GoG Returns After Not Being Gone

Maybe they should call it MaGog? (Read a book!!!)

Just in case anybody actually believed that classic game download site Good old Games had actually shut down, they're back. basically they just shut down the site (it's still down- there's a message for fans till tomorrow morning) so they could 'go gold'. For anyone who's never visited the site, it's actually been in a beta phase for it's entire two year life.

The 'going out for business' style stunt has angered quite a few GoG-ites though- hopefully they'll get over it. GoG is a great little service that I've used a couple times myself and I'd hate to see it suffer because of a little miscalculation in humor.

Let me give them a little plug- they'll have Baldur's Gate when they re-open. Good?

Nintendo Download -- 'and we're back' edition

Actually, I'm referring to me since I'm just settling in back here after a little break- but the saying goes for Nintendo as well since we actually get a Virtual Console game this week!

Don't get too excited, it's Aero the Acrobat 2.

Oh and PS- I left the format errors in because I thought it was funny. NOT AT ALL because I'm lazy. No. Sir.

GameCenter Launches for the iPhone/iPod Touch

After a fairly quick update, Game Center will grace your iDevice with it's oddly implemented presence. Why oddly, you ask? Because there's not much that's compatible with it right now, I answer.

I actually have a lot of titles on my phone (shock D:) but only the original Pac Man works with GC. It's not even Championship Edition for God's sake!

After a very brief play of ol' Paccy, I had a few achievements. Yes achievements, I know it's shameless. Collecting 'cheevos on the iPhone is just as strangely satisfying as it is on the Xbox though, I just wish Apple had made sure there were more games that offered them before they launched.

Edit: I just saw that Real Racing by Firemint works too.

Dead Rising 2: Case 0 Shambles Past LIVE Records

Developer Capcom is overjoyed today as they announced that their Xbox LIVE exclusive game-let prologue for Dead Rising 2- Case 0 -has broken all records for LIVE downloads, thus proving the old adage that quality counts.

For what it's worth I have yet to even fire my DLC'd copy up but the game looks great. I'm thinking it must say something that I downloaded a game that I knew I wouldn't have time to actually play and probably won't until just before DR2 drops at the end of the month.

Take a victory lap Capcom, the rest of you might as well jump for the pressy-

Knights in the Nightmare for PSP Just Got More Interesting

Actually it just got a lot more interesting- if you pick up the new remade RPG for the PSP this November the 9th, you'll get a copy of Yggdra Union (also for the PSP) for the tidy sum of 0 dollars American.

YU, if you don't know the game (and I wouldn't blame you if you didn't), is an RPG that originally was released on the Gameboy Advance- then later for the PSP. It's a little bit of a niche game but then so is KitN.

Either way, it's a hell of a deal. Release after the break-

PSN Update -- 'Ghost of PSPlus' edition

IF you are a Playstation Plus subscriber, you actually get something good this week in the PSN update- the God of War: Ghost of Sparta demo. Yes you too can be shockingly angry and hack'n'slash ('n'leap) your way through a reasonable facsimile of ancient Greece.

Actually, I really enjoyed the first GoW for the PSP and I have no reason to expect anything other than another fine outing with the new one. You know what? I think Chains of Olympus is my favorite God of War. I've never played the third (just lost interest in it) but from the other two games... yeah, it's my fave.

Well, anyway, that was a bit of a digression- there's really not much else to be had in this update. I really think the PSOne classics have been quietly retired. I mean, what the hell?!?

Lots of DLC Today for Some Really Good Games... and One Stinker

New adventures await for your favorite Bioware titles as Dragon's Age gets it's 'Witch Hunt' and Mass Effect 2 gets 'Lair of the Shadow Broker'.

In addition Transformers fans can download some new maps and characters (Zeta Prime and Dead End) in the War for Cybertron.

And then there's a new level for Naughty Bear. I have to give developer 505 Games a nod for still going ahead with their DLC plans even though the game has been less than stellar in the critic department and not that great in the area of sales either. Good show ladies and gents.

Too bad the game stinks.