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Avatar: The Last Airbender Cheats and Hints (PSP)

Avatar: The Last Airbender is a really good show that won an Emmy for the best American animated television series, and which follows the adventures of Aang and his friends, Katara, Haru, and Sokka, while they try to save the world from the Fire Lord, ruler of the Fire Nation. Debuting at the beginning of 2005, the s...

22 September 2008
08:46 GMT

Divine Divinity Gets Sequel

Back in 2002 an action RPG with a great title was launched, Divine Divinity, and it managed to win fans' hearts, even though the Diablo II LoD hype was still pretty high. And that, you can imagine, is a great achievement. However, there is one big surprise related to this title: the fact that it got no sequel un...

11 August 2008
04:36 GMT

Mount & Blade Release Date Announced

Mount & Blade, the role playing game title that made so many people go crazy several years ago with its realistic horse-riding and fighting sequences, is finally going to be released, after completing the beta-stage (which also lasted several years). The game, developed by TaleWorlds Entertainment, will be published ...

31 July 2008
02:50 GMT

Microsoft Announces European Release Date for Too Human

As it usually happens in the gaming world, Europe is going to receive the highly anticipated Too Human a bit later than the North Americans but, this time, it's only a ten-day delay. Yes, this means that Too Human is coming to European consoles on the 29th of August this year (if you don't want to do the ma...

28 July 2008
03:04 GMT

Dark Void Brings You the Real Sci-fi Action

Capcom has finally decided it was time to give us more details about Dark Void, the new sci-fi action-adventure game they had announced late last year. The game will be released as a multi-platform on Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles, as well as PC systems. It is a really hardcore one that looks amazing - if we are to belie...

4 June 2008
04:48 GMT

Guns, Wheels & Madheads 2 To Bring Chaos On Mobiles

Qplaze, the Ukraine-based mobile content developer, has announced the future release of "Guns, Wheels & Madheads 2," a new mobile game that comes as the sequel of an older one, named exactly the same (minus the "2" part, of course). Guns, Wheels & Madheads 2 is an action game that features car races, various weapo...

3 June 2008
12:14 GMT

Blue Dragon Achievements (Xbox 360)

First of all, top RPG fans waiting for the game to hit their consoles (if it hadn't already) should know that Hironobu Sakaguchi was assigned to carry out most of the work for Blue Dragon, only because he's a pure Japanese developing talent. However, it's Akira Toriyama who handled the lines and curves...

29 May 2008
13:06 GMT

Ready for Some Dinosaur Battle?

Ever since I saw the new King Kong battling dinosaurs, I wanted to kick some dinosaur arse. I am sure the same statement is true when it comes to you and the stuff you'd like to beat the crap out of. Thankfully, since everything is possible in the games world (well... everything except the release of a new Duke ...

20 May 2008
02:35 GMT

Get Ready to Become the Protector

Whenever a newly formed developer announces a big project, you tend to take the news with a grain of salt, while praying to God to let the devs do their job as they should - flawlessly. But until we really get the chance to test the product, let's learn more about the facts: Gingerbread Studios, a new Polish dev...

19 May 2008
02:33 GMT

Horror Action Brought to Life with Larva Mortus

Every now and then, a small little game gets released and it offers you a few unforgettable hours: lots of fun, mad mouse clicking and countless enemies to destroy. It just happens that this week's game responsible for all the "during-breaks" fun is called Larva Mortus, coming from the Czech developers Rake in G...

13 May 2008
15:06 GMT

Activision Brings the Big Adventure to Wii

The games in the Pitfall series have sold more than 10 million units to date and it seemed as if it was only a matter of time until a new Pitfall game was released. Apparently, the wait will be over by the end of the year, since Activision plans to release Pitfall: The Big Adventure to the Nintendo Wii consoles this ...

13 May 2008
13:06 GMT

Iron Man for Mobile Phones, from Hands-On Mobile

Hands-On Mobile, in collaboration with Marvel Entertainment, released Iron Man for mobiles today, a new game based on Marvel's famous (and fictional) Iron Man character. Besides the game, exclusive Iron Man mobile content is available, as of now, from select operators around the globe. In the coming weeks, more ...

30 April 2008
18:06 GMT

Today, The World Ends With You

The creators of Finaly Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts have been working for a while now on a new Nintendo DS action RPG title, dubbed The World Ends With You. According to Square Enix, the game released in Japan under the name of Subarashiki Kono Sekai, has been already shipped to North American retailers and it is silen...

23 April 2008
04:02 GMT

Prison Break Game for Mobiles, Soon

Prison Break, the hugely popular TV series that concluded its 3rd season at the beginning of 2008, will soon be available on mobile phones. Not as a film, but as a game that will try to bring the TV series' intense drama to our handsets. Produced by Vivendi, Prison Break for mobiles is an action game (couldn&#...

16 April 2008
04:16 GMT

Explosive Helicopter Action to Be Brought to PSPs

I bet you haven't played a quality helicopter game in a while and you're starting to miss the thrills of flying and laying waste with your next-gen chopper. But things are about to change since Mountain Sheep and v.2 Play have teamed up to bring a great action-arcade game to your PSP consoles this May. So, ...

7 April 2008
15:06 GMT

Charlie's Angels - Hellfire Brings Tough Girls On Our Mobiles

Charlie's Angels - Hellfire is the latest title brought to us by "ze Germans" from Ojom, known for publishing cool mobile games around the world. Ojom got the rights for making the game straight from Sony Pictures Entertainment (who produced the Charlie's Angels movie). Staying true to the movie, the mobi...

7 April 2008
02:56 GMT

Prepare to Hunt Dragons on Your DS

Dragon Hunters is an animated series, produced by French company Futurikon, that chronicles the adventures of Lian-Chu and Gwizdo, two young dragon hunters. The universe in which the life is made up of floating land masses separated by gaping voids. Travel is restricted to airships and most of the people are terroriz...

14 March 2008
13:31 GMT

Commando: Steel Disaster to War on Your DS

Heavy weapons, big shots and other things for the "big bad guys" will be soon available via the rather peaceful Nintendo DS portable console, since Lexicon Entertainment has announced that Commando: Steel Disaster will be launched in Europe starting the 9th of May.As for the plot, you play as the heroic Storm who mus...

14 March 2008
06:48 GMT

Sexy Witches, Scary Monsters Detailed for Males Aged 18-35

It was just one or two days ago when I said that sexy girls in video games (with a bonus from nakedness) help these games sell, even if they are not exactly what you could call a good game. I made fun of X-Blades just because it features a heroine wearing thongs and a little bra, together with big weapons. But now I ...

6 March 2008
04:55 GMT

Rocketmen: Axis of Evil Goes Live

It's no secret that gamers have saved the world or even the entire galaxy more often than Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone together - and we'll keep doing this for sure without ever getting bored, probably. We'll do the same thing in Capcom's RPG-styled shooter, Rocketmen: Axis of Evil, a game ...

4 March 2008
03:24 GMT

The World War II Strikes Back: Partisans Ready to Invade!

Whoa, I am so excited: another WWII-based game is going to be released this year! I was starting to miss the announcements that sounded like: "revolutionary game, intuitive gameplay, great story. It's World War II..." and nothing else matters, if Metallica doesn't mind. Anyway... this particular game we...

20 February 2008
03:12 GMT

Roots of Terror: Action, Real Time Strategy and... Terror

Like everybody else on this planet, except the game developers, we were getting really tired of titles based on the World War II - we want something new, unique, a different experience. Strangely, such a title will come from the developers of Pacific Storm (yes, that game based on the WWII), Lesta Studio. 9th Company...

13 February 2008
06:13 GMT

Get Ready for Sin City in Midway's "This is Vegas"

Midway seems to know very well what people really want from a game: an open world, freedom, a great story and some superb characters. Add to these a great lifestyle action experience that will allow you to drive, fight, gamble and party like a rock star in Sin City and you already have an idea how will the next title...

7 February 2008
05:47 GMT

Become the Multi-Platform Crash Test Dummy!

You've been the bad guy that killed for no apparent reason, the super hero that saved the world and, probably, everything you can imagine. But you've never been a bored crash test dummy that is about to become a prince that's going to save the princess. So, if you think that would be a fun mission, you...

5 February 2008
05:14 GMT

Dynasty Warriors 6 Available Starting February 2008

KOEI has announced that the latest game in the Dynasty Warriors series will be shipped to North American retailers starting the 19th of February and it will be available for your Xbox 360. The game will deliver some 720p HD visuals, it will support 1 or 2 player modes and we can't say yet what's the minimum...

19 December 2007
05:57 GMT

"Assassin's Creed" Makes the Holy Crusades Mobile

Gameloft just announced the launch of "Assassin's Creed", the mobile game based on Ubisoft's critically acclaimed new franchise console title. This brings intense action and hours of mobile fun for its players.The game's action is set in Jerusalem, 1191 A.D., when the Third Crusade is tearing apart the...

16 November 2007
05:02 GMT

Delta Force for Mobile Phones, the New Version

Vivendi Games Mobile announced today the availability of the latest Delta Force game for mobile phones, sequel to the award-winning mobile Delta Force launched last year by the same company. The game is based on the well-known Delta Force Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre from NovaLogic. In the new game, players control th...

27 September 2007
09:37 GMT

"LEGO Brick Breaker" Lands on Mobile Phones

LEGO Brick Breaker is a new revival of the classic arcade game based on the well known children's play building bricks. The game brings the same amount of color and entertainment as it always has, only that it is now doing it the mobile way.Who hasn't had the chance of playing with some LEGO blocks, at leas...

20 August 2007
04:32 GMT

Dawn of Mana

I can't help noticing that this game is very much like The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, because it has similar graphics and a few gameplay mechanisms that seem to have been borrowed from the best title on the Wii console. Why would Square-Enix spoil the famous Mana series by offering the fans a Zelda clo...

19 June 2007
10:47 GMT

Fight Night Round 3 Available Across Europe

Electronic Arts announced earlier this week the European launch of EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3. The critically acclaimed boxing game franchise will become available for download across Europe from April 2007 allowing mobile fans across Europe to be able to build and customize their boxer's look and fighting st...

14 March 2007
07:52 GMT

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown Cheats and Goodies

Manny, Sid and Diego return with another incredible adventure. The Ice Age is coming to an end, and the animals are delighted in their new world: a melting paradise of water parks, geysers and tar pits. But when Manny, Sid and Diego discover that the miles of melted ice will flood their valley, they must warn everyon...

7 March 2007
05:53 GMT

Total Overdose Unlockables

You're playing Ramiro (Ram), the black sheep of the family. Your DEA agent of a brother, Tommy, is desperate to get your help in bringing down a Mexican drug cartel. You never behave and since you're not officially working for the agency, you have to follow no rules. The rich storyline takes you through 18 ...

6 March 2007
06:47 GMT




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