We already know most of the details, but today Ubisoft officially announced Assassin’s Creed 2, due out this holiday on all “current-generation platforms.” In Assassin’s Creed II gamers will take on the role of Ezio, a privileged young noble in Renaissance Italy who’s been betrayed by the rival ruling families of Italy, in a quest…
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In this latest edition of Sack It To Me, Media Molecules Danny and Mark walk us through switches. The video includes explanation of how to create and use one shot switch mechanisms, counting mechanisms, delay mechanisms, multi-task switches and simple logic test mechanisms in LittleBigPlanet. It sounds all very complicated, but that’s why there’s a…
Back in February Activision Blizzard said it expected to rake in $860M in net revenues for the March quarter, now the company says they underestimated how well they would do in the quarter. “Global consumer response to the Call of Duty and Guitar Hero franchises and Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft remains strong despite the…
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Does The Hard Sell Work? Did you see this whole CNN/Kutcher dealio? It’s pretty funny. I think CNN is totally getting into it to. I read somewhere that Larry King wants to have Kutcher on to talk about the whole thing. On its surface it’s pretty shallow, but it’s actually…
If Electronic Arts’ Twitter feed can be believed, the publisher has stepped into the Tweeter race between actor Ashton Kutcher and CNN to be the first user to reach a million followers. Earlier this week Kutcher challenged CNN to Twitter race in a video. If he wins, Kutcher promises to ding-dong ditch CNN founder Ted…
The DSi doesn’t just include some hardware upgrades and the ability to download games directly to the system, it might also include more robust anti-piracy software as well. Reports of some DS games, perhaps bootlegged copies of these games, not working on the DSi have started to show up in our mailbox and on several…
Last week a trademark was filed for Simpson’s and Futurama creator Matt Groening‘s Life in Hell comic strip for, among other things, a potential video game. Life in Hell is a weekly comic strip by Groening created in 1977 and renamed Life in Swell in 2007. The strip stars anthropomorphic rabbit Binky and also includes…
A multiplayer demo for Bionic Commando hits Xbox Live later this month, Capcom announced today. No word on when or if a demo will be coming to the Playstation 3, but when we hear back from Capcom on the matter we’ll update the post. The 360 demo will feature Vertigo, one of the game’s 16…
As we reported yesterday, people who pick up a copy of the Blu-ray movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete also get a playable Final Fantasy XIII demo. Someone was lucky enough to land a copy early, and streamed playing the demo. Now we have a bunch stills from his play-through for you to pick…
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Black Or Brown Eyes? When I was in Texas I used to have these semi-regular poker nights at my apartment. A bunch of us from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram would get together and tell bad jokes, share stories and play a little poker. It wasn’t about the poker though, it…
Zombie supervillain Solomon Grundy will be in upcoming massively multiplayer online game DC Universe Online, Sony announced today. Solomon Grundy is part zombie and part plant, a bizarre, centuries-old half-human life form filled with confused anger. At times he is a rampaging monster, at others a calculating and coldblooded villain. Solomon Grundy’s enhanced strength makes…
Earlier today Nintendo announced that they would start selling the MotionPlus snap-on for their Wii remotes on June 8, for $20 a pop. But Nintendo’s first MotionPlus-supporting game, Wii Sports Resort, won’t hit stores until a month and a half later for $50 for the game and add-on. So what’s a gamer to do in…
Here’s a glimpse of a battle between Wolverine and Gambit in upcoming X-Men: Origins Wolverine. That’s right, between and this time it’s no Danger Room Duel. You must be 17 or older to watch this video, or your head will asplode.
Spore lead designer Stone Librande is touring the nation’s top game design college programs to talk about Designing Playfully, Electronic Arts announced today. Librande plans to guide students through Spore Galactic Adventures‘ Adventure Creator and tech them how to make game concepts come to life. “Maxis and EA are huge proponents of college game design…
The Killzone 2 Steel and Titanium downloadable map pack hits the Playstation 3 on April 30, SCEA announced this morning. They didn’t, however, set a price yet. The DLC pack comes with two new multiplayer maps and “new gameplay element and strategic twists.” Wasteland Bullet takes place on a bullet train rocketing between Pyrrhus and…
There’s an interesting story over at The Brainy Gamer that discusses the techniques of voice acting and how it rarely applies to voice acting in games, mostly because of time and money constraints. Michael Abbott talked to a voice actor who explains how the typical tools of an actor aren’t just disused, they’re a hindrance…
A trademark filed last week by Sony Computer Entertainment America seems to confirm rumors we posted last month of a upcoming Warhawk title set in space. SCE filed a trademark for Starhawk on April 9 for a computer or video game and operating a real-time game for others over a global and local area computer…
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To: Ash From: Crecente Re: It’s Monday And I’m Already Drained This is the first time I’ve seen this particular viral video, but I’m familiar with the concept. It sorta made me think. Wouldn’t it be cool if Obama, instead of dumping public works stimulus money into highways and buildings, he dump a little into…
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