Reviews: (according to gameinformer mag)

Legend: Title - Console(s) - Score

• Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition - PS3/360 - 9.5
  
• Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing - PS3/360 - 7.75
  
• Major League Baseball 2K10 - PS3/360 - 7.75
  
• Just Cause 2 - PS3/360/PC - 9
  
• MAG - PS3 - 7
  
• God of War III - PS3 - 10
  
• MLB 10: The Show - PS3 - 9.5
  
• Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll - Wii - 6
  
• Endless Ocean 2: Blue World - Wii - 7.5
  
• Calling - Wii - 4.5
  
• The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom - 360/PC - 8.5
  
• Napoleon: Total War - PC - 8.75
  
• Supreme Commander 2 - PC - 8
  
• Dragon Age: Origins-Awakening - PC - 7.75
  
• Heavy Rain - PS3 - 9.5
  
• Bayonetta - PS3/360 - 9
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - DS - 8
  
• LittleBigPlanet PSP - PSP - 8.5
  

tags: #game reviews, source: gameinformermag

In celebration of Nintendo Power's 250th issue, here are the 250 (duh) reasons to love Nintendo. This was included in the January 2010 issue, but for those of you who don't get the magazine, here it is.

( With our eyes on 25 years of gaming history and our hearts full of nostalgic love, we present 250 reasons why we absolutely adore the wonderful world of Nintendo )

tags: #etc, source: gameinformermag

Reviews: (according to gameinformer mag)

Legend: Title - Console(s) - Score

• Assassin's Creed II - PS3/360 - 9.5
  
• The Saboteur - PS3/360 - 8
  
• Band Hero - PS3/360 - 7.75
  
• Guitar Hero: Van Halen - PS3/360 - 7.5
  
• God of War Collection - PS3 - 9.5
  
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex Edition - Wii - 6.5
  
• Tony Hawk: Ride - PS3/360/Wii - 5.75
  
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Wii - 9.25
  
• Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles - Wii - 8
  
• Need for Speed: Nitro - Wii - 6.5
  
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers - Wii - 5.5
  
• Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - Wii - 6.25
  
• Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage - Wii - 6
  
• Your Shape Featuring Jenny McCarthy - Wii - 7
  
• King's Bounty: Armored Princess - PC - 8.75
  
• League of Legends - PC - 7.75
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - DS - 8
  
• Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines - PSP - 6.5
  
• Atelier Anne: Alchemists of Sera Island - DS - 5
  
• Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier - PSP - 7.75
  
• LittleBigPlanet PSP - PSP - 8.5
  

tags: #game reviews, source: gameinformermag

January 2010 Calendar (Featured in GameInformer)

• Jan 01 - MAGfest kicks off the New Year at the Hilton Mark Center in Alexandria, VA.
  
  
  
• Jan 05 - New releases: Bayonetta (PS3 / 360), Darksiders (PS3 / 360), Divinity II: Ego Draconis (360 / PC), Duke Nukem: Critical Mass (PSP / DS), Jambo! Safari Animal Rescue (DS), Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love (Wii / PS2), Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces (Wii).
  
  
  
• Jan 06 - Marvel Comics opens 2010 with Bloody Event.
  
  
  
• Jan 08 - Daybreakers hits theatres.
  
  
  
• Jan 12 - New releases: Army of Two: The 40th Day (PS3 / 360), Dance Dance Revolution (PS3 / 360), Dark Void (PS3 / 360 / PC), Lunar: Silver Star Harmony (PSP), Playmobil Knights (DS), Sands of Destruction (DS), The Simpsons: Season 20 (Blu-ray / DVD), Vancouver 2010 (PS3 / 360), Zooloretto (Wii).
  
  
  
• Jan 16 - World of Warcraft's fifth series of action figures hits shelves today. This collection consists of only three figures: a scourge ghoul, an alliance hero, and a sexy night elf hunter.
  
  
  
• Jan 17 - Check out 24's eighth season today.
  
  
  
• Jan 19 - New releases: Walk it Out (Wii), pushes the player to walk to the beat of 120 music tracks. Compatible with both Konami's Dance Dance Revolution mat, and the Wii Balance Board.
  
  
  
• Jan 22 - Legion hits theatres today.
  
  
  
• Jan 26 - New releases: Braid (PC), Legend of Kay (DS), MAG (PS3), Mass Effect 2 (360 / PC), No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle (Wii), Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom: Ultimate Alliance All-Stars (Wii).
  
  
  
• Jan 28 - Street Fighter Cammy 10-inch figure hits stores today, starting at $179.98
  
  

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Reviews: (according to gameinformer mag)

Legend: Title - Console(s) - Score

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - PS3/360 - 9.75
  
• Borderlands - PS3/360 - 9.25
  
• Left 4 Dead 2 - 360/PC - 9.5
  
• DJ Hero - PS3/360/Wii/PS2 - 9
  
• Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony - 360 - 9.25
  
• Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising - PS3/360 - 7
  
• Dragon Age: Origins - PS3/360 - 8
  
• Tekken 6 - PS3/360 - 8.75
  
• LEGO ROck Band - PS3/360/Wii - 8
  
• LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues - PS3/360/Wii/PC - 6.5
  
• Tornado Outbreak - PS3/360/Wii - 6.75
  
• Demon's Souls - PS3 - 9
  
• Rachet and Clank: A Crack in Time - PS3 - 9.25
  
• Risen - PC - 8.5
  
• Rabbids Go Home - Wii - 7.5
  
• Wii Fit Plus - Wii - 8
  
• Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter - Wii - 5.75
  
• Half-Minute Hero - PSP - 8
  
• Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron - PSP - 6.75
  

tags: #game reviews, source: gameinformermag

"We argued. We agreed. We dismissed Ben's ideas outright. Creating a list like this wasn't easy, but we felt the 200th issue of Game Informer was the perfect time to highlight the best games of all time. Taking into account quality, cultural relevance, and industry impact, the staff voted with their hearts and minds to create our definitive list chronicling the best of the best. Have fun debating the results!"

( The Top 200 Games of All Time - Part 2 )

tags: #etc, source: gameinformermag

"We argued. We agreed. We dismissed Ben's ideas outright. Creating a list like this wasn't easy, but we felt the 200th issue of Game Informer was the perfect time to highlight the best games of all time. Taking into account quality, cultural relevance, and industry impact, the staff voted with their hearts and minds to create our definitive list chronicling the best of the best. Have fun debating the results!"

( The Top 200 Games of All Time - Part 1 )

note: part 2 coming tomorrow !

tags: #etc, source: gameinformermag

Here are the game reviews of October 2009 according to Game Informer Magazine. Enjoy!

The Scoring System
10 - Outstanding
9 - Superb
8 - Very Good
7 - Average
6 - Limited
5 - Passable
4 - Bad
3 - Painful
2 - Broken
1 - Advertars

( We play the crap so you don't have to )

tags: #game reviews, source: gameinformermag

Publishers are delaying games by the boatload, moving their 2009 release dates to 2010. Some are delayed for development reasons, but a lot of companies are saying straight up that they want to avoid being a casualty in the upcoming 2009 holiday massacre-shot down dead by cold-blooded retail assassin Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which comes out in November.

Here is a list of just some of the 2009 titles that have been moved into 2010:

• Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (PC) - First half of 2010
  
• Battlefield 2 (PC version) - First quarter of 2010
  
• BioShock 2 (PS3/360) - Mid 2010
  
• Splinter Cell Conviction (360/PC) - First quarter of 2010
  
• Red Steel 2 (Wii) - March
  
• I Am Alive (PS3/360/PC) - 2010
  
• Singularity (PS3/360/PC) - First quarter of 2010
  
• MAG (PS3) - January 26th
  
• Dead To Rights: Retribution (PS3/360) - Spring
  
• Mafia II (PS3/360/PC) - Spring
  
• Red Dead Redemption (PS3/360) - Spring
  
• Bayonetta (PS3/360) - January
  
• Dark Void (PS3/360/PC) - Early 2010
  

tags: #game info, #news, source: gameinformermag