Andre Barriault

Fraggers rejoice, Midway and Epic Games Officially Announce the FREE Titan Pack for Unreal Tournament 3.
New maps. New units. New vehicles. New characters. The most content ever added to an FPS, and all for free! Midway and Epic Games have officially confirmed the Titan Pack is coming to Unreal Tournament 3 for the PC and [...]

A weakened economy won’t put a dent on Xbox Live Marketplace releases this week as we’ll be seeing a slew of game add-ons and new Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) titles.
For starters, the eagerly anticipated “Grand Theft Auto IV” expansion pack “The Lost and Damned” is now available in the Live Marketplace for 1600 Microsoft points [...]

Electronic Arts’ (EA) “NHL Hockey” franchise has always been stellar when compared to other professional hockey games. It’s rare that an NHL Hockey iteration doesn’t end-up as one the year’s best titles. So when a game like EA Canada’s “3 on 3 NHL Arcade” is released on the PlayStation Network (PSN) and on Xbox Live [...]

While attempting to play “King of Fighters ‘94″ on the Wii Virtual Console recently, I learned that the title (if not all Neo Geo games) does not work in 480p. This baffles me, as 24 year-old 8-bit NES games have no issues running in 480p.
After searching around, I’ve learned of a workaround that involves [...]

Last week, Criterion released its latest downloadable content (DLC) for its constantly evolving arcade racer “Burnout Paradise“. The new content, dubbed Burnout Party, is Criterion’s first attempt at local multiplayer for Burnout Paradise. So how does this $10 (or 800 Microsoft points) DLC fair?
Burnout Party enables up to eight gamers to play amongst each other [...]

Have a blast this Valentine’s Day with Minesweeper Flags! TikGames announced today the title’s release via Xbox Live Arcade, so grab a controller and have fun with that special someone, blowing each other into oblivion for just 400 Microsoft points.
Minesweeper Flags brings explosive excitement from your computer to Xbox Live Arcade! In this all-new take [...]

After months of rumors and speculation, Capcom finally unveiled the long awaited “Dead Rising 2” for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. The sequel to 2006′ “Dead Rising” is being developed by Canadian developer Blue Castle Games along side series producer Keiji Inafune (who according to the press release, will play an active role [...]

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced a series of content and development releases for its latest title, 2008’s best-selling new game property for the PC and Xbox 360, Left 4 Dead (L4D).
The first L4D downloadable content, dubbed [...]

Gamers who logon to the PlayStation Network on their PlayStation 3 this morning will have the opportunity to download EA Canada’s “3 on 3 NHL Arcade” for $9.99. The game was developed by the same team that brought you “NHL ‘09“.
Here’s a sample taken from the game’s official press release:
“From the exaggerated player-looks of 40 [...]

The demo to Ensemble Studios’ “Halo Wars” is now available on the Xbox 360. The download is a fairly hefty one and will require 1.4GB of disk space on your 360 hard drive. Here’s an excerpt from the game’s PR material:
“Halo Wars is a strategy game based on the legendary universe of Halo. Command armies [...]

Since its release on Novevember 7th of last year, gamers have been venting their disappointment over the lack of polish in Epic Games’ Xbox 360 exclusive “Gears of War 2″ (GoW2). GoW2 had so many problems with its single player and online components that many gamers considered the game broken and unplayable. Both Epic Games [...]

The 1337pwn team has released a follow up to their successful “Xbox Live Friends” iPhone/iPod Touch application called “iNXES.” The new application mimics the Xbox 360’s New Xbox Experience (NXE), which now graces every 360 console that’s connected to the Internet.
The new touchscreen, gesture-based iteration of the application is very similar to 1337pwn’s first app, [...]

It’s hard these days to be a PlayStation Portable (PSP) owner. Even if the handheld is selling like hot cakes around the globe, it seems like no publisher or developer wants to commit to releasing titles for the unit. Thankfully, PSP enthusiasts have been receiving their fair share of gaming goodness from Japanese publisher/developer Square [...]

I have been a long standing champion of retro gaming. You can throw in as much 3D modeling, bump mapping and Dolby surround as you want into a game, it doesn’t necessarily make it a good play. The beauty of retro gaming is the necessity in the design of the classics, these are [...]

Music, movies and megahits. No matter what kind of game makes your heart race, today at the E3 Media and Business Summit (E3) in Los Angeles the world of Xbox 360 just got bigger, broader and more exciting than ever.
Microsoft Corp. today unveiled a games portfolio for all ages and interests. Included were new titles [...]

At the E3 Media & Business Summit today, Nintendo unveiled an enhancement for its iconic Wii Remote controller and new games that promise to further enrich and engage players around the world. These offerings build on Nintendo’s ongoing efforts to remove the barriers between expert and novice video game players, an approach that has been [...]

As Xbox 360 readies for the next wave of audience expansion, Microsoft Corp. today announced a new Xbox experience that will reinvent home entertainment from the inside out, changing the way we play games, watch movies and TV shows, and even become contestants in game shows. It all begins this fall with a bold new [...]

Other Ocean Interactive, the developers of Super Monkey Ball - one of the most popular downloads from the Apple App Store - today announced a specialized iPhone division will be created at its studio in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
“Our experience working with Apple’s SDK has been extremely positive and the iPhone, with its accelerometer, opens [...]

Nintendo’s upcoming Wii MotionPlus accessory for the revolutionary Wii Remote controller again redefines game control, by more quickly and accurately reflecting motions in a 3-D space.
The Wii MotionPlus accessory attaches to the end of the Wii Remote and, combined with the accelerometer and the sensor bar, allows for more comprehensive tracking of a player’s [...]

Midway Games Ltd., a subsidiary of Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment publisher and developer, and world-renowned developer Epic Games, today announced “Unreal Tournament 3“, for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, is now available in North America, with several new features including split screen, five exclusive maps [...]