Down Lo on the Downloads: Shop-Store-Market 08/08
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Not much new gaming to be found at retail during the outdoor days of summer, but your online virtual game malls have some decent stuff to offer. Some crap, too.
It's official, Wii No. 1 everywhere
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Not really surprising news but a landmark just the same, Nintendo's Wii is officially the number 1 console of this generation.
E3 '08: Sony outlines PlayStation plans, drops PS3 price
PlayStation 3
Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) held its annual press conference today at the E3 Media & Business Summit, making a series of announcements regarding the PlayStation.
E3 '08: Sony shows new games, God of War 3 official
PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) today unveiled a line up of software for PlayStation3, PlayStation Portable, and the PlayStation Network.
Battlefield: Bad Company
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Battlefield: Bad Company has you and three military misfit buddies getting tossed to the wolves as disposable manpower. Thankfully, said buddies don't die... but they don't shut up much either.
Top Spin 3
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
If you're a tennis fan, the lack of Rafael Nadal in the Xbox 360 version of Top Spin 3 is probably not enough to make you swap allegiances and become a PlayStation3 loyalist, but it is a stinger. If you're not a tennis fan, Top Spin 3 on either system (and excluding Wii) might make you one.
Wall-E
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Though based on a film from Pixar, the production company that wrote the book on computer generated pathos, Wall-E as a game just can't muster much semblance of similitude, particularly with the "enduring" thing, though it tries admirably.
New Guitar Hero champ contended already
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
What real beer drinkers and Guitar Hero aficionados have in common: Guinness. Except one's a stout and the other is a World Records repository. Both are definitive.
UEFA Euro 2008
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Funny how a fanatic can be expected to pay any price for a soccer game. But as UEFA Euro 2008 is basically akin to a single-purpose expansion pack for FIFA soccer, is it so not worth a full $50. Not even close.
Down Lo on the Downloads: Shop-Store-Market 07/08
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
As downloadable casual console games go, last month saw the expected simplicity of block-breaking games and interactive screen savers, but also the deceptively cheery and frightfully addictive Xbox Live Arcade puzzle, RooGoo, which looks like cognitive skills program for toddlers, but is so not.