Das Keyboard Professional
Macintosh, Windows PC
Great marketing, an audacious claim, a catchy slogan, self congratulatory hype and also entirely true: The best keyboard on the planet. Period.
Midway gets with the times, offers new and retro direct
Windows PC
Old enough to remember dumping umpteen quarters into Spy Hunter? Midway still wants your quarters, but this time just in a one-time lump -- a flat $5. Plus, they'll throw in 2 other games. Plus, they hope you'll not notice you can already play Spy Hunter for free online...
Princess Bride Game
Windows PC
Water-fetching, cliffs that'll drive you insane, unusually large rodents, blathe, land wars in Asia, omitting a wheelbarrow from a list of assets... sound familiar? Princess Bride Game brings it all back.
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.
Piano Wizard
General Use, Hardware, Macintosh, Software, Windows PC
Hmmm... walks like a duck, quacks like a clavier. Turns out, the Piano Wizard is no toy, it just looks that way -- and only if you put cute little stickers on it. Otherwise, it's a bang-on computerized piano teacher.
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.
Doom 4 coming, id Software hiring
PlayStation 3, Windows PC, Xbox 360
Two, two news bites in one, id Software just announced that development of Doom 4 is underway, and that they need help.
DFC: Nintendo looks to conquer Europe
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
Game industry analyst group, DFC Intelligence, is readying forecasts for release over the next few month. In this overview, DFC notes that Nintendo Wii is expected to dominate Europe, the PlayStation3 might start to recover but never regain its former dominance, and the Xbox 360 will just sort of dither about in all European markets other than the U.K.
Painkiller: Overdose
Windows PC
If 2004's Painkiller made you giddy with hellfire catharsis, this expansion pack just might be the nostalgic revisit you need. That is to say, also, Painkiller Overdose sure feels like a 2004 game, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Prototype: The Comic Book
PlayStation 3, Windows PC, Xbox 360
Seems like just about anybody can make a videogame based on a comic book -- sometimes even a good one. But here's a switch: With the help of Sierra, DC Comics is make a comic book based on a game.