Swag of the Day: Wooden crate of SqueeBalls
When your friendly neighborhood delivery person (hey Tim) comes to your door with a wooden crate in tow and you didn’t order anything, you know it’s going to be fun. It’s been a while since I’ve received notable swag from game company - I blame the economy - but this… Continue Reading »
Complete Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures series available on Xbox Live for duo’s anniversary
Wallace and Gromit have been making people laugh with their crazy inventions and silly antics for many years. In fact, this Wednesday, November 4, 2009, will be their 20th anniversary, the day their first animated short A Grand Day Out came out. In honor of their anniversary, Telltale games is… Continue Reading »
SNK releases King of Fighters XII patch for Xbox 360 owners
King of Fighters XII is flawed. Anyone who’s spent even five minutes trying to play using the online multiplayer would realize that. Ignition and SNK knew the problem was there, and promised that the companies would take action to make things right for their customers. Back on July 31, 2009,… Continue Reading »
Deal Spotting: Walmart offering $20 eGift card with Modern Warfare 2 preorder
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is going to be huge. It will probably be the biggest videogame release of 2009 and may even break a few records in the process. Demand for COD: MW2 is through the roof so retailers are thinking of creative ways to get buyers into… Continue Reading »
Important Importables: 100 interesting games you must import to play
Hey everyone! This is a momentous day for Important Importables. Today marks the 100th column. Who’d have thought, right? Anyways, to celebrate today, I’m listing my 100 all time favorite games that you can only get by importing. These are titles that aren’t available in North America, and you have… Continue Reading »
Leaked Modern Warfare 2 footage shows gamers can play as a terrorist
Somewhere, Jack Thompson is tittering with peals of glee as the debate about video game violence just jumped to the forefront of the holiday shopping season. Footage from arguably the biggest game release of 2009, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, was leaked earlier this week (October 27, 2009). That… Continue Reading »
Ubisoft releases short film to promote Assassin’s Creed II (with video)
As part of the promotion for the upcoming sequel to Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft is presenting a short film based on the characters from the game. The film is divided in three chapters and will serve as an introduction for the story in Assassin’s Creed II. The film is called Assassin’s… Continue Reading »
EA’s Peter Moore says disc-less consoles a decade away
The industry seems sharply divided on how much of an impact digital downloading will have on the future of game sales. There has been speculation about whether the next Xbox or PlayStation will even feature any kind of disc drive. EA Sports President Peter Moore doesn’t think it’s time to… Continue Reading »
Tecmo touts ability to bounce breasts in newest Ninja Gaiden game
Somewhere soon, a group of video game company executives will meet in a conference room and discuss how to market games to women. Tecmo’s latest ad campaign for Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 will likely only get mentioned as a “How Not To.” It seems the newest Ninja Gaiden sequel gives… Continue Reading »
Duo of deadly Discovery Channel series coming to consoles in the next year or two
Two of Discovery Channel’s most popular series, Man vs. Wild and Deadliest Catch, are being turned into video games. Discovery Communications is working closely with publisher Crave to adapt both series. Man vs. Wild is a survival series featuring British adventurer Bear Grylls. In this series, Bear pits himself in… Continue Reading »
Live Coverage of E3 2009
The Gamertell team brings us live coverage from the E3 Expo.
Important Importables
Jenni Lada brings us information about all of the groovy new gaming imports from around the world.



