Daniel Alvarez of Austin, Texas has been arrested on charges of aggravated assault after he attempted to strangle his girlfriend with a Wii controller cord, according to police. He’s also suspected of eating her cookies. Christina Alvarado, Alvarez’s girlfriend, told police that she was attacked by her boyfriend after a fight, one brought on for…
Publisher THQ was hit hard during its third quarter, losing $191.8 million over the holidays. That loss, previously expected to be net profit, and more lowered expectations will translate to massive cuts to its workforce. THQ announced plans to layoff approximately 600 employees, a staggering 24% of its total workforce, as part of a plan…
Auditorium, the lovely, musical puzzle game described by its creators as a “process of discovery and play” and formerly featured as one of our Hot Flashes, has been officially, commercially released. The final version of Auditorium promises the same relaxed, creatively solved play, but now spread across 70 levels over the course of 15 acts.…
Crave’s excellent Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection will be getting a pair of high-definition ports this summer, apparently. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game just showed up at GameFly. And you know, to the best of my knowledge, that’s news. Good news, I’d think, because the Wii and PlayStation…
The release of StarCraft II may be another umpteen months away, but hardcore LEGO fans aren’t missing out on any fun. Take this lovely looking Protoss Immortal unit, for example, rendered perfectly in plastic brick. It’s just one of many fantastic LEGO recreations of StarCraft II units that very few have played with, but are…
Who could use some brightly colored screen shots to perk up their day? Well, how about some new Major Minor’s Majestic March media? Majesco has 16 new, nearly identical new shots of the game. While the new screens don’t, in any fashion, illustrate any variety in the NanaOn-Sha developed Wii title, they show that creators…
Electronic Arts big day of delays and disastrous financial news has claimed one more victim: The Godfather II. The sequel won’t make its previously scheduled February ship date, moving to a post-April release. Why? EA’s John Riccitiello says that its moving to Q1 of the company’s 2010 fiscal year, which runs April to June, to…
Timesplitters and Haze developer Free Radical Design has found financial sanctuary in German developer Crytek, who is reported to have purchased the struggling Nottingham, UK dev for an undisclosed amount. According to 1UP, Free Radical scriptwriter Rob Yescombe confirmed the purchase of Free Radical by the developers of Far Cry and Crysis, saying that the…
Naughty Dog invited us to its Santa Monica studios on Monday for a look at Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, the PlayStation 3 exclusive that you should really be more excited for. How do we know? Seeing Uncharted 2‘s new “traversal gunplay” mechanics in real-time action, we couldn’t help but become overly excited about the prospects…
Electronic Arts announced today that its quarter ending December 31 saw a massive loss, totaling $641 million. EA John Riccitiello called the lower than expected earnings “a clear disappointment,” announcing additional, extended layoffs. The company will increase the number of jobs cut to 1,100, up from 1,000, or 11% of its total workforce. It expects…
Followers of BioWare’s epic development cycle on Dragon Age: Origins probably won’t be surprised to learn that the game has been delayed. Again. Electronic Arts announced a new “last half of 2009” release date today. Dashing any hopes of the “early 2009” release date provided by EA late last year, the publisher now says the…
Double Fine Productions founder and career funnyman Tim Schafer will again be required to Google search “how to tie a bow tie” this March, as he returns to host the 2009 Game Developers Choice Awards. While Schafer’s obviously very busy putting a spit shine on Brütal Legend for publisher EA, he’s taking time to dazzle…
If you weren’t completely turned off to the Terminator franchise after the cinematic sewage that was Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, the latest issue of GamePro might be of interest to you. The mag reveals the first concrete details on Terminator Salvation, the video game adaptation of the movie directed by McG and starring…
Do they still use telepipes in Phantasy Star? Well if they do, Sega just selected one from its inventory, bumping up the release date of Phantasy Star Portable in North America. The PlayStation Portable action role-playing game will be invading our shores on March 3rd, weeks in advance of its previously scheduled release date. Somewhat…
Curl your mustaches and iron your Knicks jerseys, because the Evolution Championship Series will be hitting Las Vegas this July, pitting the world’s best of the best digital fighters in bloodless mortal combat. Evo 2009 is scheduled to throw down at the Rio hotel and casino July 17th through the 19th, featuring some of the…
Bub and Bob will emit bubbles and bobble about in 2009 with a new, but retro take on classic Bubble Bobble gameplay. Famitsu spilled details on the WiiWare-bound game, which looks to go global. Bobble Bobble Wii will pack in 400 old school-style stages in a WiiWare release that includes the original Bubble Bobble levels…
Kung Fu Panda? Says who? Says the International Animated Film Society, that’s who. The video game based on Dreamworks Animation’s movie of the same name just scored an Annie, beating out Dead Space and Wall·E. The 36th Annual Annie Awards threw down this past weekend, honoring the best that animated things have to offer, whether…
The Xbox 360‘s “New Xbox Experience” wasn’t filled with the joyful noise of Avatar belches for some owners of the console. Some found their HDMI-ready systems without sound, which Microsoft is now, finally, addressing. Following the NXE roll out in November 2008, a segment of the Xbox 360 population found their previously working audio cutting…
Seems Robert Ludlum’s estate was no fan of Vivendi’s The Bourne Conspiracy. Keith Boesky, who represents the interests of Robert Ludlum, says of the new deal with Electronic Arts, “We’re dealing with grown ups now.” Ludlum Entertainment and EA announced earlier today that they had signed a deal to develop games based on the late…
Good news, Windy City nerds. You’re getting your own Comic Con! While it may not share the name of its New York Comic Con sibling, it will give conventioneering Chicagoans cosplay options in 2010. The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo will hit McCormick Place’s Lakeside Center on April 16, 2010, a three-day geek-out that will…
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