Sierra scrapes memorabilia barrel, finds Ghostbusters car
Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
Sierra Entertainment and Sony Pictures Consumer Products just announced the "Ghostbusters' Ecto-1 Tour" which will see the quasi-famous hearse making stops at various events to help hype a forthcoming Ghostbusters game.
Kung Fu Panda
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
There's nothing quite like gathering the family together on the couch, firing up the oh-so wholesome Wii and then beating the crap out of all creatures great and small. And cuddly.
Wii will do hockey, finally
Wii
Tired of wanking on your Wii-mote? Rather try a slapshot or a quick wrister? Come this fall, you can, thanks to NHL 2K9, the first hockey title to be made for the slapshot-ready Wii.
Emergency Mayhem
Wii
As Wii successfully engages the "casual" and "social" gamers, the tots and the grandparents of tots, kids and their parents, software expectations in general become notably lower than the "new generation" average. Emergency Mayhem for Wii does absolutely nothing to argue the point.
Down Lo on the Downloads: Shop-Store-Market 06/08
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Until now, Wii owners have happily / reluctantly endured the steady onslaught of barrel-scraping retro rehash games made available for download in the Virtual Store. But with the launch of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, freshly minted top-tier titles, under the auspices of WiiWare, are also an option. Just like Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 have been offering for quite a while now.
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Swapping Force for Fedora, the plastic fantastic Lego games go grave robbing with some whipsmacking professor named Henry. Mind the snakes.
DFC: PS3 to overtake Xbox 360 in 2009
Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
The record game sales of 2007 are just a start for the soaring videogame business according to industry research firm, DFC Intelligence. Further, DFC forecasts that sales of the formerly floundering PlayStation3 should overtake the Xbox 360 in sales in 2009, finishing in a strong second behind the Nintendo Wii.
Move over Rock, next Hero does Guitar plus full on 'Band'
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Activision just unveiled Guitar Hero: World Tour, which will include an electronic drum kit and microphone along with the ubiquitous fake guitar for full on band jams, just like the phenomenally successful upstart, Rock Band.
Wii Fit
Wii
Be skeptical if you must, but Wii Fit really is a game that's good for your health. Better said, it's a great game that's also good for you health.
Down Lo on the Downloads: Shop-Store-Market 05/08
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
With the PlayStation Store closed for virtual renovations the last month -- it's reopened now -- only Microsoft's Xbox Marketplace and Nintendo's Virtual Console offered up any new downloadable games. That's good news and bad news on the competition front; a few good games came available... and a few lousy ones.