Sarah Doukakos's Posts

Okami HD To Be Released On Playstation Network

Okami HD is coming to the Playstation Network on October 30th for $19.99. It is, without question, one of the best games I have ever played, and one of the only times where owning a Wii felt worthwhile. The Wii controls made sense for this game, unlike most of the other titles that are ported to the Wii. The Playstation 3 version of this lovely game will allow players to use Playstation Move contr...

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Alienware, AMD, and More Team Up for Ravaged Director’s Contest

Alienware, AMD, Logitech, Andrea Electronics, and Reverb Publishing have gotten together to put on a contest for Ravaged, Reverb Publishing’s latest game. They want entrants to put together a 60 to 90 second spot for their game that focuses on Ground Combat, Vehicular Combat, Arial Combat [sic], Iconic Areas, and Serious Pwnage. These are their words, not mine. I’m guessing they meant ...

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Nintendo “Play As You Are” Campaign Features Celebrities

Nintendo is doing something bold and new with their advertising: featuring famous people in their commercials. Gosh, I’m sure there are a lot of other publishers that wish they had come up with that idea. The campaign is called, “Play As You Are,” and it will show off Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL handhelds along with a slew of different games. By slew I mean five. They’ll show f...

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GDC Next to Focus on Mobile, Social, Independent, and Cloud Gaming

The minds behind GDC have decided to take their GDC Online conference and rebrand it as GDC Next. This is the last year for GDC Online, and this conference will take place in Austin, Texas from October 9th to the 11th. GDC organizers have also created a special conference for App Developers: the creatively named App Developers Conference. The ADC will highlight developments in app technology, whic...

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Golden Joystick Awards Nominees

It’s that time of year again, everyone. The leaves are falling, the weather is getting cooler, and gamers are getting tired of putting up with the lack of new titles. As we anxiously await new games to play, let us look to the past and see what was good and what was mediocre. Time for the Golden Joystick Awards. For those who would like a history lesson, the Golden Joystick Awards were launc...

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BradyGames Releases Official World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Guide

BradyGames has just launched their official strategy guide for the latest installment of World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. Yes everyone, there has been another WoW update, except this one is a million times better than the old one because it has pandas. Or Panda-type creatures. They can talk and they know martial arts, which makes them much cooler than real pandas. Real pandas need to get thei...

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Bungee Jump to Win Copy of Borderlands 2

Do you like taking unnecessary risks? Do you value your life at around 60 dollars? Do you live somewhere in or near London? Then step right up and bungee jump away to win your copy of Borderlands 2. On September 23rd at Ely’s Yard, Brick Lane, London, you can jump from a special Borderlands 2 bungee crane to receive a copy of the highly-anticipated game. As for me, I think I’ll just bu...

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LEGO City: Undercover Wii U Exclusive

LEGO City vehicles and toys are coming to the Wii U in LEGO City: Undercover. The title is exclusive to the Wii U, so if you were hoping to play this on your PS3 I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Players will get to be an undercover detective who goes by the name of Chase McCain. This looks promising so far. I bet at least once during this game Chase will be called a “loose-canno...

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Shoot Rocks in New Borderlands 2 Game Mode

I don’t know how else to say this. In Borderlands 2, players will have the chance to shoot at rocks to earn prizes. Handsome Jack, the villain of Borderlands 2 has etched his face into a rock, which he has named Mount Jackmore, and players can retaliate by shooting at his stony visage to earn prizes. That’s right everyone, gaming has now been reduced to a mode where you shoot at rocks....

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ZombiU Trailer for Wii U May Contain Zombies

Hey everyone! Want a new zombie game? You don’t? Well it’s too bad publishers can’t hear you because you’re getting another one! ZombiU is coming to the Wii U. The trailer for ZombiU shows off some gameplay and how the Wii U controller will work. That controller is big, and looks sort of clunky, but maybe we’ll all adjust and it will be just fine. I mean, we all loved...

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