"…Ninja Gaiden 2 is an improvement on its predecessors in almost every way."

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EA, you ought to be terribly familiar with the score given this year’s game: it’s like deja vu all over again! Just think back to November 2004. Yes, the bell’s gotta be ringing by now.

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Will this once-hallowed FPS series make a comeback with this release? The ever-polarizing honesty of senior editor Michael Rausch reveals all.

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A missed opportunity to have a banner year for the franchise…pun very much intended. Read the rest of this entry »

This move is anticipated to give Microsoft’s console a boost in its currently neck-and-neck race with the PlayStation 3.

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Mercenaries get paid in gold bars. Fighting the Russians in the near future.

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"Only in America baby!"

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First came Mark Vincent, then Phil Stortzum…now, Senior Editor Michael Rausch gives us an unprecedented third review of GTA4. Read the rest of this entry »

In case you hadn’t caught on yet or are new to the GamePartisan party scene, game name recognition means very little to us: a good game is a good game, an average game is an average game, a bad game is a bad game. Period.

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Mark Vincent gave it an 8.5 out of 10. Now we get a second opinion.

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Perhaps we can finally put the Aerosmith edition behind us?

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Find out just what makes their high price tag so special.

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Betheseda seals the deal with one of the brightest video game composers around.

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If you’ve been biding your time for cheaper Rock Band tracks, here’s your chance.

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Just when you thought the parent’s homework policy wasn’t enough.

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GTA IV’s controversy continues to soar across America.

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Here’s to fan service.

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An offensive game deserves an offensive review, no? Former senior editor Mark Vincent kicks off his return to GamePartisan with a definitive bang.

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Nintendo franchises still have some catching up to do.

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Whats more shocking is the previous holder of that title.

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More is better.

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All we wanted was a taste of the cake… was that so hard?

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All things considered, it wasn’t on your mind this week anyways.

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Perhaps the PS3 won’t have the last laugh after all?

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An unfortunate twist condemns an FPS unlike any other.

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Rock Band to get much more than a little Judas Priest.

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Michael Rausch takes a legendary step with this, our second review of Mass Effect.

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"Sadly, an all-star compendium of Sega’s top efforts couldn’t even beat an effort by just Mario and his friends. This isn’t a bad game by any means as you can really see the effort Sumo Digital put into this title…"

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In the end, All Pro Football 2k8 is very much worth any pigskin fan’s time. However, it is not without a few, avoidable drawbacks. 

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Due to the marginal differences between the two versions, this article dually serves as the review of both the PS3 and Xbox 360 editions of the game.

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Screenshots courtesy of Mattplays.com and Sportsgamer.com

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Quantity over quality.

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Microsoft, the leader in the European home console race, confirms price cuts for its Xbox 360 console on the continent. Sony expected to feel pressure to follow suit.

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German video gamers, long wedded to their personal computers, are switching to games consoles and mobile devices, pushing German games software sales up 21 percent to 1.36 billion euros ($2.1 billion) last year.

The German games software association (BIU) said on Friday sales of games for consoles such as the Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation or Microsoft Xbox rose 38 percent to 904 million euros in 2007.

By contrast, sales of PC games slipped 3 percent to 458 million euros.

Games for mobile devices were the fastest-growing segment of the market, with sales rising 65 percent to 360 million euros as more casual gamers entered the market, the BIU said.

As Toshiba’s HD DVD format all but listens to its own swan song, Microsoft appears to be taking swift steps to cash in on the Blu Ray bandwagon. Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer remarked that Microsoft Corporation intends to utilize Sony’s Blu Ray format "in ways that make sense".

To date, Microsoft has failed to confirm the rumored Blu Ray add on for its Xbox 360 home gaming console to replace its former HD DVD add on for the system. Ballmer merely commented as follows: "Toshiba has moved on. We’ve moved on, and we’ll support Blu-Ray in ways that make sense."

Here’s to hoping that making "sense" includes intending to make business sense. How ’bout it, Steve?

Just in time for Ace Combat 6 to help lend the Xbox 360 credibility and greatly improved sales, bad news started coming out of the woodworks on virtually all fronts for Microsoft’s Xbox division. The continued hardware problems, Xbox Live issues and a sudden fall to third place in sales has got the rumor mill cranking on all cylinders, with all signs pointing to an exit from the hardware market by Microsoft Corporation upon the conclusion of this round of the console wars.

However, Microsoft having put so much into second and third party developers stands as a roadblock to them exiting the market entirely. This point leads us to a prior rumor, of the Sega brand being resurrected and Microsoft putting its support into the company developing and bringing to market a new console, perhaps the long-rumored Sega Phoenix.

Even if all of the aforementioned rumors are simply a load of BS, the fact remains that unless the Epic acquisition pulls through as rumored this summer and Gears of War 2 gives the 360 a much-needed boost, the situation is definitely looking bleak for Microsoft in the console business. After having so much momentum and the best online gaming network, their best appears to simply not be cutting the mustard.

Our contacts at Microsoft Corporation were all either unvailable for comment or simply declined to speak on the aforementioned topics.

Just another $50 to go until the landfill.

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Capcom proves that four is the new three for sequels.

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Can this shooter  sell without a compelling story? Recent evidence says no…

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 Tackling the competition faster than you can say, "exclusive".

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