Activision, the publisher of Guitar Hero and DJ Hero, is being taken to court over claims that the trademarks registered over its popular music titles have little to do with the operations of the actual products. A group going by the name “Patent Compliance Group” has filed suit in the Texas Northern District Court, alleging…
You may have already seen this over the weekend, but if not, here’s a clip that reportedly shows an Xbox Live moderator by the name of “The Pro” suffering from a bad case of ban fever. The user, himself banned after a round of Modern Warfare 2 with the moderator, claims a combination of audio…
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Nathan Sharratt loves BioShock, and is handy with a needle and thread. And leg braces. And corsets. As he’d have to be, to squeeze his man’s body into an outfit meant for Big Sisters. Nathan’s outfit is amazing, requiring him to be literally bolted into the costume, which even has EVE syringes and arm-mounted harpoons.…
Right now, Valve and the PlayStation 3 don’t see eye to eye. Doesn’t mean it’ll always be that way. Valve writer Chet Faliszek has told Edge “Before we do anything on the PS3 we need to be able to support it in the right way.” “But we’ll look at it, and I’m sure down the…
I like my Star Wars. I’ve got a ton of Star Wars games, even some Star Wars toys lying around. But this? This goes a little beyond a “toy”. It’s a 1:1 bust of the galaxy’s favourite bounty hunter. That’s life-size. Which means this baby weighs in at 35lbs (15kg). Course, it also weighs in…
Those rumours that Treyarch’s next Call of Duty game is set in Vietnam? They might only be partially correct, if a supposed casting call for actors for the game is anything to go by. The call, spotted by VG247, is looking for four actors to provide a mixture of voice work, facial capture and full-body…
This week’s European store update is a good one, PAL gamers finally getting their hands on a Yakuza 3 demo that isn’t in Japanese. I played the crap out of the Japanese demo last year, but then, it was in Japanese. You kind of had to just fumble your way through it. Now that I…
Tired of short, theatrical trailers for the new Prince of Persia movie?? This new Sands of Time featurette on IGN has plenty of new footage. Including Chesty Jake. And ostrich racing. Up there, you can see just a glimpse of Chesty Jake. And flirty Jake. And jumping Jake, and fighting Jake, and stoic Jake. You’ll…
Because Magic Cards weren’t dorky enough as it is, somebody had to go and make a custom set of cards based on Nintendo’s The Legend Of Zelda. What’s funny is that they’re not, well, funny. Read the descriptions, these cards are serious business. Shame there’s only six of them, though; a full game could have…
Ubisoft’s new digital rights management setup on the PC sounded bad, then in practice, sounded even worse. That can mean only one thing: damage control! Seeking to clarify comments made by PC Gamer magazine, suggesting that users would need a constant internet connection to keep playing singleplayer games, Ubisoft told Ars Technica “As long as…
Continuing a long-running trend of presenting overpaid athletes with custom versions of consoles they probably already have, Sony was at the recent NBA All-Star weekend handing out PSPgos like they were…going out of style. Admittedly, some of these are pretty nice. Others…a little crass. The one up top is LeBron James’, which of course was…
The last of the backs have been patted and the last of the glasses “chinged” over at the 13th annual Interactive Achievement Awards, otherwise known as the “serious awards” for the video game industry. As you’re about to see, next year will be known as the 2nd annual Uncharted 2 awards. Other games to do…
The journey a game, and its characters, take from concept to console is usually an interesting one, but in God of War’s case, it seems particularly so. Especially for its leading man, Kratos. Ken Feldman, lead artist on the original God of War game, has told Official PlayStation magazine that while designing the star of…
I’ve been playing the Starcraft II beta for a couple of days now. On the off chance you actually want to hear what I think about it, read on, reader, read on. Before I get started, let me establish what I am. Or, rather, what I am not. I am not a “hardcore” Starcraft fan.…
You see them every day, whether browsing in a store, clicking through the internet or looking at a shelf in your living room, but have you ever wondered what kind of thinking goes into creating a game’s cover? I have. See, at heart, I’m a bit of a design nerd. I often like seeing, and…
Capcom announced yesterday that for the next five weeks, the publisher’s range of PlayStation Network titles will see their prices clashed by 50%. Starting tomorrow, Marvel vs Capcom will be down to $7.50 until February 25. Then Street Fighter II HD will go on sale for the same price, and so on and so on,…
Over the past few months, a number of big third-party publishers like EA & Capcom have distanced themselves from the Wii. Ah well. There’s always the PS3! “What publishers have said is they’re not going to spend the resources on Wii… In my job, we compete against Microsoft and Nintendo, and we’re competing for resources”,…
Reader Christopher was down at his local animal shelter in Long Beach, California recently when he noticed something a little odd. The kennels there are mostly sponsored by companies to help keep things running, and most of those companies are pet-related. Dog food, cat grooming, that sort of thing. Except this one, which is sponsored…
The Classification Board is the body responsible for rating video games (and other stuff!) in Australia, and as such, is often blamed for the mess our system currently finds itself in. Thing is, it’s not their fault. The Board’s job is to look at a game, assess its content, then award it a rating. That’s…
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