Boxxet Home   |   Log in or Register

FEATURED PHOTOS

Get game info on how to collect the Exodia the Forbidden One card for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game! GameSpot Forums - Sonic The Hedgehog Union (union board) - Sonic Next Gen official discussion thread. more Grand Theft Auto San Andreas game images below

browse more photos...

news: Top 39 Show All

Today

 

Rate Spore: Review: Spore Creature Creator (+video)

Original at Stuff.co.nz external link    4 hours ago    via Spore tracker copy external link

Thumbnail

 New Zealand - Like The Sims before it, the game Spore could be the catalyst for getting people who don't normally play video games to get out and play video games. ...

Rate Spore: Review: Spore Creature Creator

Original at Stuff.co.nz external link    5 hours ago    via Google News external link

Thumbnail

 New Zealand - Spore comes from the creative genius that is Will Wright the man behind Sim City and the Sims and the idea behind the game is that you'll be able to create ...

Rate StarCraft: Blizzard claims another next-gen MMO, planning new Battle.net features, hints StarCraft 2 Beta

Original at Qj.net external link    6 hours ago    via QJ.NET external link

Thumbnail

By Ceasar S. Now here's the kicker: Blizzard hopes to unveil their ideas for expanding Battle.net's feature list by the time they implement StarCraft II Beta. This officially confirms the rumors that a Beta will be conducted to test the real-time strategy engine, units and tactics within real-life m...

Rate Nintendo DS: Today's Gaming News & Rumors From Around The Web (7/3/08)

Original at Gaming Bits external link    8 hours ago

Thumbnail

The widely popular Guitar Hero: On Tour game for the Nintendo DS sold over 300,000 units in North America within the first seven days. A new accessory came out for the Nintendo Wii called the Wii Wheel Mount. If you love Mario kart but think a stand is necessary, then this might be for you.

Rate Xbox 360: Today's Gaming News & Rumors From Around The Web (7/3/08)

Original at Gaming Bits external link    8 hours ago    via Boxxet Collection external link

Thumbnail

Xbox 360: First, a Halo game for the Xbox. Then some Halo merchandise. Heck, even a Halo Edition Xbox 360 system. What will be next? It's a Halo Board game. The widely popular Guitar Hero: On Tour game for the Nintendo DS sold over 300,000 units in North America within the first seven days.

Rate Wii: Today's Gaming News & Rumors From Around The Web (7/3/08)

Original at Gaming Bits external link    8 hours ago    via Boxxet Collection external link

Thumbnail

PLAYSTATION 3: Dark Sector developer Digital Extremes will be helping to bring BioShock to the PLAYSTATION 3. Source: Joystiq There are still no updates on Firmware 2.4 for the PS3. Keep your eyes peeled to Gamingbits.com for the latest info regarding it!

Rate Metal Gear: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots Original Soundtrack Review

Original at IGN external link    10 hours ago    via Google News external link

 CA - by Spence D. July 3, 2008 - The first thing that jumps out at you about the soundtrack to the latest MGS installment is that well-known Hollywood composer ...

Rate Metal Gear: New screenshots, music direction for Mushroom Men on Wii

Original at Geek.com external link    14 hours ago    via Boxxet Collection external link

Thumbnail

By Gavin Robinson Share This With Metal Gear Solid 4 for the Playstation 3, and just about every game to come out for the Xbox 360, you might feel like the depth of gameplay on the Wii has been a bit on the light side since its introduction. Complaints aren’t completely unfounded, either. The Wii is severely lack...

Rate Rock Band: Harmonix: Games Help People Understand Music; Rock Band 2 - No User Created Music

Original at Gaming Today external link    15 hours ago

Thumbnail

By Stephany Related Articles at Gaming Today:Harmonix Talks Beat Detection TechnologyHarmonix Talks Keyboard, User Created Content for Rock BandActivision Blocks Patch for PS3 Guitar Hero III Controllers to Work with Rock BandFive New Random Rock Band Tracks This WeekGuitar Hero: World Tour...

Rate Xbox 360: Ninja Gaiden II Xbox 360 Review

Original at dBTechno external link    18 hours ago

Thumbnail

Ninja Gaiden II Interested in picking up this release? Head over to Amazon at the link here Ninja Gaiden II Ninja Gaiden II Xbox 360 Review Publisher: Tecmo/Microsoft Developer: Team Ninja Released: June 3, 2008 The original Ninja Gaiden is still hailed as one of the greatest action game...

Rate Nintendo DS: DS Fanboy Review: Civilization Revolution

Original at DS Fanboy external link    18 hours ago

Thumbnail

By Alisha Karabinus Few games have inspired as many different reactions -- all heated, all extreme -- in me as Civilization Revolution. There are few aspects of the game that are just "okay" for me; everything is either really awesome or really annoying, and in the end, it's difficult to condense all of those f...

Rate Xbox 360: WALL-E Xbox 360 Review

Original at dBTechno external link    18 hours ago    3 related articles

Thumbnail

Interested in picking up this release? Head over to Amazon at the link here Wall-E WALL-E Xbox 360 Review Publisher: THQ Developer: Heavy Iron Studios Players: 1 Released: June 24, 2008 WALL-E released in theaters last Friday from Disney and Pixar, as the companies have once again manag...

Rate Final Fantasy: Today's Gaming News & Rumors From Around The Web (7/2/08)

Original at Gaming Bits external link    Wed, Jul 2    via Boxxet Collection external link

Thumbnail

PLAYSTATION 3: IMPORTANT NEWS FOR PS3 GAMERS! New info regarding the PS3 2.4 Update. It has been pulled due to some Playstation 3 systems being inoperable after the update. Sony does state if you have any problems, please contact them. Check out the PlayStation Forums, where problems are bei...

Rate Castlevania: Konami confirms Castlevania Judgement for Wii

Original at Geek.com external link    Wed, Jul 2    via Boxxet Collection external link

By Gavin Robinson It may not be what you were hoping for when you heard the two words, “Castlevania” and “Wii” in the same sentence, but it might just still be fun. Castlevania Judgement will be the first Castlevania game for the Nintendo console, and it’s unlike any Castlevania you’ve ever played. Why? It’s a...

Yesterday

 

Rate Xbox 360: Frankenreview: Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360) [Roundup]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Jul 1

Thumbnail

By Mike Fahey Battlefield: Bad Company knows what it wants to do and does it. The gameplay is simple and easy to wrap your mind around, but opens up to a lot of different strategies. The explosions are visceral and fun, and the game looks great too. Yeah, I bitched about the color palette, but there are moment...

Rate Rock Band: Opinion: Brands And Their Destruction

Original at Dubious Quality external link    Tue, Jul 1

By Bill Harris(noreply@blogger.com) This fall we get Guitar Hero World Tour (and, who knows, maybe another GH III expansion). Activision seems more than ready to ride this horse until it collapses. In doing so, though, they've compromised the quality of the brand. They can't ride B and C rated products indefinitely.

Rate Mega Man: Mega Man Star Force 2 - review

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Tue, Jul 1    via Google Blogs external link

By RawmeatCowboy The most painful part of playing Star Force 2 is the amount of interesting — yet untapped — plot possibilities: The main character briefly deals with the problems of maintaining a secret identity, his friends’ growing expectations for ...

Saturday, Jun 28

 

Rate Rock Band: Opinion: Official Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Launch Party Coverage

Original at RockGamer.com external link    Sat, Jun 28

Thumbnail

By smeeguel Activision wants the world to know that they're nowhere near ready to relinquish the rhythm game crown to MTV/Harmonix and their rookie sensation Rock Band.  The publisher, along with developer Neversoft and perennial rock gods Aerosmith, took over Times Square Friday afternoon (two...

Rate PlayStation: Opinion: The PSP Weekend Warrior: the FW-CFW update tango, Dissidia mania, and PlayStation Store

Original at Qj.net external link    Sat, Jun 28    1 related articles    via QJ.NET external link

Thumbnail

By Tim Y. Welcome to QJ.NET's first-ever Weekend Warrior article for the Sony PlayStation Portable! This week's segment covers a wide range of topics, including some dev updates on Team M33's latest custom firmware release. Two Japan games are also in the spotlight, along with some news on the sal...

Wednesday, Jun 25

 

Rate Spore: EA and Maxis Announce Spore Galactic Edition

Original at TechWhack external link    Wed, Jun 25    6 related articles    via Boxxet Collection external link

By Satan In North America, the MSRP for the Galactic Edition of Spore will be $79.99 while the regular edition is suggested at $49.99. Versions of Spore will ship for the PC, Mac, Nintendo DS™ and mobile phones on September 5, 2008 in Europe and September 7, 2008 in North America and Asia.

Tuesday, Jun 24

 

Rate Wii Fit: Opinion: IGN Nintendo Voice Chat Ep. 13 - summary

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Tue, Jun 24    via Boxxet Collection external link

By RawmeatCowboy Guitar Hero On Tour Peripheral works well Some complaints: Only 4 buttons (but still difficult), cramp-inducing, song list isn’t as great as what you’ll see on consoles Lame songs still fun to play Top Spin 3 DS Nothing really has changed Gameplay is great, better than the Wii version

Rate Rock Band: Opinion: IGN Nintendo Voice Chat Ep. 13 - summary

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Tue, Jun 24    via Boxxet Collection external link

By RawmeatCowboy Guitar Hero World Tour Looks like you can play downloaded songs right off of SD card Proving things are possible on Wii (ex: downloadable content to SD card) Experience will be like Rock Band Every feature in Xbox 360 + PS3 versions will be in the Wii version

Monday, Jun 23

 

Rate Age of Conan: Age of Conan In-Depth Review

Original at MMOStrategyGuides.com external link    Mon, Jun 23

By Nicod3mus Overall - Age of Conan may be the first 3rd generation MMORPG to get the model right. Many have come and many have failed. I have never had this much fun in the earliest stages of any MMORPG and if the PVP and siege mechanics turn out to be as good as everyone thinks they will be Age of Conan: Hybordi...

Tuesday, Jun 17

 

Rate Metal Gear: Opinion: Metal Gear Solid 4 and the Marriage of Movies and Games

Original at Wired external link    Tue, Jun 17    5 related articles    via Boxxet Collection external link

Thumbnail

By Chris Kohler I played a good deal of Metal Gear Solid 4 this weekend. Well, actually, a lot of it I watched. Image courtesy Konami See also: Metal Gear Solid 4 Launches in New York CityKojima on the Future of Metal Gear and Media ConvergenceVideo: Metal Gear Digital Comic Preview

Rate PlayStation: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Review: Kept You Waiting, Huh?

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Jun 17    via Boxxet Collection external link

Thumbnail

By Michael McWhertor There's a lot riding on Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. In the real world, it's the game that many PlayStation devotees have looked to as system savior, a console exclusive showcase that hopes to rekindle Metal Gear mania on par with Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Li...

Rate Metal Gear: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Review: Kept You Waiting, Huh? [Review]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Jun 17

Thumbnail

By Michael McWhertor Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots was developed by Kojima Productions, published by Konami. Retails for $59.99. Available on PlayStation 3. Played single player campaign to completion on "Solid Normal" difficulty. Tested all Metal Gear Online modes and extras.

Monday, Jun 16

 

Rate Age of Conan: Opinion: Tobold's MMORPG Blog: AoC and the future of story-telling in MMORPGs

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Jun 16    via VirginWorlds MMO News external link

World of Warcraft doesn't really have a main story, but I never really missed one in that game, because the whole world, every quest, every zone, is of such high quality that you simply forget that there is not much purpose to killing another 10 foozles, except for gaining some xp and reward....

Friday, Jun 13

 

Rate Age of Conan: Opinion: Age of Conan - To The Death Update and More

Original at The Ramblings of a Bildo external link    Fri, Jun 13    7 related articles

Thumbnail

By Bildo(noreply@blogger.com) While we have enjoyed the initial success for Age of Conan, we know that a solid launch is but the start when it comes to the MMO genre,” said Gaute Godager, Game Director on Age of Conan. ”As we look ahead we are preparing a huge amount of new content, and what we are presenting today will evolve...

Wednesday, Jun 11

 

Rate Wii Fit: Opinion: Wii Fanboy Weekly: June 5 - June 11

Original at Joystiq external link    Wed, Jun 11

Thumbnail

By David Hinkle Before you question how you're able to read Shigeru Miyamoto's thoughts (let alone visualize them in a speech bubble in clear, easy-to-read text), we would like to ask you about your thoughts on Wii Fit? Do you have it? Want it, but can't find it? The latter story seems to be the one most can i...

Tuesday, Jun 3

 

Rate Halo 3: Opinion: Interview: Halo Designer Leaves Bungie For Academia [Games For Change 08]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Jun 3

Thumbnail

By Leigh Alexander It is hard to figure out what is the impact that Halo makes in the world," said Boucher-Genesse, who is originally from Quebec. He acknowledged having heard stories of people who claim Halo helped them make an easier time of life's trials and travails, but in general, despite the commercia...

Friday, May 30

 

Rate Madden NFL: Madden NFL 09 hands-on reportVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at pastapadre.com external link    Fri, May 30

Thumbnail

By pastapadre There needs to be a return play that has a single returner back. You can still keep it away from someone like Devin Hester by kicking towards the other side of the field. I would also like to see squib kicks. Something I mentioned about NCAA Football 09 also applies to Madden. You are defaulted int...

Tuesday, May 27

 

Rate Wii Fit: Review: Wii Fit

Original at Geek.com external link    Tue, May 27    via Boxxet Collection external link

Thumbnail

By Matthew Nintendo have certainly given you a lot of choice when it comes to things to do using your Wii Fit. In total there are four categories of games/training, which breaks down into Yoga, Balance Games, Strength Training and Aerobics. Putting them altogether gives you a total of 48 different act...

Wednesday, May 21

 

Rate Age of Conan: Opinion: Age Of Conan Impressions

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, May 21    via Boxxet Collection external link

Thumbnail

By Mike Fahey Setting The Scene Combat If you were to take the MMO completely out, those first 20 levels would make an excellent, if somewhat short single-player RPG. That's really the highest praise you can give an MMO. I would buy a single player game that played like this.

Tuesday, Apr 29

 

Rate Mario Kart: Mario Kart Wii Review: I'm Not Angry, Just Disappointed

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Apr 29    via Kotaku: Top external link

Thumbnail

By Luke Plunkett Online play: OK, so this is the Wiis fault, not the game's, but online play just feels so...impersonal. Mario Kart's a series where multiplayer has traditionally been about shit-talking and good times, not racing some nameless, voiceless opponent. If ever a Nintendo game needed voice-chat...

Monday, Apr 28

 

Rate MLB 08: MLB 08: The Show roster update 4/28 and patch details

Original at pastapadre.com external link    Mon, Apr 28

Thumbnail

By pastapadre The weekly roster update (4/28) for MLB 08: The Show is out and contains 134 player movements. The highlights of the update are listed below. SCEA has also gone ahead and listed the most significant aspects of the patch that was recently released.

Sunday, Apr 27

 

Rate Grand Theft Auto: Opinion: Everything You Wanted To Know About GTA IV (So Stop Asking!) [GTA IV FAQ]

Original at Kotaku external link    Sun, Apr 27    via Boxxet Collection external link

Thumbnail

By Michael McWhertor Solid. We played for a pretty long, 16-player session before release via Xbox Live and were impressed. Microsoft says it's ramping up in anticipation of the release, adding hardware and hoping for smooth sailing. We have yet to go online with the PlayStation 3 version. Sony and Gamespy decli...

Sunday, Jan 27

 

Rate World of Warcraft: World of Warcraft: Blue Posts: 2.4 info, wotlk and built-in addons, DK

Original at The Buzz from Curse external link    Sun, Jan 27    via Breaking News from World of Warcraft external link

By Teza (Teza) Generally though, when something new comes out, people will flock to it. After a period of time, some will decide it's not what they want, that their guild needs something else or any other thing that will lead them away from playing a Death Knight exclusively.

Wednesday, May 23

 

Rate Guitar Hero: Activision reveals initial Guitar Hero III playlist

Original at Qj.net external link    Wed, May 23    via Boxxet Collection external link

Thumbnail

By Mabie A. So today, we're here to give you some rockin' details on Guitar Hero III, and we're sure this will get you pumped up as your guitar will be modeled after Gibson Guitar's Les Paul and Kramer models. As for gameplay, there are newly added features and a brand new multiplayer action-inspired ba...

Thursday, May 3

 

Rate World of Warcraft: World of Warcraft - Tier 6 images compiled

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Thu, May 3    via Boxxet News external link

Thumbnail

By Rio S. With patch 2.1.0 looming ever so near, it's raining info on the epic Tier 6 sets. We're sure a lot of players are curious as to how their characters would look in the shiny epic stuff - good thing Boubouille from MMO-Champion thought to compile the images from the latest World of Warcraft Public...


This page updated 2 hours ago.
Popular Games...
Search The Web