Hi ho, gamers!  We’ve got some more cool news from GDC 2010!  The subject: Mafia 2!  Game Developers Conference has been a rich font of gaming news!  So, who out there liked the first Mafia!?  ::raises hand::  I did!  Well we’ve got news about the long-awaited sequel… storyline, gameplay, completeness… it’s all in there!  Check out the video!

Mafia 2 will be available for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.  Pre-Order for Xbox 360 or PS3 and guarantee yourself a copy!

Hey there gamerinos!  Well, good news for all you guitar-based rhythm game junkies out there.  Harmonix just announced today.  Yes today, like right now, March 9th 2010, that they will be releasing ROCK BAND 3!

Don’t believe us? Check out their Facebook!   So much for traditional media outlets, eh?

Looks like Rock Band 3 is slated for a holiday release as a in cahoots project between Harmonix, MTV Games, and Electronic Arts.  Sexy, says I.  More details as they come!  Seeing how it’s Game Developers Conference week, there may be quite a few of them released!

Just makes me wonder if Green Day Rock Band will be on the new Rock Band 3 engine or not.  Please say yes!

Hey there game people!  Coming straight at you with our newest edition of Das Spoilers: Where information is free and plentiful! Fresh off Oscar weekend, I feel like everyone’s in the mood to watch movies! Or in our very gamer-ish case, cutscenes… from Mass Effect 2!  Now we know that sometimes you just don’t have the patience to get through 50+ plus hours of gameplay, even if you still want to know the story.  Thank the stars for DasReviews, eh?

Without further adieu, I present to you: The End of Mass Effect 2 – Commander Shepard in all his digital badassery.

Part the First!

Part the Second!

Part the Third!

Parth… the Fourth!

Part… the… Ffffifth!

Part. The. SIXTH!

Whew!  That was nerve-wracking, wasn’t it!?  Makes you want to play, doesn’t it?  Remember to stay tuned here at DasReviews for the latest and greatest in video game everything!  …even spoilers!

Hey there gamers!  The 2010 Game Developers Conference is coming up next week and the Rumor Mill has started it’s turn!

First thing to come out: Crystal Dynamics, part of Square Enix Europe, will be showing of their upcoming hush-hush title: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light!  You read that right, gamers!  After years of being deprived of Lara’s bodacious digital chestal area, lonely gamers the world over have a reason to celebrate!

Not looking forward…at all.

In fact, they’ve already started their web presence threefold:

Official Website
Crystal Dynamic’s Twitter
Facebook Fan Page

All three are pretty scant at the moment, displaying only the title Logo of the new Lara Croft adventure.  I’m sure that’ll change in the coming days, though.  I know!  Our favorite top-heavy video-game-heroine is returning to the world!

Stay tuned here to DasReviews for more breaking news as it… well, breaks!

Hey there gamefans.  Coming at you with another great video review!  Enter: Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Let me guess, some of you are tired of (dare I say it?) .  I mean it’s great and all, but you feel like it’s just more of what you enjoyed from the first Modern Warfare, without any significant improvement.   It was cool, but still a big *sigh*.

First of all, how could you spit in MW2’s face like that after all you’ve been through!?  You’re supposed to learn how to work things out if they’re important to you. Second of all, if you decide to go the slutty mistress path, there’s always Battlefield: Bad Company 2.  Oh, and trust me… as slutty mistresses go, Bad Company 2 is the Wunderslut… and smokin’ hot to boot! DasBoot!

Remember digital warriors, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is available on Xbox 360 and PS3!

Howdy, DasCitizens!?  So, we know some of you out there are totally head over heels about Retro Gaming!  Don’t get me wrong, I am too, that’s why I’m bringing you a nice little review of this little bad boy: the Dingoo A320 – Portable Emulator / Multimedia Handheld system.  All you ROM collectors out there, this system is exactly what you’re looking for.

The Dingoo A320 contains built-in emulators for NES, SNES, Genesis/MegaDrive, CPS1, CPS2, and NeoGeo. Not only that, but it plays music and video!  It comes with 4GB of built-in memory, which is expandable via use of a MiniSD card.  The system has stereo external speakers, as well as headphone jack and, get this, a TV out.  Yup!  A TV-out jack.  That means you can play all your favorite games on a TV, using the Dingoo as a gamepad.

More Specs:
CPU – Ingenic JZ4732 running @ 336MHz
RAM – 32MB @ 133MHz
I/O – USB 2.0
Display – 2.8″ LCD @ 320×240 resolution
Dimensions – 125mm x 55.5mm x 14mm (4.92in x 2.17in x 0.59in)

I’d say that quite a lot of power and features packed into something that’s barely bigger than a cell phone.  But, does it blend? -er, does it work?

I got a chance to sit down with said Dingoo A320 for a few days.  I can tell you that it’s definitely worth the price tag.

Why?  Well, check out the Unboxing and Hands-on video, first!

Now, the game ran NES, SNES, Genesis, and CPS ROMS with absolutely no problem.  There is a bit of upscaling for the older titles, even on the Dingoo’s 2.8″ screen.  The colors are nice and vibrant, even when displayed on a larger monitor via the AV out.  There is some frame dropping, however, with some of the emulators.  This is most notable when playing CPS ROMs on the unit.  There are options with the emulator menu that allow the user to turn off automatic frame skipping and even set the frame skip manually.  This does cause certain games to slow down quite a bit if you try to run the game at full framerate.  I was able, though to find a happy median between framerate and slowdown.

The unit itself is fairly well put together.  It feels solid and has a good amount of weight to it.  The face buttons have a nice durable feel and are pretty responsive.  Although they have a nice click to them, the shoulder buttons are a little too small to feel comfortable during long gaming sessions.  I did, however, have a bit of trouble with the d-pad now and then.  There was a tendency for the d-dpad to sometimes sense a press in the “UP” direction while I was pressing left or right.  It, however, wasn’t pervasive.  I only noticed it a handful of times in over 10 hours of game and music play.

The sound chip on the unit is decent, even when listened to through a pair of headphones.  In game sound effects come out nice and clear.  MP3 playback can be a little tinny.  The surprising part about the Dingoo’s sound capabilities: The built-in radio tuner actually works pretty well!  You can save presets, so if you really can’t miss your morning NPR and take mass transit to work, this thing is great.

In terms of battery life, the Dingoo clocked in pretty close to its touted 7-hours of use.  I was about to make it through a weekend’s worth of listening to music and gaming without a 2nd charge.

What really kicks ass about the Dingoo A320, though, is the online community.  It’s fairly large and pretty active.  Doing a quick Google search for “Dingoo A320″ will bring up lots of homebrew sites and support forums that make using (and modding your Dingoo) a snap.  There’s evena Linux distribution for the Dingoo, called Dingux.  According to the forums, that’s when the Dingoo A320 really shines.  2 words: MAME ROMs.

So, I’d say do yourself a favor and pick one of these up!  They’re available in black and white (for you Apple fanboys). My old school gaming needs have never felt more fulfilled.

What’s the word gamers!?  Who says you can’t make money playing games?  Well, for all you hardcore sports game people out there, here’s your chance to bank on your MLB 2k10 skills!  You read that headline correctly -2K Sports is giving away 1 Million Dollars to the first gamer out there who can pull off a verified perfect game in their brand spanking new baseball title.

Sounds easy enough, right?  Think again, homeboy.  We know that 2K Sports prides themselves on the simulation aspect of their MLB games, so if baseball’s difficulty transcends the digital realm, then this is going to be one tough feat.  Look at it like this: in the over 100 years since the inception of Major League Baseball, there have only been 18 perfect games thrown.   That’s one every 5.5 years.  Or one every 12,000 games.  Actually, that’s better odds than winning the lottery.  That is beside the point!  It’s going to be a challenge because I say it is!

And of course, such a large prize isn’t without its share of red tape.  2k Sports has outlined a relatively strict process of verifying your Perfect Game run, so make sure you read the Battle for $1,000,000 PDF Checklist very closely before you have a go at it.   A few excerpts from the checklist:

Recording must begin at least 5 seconds prior to turning on television and Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.

Recording must show the full boot up sequence of the videogame console.

You must play the game in the MLK 2K10 Contest mode in MLB Today, which will automatically set the difficulty to All-Star.

You may not pause or interrupt the game at any time during the entirety of the game.

Pretty stringent… but understandable.  I’m sure there are tons of folks out there who have unscrupulous agendas on their minds.  Oh, and sorry residents of Arizona, Connecticut, Maryland, North Dakota and Vermont, you’re SOL.  That just doesn’t seem fair.

Well, do you have the necessary Total Control Pitching mastery to take on this daunting task?  Oh you do, do you?  Well, you better get on it.  MLK 2k10 released today and I’m sure the legions have already begun their training.  And remember, it’s 1 Million dollars!  Think of all the coolness you could do with that kind of cash!  What would I do?  Three words and an octothorpe: Action Comics #1.

Check out the official rules at the 2K Contest site.  And if you haven’t ordered your copy of MLB 2K10 yet, you better get crackin’  the faceless hordes are on to you.  Pick it up for PS3 or Xbox 360!

Greetings gamers!   You know, these days, cameras are everwhere!  In the bank, at Wal Mart, at traffic intersections, in your cell phone, on iPods, on the Nintendo DSi… they’re everywhere!  Why should the Sony PSP be left out?

Well, it’s no longer the lone personal electronic without an electric eye.  Elected. Protective. Detective.

Enter: The New PSP Camera, specifically designed for the PSP-2000 and 3000.  Check the video!

Available only for PSP, of course… and at a decent price point, too.

Hola gamers!  If you’re like me, you’re just bananas about exploring digital alien worlds and felling the fantastic beasts therein with blades larger than my character’s entire body!  Monster Hunter Tri for the Nintendo Wii is just the game for you!

Peep out the new footage hot off the Nintendo Media Summit presses.

Yes, it’s long awaited.  And yes, looks like it’s coming packaged with a black Wii Classic Controller Pro.  I sure can’t wait until April 20th!  This is gonna be the best 4:20 ever.  Er… what’s 4:20?

You can pre-order now and have one less thing to worry about!

Holla at me gamers!  As you all know, the StarCraft 2 Beta went live last week.  And I’m sure that all of the world SC fanboys, myself included, have been refreshing their inboxes every 5 minutes waiting to find the current Holy Grail of gaming:

The StarCraft 2 Beta Key.

Well, folks, looks like some of us are in for some holy grail-ness today, because rumors are that Blizzard is sending out another wave of Beta keys TODAY.  Unfortunately, those of us that don’t receive one by tomorrrow are SOL for this wave.  That’s okay, I like having a social life right now.

Reportedly, today’s keys are a mishmash of random Opt-in people, as well as “VIP keys” from Blizzcon.  Remember to Opt-In at Battle.net if you haven’t already.

Check those inboxes, folks.