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The Pink Knight Comes to Life in Castle Crashers
The Pink Knight was an urban myth cooked up by Castle Crashers‘ Xbox Live community. No such dude existed. But he does now, as The Behemoth offers him for free and promises to make up to a $50,000 donation to a breast cancer prevention and awareness organization. Pink Knight has all new weapons, says The…
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The Cosplay of PAX: Day One
You can’t have a video games expo without the cosplay, and PAX’s attendees are pulling their weight. So far we’ve managed to spot Duke Nukem, Robocop, Uncle Sam, and Jesus. And when’s the last time you saw all those guys together? Those four, plus a lot more, in the gallery inside. Remember, click the magnifying…
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Here’s a Real Life Minecraft Block You Can Actually “Mine”
Ben Purdy is a designer and technology artist who was working on a projection-mapping project when his brother mentioned that a projection sample looked a little like a Minecraft block. Inspiration thus hit Ben. It appears that the projection device is within this box [Correction: It’s outside the box], putting an image on all six…
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The ‘Eyeborg’ Matches Up Real Cyborgs Against Deus Ex
Ordinarily I scoff at the age-gate trailer, but here, I think it supplies a useful warning and a chance to say THERE IS VIDEO OF AN EYEBALL BEING CUT OPEN at the beginning. So look away for the first 16 seconds if you don’t want to see that. The rest of the video is quite…
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Angels on Our Shoulders
They’re tank busters, sir. P-51s. Greatest airplane ever made. Hardware • Nintendo Wii console bundle w/ Mario Kart and Wheel is still available for order at $129.99 from Amazon, but shipping is delayed 2 to 4 weeks. [Dealzon] • Wii Knockout Boxing Gloves are $9.99 from Amazon. Next best is $19. [Dealzon] • Gears of…
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EA Sports’ Season Ticket Hears Crickets on Debut Day [Updated]
The first day of EA Sports’ “Season Ticket” premium subscription, offering a three-day (or more) full preview of Madden NFL 12, does not reflect wide acceptance among the hardcore community it was meant to appeal to. As of 11 p.m. EDT, Madden NFL 12 showed 3,559 users connected to the game through Xbox Live. On…
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And the Award for Best Booth Babe Costume at PAX Goes To …
If these two aren’t the most hugged girls at PAX 2011, well, shame on all of you. Shame. But kudos to Good Old Games, for their clever casting, both eye-catching and well within the bounds of PAX’s costumed booth-representative policy.
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Confused About How to Get Your Early Madden on PS3? Do This.
The preview weekend download for Madden NFL 12 is now underway for PlayStation 3 subscribers to the Season Ticket. Because of the way this is handled (through the PlayStation Store, instead of an application) some may be confused about how to start the download. Here is the answer: • After purchasing the EA Sports Season…
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UFC 3‘s Cover Goes Up for a Vote
Five fighters are contenders for the cover of UFC Undisputed 3‘s cover when the game releases in January. Fans will vote on the honor, selecting from a pool of Georges St. Pierre, Cain Velasquez, Jon Jones, Anderson Silva and Frankie Edgar. MMA fans may vote here beginning now until Sept. 30. Statements by both Danny…
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Is the New XCOM a Shooter? Judge for Yourself
2K Games has just now gotten around to posting its 20-minute E3 demonstration of XCOM; the voice-over script is the same that I heard in 2K’s booth, so you may judge for yourself what this game really is, what it isn’t, and what it really stands for. I stand by my original impressions, and I’m…
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NBA 2K12 Still Adding Players to Its Classic Teams
Interesting tweet out of 2K Sports’ digital marketing manager, Ronnie Singh, this afternoon: “We have just secured the NBA 2K12 rights to ’93 Denver Nuggets LaPhonso Ellis and added him to roster.” LaPhonso Ellis wasn’t a household name that year, but he did average 15.1 points per game as a starting forward on a Nuggets’…
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On the Outside of Halo Fest, Looking In
Stephen Totilo wanders the street outside Halo Fest 2011, which gets underway across the street from PAX 2011 and will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the venerable shooter series. He’ll get in later tonight, and have more details tomorrow. Expect to hear plenty about Halo 4 coming out of this weekend.
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Dark Souls Opens with Another Prologue in the Fog
The Demon’s Souls story returns in Dark Souls, and so does the game’s narrator, and so does her creepy pronunciation of “fog,” which sounds like “fug,” which Jezebel would tell us is an altogether different thing. Here is the prologue to the game, establishing how the land has once again become a hellhole and why…
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Bonus NBA 2K12 Teams Don’t Require Preorder, Will Be In All Retail Copies
Correcting an earlier misconception we reported: NBA 2K12 will offer codes for two classic teams, the 1990-91 Golden State Warriors and the 2001-2002 Sacramento Kings. These codes will be printed and inserted into all retail copies of the game, and will be available through all retail outlets, but there will be a limited supply of…
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“Season Ticket” Holders Can Get Madden NFL 12 as Early as 10 a.m. Tomorrow
The idea behind EA Sports’ premium “Season Ticket” was to give people 72 hours with their favorite sports video game before it hit retail shelves. Turns out they will get a few more, with Xbox 360 and west coast users benefitting the most. The full version of Madden NFL 12 will be available for download…
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John Madden Would Blitz You Every Down in His Own Video Game
John Madden has a low tolerance for cheesy play in the video game bearing his name. “I don’t like to see stuff that isn’t real, or isn’t practical,” he says, “like going for it long on fourth down.” He would, however, blitz you every single down, if you gave him back one of his old…
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Canned Laughter Drowns Out What Pigs In Trees Does Different
Can we cut the crap with Angry Birds satires already? I’m not talking about the direct ripoffs, which you see on Facebook, flash sites and popup ads congratulating you for winning an iPad 3. I’m talking about games whose wink-and-nod visual style, method of scoring, and “story” don’t give themselves enough credit for what they…
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Celebrate Team Fortress 2‘s Quinceañera, Get a Hat
Because of its popularity, many think Team Fortress 2 sprang to life fully formed without precedent, like Athena from the forehead of Zeus. Or Leonard Part VI. It in fact is a series, one that is now 15 years old. So Valve is giving out free stuff, and as you might imagine, that includes a…
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Hey, There’s a WICO Command Control Joystick in This Picture
Jo Garcia, Playboy’s noted gamer girl, may star in this wallpaper for The Bunny, but I’m looking at it for the articles in the background, where one of the few non-repeated, non-‘shopped items is the venerable, vaguely phallic WICO Command Control. It’s laying on its side, north by northwest of her right foot, underneath the…
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Trying Not to Swoon on My First Date With NBA 2K12
Basketball is the sport that always unmasks me as a panicky klutz, whether that is in a video game or in real life. I don’t see things very well, don’t have great anticipation, and overreact to most everything. On defense, it takes nothing to get me in the air, although such a statement implies there…
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