Sure they’ve been out for a long while in Japan, and sure I’ve already been enjoying the likes of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune with glorious rumble support for months, but the U.S. hasn’t…until now. Originally set to hit store shelves right in time for Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, Sony has confirmed that their new, "last-gen " [...]

Normally, it’s not typical to be saying something positive about a GameStop promotional tie-in, but as well know there are exceptions to every rule. Care of the largest videogame retailer in the U.S. we have even more unseen Grand Theft Auto IV footage via a nice "tourist" video, narrarated by Jeremy St. Ives. Go through [...]

Unfortunately, we don’t exactly know the reason for Activision and Infinity Ward delaying the new Variety Map Pack for Call of Duty 4, but they did. Is it a developer joke? The rumor hit the web late last night, originally thought to be an April Fool’s prank, but I doubt a press release would have [...]

At this time, we’re very much in the same boat as Kotaku, in that we have no idea just what the hell the deal is with this video. All we can say for sure is that reaks of awesome sauce. It appears that (in an April Fool’s joke?), Ubisoft and Kojima Productions have partnered to [...]

Episode 72 – Down In Austin We’re back with a "special Tuesday" edition of UncleGamer Radio!   This week, we’re talking about the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto IV and the hype we’re feeling for it.  We also talk about Take-Two rejecting EA’s hostile takeover bid again, cover the latest in what we’ve been [...]

In an earth-shattering, yet not-so-suprising move, Nintendo has confirmed today that the ever increasing difficulty in producing the Wii console was for a reason, the product is being phased out. Despite recent rumors that the ridiculousness that is obtaining a Wii console (which is still next to impossible after more than a year and a [...]

Last week, Take-Two Interactive announced their rejection of an Electronic Arts hostile takeover bid, but promised to work with Electronic Arts on some ‘strategic alternatives’ to tie into the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV. A press release issued by Take-Two Interactive earlier today, which we’ve included after the jump, announced the forthcoming release of [...]

We posted earlier today that Still Alive, the oft-hummed Portal finale, would be available for Rock Band starting tomorrow. Little did we know, though, that Harmonix would once again rise above and beyond the call of duty.  "Still Alive" is now available for download on the Xbox Live Marketplace, so run out and grab it [...]

For years, media and online press have been traveling to Sin City to attend the Capcom Gamer’s Day summit. Last year was an exeptional time, but sadly, Gamer’s Day as we know it is no more. Officially changing the name today to CAPTIVATE08, the attendee restrictions are also seeing a slight tweak. In addition to [...]

Most hardcore SOCOM fans are split into two groups these days. One bunch salivating over the jump to next-gen with SOCOM: Confrontation in September, and the other scoffing and throwing "lols’" at it because series’ developer Zipper isn’t handling the game. For the latter, Sony is catering to you in this time of need by [...]