Gamertell

The release date for Madden NFL Arcade, the five-on-five NBA Jam-style game with wild powerups and a 60-yard field, has been moved up by Electronic Arts. Continue Reading »

If you’re currently enjoying the Beatles-flavored musical goodness that is The Beatles Rock Band - well, get ready, because a rather psychadelic load of downloadable content is on its way. The full album of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is coming to Xbox Live and Wii on November 17… Continue Reading »

With the recent trend of video game companies offering complements and add-ons for games, digital downloads are becoming an increasingly lucrative market. As with other entertainment properties, more and more video game companies are shifting parts of their businesses to creating and delivering this form of content. The ability to… Continue Reading »

If Smash TV and Left 4 Dead had a baby, Zombie Apocalypse would surely be the blister-inducing result. The control scheme and general lay of the land will be instantly familiar to anyone raised on arcade classics like Robotron. Nihilistic Software’s effort is an unabashed love letter to those older… Continue Reading »

Splosion Man was one of the shining jewels in the Xbox 360’s summer of arcade festivities earlier this year (2009). It involved the simple concept of exploding your character through platform-heavy levels to end the stage. Splosion Man is also one of the first games to give awards that can… Continue Reading »

Members of Xbox Live’s preview program will receive the much discussed update that will add Facebook, Twitter and Zune Marketplace this week. That way you won’t even have to leave your console to follow Gamertell on Twitter. But those aren’t the only things included in that update. Microsoft’s “Major Nelson”… Continue Reading »

NBA Live lead designer Mike Wang said the first patch for the basketball sim should hit the first week in November 2009. Confirmed in the update are some changes to the manual backdown mechanic to make post play feel more authentic. Wang said player feedback is being taken into account… Continue Reading »

Good news people! The Brütal Legend demo is now available as a download from the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. Sadly, only a select group of individuals will have access to it. That group are the preorder-ers. Specifically, the people with the foresight to preorder the game from GameStop. This… Continue Reading »

Game store employees may be bewildered by a sudden surge of sales and rentals for the Xbox 360 version of the unspectacular Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen video game. That’s because Transformers star and certified Hollywood sex symbol Megan Fox will play on Xbox Live August 29, 2009, as part of… Continue Reading »

Several much-awaited updates to Microsoft’s Xbox Live go into effect today (August 11, 2009).  The Games on Demand service allows for the purchase of full Xbox 360 games (either by credit card or with Microsoft Points) from the Xbox Live Marketplace and those titles will be available starting August 13,… Continue Reading »