http://www.allinfoblog.com All Information You Need Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:01:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Gamespot, after many years of wrangling with IGN has finally taken a lengthy lead in traffic rankings. Gamespot has now held onto the number 1 Alexa (non-poker) gaming site traffic position for a solid month. Could this be a sign of quality returning to Gamespot, or just a blackhole of a site ... http://www.allinfoblog.com/videogames/gamespot-overtakes-ign-as-the-most-visited-gaming-site/ A while back, Tommy Refenes (creator of indie gem Super Meat Boy) put a largely pointless app on the iTunes App Store: Zits & Giggles.  You pop zits, and that’s about all; it’s actually kind of gross.  It hit the store at the boring old app price of 99 cents, ... http://www.allinfoblog.com/videogames/iphone-app-costs-350-still-sells-dev-criticizes-apple-app-pulled/ Sony’s E3 presence this year will overshadow its recent GDC announcements, SCEA CEO Jack Tretton advertises. Speaking on the latest episode of GTTV, Tretton said that Sony is “bringing the heat” to the summer expo and that there will be surprises; one of which may be Killzone 3. While shying away ... http://www.allinfoblog.com/videogames/tretton-%e2%80%9cpromises%e2%80%9d-a-killzone-3-%e2%80%9cbringing-the-heat%e2%80%9d-to-e3/ Heavy Rain game director David Cage has already “written the next game” and has “a very clear idea” of where he wants to go next, he told GTTV at the Game Developers Conference last week. Although he mentioned that it wasn’t finished yet, he did say he wouldn’t “want to do ... http://www.allinfoblog.com/videogames/david-cage-already-set-on-next-game/ The size is strong with this one. In a recent interview with VG247, Star Wars: The Old Republic producer Jake Neri stated that there’s no telling how large the forthcoming BioWare MMO could get. As Neri states: “I guess it really depends. We would love to imagine this game lasting ... http://www.allinfoblog.com/videogames/star-wars-the-old-republic-will-be-a-huge-game/ Heavy Rain is a game that has divided opinions here at Gamer Limit. Some of us think it’s a glorified cutscene with obligatory button presses, others think it’s a welcome change of pace and a great narrative-driven game. Heavy Rain’s influences are vast; movies like Se7en and Saw are easily spotted. ... http://www.allinfoblog.com/uncategorized/retro-reunion-the-forgotten-gem-that-heavy-rain-ripped-off/ Technology is constantly changing. Some being large advances, while others are merely an iteration upon existing technology. Playstation Move is obviously an example of the latter. Nintendo Wii proved to the world that motion control is more than capable of finding its rightful place in the video game industry. Captivating a ... http://www.allinfoblog.com/videogames/playstation-move-does-precision-really-matter/ The Mass Effect universe is about to get a major expansion in the form of a monthly comic book series. Mass Effect Redemption was originally slated as a four-issue miniseries to serve as prequel to the recently released Mass Effect 2. Because of the miniseries’ strong sales however, publisher Dark ... http://www.allinfoblog.com/videogames/mass-effect-to-get-monthly-comic-series/ Yesterday morning Capcom took TVGB into the darkest corner of London to get in some serious play time with their upcoming Lost Planet 2. In between all the shooting and giant robot smashing we squeezed in a few questions with Leo Tan, the UK PR manager for the publisher. The first ... http://www.allinfoblog.com/videogames/lost-planet-2-is-%e2%80%9cvery-much-capcom%e2%80%99s-style%e2%80%9d/ Last night the British Academy of Film and Television Arts held its annual videogame awards ceremony and the biggest winner, as expected, was Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. But it didn’t quite clean the house this time. Drake’s latest took home four of the ten awards it was nominated for, ... http://www.allinfoblog.com/videogames/uncharted-2-the-biggest-winner-at-baftas/