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We all have aunts and uncles who just don’t quite get it. They never stick to your wish list, and they never check Gamertell for sound advice. And so, you end up with “Scene It: Twilight” because “...that’s popular with you kids now, right?” Well, let’s turn lemon into lemonades,… Continue Reading »

EA and Visceral Games weren’t satisfied with leaving you crying in the corners of your room, traumatized by Dead Space. The companies want more. They want to scar you like never before. In a stroke of kindness, they’ve decided to give you some time to brace yourself, not make it… Continue Reading »

Often criticized for releasing the same type of games year after year, Electronic Arts gave us one of 2008’s truly unique games in Mirror’s Edge. And the gaming consumers let out a collective yawn. Despite so-so sales, EA CEO John Riccitiello remains committed to this new property… Continue Reading »

Electronic Arts should be ashamed of themselves. In Dead Space Extraction, they’ve got the best rail shooter (or light gun) game available on the Wii - and arguably on any platform - and they’ve done next to nothing to let anyone know about it. The developer videos made available did… Continue Reading »

The NPD Group, a market research company in North America, has just released sales data on Dead Space: Extraction for September, 2009. And, while Dead Space: Extraction was only out for five days of NPD’s September reporting period, the news still isn’t good. From September 29 to October 3, 2009,… Continue Reading »

The Dead Space Extraction PR machine continues rolling towards tomorrow’s release (September 29, 2009). EA and developer Visceral Games have announced a live webcast demo will be held at 12:00 p.m. (PST), September 29, 2009, in honor of the launch. The one-hour webcast will feature demonstrations of Dead Space Extraction‘s… Continue Reading »

Gamertell got to play the games in EA’s booth at the San Diego Comic Con 2009 and offers this first-person perspective on each. Game played include Nerf N-Strike, Need For Speed Nitro, Dragon Age Origins, Brutal Legend, Dead Space Extraction and G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra. Continue Reading »

E3 2009 is all over now and the games have all been announced. It’s time to look at the best of the best, specifically for the Wii. There were a ton of games announced at E3 that all look very good, so I limited it to the best ten, which… Continue Reading »

We knew Dead Space was coming to the Wii, but I don’t think anyone expected it to be arriving in the form of an all new, exclusive game. That’s right PS3 and Xbox 360 owners who were gloating over how wonderfully scary Dead Space was, Wii owners will now get… Continue Reading »

After the year Electronic Arts has had, the question of EA’s longevity bears asking and Ben Fritz is on the case at Variety’s Cut Scene blog. Fritz reports on EA’s plans to cut $500 million from its operating expenses in fiscal year 2010, beginning in April 2009. Three high-profile games,… Continue Reading »