If any of you Save Game readers happen to be passing through Edmonton, Alberta, on January 21st this month, then you might want to stop by the Rapid Fire Theatre. An auction is happening on that Saturday to raise money toward the festival Improvaganza (occurring in June) – money raised will be going toward travel funds for visiting artists at that time.
Read more »The EA hype machine is really getting into gear, now that the release of SSX is nearly upon us. The upcoming title will be a first for the series on XBOX360 and PS3, and the folks at EA want everyone to know it’s coming. To that end, they’ve released a new trailer, hot on the heals of last week’s nostalgia-fueled Tricky tribute. But where that trailer harkened back to the good old days of Gamecube and PS2, this week’s trailer is all about the future. So what new info does the trailer contain? Read on for the details, and to […]
Read more »Onlive have announced today that Google will be integrating their OnLive cloud gaming service into the Google TV platform. OnLive on Google TV will offer users on-demand gameplay from their library of “console-class” titles, in addition to providing popular social gaming modes like worldwide spectating and Brag Clip videos with group text and voice chat.
Read more »The Writers Guild of America have released their nominations list for its Video Game Writing Award (VGWA – needs a catchier acronym I think), and some of the nominees might surprise you. This is the fifth year that the video game writing award has been present as part of the wider Writers Guild of America awards, and the nominees won’t have long to wait to find out the results – the winners will be announced February 19th.
Read more »Ever since it’s last trailer, I’ve been keeping a close eye on Binary Domain. From what the devs are saying about this game, it certainly looks to go beyond the usual ‘point and shoot’ gameplay of many of today’s shooter focused games, offering real consequences for actions. And I’m a big fan of consequences, and for making choices that matter in games.
Read more »Are you looking to pick up a PS Vita? Would you perhaps like that Vita for free? Starting January 26th, Taco Bell might be able to help you out with that.
Read more »Our shared dream has finally come true. At long last, developers have begun paying us to play their games. OK, not quite. But what EA announced this morning was pretty darned close. When the demos for Mass Effect 3 and Kingdoms of Amular: Reckoning launch later this month, they will come loaded with unique (and totally awesome) downloadable content for each title. We’re talking guns, we’re talking daggers, we’re talking armor. We’re talking free. Read on for the details.
Read more »Following rumors that Sony may be gearing up to announce the successor to the Playstation 3 at this years E3 Expo, Kaz Hirai, head of Sony consumer products has stated that Sony will not be making any new hardware announcements at E3. Hirai’s comments came after a reporter speaking to Hirai at a press roundtable at CES, referenced the remarks of Andrew House, the head of Sony’s videogame division. House had previously stated last year that no announcement relating to future console iterations would be made at the show.
Read more »Not long now until the release of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, and to get us ready for 38 Studios’ RPG big-hitter, Microsoft have announced that a demo for the title will be available on Xbox Live on January 17. No further details on the specifics of the demo or what it will showcase have been revealed, nor has confirmation of a PS3 or PC demo been announced.
Read more »Following the inclusion of a sex scene, 2K Games and Digital Extremes’ The Darkness II had to be reclassified by the Australian Classification Board. The original classification by the Board, completed in July, was revisited and reclassified in December after a new build of the game added a sex scene to it. After the inclusion of this sex scene, 2K voluntarily re-submitted the game to the Board in case the new content changed the game’s MA15+ rating. Thankfully the scene passed with no edits, however the game’s classification has been modified to include an acknowledgement of the additional content.
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