In: Articles by Edie Sellers
20 Jun 2011Look, I won’t lie. There’s been a lot of confusion about this since the news first hit. So let us spell it out for you. It started with a employee blog for a Japanese game retailer noting that a new Playstation 3 is set for release. The new model — CECH-3000B — reportedly will start [...]
In: Articles by Edie Sellers
10 Jun 2011Whether you love or hate the newly unveiled Wii U and its multi-touch window into 360-degree gaming, no one can deny that it’s a game-changer. We mean that figuatively and literally. Figuratively, it’s changing how the industry is viewing gaming. Literally, it’s changing how games are being built. Want proof? Sony Computer Entertaiment Studios chief [...]
In: Articles by Edie Sellers
10 Jun 2011Think of the number three. It’s a nice number for a story to come in three parts. That’s why so many game series call themselves “trilogies.” Uncharted won’t be a game that’s limited by the trilogy paradigm, however, according to developer Naughty Dog. In an interview with UK’s The Guardian newspaper, Naughty Dog co-president Evan [...]
In: Articles by Edie Sellers
9 Jun 2011That didn’t take long. We were kind of curious, now that E3 is firmly underway and rounding the home stretch, what items or games consumers had responded to. And consumers are saying they want the PS Vita. The $249 wi-fi version shot immediately to the number-one slot of Amazon’s best sellers in the video-game category [...]
In: Articles by Edie Sellers
7 Jun 2011Now that the dust has cleared from the first full day of E3, it’s time to roll up the sleeves, get past the hype, and take a good hard look at what we’ve got — or will get — from the industry. First up: The Playstation Vita, announced last night at Sony’s keynote press event. [...]
In: Articles by Edie Sellers
7 Jun 2011Okay, for the record: I was late. I missed the first 45 minutes of the Sony press conference. This was not entirely my fault. What was supposed to be a 25-minute drive from my hotel in Hollywood to the Los Angeles Sports Arena — for which I allotted myself 45 minutes so I could settle [...]
In: Articles by Leah "WhiteGodiva" Haydu
3 May 2011As you may have noticed, many of the GameHounds crew have been playing some older games recently, both in their original formats and through ports or re-releases. Nostalgia only gets you so far, though, when it’s not set up properly. In order to really get that first-time feel, you need to have the right tools. [...]
In: Articles by Leah "WhiteGodiva" Haydu
13 Mar 2011I’m a sucker for Metroidvania-style games — even though I hate that name for them — so I was immediately excited to try developer Moonshot Studios’ side-scrolling cooperative shooter, Fallen Frontier. Moonshot is primarily composed of ex-Bungie employees, so even though this is a completely different style of game than, say, Halo, no one can say [...]
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