Brian Crecente

A Closer Look At The Kinect Beta’s Avatars and Dashboards

With the official Kinect Beta flooding out to those select few whom Microsoft invited to test out their upcoming motion gaming add-on, the images are already starting to stream in. Here for your perusal is a closer look at both Kinect’s new dashboard and menu systems and the revamped avatars hitting the Xbox 360 when…

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Kinect Hardware Prepped And Shipping To Beta Testers

Looks like our plentiful tipsters were right earlier this month when they told us that Microsoft was offering a “limited audience” of Xbox 360 owners an opportunity to beta test Kinect. New tipsters now tell us that those who were accepted into the beta program were contacted today and will soon be basking in motion…

Super Columbine Massacre Pops Up in School Shooting Scare?

It looks like tempest in a teapot role-playing game Super Columbine Massacre RPG has reared its ugly head again this week, with Florida deputies looking into why the game may have popped up on the computer of a teen who vowed to blow up his high school and “break the record of Columbine and Virginia…

A New Look at Okamiden

Adorable, pocket version of Okami with a touch-screen twist, Capcom’s Okamiden is due out early next year for the DS. Until then, check out this new trailer, art and screens. So cute!

Spying on Dogs

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Mmmmm Beer I know it has been out for a bit, but I just discovered iCam for the iPhone. It’s an app that lets you stream live video from USB cameras and cameras mounted in laptops. You can stream four at the same time on the phone. You know what…

Co-Oping in The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest

In this vignette from Warner Bros Interactive we see the “awesome co-op action” available in the Wii and PS3 versions of The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest. The video features the Wii version, with some hot Gandolf action.

Hands Cramping On with Call of Duty: Black Ops DS

The developer behind the portable version of gaming titan Call of Duty: Black Ops doesn’t have an enviable task. Developers N-Space have to find a way to deliver the Call of Duty experience, a game driven by bleeding-edge graphics, immersion and subtly-balanced controls, on a platform that isn’t just lacking the muscle power, but has…

Examining the Screens and Stache of Bionic Commando Rearmed 2

Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 comes to us with some pretty nifty upgrades, namely a mustache and the ability to jump. Now here’s a chance to check out that glorious stache up close and a few new screen shots from the upcoming Playstation Network and Xbox Live Arcade game due out next year from Capcom.

Most Unbelievable Game Tattoo I’ve Ever Seen, In Motion

Devin from Michigan sat in a chair for 26 hours over several days to get this masterpiece injected into his skin. The artist, Halo Jankowski of Naked Art Tattoos, said the gaming sleeve took six hours of planning. The sleeve includes: Toejam form ToeJam and Earl, Scout from Team Fortess, Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet, Vault Boy…

All 105 DJ Hero 2 Songs

DJ Hero 2, set for an Oct. 19 release, will include 105 songs remixed into 80 different mixes, Activision said today. “The individual songs that have been mixed into the DJ Hero 2 soundtrack have been viewed online more than 1.5 billion times, which really speaks volumes to both the size and scope of our…

Halo: Reach’s Live-Action “Deliver Hope” Brings the Combat To Life

Forget the civilian bickering, the standing around in the dark, Halo: Reach’s game-setting live-action videos have suddenly gotten very real, very explodey. This is the sort of video that delivers chills and the burning desire to play through a game. Starting on Aug. 29, the Deliver Hope campaign kicks off for real, with the live-action…

The Cutest Okamiden Book Cover and Marker Ever

Found over on the e-Capcom online store for Capcom Japan, this adorable little soft book cover includes a button, picture of Chibiterasu’s cub face and a bookmark that looks like his tail. Okamiden Book Cover [Capcom-Unity]

Case Zero

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: There Are Too Many Shows Too Close Together Looks like Totilo is starting to nail down on the appointments for Penny Arcade Expo this week. How is Tokyo Game Show looking? I’ve been playing through Dead Rising II: Case Zero today. So far no sign of Frank West yet. Dangit.…

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The Latest James Bond 007: Blood Stone Screens and Teaser

When McWhertor got a second look at James Bond 007: Blood Stone last week in Germany he said the game may have won him over Here’s a look at some of the new trailers and screenshots of the game to perhaps explain why. In it we see Daniel Craig’s Bond taking down some bad guys…

Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Hits Chicago

Need For Speed Hot Pursuit continues its cross country tour with Electronic Arts bringing the upcoming racing title to Chicago to show it off to some gamers, non-gamers and celebrities. Next stop: Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle.

What Do You Want To Know About Halo: Reach?

Our very own Stephen Totilo just spent half a day with the retail version of Halo: Reach in New York City. I spent some time with Bungie last week at GamesCom. We have answers, do you have questions? We’re also going to be talking about the oodles of games we saw and played at last…

LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Features Massive Ships, Minor Upgrades

When LEGO returns to the Star Wars universe it will bring with it a new form of picture-in-picture play and chunkier, more detailed graphics. Last week I sat down with Matt Shell, senior marketing manager for LucasArts, to talk about and then play a bit of LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars. Due out…