Checkmate Arcade Ep. 80 – The Disk Drive Shuffle
The year is quickly coming to a close and we help you close it out in style. The hosts recount their holiday happenings with much merriment and a few power tools. Jason's gaming was a little more family friendly this week as he played Hasbro Family Game Night and Flower. Steven finally plays some games that are not Modern Warfare 2. Plus, we dish out a huge helping of news and the games Coming Soon for January. Get those noise makers ready for a great show to ring in the new year.
Show Rundown [H:MM:SS]
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Opening Song (Mega Man 4 – Rainy Sewers by: teckworks MIDI)
Introductions [0:00:32]
-Steven’s Christmas Goodies [0:01:50]
-Jason’s HDD Troubles [0:11:28]
Jason’s Now Playing [0:27:55]
-Unlimited Saga (PSP)
-Flower (PS3)
-NBA 2K10 (Xbox 360)
-Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)
-Assassin’s Creed II (Xbox 360)
-Hasbro Family Game Night (Xbox 360)
-Mass Effect Galaxies (iPhone)
Steven’s Now Playing [0:57:19]
-Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)
-Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers (Xbox Live Arcade)
-Left 4 Dead 2 (Xbox 360)
News [1:21:43]
-Lost Planet 2, Super Street Fighter IV, Monster Hunter Tri pushed past March
-Mega Man 10 Isn’t A Nintendo Exclusive
-Judge Rejects Bethesda Motion to Stop Sale of PC Fallout Bundle
-Yakuza 3 heading West in March 2010
-Wet developers building Naughty Bear
-Castlevania: Rondo of Blood coming to Virtual Console
-New Eye of Judgment game coming to PSP
-PS Home gets Sodium One, tank shooter
-PS3 Gets Its Last Rebellion In February
-The Definitive Silver Star Harmony Package For Lunar Fans
-Disney targets May 2010 for Split/Second release
-Video Games Live special coming to TV, Blu-ray
-Assassin’s Creed 2 DLC was part of the original game
-Dragon Age comic series kicking off this March
-THQ to continue making WWE games for the next eight years
-Leonard Nimoy To Appear In Star Trek Online
-EGM Relaunches In March 2010
-Aliens vs Predator “Unbanned” In Australia
-Transformers wage War for Cybertron in 2010
Coming Soon For January [2:09:07]
Wrap Up [2:16:20]
End [2:19:33]