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Zac And Snoop Play the Charity Game
Snoop Dogg and Zac Efron spent last night at the H.O.M.E. Foundation’s STIKS Celebrity Video Game Challenge in Hollywood, where Efron battled fellow actor Michael Strahan in Madden NFL 11 for the I’m Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhat Guillermo Del Toro Told A Roomful Of Game Developers
Movie director Guillermo del Toro goes to a meeting with the game developers who are working on a new game trilogy with him. He delivers an ultimatum. Danny Bilson, one of the higher-ups from the game’s publisher at THQ recalled this ultimatum while talking to Kotaku today: “He said, ‘At the next meeting I want…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedSo, Is This Your Legend of Zelda Rip-off, Gameloft?
On the one hand, the next iPhone and iPad game from the copycats at developer Gameloft has airships. One the other, the “legendary” unnamed game also has talking trees, will o’ wisps and adventure on horseback. See a link? Since Gameloft already has at least one Final Fantasy-like—Eternal Legacy—on its long list of iOS clones,…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Video Game World Record Will Blow You Away
Yesterday Guinness awarded Jesse Moerkerk of Dutch gaming magazine N-Gamer a world record certificate for playing Super Mario Galaxy 2 for 18.52 minutes. Oh, and he did it while free-falling. It’s a brand new Guinness world record, but a world record nonetheless. From within the confines of an indoor skydiving tunnel, something I didn’t know…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
One Day You Might Think ‘Saints Row’ Without Thinking ‘Grand Theft Auto’
Saints Row is the video game series many of us think of, with good reason, as the premiere Grand Theft Auto imitator. In theory, we won’t think of the next Saints Row that way. “All I can tell you is that [pause] it’s all good,” Danny Bilson the head of “core” games at Saints Row…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Scientist Plan Probe To Study Uranus
Uranus is a cold and distant world that hasn’t been seen up close for 25 years. British scientists propose a plan to launch a satellite in that could shed new light on the mysteries of the frozen planet. The seventh planet in the solar system and the third largest, Uranus was first discovered in 1781…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedYour First Look at an Intense Dead Space 2 Trailer
Dead Space 2 is one of the year’s most anticipated games, and we’ve got an inside look at the action-horror series’ next chapter. Check out an exclusive pulse-pounding trailer featuring Smashing Pumpkins, plus our interview with Executive Producer Steve Papoutsis. Who can Isaac Clarke trust? How can he survive on a whole space station full…
By Charlie Jane Anders Published January 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedPraise Jesus, In Front Of A Super Mario Backdrop
Why is Bishop Paul Ojeda preaching in front of a giant Wii Remote and some of those tall mushrooms from Super Mario Brothers? It was part of the Austin Power House Church’s Wii Love Jesus event which involved a guy running around dressed as Mario, kids doing trust falls and lots of fake Wii Remotes.…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedNot Even Superman Can Defeat Mother Nature
Sony Online Entertainment’s massively multiplayer superhero game DC Universe Online launched yesterday, and I was not there to see it. What diabolical villain kept me from playing a major MMO release on day one? What you are looking at is enough snow to cause a major metropolitan area to grind to a halt. It may…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Was Modern Warfare 2 An Act Of Sabotage?
Was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 a “silent rebellion” on the part of Infinity Ward, an early shot in the big Activision legal battle? Kotaku commenter Shibuya ESPer explores the possibility in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. Has anyone ever considered the ridiculous possibility that (Modern Warfare 2) was actually a premeditated “silent rebellion” type…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedAccused Tucson Shooter Asked Fellow Gamers If They Had ‘Aggression 24/7’
In the months leading up to a violent Tucson shooting spree, gamers and friends say Jared Lee Loughner spent time in gaming forums rambling and talking about anger issues under a variety of drug-inspired user names. In one post found in the forums for massively multiplayer online game Earth Empires, the 22-year-old high school drop…
By Brian Crecente Published January 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Is Not The Right Outfit To Wear In A Firefight
This is what passes for well-protected in SG Interactive’s newly-launched free-to-play online first-person PC shooter Project Blackout. Nothing says “I’m combat ready!” like a camouflage crop jacket, Daisy Dukes with fishnet stockings, and a padded orange thermal bikini top.
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedOkamiden Masters the Art of Breaking Wind
Our latest look at Capcom’s portable take on Okami was full of breaking wind. You break wind to the left, you break wind to the right, you break wind straight on, all to show off the game’s latest magic brush technique. In Okamiden you work wolf pup Chibiterasu through the game with the help of…
By Brian Crecente Published January 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedBatman Would Completely Dominate World Of Warcraft
Billionaire Bruce Wayne uses his fortune to fund his never-ending war on crime. If events had played out differently, perhaps he’d be a gamer, using his fortune to fund a never-ending war against the Lich King. In this video mash-up created by Justin Herrera, the Dark Knight spends his considerable resources to create the World…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Limbo Leads Developers Choice Award Nominations
BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 is nominated for five of ten awards at the 11th annual Game Developers Choice Awards. Rockstar’s western epic Red Dead Redemption is up for six. Playdead’s downloadable Xbox Live Arcade game Limbo has them both beat. Limbo’s stark visuals, thoughtful puzzles, and purposefully vague story captivated players last year, and they…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Xbox 360 Tries Again To Replace TV Programming
Starting this spring Microsoft will again test the waters for a video game that replicates, perhaps replaces, something you might watch on television. In 2009, Microsoft turned the once-popular television game show 1 Vs. 100 into a very popular mob trivia game on the Xbox 360. The game had a regular season, a live audience…
By Brian Crecente Published January 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedExplode American Capitalist Pigs For Free, For Fun
The folks behind Alien Hominid HD have a little Freudian present for you iPhone gamers out there. Developers The Behemoth are in the process of turning Super Soviet Missle Mastar, a mini-game hidden in Alien Hominid HD, into a free iPhone title. Complete with big white phallic missile, capitalist pigs and a U.S.-shaped target, all…
By Brian Crecente Published January 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedWith Booze, Does Size Matter?
To: Crecente From: Bash RE: Epic Sends Me The Tiniest Gin and Tonic I see your mini-gin and tonic and raise you two mini cups of Japanese sake! What you missed last night Shooting Dogfaces, A Singsong Voice And My Other Favorite Gaming Moments Of 2010 It’s Game On In Japan’s Sex Hotels Did Capcom…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2011