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BBC Leaks Doctor Who Teaser for PS3, Vita, PC

Owen Good — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:30:00 EST

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A Doctor Who video game is being developed for PS3 and PlayStation Vita, according to a teaser trailer that the BCC evidently published prematurely, then removed, on Thursday. More »

Doctor Who Rises From Hiatus Tomorrow

Mike Fahey — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:20:00 EDT

Matt Smith returns as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in tomorrow's season premiere of Doctor Who, broadcast on BBC America at 9PM Eastern, and likely somewhere in the UK as well. Don't forget your bow-tie and fez. More »

'My Blackberry Is Not Working' And Other Fine British Puns

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:00:00 EST

BBC one's The One Ronnie comedy sketch show successfully combines old men, food and technology puns in an impressively effective way, one that pays off with a most delightful video game gag. As seen in #speakup, thanks to ibro911! More »

Free BBC America Shows Hit PlayStation Network

Owen Good — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:00:00 EST

Episodes of Doctor Who are coming to the PlayStation Network Store; episodes of Top Gear already are there, and two are free. The freebie vids kickoff an arrangement bringing BBC America programming to PSN's video service. More »

Doctor Who: The Adventure Games Scores A Second Season

Mike Fahey — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:20:00 EDT

With the first three episodes downloaded more than 1.6 million times and a fourth episode on the way, the BBC reveals plans to continue the groundbreaking Doctor Who: The Adventure Games with a second season in 2011. More »

A Wii Remote Suited For Doctor Who

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:00:00 EDT

Playing a Doctor Who Wii game with a Wii-Remote could be fun. This is better. More »

Blood Of The Cybermen Looks Terribly Chilly

Mike Fahey — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:20:00 EDT

The second free downloadable Doctor Who Adventure Game will be Blood of the Cybermen, which takes place in an abandoned Arctic research station. That certainly explains the mini-skirt. More »

Brits Get Their Free Dr. Who Adventures Early

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:00:00 EDT

The first episode of BBC's Dr. Who adventure games is out and already being enjoyed by our British sci-fi-loving nerd brethren overseas. Apparently "it rocks," or so says Kotaku tipster Dan2593. More »

Brother Stabs Brother Over Video Game Argument

Mike Fahey — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:20:00 EDT

From Chile comes another tragic tale of a sibling murdered over a video game console. More »

London Ravaged By Aliens In City Of The Daleks

Mike Fahey — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:40:54 EDT

Doctor Who: The Adventure Games start off with a bang with City of the Daleks. The BBC has revealed new details on the series' first episode, which begins in a destroyed London and ends on the Dalek home world. More »

The Genesis Of The Doctor Who Adventure Games

Mike Fahey — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:20:00 EDT

Following Saturday's BBC broadcast of the latest episode of Doctor Who, fans were treated to their first glimpse of the new Doctor Who: The Adventure Games in action, and now we're treating you. More »

It's About Time We Got Some New Doctor Who Video Games

Mike Fahey — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:00:00 EDT

Help the newly-regenerated Eleventh Doctor, his gorgeous companion Amy Pond, and the Eleventh Doctor's hair in Doctor Who: The Adventure Games, free interactive episodes of the beloved time-travelling TV series, coming this June from the BBC and Sumo Digital. More »

The BBC Want Top Gear, Doctor Who Video Games

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:00:00 EST

The British Broadcasting Corporation is currently "courting" developers and publishers with the aim of turning a number of its key television series into video games. More »

Iraqi Kidnap Victim Subjected To PlayStation

Mike Fahey — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:00:00 EST

British hostage Peter Moore will soon be returning to the UK from Iraq, after spending the last six months of his two-and-a-half year period of captivity with only satellite television, a laptop, and a PlayStation to keep him occupied. More »

BBC iPlayer Gets Its Own Wii Channel

Mike Fahey — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:20:00 EST

The UK's iPlayer TV and Radio on demand server for the Wii gets an upgrade next week, graduating from Wii Internet Channel feature to full-on BBC iPlayer Wii Channel. More »

BBC Airs Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe And It Is Good

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:40:00 EDT

Last night, the British Broadcasting Corporation aired Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe, a humorous (and informative!) look at the history and present of the video game, presented in the style of the broadcaster's Newswipe and Screenwipe. And it was quite good. More »

Sony Pre-Emptively Blasts BBC Report on PS3 Failures

Owen Good — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:30:00 EDT

Tonight, the BBC will broadcast a report claiming the PS3 suffers from systemic hardware failure and Sony's repair service is inadequate. GamesIndustry.biz has a six-page salvo from SCEUK to the BBC, ripping the report and implying legal action could follow. More »

US Airways Hudson Crash Recreated In Flight Sim

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:40:00 EST

Bad-ass US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger recently completed the first successful water landing of a commercial aircraft in 45 years, touching down on the Hudson River. Now, you can relive the magic, via flight sim. More »

BBC: Media Molecule Already Making LittleBigPlanet Sequel

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EDT

The BBC reports that even though the game hasn't hit shops, developer Media Molecule is already at work on a LittleBigPlanet sequel. What's more, Media Molecule is in talks with Sony to spin off LBP into comics, cartoons and toys — plus, the possibility of a LittleBigPlanet publishing platform for other IP's content. More »

PS3 BBC iPlayer In The Works

Mike Fahey — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:00:00 EDT

The BBC recently launched their iPlayer television replay service for the Nintendo Wii, and that made PS3 owners a little miffed. Passing up the Xbox 360 with its lack of a web browser is one thing, but the PlayStation 3 is browser ready! Some went as far as to cobble together a solution on their own, a fact that impressed the hell out of BBC Head of Digital Media Technology, Future Media & Technology, Anthony Rose.

So, while I'm impressed that someone has done this, this doesn't mean that it's the best possible iPlayer proposition for that console. We're investigating the optimal video profile and browser proposition to enable us to officially make iPlayer available on PS3 in due course.

They don't want the iPlayer to run on the PS3 - they want it to run damn well. Patience, young BBC viewing PS3 owner! More »

The BBC Explains Why The BBC Went With Wii

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:40:24 EDT

The BBC announced earlier today, along with Nintendo, that the British broadcaster's iPlayer service has been tailored for Wii Internet Channel users. BBC dot.life blogger Darren Waters poses the question, "Why didn't it come to the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3?" Well, Waters writes, it's due to the assertion that Sony and Microsoft were less flexible, with BBC's Erik Huggers saying the corporations "want control of the look, the feel and the experience; they want it done within their shop, and their shop only." More »

BBC iPlayer Now Wii Ready

Mike Fahey — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:20:00 EDT

Doctor Who is coming to the Wii...sort of! The BBC has announced that their iPlayer replay service will now be functional on the Nintendo Wii. The service, made available last month on the iPod Touch and iPhone, presents time-limited replays of BBC shows, such as Doctor Who, Torchwood, and whatever else they have worth watching. Wii owners in the UK will be able to browse to the page and grab their favorite shows.

"This exciting alliance with the BBC is yet another way in which Nintendo is looking to broaden the market for its products by offering compelling and relevant content to families," added David Yarnton, general manager of Nintendo UK.

Right now the iPlayer requires the Wii Internet Channel to function, but the BBC is looking into making it a standalone free feature in the future. More »

Gates: 360 To Be the Most Reliable Console Available

Brian Crecente — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:00:17 EST

The BBC News had a sit down with Bill Gates at CES recently and instead of asking him their own questions, they asked him their viewers. This gem, the first in the Q&A video, asked Gates about the hardware issues that have plagued the Xbox 360, almost since launch. More »

Let's Bust Those Gaming Myths

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:00:53 EDT

Gaming makes players into fat, anti-social, cold-blooded killers. Right? Right?! Nope! The BBC has a nice piece called "In Defense of Computer Games," which aims to clue in John Q. Public about what gaming actually means. Think of it as antidote for questionable dummies like wacky Florida "lawyer." From the BBC piece: More »

BBC Coming to Xbox Live?

Brian Crecente — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:52:22 EDT

Microsoft and the BBC are in talks about selling BBC television as downloadable content via the Xbox Live Marketplace when the Video service hits the UK, the Sunday Times reports. Last year the BBC signed an agreement with Microsoft to explore ways of developing its digital services. More »

Killzone 2 most Cinematic Game Ever Produced

Brian Crecente — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:00:12 EDT

The BBC recently got a chance to play through a small chunk of Killzone 2. It appears the level they got their hands on was the one shown at E3, and they were thoroughly impressed: More »

BBC To Reveal Gaming Strategy

Mike Fahey — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:40:16 EDT

The BBC is starting to look at gaming beyond the odd licensed children's titles and web-based flash games they currently offer. BBC new media boss Simon Nelson will be at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival on August 14th to deliver a keynote that addresses the company's gaming strategy, which 'industry sources' are speculating to be push towards making games that the gaming community would actually consider...games. The BBC is keeping its cards close to its chest right now, refusing to reveal anything further until next week's festival. Some suggest the move will be tied into the iPlayer On-Demand engine, which allows for digital content to be downloaded and saved for up to thirty days via certain PC's and set top boxes. Me? I predict that there had better be a decent Doctor Who game in the works or I shall write a harshly-worded letter most ill-befitting a gentleman of my stature. More »

Zelnick : Manhunt 2 A Work Of Art

Mike Fahey — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:20:24 EDT

Okami. Ico. Shadow of the Colossus. Manhunt 2. Odd games to group together, but perhaps not where Take Two chairman Strauss Zelnick is concerned. In a statement today he defended his company's game passionately in the face of its sudden non-releasable status. More »

BBC Simulcasts in Second Life

Kim Phu — Wed, 30 May 2007 12:40:00 EDT

This Friday the BBC 2 will be broadcasting, for the first time ever, a full-length program that will air simultaneously on television as well as in Second Life. The show, "The Money Programme", is the BBC's flagship business affairs program that focuses on how big business affects everyones' everyday life. More »

F. Scott Fitzgerald's Diarrhea Dan Game

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 21 May 2007 05:00:38 EDT

The BBC's Look Around You was a parody TV show of educational films from the 1970s and 1980s — A damn funny one at that! Above, the first segment of the show tackles the computer games, taking viewers to Grithiffths Game Megamart and showing that computers aren't just for "boring things" like "writing poetry or organizing a funeral." Classic! Brian Ashcraft More »

Cursor Hackers Hit WoW

Brian Crecente — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:00:30 EDT

BBC is reporting that World of Warcraft gamers are being targeted by a group of hackers using the cursor hack that takes advantage of a flaw in the way Windows handles animated cursors. More »

Europe Loves PS3, Buys 600,000

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:20:35 EDT

After record breaking sales figures were announced in the UK for Sony's latest PlayStation, it should come as little surprise that the rest of Europe so ravenously snapped up PLAYSTATION 3s. True, at 599, moving some 600,000 PS3s into gamers hands is a little surprising, but Europe loves them some PlayStations. More »

PSP Global Connectivity Within 6 Months

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:20:35 EST

The BBC's story focusing on the current state of the handheld wars (with the PSP at about 25 million shipped versus 35 million for the DS at the end of '06, they say) also features a choice quote from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe spokesfella Jonathan Fargher on the PSP's future. He drops word on the forthcoming global implementation of location free player capabilities of the Wi-fi ready, handheld gaming machine. More »

BBC Talks To PSP Hackers

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:20:41 EST

The BBC has posted an interesting profile on three of the key hacker teams responsible for exploiting the faults of Sony's PlayStation Portable, enabling the formation of an established homebrew and customization scene. Oh, and there's that whole piracy thing. More »

Uncanny Valley Crossed in 2009?

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:20:44 EST

The BBC tackles the photorealistic challenge facing video game developers dubbed "the uncanny valley", that uncomfortable feeling one gets from looking at a digital recreation of a human being that looks... almost human. More »

Liberal Groups Call for Left Behind Boycott

Brian Crecente — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:09:50 EST

The BBC has an interesting story up on the furor surrounding the release of Christian video game Left Behind: Eternal Forces. An alliance of liberal groups is trying to get Wal-Mart, among other retailers, to stop selling the game. More »

BBC Kicks Off Shenmue III Campaign

Michael McWhertor — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:58:55 EST

Shenmue fans now have the power of the BBC (Scotland... *cough*) behind them. While the rest of us may be ready to face the reality that the series is deader than Ryo's dad after appearing on two different consoles, both regional failures, the Beeb is ready to keep hope alive, in the form of the Shenmue III Appeal... More »

The Tetris Story

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:22:26 EDT

This 2004 documentary highlights all the legal drama, all the intrigue and all the Commies that swirled around Alexey Pazhitnov's classic puzzler Tetris. Fascinating stuff. Brian Ashcraft More »

BBC: "Sony's PLAYSTATION 3 Has Disappointed Fans Again"

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 06:22:49 EDT

Now, that the PS3 has been pushed back in Europe (again), gamers vent their frustration (again). The BBC says that "Microsoft is well ahead" thanks to its launch last Christmas and that "right now, Sony is losing." In all fairness to Sony, sure the company is way behind, but remember: This is not a sprint, but a marathon. Sony knows it, Microsoft knows it and yes, even Nintendo knows it. Brian Ashcraft More »

BBC Wants To Film Hardcore MMORPG Players

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:22:22 EDT

Really into MMORPGs? Want to appear on British television? (And who doesn't?) The BBC is seeking ~~addicts~~ ~~gamers~~ addicts who are really into MMOs. The film will be broadcasted in the UK early next year. Online game addiction, while very real, does seem sooo 2005. I mean, even 1Up's Luke isn't playing WoW anymore. (It would've been nice if he hadn't play it while he worked here, but whatever...) Here's the info from the BBC: More »