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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…

Kinect Hype Vs. Kinect Reality

In June 2009, Microsoft premiered a terrific hype trailer – “product vision,” they called it – for the device that would become this season’s Xbox 360 Kinect sensor. Vision trailers tend not to match reality. How close did Microsoft get? Here is that Kinect trailer, shown at E3 2009, back when the Kinect was still…

Guess I Shouldn’t Drink This…

To: Totilo From: Bashcraft RE: It’s Beginning To Smell A Lot Like Christmas No real Christmas trees here in Osaka. Just small fake ones. But look, booze from North Korea! A friend brought it to me from Korea a while back, and I did try it. Haven’t worked up the courage to finish it yet……

What’s The First Wii Game To Reach 4 Million Sold In Japan?

Here’s a hint: It’s one of these 408 titles. (Oh, that top pic is a hint, too!) According to Japanese publisher Enterbrain, New Super Mario Bros. Wii has crossed the 4 million sold mark in Japan, making it the first Wii title to do so in The Land of the Rising Sun. New Super Mario…

Make A Monster Profit With This PSP Game

Tomorrow in Japan, arguably this year’s most eagerly awaited game, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, goes on sale. It’s retail price is ¥5,800 (US$69). Buy it and make a profit. At least one store is offering ¥8,000 ($95) for unused copies of the game. Other used game shops are expected to pay retail or close to…

A Ratings System Just For Islam

An industry body in the Middle East has gone and done something fascinating: they’ve launched a ratings system for games based not on a nation’s classification laws, but on the tenets of the Islamic faith. This makes it a world first, a system aimed at transcending national borders and laws and appealing directly to the…

Fallout: New Vegas Lightens Up, Gets Its Boogie On

The world of Fallout: New Vegas is a bleak and empty one. Nuclear holocausts will do that to a people. What everyone in the game needs, then, is a little dancing This mod brings a little dancing. Actually, it brings a lot of dancing, importing a ton of motion-captured dance routines into the game, then…

NSFW: Kinect Can Recognize Solo Play

People are hacking Kinect, doing all sorts of amazing things with it like mapping their rooms and turning into a bloated mutant. But when does the screwing start? Sex tech website Slashdong wonders just that. Well, with it possible to teach Kinect to track boobs, then surely laying pipe must be around the corner, no?…

He Can Feel It, Coming In The Air Tonight…Oh Lord…

Please see this and this for reference. Then join us in wishing this was a real game. As seen on Teevil

Gentlemen, Start Your Coffee Tables

Racing wheels open up a new level of play for driving games. They also take up space and many require tables to clamp onto. Shame there isn’t a coffee table that can transform into a racing set-up. Oh, but there is. After several prototypes, the RACE-STAR ConverTTable is finally going into production and priced at…

EA Sports, It’s In A Real Game

Major League Soccer will be getting a little more backing from a video game company next season, as EA Sports has revealed it’s become a major sponsor of expansion team the Vancouver Whitecaps. With the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live logos appearing on the playing strips of the Seattle Sounders, EA’s deal with the Whitecaps…