Charts: Japan 11/10 - 11/16

Published 2008-11-21
Text: Bengt Lemne

The Japanese charts continue to be dominated by Nintendo as eight of the top ten titles this week were on the Nintendo DS. Things are looking up for Playstation 3 as Way of the Samurai 3 helped push a bit of hardware this week.

As always thanks to our friends at Chartget! for allowing us usage of t..

UFC and THQ strongarms fighters

Published 2008-11-21
Text: Bengt Lemne

After some fighters out of the American Kickboxing Academy in San José refused to sign over lifetime rights to their likeness to THQ, top welterweight Jon Fitch, who fought champion George St. Pierre for the title this year and heavy weight Christian Wellisch were released from their UFC contracts. ..

Try the Puzzlegeddon demo!

Published 2008-11-21
Text: Bengt Lemne

Swedish developer Pieces Interactive are releasing their puzzle game Puzzlegeddon next week over various channels (Gamersgate, Direct2drive, etc.). If you feel like some puzzle action - check out the demo that is available for download now on the official website...

Grin to salvage the Terminator?

Published 2008-11-21
Text: Bengt Lemne

There are a few licenses that have never really been given a proper videogame treatment despite being seemingly ideally suited for games. Superman springs to mind, and the Terminator is another. Despite some decent efforts most of the Terminator games have been awful.

The game will be based on the ..

Colin McRae: Dirt 2 arrives next year

Published 2008-11-20
Text: Bengt Lemne

It comes as no big surprise that Codemasters return to the rally roads after the success of the first Dirt, but they will return with Colin McRae: Dirt 2 during 2009 on PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The game uses the powerful Ego Engine, that the predecessor was the first game to use and that has ..

Wrath of the Lich King breaks record

Published 2008-11-20
Text: Bengt Lemne

There is no stopping World of Warcraft as the second expansion sells even more than the first in its initial 24 hours. A whopping 2.8 million copies were shifted in the first 24 hours as compared to 2.8 million for The Burning Crusade back in January 2007. Currently the World of Warcraft player coun..

GRTV: Edge of Twilight

Published 2008-11-20
Text: Bengt Lemne

We met up with Andrew Chrysafidis from Fuzzy Eyes at Tokyo Game Show to chat about the studios' upcoming action adventure Edge of Twilight. Check it out...

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GRTV: Dancing with the Lich King

Published 2008-11-19
Text: Bengt Lemne

A cold November night outside Webhallen in central orchs, elfs, and humans gathered to show off their fancy dance moves. Check out the dance contest at the official Swedish Wrath of the Lich King premiere...

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GRTV: Portable Final Fantasy & Kingdom Hearts

Published 2008-11-18
Text: Bengt Lemne

Raul from Square Enix gave us a guide to the upcoming portable Final Fantasy: Dissidia (PSP) and Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (PSP) and Kingdom Hearts: 358 / 2 Days (DS). Check out how the games looked at Tokyo Game Show.....

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Square Enix opens L.A. studio

Published 2008-11-18
Text: Bengt Lemne

Square Enix have traditionally stayed away from Western developers and studios, but are now looking to follow in the footsteps of many of their Japanese competitors and expand into game development across the sea. Last Wednesday it was announced that Square Enix will publish Gas Powered Games' Supre..

Cryptic Studios on Playstation 3

Published 2008-11-18
Text: Bengt Lemne

Cryptic Studios are looking for experienced PS3 coders in order to bring their engine used in the upcoming MMORPG's Star Trek Online and Champions Online to Sony's console (previously it runs on PC and Xbox 360).

This is of course no official confirmation that both titles will be released on Playst..

National Geographic gets into gaming

Published 2008-11-18
Text: Bengt Lemne

It's not every day you get a press release from National Geographic, but today I got word from them that they are launching a game division.

"NGG also announced it has partnered with Namco Bandai Games America and Sony Computer Entertainment to publish and distribute globally National Geograph..

First screens from Watchmen

Published 2008-11-18
Text: Bengt Lemne

The first screens (sadly of rather poor quality) from Deadline Games' episodic prequel to Watchmen (movie out March next year) have reached the internet (Czech Tiscali Games. It's going to be really interesting to see what Deadline can do with the concept...

Charts: UK Weekly

Published 2008-11-18
Text: Bengt Lemne

Call of Duty: World at War tears up the charts in the United Kingdom as Mirror's Edge bombs out completely. Activision Blizzard returns to World War II to make it the third largest launch ever in the UK behind only Grand Theft Auto IV and GTA: San Andreas. The combined sales of Call of Duty: World a..

Everton employs Football Manager

Published 2008-11-17
Text: Bengt Lemne

We heard stories of clubs, manager and scouts using the Championship Manager and later Football Manager database as a means to find players. Premiership Everton F.C. has now become the first club to make Football Manager an official part of their "back room team". With a database of over 3..

Massive goes MMO?

Published 2008-11-17
Text: Bengt Lemne

It would seem that Swedish studio Massive Entertainment will start living up to their name in the future as new owner Ubisoft looks for them to help out in the MMO space.

"We just bought it from them since those guys have Blizzard so they didn't need that studio as much as we do, and those guy..

GRTV: Wrath of the Lich King premiere

Published 2008-11-14
Text: Bengt Lemne

The GRTV defied the chilly Stockholm night to cover the official Nordic launch of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King in Stockholm at Webhallen. Blizzard producer Rob Foote was on hand to sign boxes and whatever else the fans wanted and there was of course a costume competition. Check out some..

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New president at Oddworld

Published 2008-11-14
Text: Bengt Lemne

It's been very quiet lately from the folks at Oddworld Inhabitants - the game developer turned animation studio. But new president Larry Shapiro, who recently left the troubled Brash Entertainment, aims for the company to make a return to the big leagues as the former president Lorne Lanning returns..

Check out the Polycraft!

Published 2008-11-14
Text: Bengt Lemne

Capcom and Grin have released some details regarding the Polycraft - an air unit used by the BioReign forces in Ascension City. This is what the press information about the Polycraft reveals:

"Polycraft are highly maneuverable air units, designed for quick aerial assault and interception. The ..

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Charts: Japan 11/03 - 11/09

Published 2008-11-14
Text: Bengt Lemne

Fairly good numbers all around as Nintendo DSi continues to dominate the hardware chart in Japan. The success of the new model is also reflected in the software chart were DS games take the first four spots.

As always thanks to our friends at Chartget! for allowing us usage of their stuff.

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(Interviews, report, reviews)

GADGET: The new Macbook
2008-11-21

The Macbooks have left the old silky, sleek white/black design behind and Mikael gives a quick rundown on the new model!

TGS08: Edge of Twilight Update
2008-11-20

Edge of Twilight, due Q1 2009, is an Action/Adventure game set in a world where day and night have been separated, and the borders between good and ev..

SPECIAL: World of Warcraft Dance Comp
2008-11-19

For the release of Wrath of the Lich King, Activision Blizzard and Webhallen in Stockholm held a dance contest where the participants dance their avat..

TGS08: Dissidia: Final Fantasy & Kingdom Hearts Interview
2008-11-18

We talked to Square Enix in Tokyo about the next chapter of three of their biggest franchises, Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sl..

Wrath of the Lich King Release Event
2008-11-14

WoW expansion Wrath of the Lich King was released yesterday, and Gamereactor TV was in Stockholm to cover the midnight event that Activision Blizzard ..

GADGET: Panasonic TH-46PZ85
2008-11-14

Mikael looks at a promising plasma screen from Panasonic!

SPECIAL: Super Potato GRTV visit
2008-11-13

Gamereactor located the legendary Super Potato retro games store deep in the renowned Akihabara aka Electric Town in Tokyo! Benke gets to refresh a lo..

TGS08: Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
2008-11-12

The new member of the Clancy family at Ubisoft- the jetfighter action game H.A.W.X. is nearing its release. We wanted to know what was new since Ubida..

TGS08: The new Xbox360 interface revealed
2008-11-11

Microsoft will soon release the new interface for Xbox360, so we filmed the presentation to see what to expect.

SPECIAL: Lara Croft on Lara Croft
2008-11-10

We met with the new Lara Croft model, Alison Carroll, while she was in Stockholm. She's the first Lara Croft model with acrobatic abilities, and now s..

Gears of War 2 Release Event København
2008-11-07

Gears of War 2 havde verdenspremiere i dag, Fredag d. 7. November, men i Danmark arrangede Microsoft og Gamereactor et release event i går aftes for G..

Gears of War 2 Release Event Stockholm
2008-11-07

Gears of War 2 had its world-wide premiere today, Friday November 7, and in Sweden Gamereactor joined forces with Microsoft and Webhallen in Stockholm..

TGS08: Castle Crashers Interview
2008-11-07

We met two of the people from Behemoth, who started their gaming careers and the good ol' site Newgrounds where they made Alien Hominid, wich was rele..

SPECIAL: Gamereactor on PS3 and mobiles!
2008-11-07

Mikael took 5 minutes to explain and show us how to easily access your favorite gaming site and TV on your Playstation 3 and mobile phone.

TGS08: Bionic Commando Update w/Gameplay
2008-11-05

Swedish developer GRIN are getting ready for the release of Bionic Commando, and took the opportunity of presenting the game for the Asian marked whil..

TGS08: Resident Evil: Degeneration interview
2008-11-04

The new all-CG feature film set in the Resident Evil universe had its world premiere during Tokyo Game Show-- We talked to Producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi..

TGS08: Halo Wars Gameplay Presentation
2008-11-04

In 2002, Bungie brought First Person Shooters to the consoles with Halo. Now, with Halo Wars, Ensemble Studios are aiming for the same goal, but now w..

REVIEW: Gears of War 2
2008-11-03

Gears of War 2 is one of the most awaited titles this year, so put Norwegian Carl Thomas in front of the camera to hear his opinion on the game, as he..

TGS08: Wanted: Weapons of Fate
2008-11-03

Benke caught up with Co-founder and Producer with Grin, Ulf Andersson during this year's Tokyo Game Show--

REVIEW: Fallout 3
2008-10-31

Bethesda's sequel to the infamous Fallout games of the 90's has arrived. There's a lot of anticipation surrounding the game, and now the question r..

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