News Roundup: Otto Mattic Invasion Princess

by: Randy - posted: 4/3/2009 1:49:00 AM

In GamingNexus news:

• Cyril gets Stoked in this budget Skate-goes-snowboarding title.
• We gang up on Tigon Studios, grilling them about The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.
• John was all over the launch of the mid-range GeForce GTX 275 graphics card.
• Godfather II premium upgrade packs, anyone?
• AMD announces release of ATI Radeon HD 4890.
• Fallout 3 + mobile phone theme = PipBoy 3000 in your hand.
• FileFront bought by original founders, not shutting down -- and all the people rejoiced!
• PS3 firmware 2.70 out adding Text Chat even in game.
• Here are a few things Chuck missed while sorting through the various Terminator timelines.
• Puzzle Quest Galactrix to appear on XBLA next week, PSN later this spring.
• Otto Matic: Alien Invasion coming to Apple's small screen.
• Concept art affirms 'Splosion Man is a real boy.
• Interplay and Mashead Studios will develop Project: V13.
• Ex-Bungie developer says Killzone 2 can be done on the 360.
• League of Legends screenshots have a chilling effect.
• Don't Steal Princess until May 19 delay.

And in other news:

• This Week in Defunct Games:  Super Punch-Out!! and The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai.
• Razer found a happy medium with their Arctosa gaming keyboard.
• AMD and NVIDIA usually don't launch graphics cards on the same day, but today is a new day.
• The Apocrypha is really f---ing nigh!
• Ultimate Ninja 4: Naruto Shippuden review, from not-the-usual Naruto haters.
• Can Wanted: Weapons of Fate shake the expected movie-game stigmas?  Didn't think so.
• TechwareLabs examines the latest weapon in the ATI arsenal.

Thanks to Defunct Games, Tweaknews, Legit Reviews, MMORPG.com, The Hachiko, ActionTrip, and TechwareLabs for today's news roundup.