The “Future Of Video Games” Goes On Sale Tomorrow

OnLive, the streaming service that has the potential to change forever the way we play (and purchase) video games, will begin selling its small TV “console” tomorrow. And it’s got a rather attractive price-point to go along with it. The small unit, which plugs into your internet connection and then into your TV – bringing…

The New Medium Where Writers Are Trying To Make It

What would you expect to be paid to write a video game script? $100,000? Maybe you’d get that a few years ago, but the rate is now more between $10,000 to $20,000, writes The New York Observer. It’s one of the more interesting did-you-knows cropping up in a collection of anecdotes about solid writers who…

Review: Hoard Will Set Your Friendships On Fire

With so many multiplayer experiences these days revolving around perks and persistent characters, it’s nice to see a game that remembers the key to good competitive gaming is often just to keep things simple. Hoard is a party game that creates small boardgame-like maps, puts players in control of dragons then has them competing to…

Cars Love Gran Turismo 5 Too!

If you thought the first Japanese TV commercial for Gran Turismo 5 – the one with the toy cars – was fun, it’s more fun when the toys are swapped out for dozens of real cars. I lost count of the number of different cars I saw in this ad, but suffice to say, it’s…

UFC Undisputed Comes To iPhone, iPad

Following EA Sports MMA into mobile gaming, THQ’s mixed martial arts franchise UFC Undisputed will hit the iPhone and iPad this week, a company executive says. Via Twitter, THQ’s Danny Bilson says the game hits the two devices via the iTunes App Store tomorrow. “Gives Tap Out new meaning,” Bilson, THQ’s president for core gaming,…

Just Chillin’ In Space

Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space, waiting to engage you in off-topic conversation. Would you like to talk about movies, music or things that aren’t video games? What about video games? We got those too. I’m going to go eat hamburgers and finish up Donkey Kong Country Returns, so, please talk amongst yourselves.…

Get To The Gym With DiRT 3

Gymkhana, the “car rodeo” YouTube video phenomenon, will join the redoubtable Rally in DiRT 3 next year. Loosely described, gymkhana features a start and finish line and some obstacle to negotiate. Codemasters dropped several screenshots illustrating both modes today. A news release from Codemasters says that DiRT 3’s rally will feature “more than double the…

Rumor: BioWare’s New Mass Effect Is A Multiplayer Spin-off [Update]

The BioWare project teased earlier today by Spike TV’s Video Game Awards is not an early look at Mass Effect 3, according to a development source, but the multiplayer-focused Mass Effect spin-off currently in the works at BioWare Montreal. That Mass Effect game is not a massively multiplayer online version of BioWare’s sci-fi RPG series,…

Dirt 3 Rally and Gymkhana Screens

Admit It, You’ve Always Wanted To Use A Dildo On A Zombie

Lemme tell ya, I have, that game was called “my third marriage.” Hey-oooo! But seriously folks, the ESRB summary for Dead Rising 2’s DLC mentions a wieldable sex toy. I thought that was the paddlesaw! Bang, pow, zoom … Per the ESRB on Dead Rising 2: Case West: “One game area-a lounge with neon ‘XXX’…

What Is CityVille, Other Than The Next FarmVille?

The people who make the games you either love or love to hate on Facebook have a new one coming out in a few weeks. It’s called CityVille, which looks like Sim City without the tornadoes or FarmVille with skyscrapers. We haven’t played the game yet, but we can show you video of it in…

Clueless Sports Writer Is Very Serious About This Black Ops Ad Controversy

Click to viewHey there! Are you a busy person on-the-go and don’t have time to get stupider? ESPN has a six-minute solution: Gasbag Skip Bayless, opining that Kobe Bryant should be disciplined for appearing in that Call of Duty: Black Ops ad. Bayless, who seems to relish his role as ESPN’s go-to asshole on any…

A CityVille City Grows

Homefront Coming Home In March

THQ’s Homefront, the game that might anger some Americans, will come to PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on March 8, 2011 in the U.S., according to the game’s official Twitter account. Australia gets it March 10, Europe one day later.

The ‘Definitive’ Tetris Is Coming To PlayStation 3

The power of the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation Network will bring you a brand new Tetris later this year, thanks to Electronic Arts, a high-def version of the frantic puzzle classic stuffed with new ways to play. Tetris for PlayStation Network brings “crisp 1080p high-definition (HD) graphics, high-quality 5.1 surround sound audio” and a…

Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Stupefies

What happens when you take the magical world of Harry Potter, mix in a little Gears of War shooting and Splinter Cell stealth gameplay, and shake vigorously? Things go boom. Dumbledore is dead, the evil Lord Voldemort has risen to power, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione are on the run, searching for four magical artifacts…

Birthdays and Anniversaries

To: Luke From: Crecente Re: It’s A Letter, But Not The Intended Birthday Letter Today is my eleventh marriage anniversary. Tomorrow is my tenth wedding anniversary. I loved Trish so much when I met her that I married her twice. The first time was in a court house in Florida. I slipped a giant sour…

There’s A Dreamcast Collection Coming To Xbox 360, Says GameStop

Game retailer GameStop has listed (and since yanked) the Dreamcast Collection, a compilation coming to the Xbox 360 early next year. What could it be? Given that the Dreamcast Collection was listed at a budget conscious $29.99 USD, we wouldn’t expect too much beyond the Dreamcast games already announced and released for Xbox Live Arcade,…

Blaster Master Rolls Into Super Mario Bros. Crossover’s Next Update

Well, that’s one way to get rid of the Hammer Brothers. If blasting away at everyone with Lance’s spread-fire wasn’t enough overwhelming firepower, SOPHIA the 3rd from Blaster Master will arrive in late November. SOPHIA will have almost all of her abilities from the game, reports Crossover creator Jay Pavlina, but will be the first…

Harry Potter Guide

The only real time you’ll need to break out the explosive Confringo spell is to help Harry get over two-foot high barriers. Check out all eight of Harry Potter’s spells in action during one of the game’s many challenge stages. Sorry, there are no videos of me flapping my arms about while playing this Kinect…