Superman pushing Scorpion through the walls of a building sold me! Then Flash... woah! What do you think?

(via Kotaku)

Posted by: Jason | July 29, 2008 4:11 PM

this game is going to be great, i cant wait.

Here's a few of the big announcements at E3 in quick bullet-list form:

Xbox 360 announcements:

• New Xbox interface coming this Fall. Gone are the blades, now we get a weird combination of the PS3's interface (animated icons) and Wii's Mii generator (Microsoft calls them "avatars"). See it in action here.

• Lots of games announced for Xbox 360 including the much-rumored 'Lips' karaoke game. 'Guitar Hero 4' and 'Rock Band 2'... now with Metallica (zzzzz). 'Halo Wars', 'Gears of War 2', 'Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise', 'Fable 2', 'Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts', 'Resident Evil 5' and 'Too Human' were some of the other games shown (we already knew they were coming out)

• 'You're in the Movies' uses the Xbox 360 camera to make fools of your party guests. Looks half-way funny... the jury is still out on this one.

• Downloadable content for 'Grand Theft Auto IV' coming this Fall.

• 'Portal: Still Alive' for Xbox Live Arcade coming this Fall with new levels and achievements.

• 'Geometry Wars 2' will be available on Xbox Live Arcade next month (YEA!).

• 'Galaga Legions' from the same team that made the awesome 'Pac Man CE' will be out on the Arcade soon. It looks totally cool.

• 'Final Fantasy XII' will be available on the 360 as well as three other Square/Enix games. Kinda cool.

• Simultaneous online movie watching is coming to the 360 via Netflix. You and an online friend can watch the same movie at the same time and talk to each other.

• Check all the official Xbox announcements: HERE and HERE.

Nintendo announcements:

• 'Animal Crossing: City Folk' is coming out on the Wii (YEEEEAAAA!). See it in action HERE

• 'Clone Wars' will finally let Wii users battle with a Light Saber! Coming this holiday.

• MASSIVE NEWS: 'Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown' is coming out for the... wait for it... DS! Wha?!

• More 'Guitar Hero' content for the DS is set to be released with the ability to trade songs... hmmmmmm.

• New Wii game, 'Wii Sports Resort' is releasing this fall with a NEW Wii-mote add on that will increase the controllers sensitivity to 1:1 accuracy. I didn't know what that meant, but supposedly it's able to tell exactly where you are in 3-D space. It comes out next Spring.

• 'Wii Music' is announced with the ability for gamers to play 50+ instruments on their Wii... without the need of anything more that the standard Wii controllers. It will be out this year. See it in action HERE

• Nintendo's E3 coverage HERE

Sony announcements:

• PSP movie feature will be available TONIGHT!!! Movies can be download via PS3 or PC.

• 'Resistance' for PSP!!! Spring '09... awwww.

• 'Patapon 2', 'Loco Roco 2', 'Madden 09' and 'Lego Batman' soon for PSP.

• 'Resistance 2' for PS3 will have 8 player co-op and 60 player competitive online modes. 60 PLAYERS!

• The next 'Ratchet and Clank' for PS3 will be $14.99 and will be available from the PlayStation store... 'Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty.'

• 'Gran Turismo TV' coming to 'Gran Turismo 5 Prologue'. Will feature clips from the BBC show "Top Gear"... AWESOME!

• 'DC Universe Online' MMO for PS3 announced.

• 80 gig Core PS3 this fall for $399.

• The standard PS3 announcements for 'Far Cry 2', 'The Force Unleashed', 'Prince of Persia', 'Call of Duty World at War', 'Madden NFL 09', 'Fallout 3', 'LittleBigPlanet', 'MotorStorm Pacific Rift', '007 Quantum of Solace', 'SOCOM Confrontation', 'Ghostbusters', 'Soul Calibur IV', 'Resistance 2', 'The Agency', 'Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm', 'Mirror's Edge', 'Resident Evil 5', 'Singstar', 'Guitar Hero World Tour', 'NBA '09' 'Killzone 2' and 'Valkyria Chronicles.'

• 'God of War III' announced!!!

• A new PS3 futuristic war game called 'Mag' with 256 player online campaigns!!!

Posted by: Dallasfanboy | July 15, 2008 10:37 PM

I have NOT been a fan of mobile phone games. There's always the promise of some cool title, followed by the cold hard reality of playing them on a less-than-stellar mobile platform: tiny screen, cruddy processor and horrible controls.

And, even though I love my iPhone, I was expecting about the same disappointment with the recently released 2.0 operating system and app store featuring several hundred games.

Based on user reviews and screen shots, I nervously bought a few titles for my phone this last weekend. I am floored. There's some fantastic stuff available for the iPhone.

Here's a quick list of what I've played:

• 'Motion X Poker' (MotionX.com): It's a poker game using 3-D rendered dice. Quite possibly the most simple and addictive game I've played in the last year. Seriously, this game had the same impact for me as using the Wii-mote for the first time. You roll the dice by shaking the phone and simply tap the ones you want to keep in your poker hand. It's stupid simple and I can't stop playing.

Little additions to the game push it over the edge of coolness. The dice have interactive shadows that move when you tilt the phone. There are Xbox-360-like achievements that reveal themselves as collectible gems. There are also Pokemon-esque collectible dice that unlock as your progress and you can use in the game. There are even achievements based on using the collectible dice... it's nuts... and it's totally addictive. Oh, and it's cheap... at only $4.99.

• 'Critter Crunch' (Web Site): Sort of like a sadistic Tetris in reverse. You control a wonderfully animated frog-like "critter" who's job it is to sort out the feeding process of a hyper-cute food chain. It's simple, fun and award winning. Worth the $9.99 price.

• 'Trism' (Web Site): It's not a B-52's song, it's a cool slidey-color-matchy game that opens up completely new, and dare-I-say, revolutionary gameplay ideas.

'Trism' on the surface looks like the tried-and-true match and move puzzle game, but since it's on the iPhone, there's a twist. The colored tiles fall depending on the way you're holding the phone... along six different axis points. There's also some great surprises along the way. A total bargain for $4.99.

• 'Aurora Feint: The Beginning' (Web Site): A stunning 'Puzzle Quest'-like game that combines puzzle matching, RPG elements, multi-touch control, awesome music and excellent use of the iPhone's accelerometer. Oh yeah, it's FREE. There are a few bugs to be worked out, but did I mention: IT'S FREE!

Posted by: Dwalt Sanders | July 16, 2008 12:00 PM

Here are the announcements I've received today about games available on Apple's new App Store for the iPhone and (starting tomorrow) 3G iPhone:

Electronic Arts: -- SCRABBLE, Sudoku, Tetris (all available now)

Plus, EA reiterated that an iPhone version of Spore will be available in September.

PopCap Games -- Bejeweled 2 (available now)

Glu Mobile -- Space Monkey (available now)

I-play -- Numba (available now)

Namco Networks -- Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man (available now)

And the list goes on. If you want to see all the new iPhone games that are available, you'll need to install iTunes and head over to the App Store.

But while there is a deep selection of titles, these are mostly the sorts of casual games that cell phone owners have been playing for years.

I suspect the more complex, Nintendo DS-style games won't arrive for a few months (case in point, Spore in September).

For now, though, at least we know that game makers are paying attention to Apple.

UPDATE: Now this is what I'm interested in.

Pangea Software just announced that its racing game, Cro-Mag Rally, is available now (along with a puzzle title, Enigmo), and it's exactly the kind of high-end gaming experience that could redefine mobile games.