm Pacific Rift is pushing the PS3 Kershaw said: "The first game pushed the PS3, this is pushing the PS3, our next game is going to push the PS3. It's not so much about pushing the hardware, it's about learning how to use the hardware in the best possible fashion."

He added: "We've realised..."

"This isn’t the first time Sony cut prices for the US. PlayStation Network games like Echochrome and Piyotama cost less outside of Japan too. If this trend continues PlayStation 3 owners in Japan may want to consider importing US PlayStation Network cards providing that the downloadable content is region free."

With the recent release of the "Theatrical" trailer, the "opening 10 minutes" gameplay video and TV spots of REGAIN, Logan, the company behind the iPod ads, have released 5 trailers for PMC corporations featured in-game which have been airing in Japan recently.

video order:
"Praying Mantis"
"Octopus Armament"
"Raven Sword"
"Werewolf"
"Ocelot Grip"

note. minor spoilers

"EA has lifted the lid on another Sims game for Wii and DS. And this one is all about adventure, discovery and exploration in the name of King Roland bringing life back into his kingdom.

The Wii version features said Roland character who needs your help to make his kingdom a better place. The official blurb says you must help new and old friends discover new lands and build "to the limit of your imagination". Sounds a little like Civ to us.

Action begins in The Capital, the centre of the..."

In what is surely a crushing blow to fans the creator of the Ninja Gaiden franchise Tomonobu Itagaki has just stated in a interview with gaming website Kotaku that he has no plans of creating any more Ninja Gaiden games and that "I hope fans treat this as a swan song for the franchise." So enjoy Ninja Gaiden 2, because it looks like after this that Ryu is hanging up his katana for good.

"You know that heartwarming sensation you get while remembering games of yesteryear? The one that makes you ponder, "Why aren't games this good nowadays?" It's a lie. It's a childhood veil that, once lifted, exposes how shitty some of your favorite games were all along. They didn't just sour with age - they were never that fun, you just put up with them because there was no better alternative.

Metroid, for example, is fairly crap by today's standards. But it was actually good for its day an..."

So we all know that Metal Gear Solid 4 was going to be the last game in the MGS series, and that it would be the last Metal Gear game Hideo Kojima would be directly involved with. But has Kojima been fooling us this entire time? The recent Konami press conference hinted that there might be a sequel and that Kojima might be a part of it ...

A few weeks ago a Gamegrep article mentioned that there hasn't been any news of an Eternal Darkness sequel since 2006.

Well it looks like fans can now rest at ease. Silicon Knights' Denis Dyack revealed that there is a "strong chance" a sequel will be made. But since Silicon Knights are now a second-party developer of Microsoft, the game will most likely be an XBox 360 exclusive.

BioWare CEO Ray Muzyka was recently interview regarding the PC version of Mass Effect. He didn't speak about the authentication issue in the interview but he did explain why Mass Effect was first released on the Xbox 360. Mass Effect was supposed to be a Xbox 360 exclusive right from the start but late in the game's development it was decided to develop a PC version as well. As some of you know, the PC version will be getting Bring Down the Sky for free, which is downloadable content and Ray...