Gamertell

Video game loving Anime Expo 2009 attendees will be able to satisfy their addiction by stopping by Atlus’ booth on the show floor. It’s #1001 if you’re there and interested. The company will be there every day of the convention, so you can stop by anytime between July 2-5, 2009.… Continue Reading »

Yet another contestant for “Movies Games that Shouldn’t Happen” has stepped into the ring thanks to 505 Games and Paramount Digital Entertainment. The two companies have joined together to bring the world Grease the video game. A release date has yet to be announced, but the companies have confirmed that… Continue Reading »

All young girls dream of having adventures like rafting down the Amazon, mountain climbing, or exploring deep caves. The Daring Book for Girls  series allowed girls to have these adventures while safely sitting on their couch. This best selling book series by William Morrow (imprint of HarperCollins) is now being… Continue Reading »

Can you say, “the dog days of summer”? This Nintendo download update is certainly on the sedate side, with 2 water-based titles on WiiWare (including a fishing game!) and Sudoku (yes, Sudoku!) on DSiWare. I’m interested in the sole VC release, Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa, and potentially… Continue Reading »

This week’s newest PS3 download is Droplitz by Altus for $9.99. In this game, players must solve puzzles by twisting and connecting mismatched dials to combine or link pipes together to guide the droplets of water down towards the drain. Can we say pipes on acid? Players must work quickly… Continue Reading »

Remember that moldy stereotype that gamers are all overweight, couch-crusty adolescents? Well, we actually have financial proof that it’s not the case anymore (not that it ever was) - in a recent story at 1Up, it was revealed that the new genre of fitness games has created an incredible $2… Continue Reading »

Earlier today (June 26, 2009) VG247 posted a story regarding PS3 firmware update 3.0, stating that it would be released before Christmas and that the system will be getting a huge overhaul. Among the features listed were a reputation system that would give players the ability to evaluate other players… Continue Reading »

The Dreamcast is an example of a console that its fans refused to let die. When Sega discontinued it outside of Japan, people purchased Boot Disks that would let them play import video games and imported. When licensed games stopped coming, people started creating and selling their own independent games.… Continue Reading »

Retail stores have experimented with different methods to prevent the theft of games in the past. Some stores surround the disc case in a thick plastic prison cell, some have games locked in display cases and others keep the games behind the counter where only employees have access. All these… Continue Reading »

This one came out of nowhere - ZeniMax, the parent company of Fallout 3 and Oblivion developer Bethesda, has just announced its acquisition of id Software (best known for the Doom and Quake franchises). According to a report at Gamasutra, Bethesda will publish all of id’s currently unsigned projects (EA… Continue Reading »