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PS3 Hacker Being Sued For “Making Sony Mad”
Click to viewGeorge “GeoHot” Hotz, the hacker who helped blow the doors off the PlayStation 3’s copy protection system, is being sued by Sony. Why? Because, he says, he made them mad. Appearing on G4’s Attack of the Show, Hotz stands firm on his motivation behind hacking the console (he wanted to return the “Other…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 14, 2011 -
BoneCraft Is Porn’s Answer To World Of Warcraft
Blizzard, congratulations. You know you’ve really made it when people are making pornographic video games based on your popular franchises. BoneCraft is an upcoming parody of both World of Warcraft and StarCraft, in which space marines battle orcs for the chance to get with some elves. Unlike previous efforts like Whorelore (formerly World of Whorecraft),…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 13, 2011 -
How 2011’s Best Game Trailer (So Far) Was Made
That amazing trailer for upcoming shooter Bulletstorm — the one taking the mick out of Halo’s famous “diorama” trailer — wasn’t done with fancy computers. It was done the old-fashioned way. With artists. And fake vomit. A Reddit user’s girlfriend worked on the commercial, and ereinecke posted a series of pics showing how the trailer…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 13, 2011 -
Meet The Least Imaginative Video Games In The World
Like the movie business, video games can be incredibly insular, lots of the same kind of thing coming out at the same time. But these games — all from the same game maker — go a little beyond that. Yesterday, Michel Guillemot — founder of Gameloft and brother of Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot — tried…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 13, 2011 -
This Resident Evil Figure Is Dressed For Battle
Chinese toy company Hot Toys is working on another Resident Evil 5 toy. This one’s another Jill Valentine, only this time, she’s looking ready for a midnight swim. This 1/6 scale figure — which actually depicts Jill in her “battle suit” — will be out later this year. As is expected with Hot Toys figures,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 13, 2011 -
Sony Telling People The PSP2 Is As Powerful As A PS3
A report on trade site MCV reckons Sony has been telling “licensees” — ie the people making games for it — that the PSP2 “‘is as powerful as the PlayStation 3”. It’s part of a clear strategy Sony has for the upcoming (and still not yet officially unveiled) handheld, which is that it’s “specifically requesting…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 13, 2011 -
The Most Dangerous Thing In Liberty City Is…Silly Cars
The PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV can be a funny beast when people start to mess around with it. Take, for example, the game’s cars. And what happens when you all but turn off their friction. As you can see in this new clip below, created by a modder, things go freakin’ bananas.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 13, 2011 -
Does The World Really Need A Wireless Graphics Card?
It would seem the answer is a tentative “yes”, with the release of the KFA2 GeForce GTX460 graphics card. Those spindly extensions are wi-fi antennas, meaning the card can transmit its video signal over thin air. Why, you may ask, would I want to do that? The thinking is that it lets people separate their…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 13, 2011 -
GameStop Wants Access To Your Xbox Live Account
While GameStop is perfectly happy selling you Xbox Live points cards at the moment, in the future, the retailer wants to do more than that. It wants your Xbox Live details, so it can send you the stuff it’s selling. “Today you pick the card up off the rack that’s associated with that map pack,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 13, 2011 -
Football Player Loses Part Of Finger, Call Of Duty The Big Loser
Tom Alexander, an up-and-coming Rugby Union player from Canberra, Australia, lost the top of his finger in a freak accident earlier this week. And he’s bummed, not because he’ll miss any football, but because it affects his Call of Duty. I like this story. Not just because he plies his trade for my beloved hometown…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2011 -
A Wretched Hive Of Scum And Assassini
Donglu Yu is an artist who worked on Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. With the game now complete and out in the wild, it’s time for Yu to share some of her amazing work. As a lover of heavy coffee table books that are full of concept art, I can only hope that one day, Ubisoft sees…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2011 -
Did Capcom Totally Copy Someone Else’s Work?
Capcom Mobile has a little game out on the App Store called MaXplosion, where you run around a science lab blowing yourself up. If you think that sounds familiar, well, that’s because it is. It appears to be almost identical not just in premise, but in execution and even visual themes to ‘Splosion Man, a…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2011 -
After A Tough Day Of Farmville, Relax With Some Pokerville
Live Poker by Zynga, also known as Live Poker By The Guys Who Made Farmville, is hoping to be the world’s biggest “social casino”. I’m afraid it may be succeeding. It’s terrible. Yet it’s being played by a quarter of a million people. Go figure. LIVE Poker by Zynga on iTunes
By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2011 -
A Mario and Miyamoto For Nightmares
I never thought I’d see the day when the worlds of the Mushroom Kingdom and a Tool video intersected, but it appears 2011 is going to be full of surprises. This isn’t for the impatient, or the faint of heart, but there’s an eerie vision of the future to be found by sticking around to…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2011 -
ReviewsSplitFish FragFX Shark Tries To Bring A Little Bit Of PC To The PS3
The first-person shooter was born to be played on a PC, with a mouse and keyboard. Then along came consoles, and things had to change. The SplitFish FragFX Shark is trying to change things back. Specs Price: US$89.99 Platform: PS3 / PC / Mac What’s in the box: Mouse, Nunchuk, USB Adapter, Mouse Pad Designed…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2011 -
Sorry, Your Top Speed Wasn’t Enough For A High Score
As seen on failbog, via Gamefreaks
By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2011
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