gaming

Games - Harry Potter's latest installment! As of November 16, the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Party 1) video game will be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS, Windows PC, and mobile devices, just in time for the film premiere this upcoming Thursday. According to EA's official press release, the game will feature plays on...

Activision makes sales numbers look easy. Last year Call of Duty: Mondern Warfare 2 laid waste to day 1 sales records by making an estimated $310 million dollars within 24 hours of release. After Medal of Honor's lukewarm reception it was unclear if people would be willing to fork over more cash to another shooter. Activision proved that that was...

Games - Free Dance Central from Old Navy Dancing isn't a topic we talk about often over here at Evil Controllers, but Dance Central for Microsoft's new Kinect hardware is very cool. For those of you looking to score a new game for your mother, or sister, it might not be a bad idea to stop into Old Navy this...

Games and News: Vanquish I personally do not like playing third game shooters, but I might have to make an exception about Platinum Game's "Vanquish". Vanquish takes place in the near future where the planet's human population has exploded so rapidly that nations of people around the globe are fighting for the scarce available resources. To sum up the plot...

The Latest Rumors about Kinect! On Monday, Microsoft combated rumors of a dwindling Kinect supply for the holiday season. Gossip was swirling about a potential retail drought, but Gamestop's SVP of Merchandising and Marketing Bob McKenzie announced that this has not been a problem. McKenzie told IGN that the Kinect has exceeded their initial sales expectations but that Microsoft was...

Games & News: Silent Hill movie sequel to come soon Silent Hill, is coming back to movie theaters, this time it's based on Silent Hill 3 and in 3D. Fangoria reports that the next Silent Hill movie, Silent Hill Revelation, will tell the tale of the third game's main character Heather Mason and the search for her father. The official...

Games - Play Poker online via XBOX LIVE Poker use to be a game, a few friends would play together on a late Wednesday night. Over time, poker has been accepted as a very competitive sport. We can watch players from around the world play Texas Hold em' on channels like ESPN. Players can start to play as soon as...

Games - Japan's COD: Black Ops to be censored. Black Ops in Japan will be different. The game was retouched to tone down torture and graphic violence but also some additional details. Square Enix (yes, that company that invented characters like FFX-2's Thief Rikku, another excuse for this blogger to go to anime conventions), who publishes COD games in Japan...

Gamer News view - Patience It's expensive to be a gamer, new games come out all the time and it's difficult to stay on top of releases. Quality titles are becoming more spread out as the investors behind them get afraid of launch windows that carry larger more well known titles. Gears of War 3 was pushed back to Fall...

Games & Info on Star Wars: Force Unleashed 2 Star wars Force Unleashed 2 has finally arrived, the much-anticipated sequel to the first installment Starwars Force Unleashed. For those who have limited Starwars knowledge, the Force Unleashed series takes place between episodes 3, Revenge of the Sith and episode 4, A New Hope. We get to see Darth Vader and...