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Grand Theft Auto III changed everything.
Featuring a brave, bold and truly open three dimensional world where players could come and go as they please; and their actions had deeper consequences then a game-over screen, coupled with innovative graphics and an incredibly deep branching storyline, one thing was evident – the gaming industry was growing up. Now, [...]

MaBoShi: The three shape arcade

If you’re a fan of puzzle games, Mindware and Nintendo left you a present on the Wii Shop during this holiday season. MaBoShi’s Arcade is a collection of three simple and addictive puzzle games that are difficult to master, but thanks to the wealth of options and features available, you will want to do just that.

Gallery: Fallout 3 Operation Anchorage screens

Bethesda Softworks released three new screenshots from the upcoming Operation Anchorage expansion for Fallout 3.
In Operation Anchorage we get to relive the much talked about liberation of Anchorage that was hinted to throughout the game.
To maintain continuity, you will play out the 200-years-in-the-past battle by entering a simulation like the one you have to complete [...]

Saints Row 2 PC ships

Saints Row 2 shipped for Windows PC Tuesday, THQ announced.
Play control will be the essential difference in the PC gaming experience with the game looking and sounding nearly the same on the PC as it does on consoles, a THQ spokesperson said. The difference would be using a keyboard and mouse instead of a console [...]

Macworld 2009: Big changes for iTunes

With its customary flair for sexing up the art of gizmo glorification, Macworld 2009 didn’t disappoint with some big reveals today.
Topping all the charts was Apple’s latest update to its iLife suite, touting major retrofits of iMovie, iPhoto and GarageBand. The changes range from a better system for organizing photos in iPhoto to more powerful [...]

CES 2009: Boot your computer in hyperspeed

The notorious Windows boot time can be an onerous necessity when all you want to do is check e-mail or hit up your favorite magazine (like Blast) for a quick hit of news.
Phoenix Technologies latest product, debuting at this year’s CES in Las Vegas, is called HyperSpace. It’s a slick, compact Linux based platform that [...]

CES Exclusive: Anthony Gallo Strada Speakers

We’ve done some listening to Anthony Gallo’s speakers in the past (Blast, Globe). So we’re happy to take a look at the first photos and specs on his new Strada main and center speakers.
The Strada will feature a new impulse correction system as well as the latest version of the company’s patented tweeter: the CDT [...]

Blackberry Storm

Close but no iPhone.

Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars is a fungal good time

The time between the end-of-year holiday rush and the new slew of first quarter releases is normally a dark one, where gamers wait for their wallets to fatten once again in order to greedily attack the next wave of fun. That’s not the case this year though, as SouthPeak games released “Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars” in December, priming it for status as a sleeper hit.

Metal Slug 7

If you were on the fence about whether or not Metal Slug 7 was worth it, ask yourself: How great is it to be able to carry a Metal Slug worthy of the series’ name with you anywhere you go, with the ability to blast through well-designed levels and enemies whenever you get the urge?

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa videogame review

How does a game have solid graphics, no bugs, working controls and great presentation and still end up with a score of 4.5? Well, one way is to make it less fun than being stung by flesh-eating bees.

Top 10 video games of 2008

Now that the gaming year of 2008 is over, it’s time to take a look back at some of the best titles released. There are top ten lists popping up all over the Internet, but this list is going to be a bit different. Instead of simply ranking what I consider the ten best games of the year, I am going to list them with no specific order or reasoning to them. That way, I can just be chastised for the normal things authors of these lists deal with, like being biased for or against a system instead of “How could you rank [X] ahead of [Y]! You’re a n00b!”

Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors

“Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors” has its merits, as it is at times a charming brawler that young fans of the movie may be excited to play. There are non-licensed titles that do all of the good things “Kung Fu Panda” does (and better) out there though, so if your kid isn’t dying to revisit the world of Po and his pals once more, you are better off shopping elsewhere, especially since this sequel came so soon after the original hit shelves.

Paradigm Studio Esprit 5.1

Sometimes you can just allow yourself to sit back and enjoy the music. [...]

Celebrity Sports Showdown sucks

At first glance, “Celebrity Sports Showdown” looks like an improved version of “Wii Sports,” as it includes more sports, celebrity characters and a few game modes to keep you coming back. Once you play it though, you will realize that this is a retail game with less depth than the pack-in game that came with your syste

Get your Boom Blox cheat codes

Merry Christmas from Electronic Arts, which released these cheats for Boom Blox, one of the top Wii titles. [...]

Two new DS titles from EA

Electronic Arts is putting out two brand new names on the DS in Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure and and Zubo.
From EA:

Sony adds new features to ACIDplanet, gives away Xpress 7 for free

Sony Creative Software is revamping and adding new features to ACIDplanet.com, its social networking site for music developers.
To coincide with the 10th aniversary of the Acid software family, which Blast loves, Sony is giving away downloads of ACID Xpress 7 for free and adding the following features to the software:
Multiple events per track
Users can now [...]

iPod Nano 4G reviewed

It is yet another improvement in a long line of iPods. It’s always good to have a greater capacity and a bigger screen, but the Genius is definitely a blessing to music lovers.

Mod squad: Orb Audio

We can finally declare things interesting in the Blast Audio Issue by looking at the Orb Audio Mod series product line.

Best of 2008: John Guilfoil’s top 10 games

Our editor rattles off his top 10 games of 2008, with a few extras. Mario fans may throw their shoes at him.

Marantz SA8003

The music coming out of your iPod doesn’t sound as good as it would coming from a CD. Period. [...]

Logitech Squeezebox Boom

One of the funnest things about the Logitech Squeezebox Boom is listening to Radio One London from an apartment in Boston.

Infogrames acquires Cryptic Studios

Infogrames Entertainment, the parent company of Atari, announced Tuesday that will totally acquire Cryptic Studios, a leading publisher of massively multiplayer online (MMO) games.
“This acquisition is a critical step in the implementation of Atari’s strategy to become a leading online game developer and publisher,” said Atari spokeswoman Amy Wisel.
Cryptic is currently developing three [...]

Meridian F80

It’s bloody costly, but if you absolutely have to have the best stereo/radio/alarm clock, drop your chips here.

THQ launches Star Wars Sound Board for iPhone

THQ Wireless has released Star Wars Sound Board, a Lucasfilm-licensed application that allows users to replay sound bites from the Star Wars series, they announced recently.
Quotes from characters such as Darth Vader, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and C-3PO are included, as well as sound effects including the Lightsaber, R2-D2’s beeps, Chewbacca’s growls, and TIE Fighters flying.
Star [...]