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Rare Genesis Cartridge Gets A Private Reproduction Run

Blockbuster’s second Video Game Championship contest, for SNES and Genesis, ran nationwide in 1995. Stores had to destroy the cartridges after the contest. Someone made 100 reproductions to help completionists fill a gap in their collect. About 40 are left. Best part, it sounds like the buyers will have a high score contest of their…

ESPN Sends Its A-Team To NBA Elite 11

After fooling around some with the demo I can say one of the bright spots of NBA Elite 11 is its commentary and presentation. The total integration with ESPN’s graphics, wipes and music helps sell the authenticity of the call. This video says EA Sports Vancouver – also responsible for the ESPN integration of NCAA…

Take-Two Mum On Plans To Get A Slice Of Used Sales

Take-Two Interactive, the publisher of 2K Games, 2K Sports and Rockstar Games, has told investors it’s working on a way to “participate” in the used-games market but was tight-lipped about what specifically it has in mind. In sports titles, what we’ve seen this year is the arrival of one-use codes that unlock multiplayer features. The…

“Grenade Dodger” Exposes Jersey Shore App To Legal Situation

“The Situation,” star of the Mutual-of-Omaha douchebag safari “Jersey Shore,” has an iPhone app with a minigame in which one must dodge “grenades” – i.e. unattractive women. Unbeknownst to them, the game uses photographs of live grenades. And one’s ticked off. RadarOnline reports that “The Situation – Official App” could get hit with a lawsuit…

Reach Cracks Billboard’s Top 200

Per its name, The Billboard 200 is a weekly list of the 200 highest-selling albums in the U.S. The official soundtrack for Halo: Reach debuted at No. 157 for the past week, the best mark ever for the franchise. Past Halo soundtracks have also hit Billboard’s 200 – Halo 2 got up to 162 in…

The 100 Rating Returns To Madden After Two Years

Randy Moss’s superhuman grab in Week Two against the Jets – and lockdown cornerback Darrelle Revis – boosted his “spectacular catch” rating in Madden NFL 11 to 100, the first time since 2008 any player’s hit that score. Moss’s perfect 100 is included in the latest roster update, which is now live on both console…

Free Microsoft Points Deal Not As Convenient As It Sounds

Yeah, you can get 200 free Microsoft Points right now just for using Bing, the company’s search engine. Sounds fast and easy, right? Wrong. Well, you must download the “Bing Bar,” which only works – surprise! – on Internet Explorer. Not a big deal, right? The thing’s free and every Windows user has a copy,…

Halo: Reach Was Second-Most Popular Xbox Live Game In Its Launch Week [Corrected]

Xbox Live’s Major Nelson released data on Thursday showing that Halo: Reach was the No. 2 game on Xbox Live in its launch week, trailing only Modern Warfare 2. It had four times as many players as Halo 3. Hyrb notes that Halo: Reach, which released on Sept. 14, was available only six of the…

NBA 2K11’s Player Ratings Bring The Heat

Operation Sports today got the player ratings for all 30 starting lineups in NBA 2K11. Unsurprisingly, the Miami Heat have the league’s top rated starting five, though they are tied with the Los Angeles Lakers for that position. The Heat, who added Chris Bosh and LeBron James to Dwyane Wade, average to an 82.2 rating…

NBA Jam Achievements Will Take Timing

The list of achievements is out for NBA Jam’s Xbox 360 version, which is free for download with a one-use code included in NBA Elite 11 (also for the PS3). Three of them deal with buzzer beaters. Xbox 360 Achievements posted the list; a trophies breakdown for the PS3 version is not yet available. NBA…

Mafia II Producer Apologizes For ‘Gay Space Marines’ Comment

Denby Grace, the senior producer for 2K Games’ Mafia II has apologized for a flip answer to a rather stock interview question in which he said “gay space marines” were the biggest problem facing video games. Asked “what do you think is the biggest problem current games suffer from?” Grace told MTV Multiplayer: “It’s a…

H.A.W.X. 2 Delayed On PC

Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 was due for a Sept. 30 on the PC, but that has now changed to November, according to the game’s official forum. Fans who had ordered the game apparently were notified on Friday that the game’s release date had moved from Sept. 30 to Nov. 1; on Monday, a notice went…

Game Over

Even if the alien did fire, it’s a squiggly piece, not a long piece. “Final Boss” by Flickr’s “fatheed”. Seen today via Reddit.

Hold On: $66 For A Halo: Reach Pre-Order Bonus?

Those who preordered Halo: Reach from GameStop got a code for a nifty suit of armor. This code was, technically, free. Some guy’s been selling them on eBay, for close to and even more than the game’s retail price. “People want what they can’t have,” the seller, who has auctioned off codes before, told Hot…

The Hall of Fame Comes To NBA 2K11

Ordinarily a goal of singleplayer career modes, enshrinement in the Hall of Fame will now be a feature of NBA 2K11’s Association, the franchise management and season-simulation mode. That image carries a disclaimer because it doesn’t reflect a screen from the game – it’s apparently a marketing-only pre-render. And while the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall…

That’s One Way To Sex Up Team Tennis

Classic racy ad for Tengen’s Davis Cup World Tour on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, and you didn’t have to hide the magazine under your mattress. Seen on GameDummy via Reddit – a Redditor notes the ad references this picture (NSFW)

NBA Elite 11 Gets Fully Custom-Made Soundtrack

Soundtracks in sports titles are typically a compilation of licensed works from recognizable artists. NBA Elite 11 this year changed course, going with a fully custom soundtrack composed by producer 9th Wonder and J. Cole, from Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label. It’s the first EA Sports title to have a custom-created soundtrack. “Being the first artist…

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 Is Now Move-Enabled

A title update now live on the PlayStation Network adds PlayStation Move support to a sports game where motion controls make the most sense: golf, specifically Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11. EA Sports released a raft of screenshots and that video above to show what a Move-enabled golf simulation looks and plays like. Joining the…

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 PlayStation Move Screens

The Passion Of The Bynum

A demo isn’t the finished product. But Andrew Bynum hilariously stuck in the Jordan Wings pose at midcourt is not what NBA Elite 11 wants to see less than a day into its demo. NSFW language in the players’ reactions. I can’t remember the last sports title that didn’t have a patch available day of…