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Here’s The Pixeljunk Lifelike Debut Video
What did I just see? I’m not sure. That mushroom imagery with the PlayStation Move wand was plenty suggestive, though. This is the TGS video for PixelJunk Lifelike, Q-Games’ new endeavor, featuring art and music from Baiyon from PixelJunk Eden. PixelJunk Lifelike [Famitsu]
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FIFA 11’s Demo Arrives, Features Unlockables
FIFA 11’s demo went live on both consoles’ download services today, providing you with six top-flight international clubs and a range of difficulty settings to get a feel for this year’s edition. Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Olympique Lyonnais, Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen are your team options. You may choose a difficulty level at the demo’s…
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A Peek At NBA 2K11’s Halftime Show
Operation Sports rolled out a six-minute video showing the second quarter of a Sixers-Knicks matchup. Gameplay galore, but the new news is the halftime show, confirmed last week, which you can get a whiff of at the 5:00 mark. The voice is of San Francisco’s KNBR-AM’s Damon Bruce, who once awarded me tickets to a…
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First Batch Of Madden Moments Live Arrive
The first batch of “Madden Moments Live” – replayable situations from the previous week’s real NFL games – went up to EA Sports’ servers today and, yep, one of them is Detroit at Chicago, ended by a dubious officiating decision. To recap: “Madden Moments Live” is the new downloadable content series being delivered by Madden…
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Pro Evo Soccer’s Demo Hits Consoles Tomorrow
The PC demo for Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 is live right now from the PES web site, and it’ll be available tomorrow for Xbox 360 and PS3. Jon Murphy, the project leader for PES 2011, tweeted earlier today that the Xbox Live demo was confirmed for tomorrow. He later said the PS3 version should…
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Your NBA Jam Rosters Are Set
ESPN.com completed its two-part slow-reveal of the full roster for NBA Jam, wrapping up today with the players, legends and playable mascots of the Western Conference. Hit the link for the full roundup. As reported by ESPN senior NBA writer Mark Stein (unusual that he’s on this case), most teams will ahve three current players…
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It’s Lakers Vs. Celtics In The NBA 2K11 Demo
Xbox 360 and PS3 owners can now go download the demo for NBA 2K11, arriving three weeks ahead of the full game’s release. The game gives you one five minute quarter of Lakers-Celtics on the pro difficulty but you may only play as the Lakers. The audio commentary is also removed, but the pre-game animations…
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He Doesn’t Have To Give This One Back
Reggie Bush today forfeited his 2005 Heisman Trophy. He also starred on NCAA 07’s cover. EA Sports, of course, won’t erase that. But if Bush hadn’t played in 2005, it’s likely Heisman runner-up Vince Young would have made the cover. Custom Vince Young cover via Fanblogs.
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Rookie NFLer Asks For Slight Ratings Adjustment
Ndamukong Suh, the first-round draft choice of the Detroit Lions, traces his video games bonafides to from Tecmo Bowl to Modern Warfare. In light of that pedgree, the lineman thinks he should get a Madden agility rating of “one million.” Suh offered the comment tongue-in-cheek to ESPN. He’s got a 77 agility rating in Madden…
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Black Ops Gets Two Preorder Bonuses
A special limited edition “laser cel” – limited to 100,000; we said nothing about it being “rare” – is one of two pre-order bonuses for Call of Duty: Black Ops. The other’s a download code for an avatar item. Pre-ordering through Amazon gets you the laser cel, provided you’re among the first 100,000 to do…
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Jockeying For Position In FIFA 11
In American football, this type of motion is called “strafing.” In association football, it’s jockeying. This two minute tutorial gives you another good look at the soccer sim’s gameplay while educating you on the finer points of advanced defense. FIFA 11 arrives two weeks from tomorrow in North America, Sept. 30 in Australia and Oct.…
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When The Game Comes On, Madden Goes Off
An interesting little graphic EA Sports sent us today illustrates what most would expect: An actual NFL game crashes Madden NFL’s participation numbers. But it still holds on to about 34,000 hardcore users from kickoff to final gun. These two charts (click to zoom in) show the online traffic for Madden NFL 11 on PS3…
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Running Into Ray Fosse
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Halo: Reach Done I mentioned in my column yesterday that a good friend from California, Scott, visited me recently. He and I watched a bunch of Oakland A’s games together, and this is a perfect story for any fan of the team or of baseball. One of Oakland’s broadcasters is…
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Lying and Cheating — Also Hunting and Horse Racing — In Red Dead Redemption
Eight screens from Red Dead Redemption’s forthcoming “Liars and Cheats” free-roam DLC hit Friday evening. They show off the new multiplayer characters and game modes that will be available when the pack releases Sept. 21. Multiplayer poker is one of the new diversions available. Marshal Johnson is a playable character. “Stronghold” also is a new…
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Mario vs. Ken: Round 2
In round one of Machnima’s imagined crossover throwdown, Mario got the better of Ken. Now it’s time for round two. If this is anything like exhibition tennis, Mario tanks the second set, and they fight it out for keeps in round three. But throwing Luigi into that behind-the-back hadouken is a nice touch. Mario vs.…
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The Week In Games: Quite A Reach
Tuesday marks the culmination of a year’s worth of hype – and the narrative of a franchise that transformed console gaming in the first decade of the century. Sunday, Sept. 12 Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (DS) Tuesday, Sept. 14 Halo: Reach (Xbox 360) – The fourth and final installment of the groundbreaking FPS…
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Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Top Ten Samus Cosplays [VGChartz] This guy did not make the list. •Top 10 Reasons Why PAX Is Better Than E3 [The Kartel] Hard for…
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Super-Smart Game Pirate Sells His Wares At A Mall
Ordinarily, when folks monetize their game piracy, they use Craigslist or some other indirect means of making a sale. I’ve never heard of a pirate peddling his stuff in a shopping mall, as a Canadian man is accused of doing. The Mounties bagged a 31-year-old man – long on the radar of U.S.-based piracy investigators…
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Try Your Luck At New Vegas’ “Caravan” — Without The Game
Fallout: New Vegas will include a gambling minigame called “Caravan,” which is a form of head-to-head blackjack. Bethesda’s released the rules of the game, which you can play with a standard deck. And for caps, if you like. IGN has the full set of rules. Summarized, Caravan requires two standard decks of 52 to play,…
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