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Welcome Back to Earth, Mars500; Guitar Hero Died While You Were (Not) Gone
The six brave non-adventurers of the Mars500 project yesterday emerged from their capsule for the first time in 18 months, finding they had returned to a dystopic Earth where their Guitar Hero skills were utterly useless. Either that, or they are as utterly sick of the game as we are, after spending a 520 days…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Frozen Synapse is Headed to the iPad
The award-winning turn-based tactical game Frozen Synapse is being ported over to the iPad, the developer Mode 7 said yesterday, expecting the game will hit the iTunes App Store in 2012. Mode 7’s Paul Taylor said the studio also is “looking at better ways of updating and supporting the game on its current platforms,” and…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Nathan Drake’s Notebook is for Sale on eBay
A timely auction taking place now on eBay has a hand-made replica of Nathan Drake’s notebook from Uncharted 2 on sale for £100. A U.K. art student recreated it, page-for-page, from the virtual one players may peruse in the game. The notebook features 55 pages of hand-drawn pictures, and was completed over the course of…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Sixty Get the Axe at Warner Bros.’ Lord of the Rings Operation [Corrected]
Following big releases, staff usually gets axed. That appears to be the case in the laying off of about 60 from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The publisher confirmed pink slips were given, but not the number. The layoffs hit WBIE’s Seattle operations, comprising the Snowblind, Monolith and Surreal studios. Snowblind developed The Lord of the…
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The Price of Warfare
Values on Tuesday’s big release, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 lead today’s roundup in The Moneysaver. Credits and bonuses can also be found for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, out Nov. 11, and on Xbox Live renewal subscriptions. Software • Tuesday, Nov. 8 release Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3, 360, PC) has…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
There’s a Free Prototype 2 Minigame on iTunes Right Now
Activision commissioned TwitchGames, makers of Slice HD, to create a Prototype 2-themed minigame available now for iOS devices on the iTunes App Store. It’s a big free ad for the upcoming game, but it’s also a small free game that utilizes the multitouch interface in a challenging way. Like Slice HD, your job is to…
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UncategorizedThe Motor City’s Blowtorch is a No-Brainer for MLB 2K12‘s Front
Justin Verlander, the Detroit Tigers flamethrower who spun a no-hitter in a season evocative of hall-of-fame names like Koufax, Gibson and Carlton, will grace the packshot of Major League Baseball 2K12, 2K Sports said. Verlander is the third pitcher in the past four years (with Roy Halladay and Tim Lincecum) to hold down MLB 2K‘s…
By Owen Good - Reviews
Clean, Convenient Refreshment for Your PS3 Controller
Because of the USB port on the PS3 controller, I always considered the DualShock charging stations I saw at Best Buy to be like bottled water. Why pay for something that’s already provided for free, right? Just plug the damn thing in when it runs low on juice. Thing is, I like it when my…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Activision Cools Fears of Pre-Release Modern Warfare 3 Bannings
A foreboding, backchannel warning from Xbox Live’s top cop seemed to suggest that those who legitimately bought Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from a retailer, before its official street date on Tuesday, could face sanctions if they played it online. Activision has sought to calm those concerns, although still, it kinda sorta would like…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Having supplied my gut reaction to Sonic Generations on Tuesday, I’m still plowing through the game, on course for a review next week. So there’ll be a large portion of that on my weekend menu, alongside BurgerTime World Tour, aka the game that HezaChan’s boyfriend made. BurgerTime is a lot of fun, but a little…
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UncategorizedA Peek Under the Hood of All-Girl Fighter Skullgirls
Pretty pictures and adorably odd characters are nice and all, but when it comes to fighting game fans it’s the game mechanics that matter. This video primer for Skullgirls shows off some of the features that button mashers just won’t understand. With renowned fighting game champion Mike “Mike Z” Zaimont at the helm you better…
By Mike Fahey
