GameFly’s Weekly Top 10 lists

What do gamers want to play? Checking out GameFly’s Weekly Top 10 is a sure way to find out. As expected, Batman: Arkham Asylum is atop the chart. Wolfenstein fares a bit better than expected considering its lackluster review scores.
We reviewed both, of course, giving Arkham Asylum a blissful 96 and Wolfenstein a respectable 83.
What’s [...]

Rock Band: Beatles tune to help charity

‘All you need is Love’ John Lennon once sang. But if you’re a music fan and own an Xbox 360, you also need the upcoming Rock Band expansion disc featuring music from The Beatles.
Lennon would certainly approve of his seminal track being used to raise funds for Doctors Without Borders when the expansion launches Sept. [...]

iPhone to get GTA: Chinatown Wars

Rockstar Games apparently loves a challenge. After packing the crime-laden world of Liberty City into the Nintendo DS, they’ve now announced plans to release ‘Chinatown Wars’ on the iPhone and iPod Touch.

We wrote a review when Chinatown Wars was released, and we liked it. It will be interesting to see how different things will be [...]

New NHL 2K10 screenshots

Hockey is blessed to have two fine video game adaptations. And with hockey season rapidly approaching, 2K Games’ PR machine is cranking.
NHL 2K10 will be released on September 15, 2009 for Wii, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PlayStation 2, and developers have said updates include better character models and animations. Typically, 2K Games has [...]

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey launch trailer

One of the better WWII combat flight sims will take to the skies again Sept. 8.
IL-2 Sturmovik was a blast when released in 2001, and its sequels have also been a nice blend of historical accuracy and fun. The game, of course, is named after the Russian ground attack fighter, the single most produced [...]

F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn demo released

Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC owners can check out the latest DLC expansion to F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin for free.
The demo includes four new levels for the popular suspense shooter. You can download the PC demo at whatisfear.com
Also, patches for all versions will be made available Sept. 3.
Here’s a video and the press [...]

BioShock, Oblivion bundle is out

Two of the greatest games ever released for the Xbox 360 will be released as a bundle July 7 for price of $39.99 ($29.99 for PC).

GameFly’s Top 10 lists

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Sony drops PS3 development costs

The cost of developing PS3 games just got a lot cheaper.

Sony has reduced the cost of its development suite to $2,000 — cheap enough for even the smallest of companies. But, finding a competent programmer familiar with the cell processor is still a big hurdle for such firms.
Cheap development tools are great (free is [...]

PSP adds 10 cheap ‘greatest hits’ titles

Sony is unleashing 10 new titles in its price-reduced ($19.99) greatest hit series, including God of War: Chains of Olympus, a must-buy title for the portable gaming system.

While the greatest hits series is a great thing, you can often find used copies of the games even cheaper.
The titles should be available April 5. Here’s [...]