Excuse Me, Do You Have the Time?

Take the short survey below, email the your answer to [email protected], and you’ll be entered to win an Oberon LED watch. Now, the next time a girl asks you the time you won’t have to pull out your cell phone full of text messages from your mom. Standard contest rules apply. Only open to US…

Monday Night Combat’s New ‘Spunky Cola’ Refreshes In December

Xbox Live Arcade hit Monday Night Combat quenches your thirst for new ways to play—without having to pay—tomorrow, December 1, when the “Spunky Cola” add-on comes to the team-based shooter with a little tower defense flavor. What does one get with the Spunky Cola downloadable content? The new Survivitol Arena and Spunky Cola Arenas, for…

A Little Dirty Dancing For Epic Mickey

That’s So Raven’s Kyle Massey and Jennifer Grey of Dancing with the Stars and Dirty Dancing fame show off their moves at the New York launch of Disney’s Epic Mickey. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

True Dead Rising Fans Know Why This Boring Screenshot Is Exciting

A man is taking a photo in a video game. Yay. But, no! This is Frank West in the new Dead Rising 2 downloadable expansion. This is the return of photography. The beloved photography system from man-vs.-zombies game Dead Rising didn’t make it into this fall’s Dead Rising 2. But it it is back, as…

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Goes To Vietnam For Christmas

December will be very generous to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 players, as EA and developer DICE will release all-new ways to play the excellent first-person shooter, including the promised tour of duty in Vietnam. Battlefield: Bad Company 2’s “VIP Map Pack 7” will kick off December (tomorrow!) with the release of four new maps: Oasis,…

Meet The Champion Of Fight Night Champion

There are plenty of fighters in the world, but Fight Night Champion’s Andre Bishop has one thing most others don’t: The ability to stare intensely into the camera while delivering a motivational monologue. Andre Bishop grew up in a gym. His pops was a fighter; a top ranked middleweight contender. He learned it from him.…

Music Games Will Make A Comeback, But How Is A Mystery

Rock Band and Guitar Hero aren’t the sensations they used to be. That doesn’t mean they’re bad. Not Rock Band 3. But they’re not the cultural phenomenons they once were. That’s temporary, according to a man who should know. “I think the music genre is going to recover,” John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic Arts, the…

Has NASA Discovered Life On Saturn’s Moon?

This Thursday NASA is holding a press conference to discuss an astrobiology finding that will “impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life”. Have we discovered alien life within our own solar system? The opening sentence of the NASA media advisory that went out today regarding Thursday’s press conference was enough to set the internet…

3… 2… 1… FIRE!

Shooting a gun. An experience loved by some, hated by others. During development of Bulletstorm we went to a shooting range and tried out plenty of weaponry. And you know what? WORST. SPECIAL. EFFECTS. EVER. Ok, so I’m a special effects artist [on upcoming first-person-shooter Bulletstorm] and my opinion of this is highly biased. But…

These Xbox Indies Look Very Good

Did you ever look at the Xbox Live Indie Games channel and think that the games all suck? If so, you didn’t look closely enough. This week starts the Winter Games Uprising, a week of new indie games that aren’t supposed to be stinkers or cash-ins. That’s the official trailer for the games up top.…

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Shift 2 Unleashed Takes Some Gorgeous Screenshots

The first step in creating a new Need for Speed game is making sure the screenshots look amazing. Slightly Mad Studios nails it with these screens for Shift 2 Unleashed. Revealed earlier this month via a video teaser, Shift 2 Unleashed is the sequel to Need for Speed: Shift, the simulation side of the Need…

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Gets A $10 Augmentation

Why spend $60 on the plain vanilla version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution when you can get a box full of extra stuff for $70? Square Enix details the Augmented Edition and preorder bonuses for the upcoming action RPG sequel. Available early next year for $69.99 ($59.99 PC), the Deus Ex: Human Revolution Augmented Edition…

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The Official Call Of Duty: Black Ops T-Shirts Are Here

Geek culture and gaming-inspired clothing company Jinx adds another game to its lineup as Call of Duty: Black Ops joins World of Warcraft and StarCraft II as part of the company’s holiday 2010 line. I got a peek at most of Jinx’s holiday line at BlizzCon 2010, so I’m already familiar with the Horde and…

The Newest $350 Zelda Statue

For $330 next year, you could show your love for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and buy a Midna and Wolf Link statue from First 4 Figures. But why? For $350, you could get the better version. The people at First 4 Figures revealed today that their “exclusive edition” of the Midna/Wolf-Link statue is…

8-Bit DJ Hero Has A Better Soundtrack Than Real DJ Hero

Eric Ruth’s 8-Bit version of Activision’s DJ Hero is now available to download and play, complete with six chiptune mashups that put DJ Hero 2’s soundtrack to shame. Who’s up for some Dead or Alive Vs. Siouxsie and the Banshees? Eric Ruth is making a habit of creating 8-bit de-makes of popular modern games. He’s…

There’s A Playboy Party On Facebook And Everyone’s Invited

The best part of Jolt Online’s Playboy Party Facebook game isn’t unlocking images of scantily clad women, but rather telling all of your friends about unlocking images of scantily clad women. I play quite a few Facebook games, and I’m generally not too proud to beg on my wall for items for Knights of the…

How Many PlayStation Moves Has Sony Moved?

Yesterday Microsoft posted an impressive 2.5 million Kinect units sold worldwide since the device went on sale earlier this month. Today Sony comes back with even more impressive numbers for the PlayStation Move, albeit over an extended period of time. Sony’s answer to motion control went on sale on September 15 in Europe, September 16…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Another month draws to an end. Say goodbye to November by talking here about video games. Thanks to Roth for today’s image. Tomorrow is December, so go ahead and nominate your favorite old public-domain painting for December’s installments of Talk Amongst Yourselves. Please provide the artist’s name and the name of the paining. Don’t post…