Gaming In Black and White

Playstation Store Gobble Gobble Early Update

2008-11-25T21:53:00.005-05:00

Those great guys at Sony have shoved out the weekly PS Store update two full days early this week in anticipation for the most gluttonous holiday known to the modern American; Thanksgiving.Some of the highlights from today's early update includes the "Fall Sale" where you can pick up your very own Echochrome, The Last Guy, Novastrike, PixelJunk Eden, or Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 for the

Awesome Things In Gaming #3: Destructable Environments

2008-09-28T18:11:00.000-04:00

You're running down a mountain cliff road when suddenly you're faced with what seems like an unbeatable blockade of enemy soldiers, then you notice the explosive barrel on the ledge above them, you carefully aim your semi-automatic 9mm Uzi and open fire. The barrel lights up like a Christmas tree and cracks the precarious ledge, sending it crashing down to your foes leaving them smashed or

PSN Cards to go on Sale at Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and Best Buy

2008-09-27T22:09:00.004-04:00

Even more good news for credit-cardless PS3 owners, PSN cards will be available for purchase at Wal-mart, Best Buy and Sam's Club starting October. The cards will come in $50 and $20 demonetization. Kinda weird that these cards have yet to make their way to Gamestop/EBgames.-Ryizzel

EA Announces Fall Roster For Mobile Sports Games

2008-09-25T16:06:00.002-04:00

In one of EA's latest press releases they announced that they'll be bringing some of sports gamer's favorite EA Sports titles to the mobile phone universe, so you can get some serious yardage on the go. Of the titles they announced coming are Madden NFL '09, NCAA Football '09, and NASCAR '09.With these titles comes this statement from Adam Sussman:"EA's sports titles are some of our most popular

Fable II Has Gone Gold

2008-09-23T17:49:00.006-04:00

Hey guys, Lionhead updated their blog Sunday announcing that Fable II has gone gold, meaning the game will be coming out on October 21st in the U.S. and 24th in the U.K.[Source]-Ryizzel

Whoomp! There It Is! (We Cheer)

2008-09-22T21:45:00.003-04:00

Gimme a "W"! Gimme an "E"! Gimme a "Cheer"! What does that spell?! A lazy way to cheer out We Cheer! Another new musical-based game for the Nintendo Wii that will have you waggling your Wiimote and Nunchuck around like you're back in high school at a pep rally.We Cheer will be coming from Namco Bandai and, according to them is "Packed with 30 high-energy master tracks spanning four decades of

Awesome Things in Gaming #2: Competition

2008-09-21T15:39:00.009-04:00

Usually when you imagine competition in video games, you picture a bunch of autistic 12 year old kids playing Halo on Xbox Live screeching profanity into their headsets whenever you beat them in a match. Contrary to what you may think however, competition in video games is a beautiful (and demanding) thing.Since the early days of Pong, competition has always been a huge part of gaming culture. In

Rumor: Comic Book Movie Producer Buys Rights to Mass Effect Movie

2008-09-18T21:48:00.007-04:00

Hey, y'know Avi Arad, the guy who produced all those awesome movies based on comic books? Well it seems there is a rumor going claiming he has acquired the movie rights to Bioware's Space opera, Mass Effect.If this rumor proves to be true Arad, (whose company is also working on the upcoming Lost planet movie) will have to find a director, screenwriter and some stars for the movie....They should

Prince of Persia Gets A Release Date

2008-09-18T13:43:00.004-04:00

It seems like now's the time to talk about release dates and Ubisoft joined in on the fun, announcing Prince of Persia's day of retail for December 5th, just in time for the Holidays.The game will be released on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. While a DS title, Prince of Persia: The Fallen King will be coming on the same day.-Undrallio

Life With Playstation, Global Release Today

2008-09-18T13:27:00.003-04:00

Turn on your PS3s and tune in, that is click on Folding@Home on the XMB and your Playstation will be updated to a new member of Life With Playstation. The newest thing from Sony that allows a more connected feel with Playstation users and the world as well.Life With Playstation will let you view the weather, cloud coverage, news articles, street view of over 60 cities, and Sony claims they're

Mirror's Edge Leaps Onto Store Shelves November 11th

2008-09-17T22:00:00.003-04:00

Mirror's Edge, DICE's new anticipated and heavily talked about first-person parkour game has just recieved a final, offical release date. The game will be available at retail stores on November 11th for the PS3 and Xbox 360, while the PC users will have to wait until this "winter".DICE also said that they'll be giving gamers a little taste for the game with a downloadable demo for PS3/360 in the

Peter Molyneux Claims Fable II Pub Games glitch was intentional

2008-09-16T16:08:00.003-04:00

It's true what they say about how cheaters never prosper. Those of you who have amassed mountains of gold using an exploit found in Fable II Pub Games are in for a "surprise" when you come to claim your gold in October.In a recent interview with IGN Peter Molyneux claims that the glitch was intentionally placed into the game and that there will be consequences for those who have abused the bug.

PSN Pre-paid Cards Now Available at a Blockbusters near you

2008-09-15T21:39:00.007-04:00

North American credit cardless gamers rejoice! Sony has finally gotten it's damn act together and made Playstation Network cards available at any Blockbusters....starting yesterday! The PSN pre-paid cards will act just like Wii Points or MS Points cards and come in $20 and $50 packages. Finally all of us without credit cards can purchase pixeljunk, or that latest rock band add-on.-Ryizzel

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Release Date Announced

2008-09-15T11:40:00.004-04:00

Today Blizzard has announced the global release date for the second expansion to the ever popular World of Warcraft. You should be able to pick up Wrath of the Lich King at most major retailers on November 13th, 2008. "We're looking forward to launching Wrath of the Lich King and finally giving World of Warcraft players a chance to take on Arthas and his minions," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and

GTA IV PC specs up

2008-09-14T22:31:00.007-04:00

Games for windows has released the recommended system specs for GTA IV's upcoming port to the PC which will arrive in stores November 18th.The PC port will include an improved multiplayer, a replay editor and an enhanced graphics engine.Here are the specs: * OS: Windows XP SP2 * Processor: Dual core processor (Intel Pentium D or better) * RAM: 2GB * Hard Drive: 18GB free hard disk

Novastrike: Goes Down In Skill Level, Goes Up In Extras

2008-09-14T22:31:00.003-04:00

Tiki Games, the Playstation Network game Novastrike's publishers, announced that a major update for Novastrike is now available. The update lowers the difficulty of the game as well as adds Trophy support (16 of em in fact) and a few other goodies.“At the start of June we released NOVASTRIKE and quickly discovered a lot of customers found the difficulty settings to be too challenging,” said Kevin

Come September 24th, The XLA Gets A Lot More Manly

2008-09-14T21:45:00.006-04:00

3D Realms has announced recently that Duke Nukem 3D will be visiting 360 owners on the Xbox Live Arcade on September 24th.For those whom don't know, Duke Nukem 3D was a very fun First Person Shooter back in the day that spawned a cult following all hoping (in vain most of the time) for Duke Nukem Forever.No price has been announced as of yet, but general speculation says it may be around 800 MS

EA gives up on Take-Two acquisition

2008-09-14T18:50:00.009-04:00

After months of missed deadlines and private talks, EA has finally given up on trying to acquire Take-Two. Today EA issued a press release stating: "Electronic Arts... today announced that while EA continues to have a high regard for Take-Two's creative teams and products, after careful consideration, including a management presentation and review of other due diligence materials provided by

Awesome Things In Gaming, #1: Selection

2008-09-14T16:25:00.008-04:00

This is a brand spanking new concept for B&W, and I'm proud to announce it. In this section, Awesome Things In Gaming, once a week either ryizzel or I will try to do a post where we discuss an awesome thing in gaming. Whether it be a certain series, system, genre, occasion, or....you get the point right? Well let's get this show on the road! Hop over the break and we'll talk about the first

Apocalypse Strikes Fallout 3 Survival Edition Stock (Sold-Out)

2008-09-13T18:52:00.004-04:00

I was planning on buying the Survival Edition of Fallout 3 on the PS3 from Amazon.com (only place you can get it dontchaknow) but it seems that the old saying is true. I snoozed, and I losed. Er..lost...The whole stock of the Survival Edition has been snatched up by excited Playstation 3 owners, no doubt wanting the life-sized Pip-Boy 3000 replica, but the 360 and Games For Windows remain up for

Anti-spore Blog is the work of a Troll

2008-09-12T18:50:00.004-04:00

This past week I've been hearing a lot about a blog called antispore that claims spore is teaching our children very, unchristian values. Now normally, I would have writen about this site the second I heard of it, but something seemed...very off about it.Heh, I'm glad I waited.Well, it turns out anti-spore is just the work of the most epic troll in internet history. Seriously, never have I seen

No More Exclusives from Capcom

2008-09-11T20:26:00.004-04:00

Further proving that the days of exclusive titles are numbered, Capcom has declared in its fiscal 2008 shareholder's report, "All major titles launched during the next fiscal year or thereafter will be developed as multi-platform games".But wait, there is more, Capcom will be using their, "internal MT Framework technology, "an integrated development environment built to provide common development

Kano Kicks The Flash, AKA MK Vs DC Line-Up

2008-09-11T17:27:00.005-04:00

The official Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe character line-up has been announced, bringing super villains and heroes against the bloodthirsty Mortal Kombat denizens.I'm a little disappointed that Goro didn't grace Mortal Kombat's ranks.FINISH HIM!! (Click through for the list)Mortal KombatScorpionSub-ZeroSonyaJaxShang TsungLiu KangRaidenKitanaKanoBarakaShao KahnDC

Take A Listen: Star Ocean 4 Battle Music

2008-09-10T22:01:00.005-04:00

I'm pretty gosh darned excited about Star Ocean 4, even though us Americans wont be seeing the game grace our shores until Spring 2009, but that wont stop me from fantasizing of what can only be the best Star Ocean to date.To make this even better, a "video" was just put out on the internet (YouTube) that gives us a delicious taste at what we can expect from the battle music. I'll tell ya, it's

Resistance beta applications up

2008-09-10T21:05:00.004-04:00

Sup folks, Myresistance.net is now taking applications for the Resistance 2 Beta. Better hurry up before all the spots are filled.-Ryizzel