All Posts by: Dan Crabtree

By Dan Crabtree, January 12, 2011 0 GN

At the THQ Gamers Event in New York City today, THQ has unveiled the new branding of the company along with a new direction for the company to take. The logo of the "new THQ" is intended to epitomize that… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, January 10, 2011 0 GN

Blizzard’s runaway success continues with the announcement that the latest expansion to the highest grossing MMORPG of all time, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, has sold over 4.7 million units in the month following its release. Not only does this set… Read More »

Silent Hill: Downpour reinvents the series

By Dan Crabtree, January 9, 2011 0 GN

[flash width="540" height="328"]http:/www.youtube.com/v/ZGkKAllpKfI?fs=1&hl=en_US&hd=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01[/flash] The February 2011 issue of Game Informer has revealed that Konami’s eigth installment in their storied horror series will be titled Silent Hill: Downpour. That’s right, water just got a lot scarier. Though the magazine’s latest edition… Read More »

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare played using Kinect and Wiimote

By Dan Crabtree, January 8, 2011 0 GN

[flash width="540" height="430"]http:/www.youtube.com/v/bo7QUdrZAkA?fs=1&hl=en_US&hd=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01[/flash] If there’s one thing core gamers wish Microsoft’s Kinect motion camera could do, it’s first-person shooters. This latest Kinect hack shows the first steps towards developing such a game, but it’s the gryoscopes in the Wiimote that… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, January 7, 2011 0 VG Review

Hudson Entertainment’s moody, minimalist platformer Lost in Shadow suffers from “dragging” not only because of inappropriate length but a repetitive nature, foreseeable outcomes, and a really inventive basis for gameplay that stretches thinner than the shadows it employs. A bevy… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, January 6, 2011 1 GN

The code has been cracked! With the beginning of Game Informer and Bethesda Softwork’s roll-out of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim details today, the magazine’s website posted a message as seen on the back cover of the magazine. Unfortunately, it’s… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, January 6, 2011 0 GN

THQ’s Executive Vice President for Core Games Danny Bilson is excited about a THQ press event in New York slated for some time next week and for good reason. According to two recent tweets by the VP, THQ has a… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, January 6, 2011 0 GN

After reaching a landmark amount of aggregate kills in Assasin’s Creed: Brotherhood multiplayer, players have unlocked the new map "Rome at Dusk". The announcement comes by two ways, one from a tweet by Community Manager at Ubisoft Montreal Gabe Graziani… Read More »

Modern Combat: Domination announced for PSN

By Dan Crabtree, January 5, 2011 0 GN

[flash width="540" height="328"]http:/www.youtube.com/v/7CEIE1hDUzc?fs=1&hl=en_US&hd=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01[/flash] With all the high budget, AAA modern First-Person Shooter titles on the market today it’s hard to imagine any title that could rival the big names in the industry with a downloadable title, but Gameloft aims to… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, January 5, 2011 0 Features

RPG purists often tout the era of the Super Nintendo as the pinnacle of role-play gaming, with titles like Final Fantasy III (in the U.S.) and Chrono Trigger often topping the lists. But Square developed another game that recalls distinct… Read More »