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UncategorizedEVE Online Now Just One Fashionable Degree of Separation From Lady Gaga
What do Lady Gaga and CCP Games, maker of massively multiplayer online role-playing game EVE Online, have in common? They’ve both worked with fashion director Nicola Formichetti and his muse, the model with a full body corpse tattoo, Rick Genest. Let’s take a step back. CCP has teamed up with Formichetti to create a “virtual…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Check That, From Dust Hits PSN Next Week
Announced yesterday for a Sept. 27 release on the PlayStation Network, god-game From Dust has had its delivery date moved up two weeks to Sept. 13. It’s still $14.99. Because some have wondered, no, the game does not support PlayStation Move.
By Owen Good Published September 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Alice Minimates Returns
My Desk – I can’t seem to find Alice’s tiny little knife. She seems OK with that. The Flex-Fire Is PlayStation Move Shooting, But with a Bender We are about a year into hardcore shooter gaming played with the PlayStation Move-an experience that, from day one, is assumed to demand one play it with something…
By Brian Crecente Published September 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Minecraft‘s Big Adventure Update ‘Leaks’ A Lil’ Early
The next release of Minecraft—the so-called “Adventure” update, AKA Minecraft 1.8—is now, somewhat unexpectedly, in the wild. And its creator is perfectly fine if you go ahead and grab the leaked release. “Ooh, looks like 1.8 has leaked, not that I’d ever admit that,” writes Marcus “Notch” Persson on his Twitter account, winking coyly and…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
From Play-Fakers to Music-Makers, Here Are Your Gaming Apps of the Week
Between vacations and major gaming events, we’ve spent far more time playing gaming apps than writing about them over the past few weeks. This week we bounce back with something old, something new, something NFL-related, and something oddly musical. Are you ready for some football? No? Then are you ready for a music creation app…
By Mike Fahey Published September 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedResistance 3 Really Captures the Details of Burly Geek Beards Beautifully
If you’re playing Resistance 3, you’ve likely come in contact with the digital recreation of two Resistance super-fans, the winners of the “Get in the Game” contest. In fact, they’re some of the first people you’ll meet. So see where that impressive in-game beard originates. Developer Insomniac Games scanned in the likeness of two fans,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 9, 2011 - Culture
This Week in the Business: “Xbox 360’s Massive Lead”
QUOTE | “Xbox 360’s massive lead.” – SCEA SVP of Publisher Relations Rob Dyer acknowledges Microsoft’s big lead in hardware but asserts that software sells better on PS3 relative to the installed base STAT | 27% – The reduction in the number of games rated 80 or higher so far in 2011, as EEDAR notes…
James Brightman | IndustryGamers.com Published September 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
All of the Life-Changing Power of Video Games
Video games cause depression. Video games cause violence. Video games are a waste of time. The next time someone pulls out one of these arguments against our favorite hobby, send them to read the stories at How Video Games Saved My Life, and hope they’re not sharp enough to refute them with cold logic. Created…
By Mike Fahey Published September 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedSuper Mario Bros. Done DIY In A Beautiful Little Cardboard Box
There’s a little surprise in this unassuming cardboard box: a physical side-scroller, a paper-based re-imagining of Nintendo classic Super Mario Bros.. It’s all powered by servos, some open source code and a little device named the Teagueduino. Oh, and some popsicle sticks, painters tape and a soda straw. Developed by the folks at Teague Labs,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 9, 2011 -
Uncategorized’70s Filters and Voice Overs Makes Everything Better
The House of the Dead Overkill – Extended Cut now in 3D and HDTV with “More Blood”, “More Gore”, “More Strippers.” Your mother won’t like it! So keep it in a brown paper bag when you pick it up for the PS3 on Oct. 25.
By Brian Crecente Published September 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Me and Joe Capelli are gonna give them Chimera bastards some what for this weekend, showing ’em the business end of a fist (and a Bullseye) as I join in the resistance in… Resistance 3 After feeling a little let down by Resistance 2, I’m doing my damnedest to play the third game with an…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedWatch the “Real” Angry Birds Fly At This Chinese Theme Park
Remember that bigger-than-life Angry Birds attraction in China we told you about? Here’s a look at it in action. The attraction is located in an amusement park in China’s Hunan Province.
By Brian Crecente Published September 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
EA’s Origin Prepares for Third-Party Content as Install Base Approaches Four Million
It may be inconvenient to users of more popular digital distribution platforms, but its picking up steam. During a UBS conference in London earlier today, EA chief financial officer Eric Brown set Origin install numbers at “about 4 million”, saying that third-party content was coming “very soon”. Millions have flocked to EA’s Origin since its…
By Mike Fahey Published September 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Court Date Set for Epic Call of Duty Lawsuit
Mean barbecues. Black-Eyed Peas. Office politics. Secret Flights. The epic Call of Duty lawsuit finally gets its day in court on May 7, attorneys for developers Vince Zampella and Jason West tell Kotaku. Confused about the references in this story? You really need to grab a bag of chips and go back and read our…
By Brian Crecente Published September 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedAnother Mystifying Example of Uncharted Sand Art
Earlier this morning we posted a video of sand artist Natalya Netselya rendering a scene from Uncharted 3 using nothing but tiny pieces of silica. In case you couldn’t believe such fine art could come from a handful of sand, here’s another look. You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected].…
By Mike Fahey Published September 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Six Biggest Sports in the World in One Kinect Game
Why worry about which sports game to play on your Xbox 360 when you can get baseball, hockey, basketball, golf, football, and other football, all in one handy Kinect game? I guess if you wanted to completely immerse yourself in your favorite sport you’d just buy a dedicated title, but if you’re in the mood…
By Mike Fahey Published September 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Now You Can Put a Little Human Revolution in Your Deus Ex
A few days back, Plunkett posted a pretty funny video in which an intreped modder tweaked the original Deus Ex to look a lot more like its current-gen, gold-tinged offspring Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Now, the mod itself is available for download over at ModDB, created and shared by ModDB user “ceski”. I haven’t had…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Holds Its Ground Against the Reviewing Hordes
Relic Entertainment has proven time and time again with its Dawn of War real-time strategy franchise that it has a deep respect for Warhammer: 40.000. Does that respect extend to the third-person shooter? Warhammer 40,000is an entire universe dedicated to grand battles, massive armies, and strategic combat. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine strips away all of…
By Mike Fahey Published September 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Battlefield 3 Trailer is Intense
Wow.
By Brian Crecente Published September 9, 2011