Monthly Archives: March 2011

After being planned for launch in April, the PlayStation Rewards <a href="“>program has been delayed indefinitely. A beta, which kicked off on October 28, will come to a close on March 31. An email sent to beta testers read, “We … Continue reading →

People keep calling in for our live Retronauts podcast recording sessions, and that’s great. In fact, more people call in than we actually have time to include in the shows! Your patience in listening to busy signals is commendable, though, … Continue reading →

The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan earlier this month have already had a profound effect on the games industry, with events being called off and games delayed or even outright canceled. Given the devastation, it’s hard to imagine this … Continue reading →

Feature Tweet 101 Free Games 2011 Even more of the best games money can’t buy. By: Scott Sharkey March 28, 2011 Times are tough and the unemployment rate keeps rising, but maybe it’s some consolation that the increasing scarcity of … Continue reading →

Judging by many of the comments made on Twitter, it seems clear that the 3D effect in Nintendo’s new 3DS has caused more than a handful of headaches. Nintendo has responded, claiming that a short break is usually more than … Continue reading →

A substantial crowd lined up Saturday night in front of Best Buy’s Union Square in New York to be among the first Americans to buy Nintendo’s new 3DS. 1UP was there to document the event in photographs, click through to … Continue reading →

The NPD Group took some heat last year for reducing the amount of data it shared with the media. We went from each month getting a list of hardware and software sales figures to a simple top-ten list of the … Continue reading →

The new and radically different Resident Evil game Operation Raccoon City, which was reported on last week, is indeed real and will be coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC this winter. Slant Six Games, the developer of SOCOM: … Continue reading →

After I complete the first batch of levels in Ghost Recon Shadow Wars, it starts to remind me of a mix between Valkyria Chronicles and the classic Syndicate. In each of these games you control a small squad of soldiers … Continue reading →

In contrast to some of the challenge that can be found in the console version of Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars, its 3DS cousin is anything but. Collectibles are easy to find, the level designs (while different from … Continue reading →