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Explorer Richard Garriott Didn’t Expect NASA’s Discovery, Not In His Lifetime
Richard Garriott created the blockbuster game Ultima Online, paid his way onto a Russian rocket and has traveled deep beneath Antarctica. So, yeah, he’s pumped about today’s NASA news. “People should not underestimate the data associated with proving that life can be built in new ways,” he said during a telephone interview with Kotaku today.…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Who Wants Eight Inches Of Hot Vinyl Meat?
Do you prefer your meat pristine and untouched or vigorously beaten? Symbiote Studios has you covered either way with a pair of limited edition Super Meat Boy vinyl figures, just in time to preorder for the holidays. Symbiote Studios, the creators behind the silly anime-styled Jessica Chobot figures, has teamed up with Team Meat to…
By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
How A Big Video Game Was Killed
The last-minute cancellation of EA Sports’ NBA Elite 11 this fall isn’t supposed to happen to any video game. How? Why? Kotaku learned the unusual story this week from EA boss John Riccitiello. “I’m not sure I’m going to give you a good explanation,” Riccitiello told me when I brought up the topic of Elite…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedWolverine Tears Marvel Pinball A Release Date
The X-Men’s resident badass Wolverine sure plays a mean pinball, and fans can too when Zen Studios unleashes four Marvel-themed pinball tables for Pinball FX next week on Xbox Live Arcade. Wolverine joins Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Blade as the stars of next week’s batch of mighty Marvel additions to Xbox Live Arcade’s Pinball FX…
By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Next Ghostbusters Game Is A Throwback
Last year’s Ghostbusters: The Video Game was practically Ghostbusters 3, a reunion of the main cast from the 1980s movies in virtual form. The next one is more like a Gauntlet or Robotron sequel. Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime will be a download-only four-player cooperative action game, according to a USA Today story about the game.…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedPoison-Based Bacteria Redefines Life As We Know It
Arsenic is an element that is deadly to most living creatures, but bacteria living in California’s Lake Mono thrive on it. Today NASA explains how those poison-eating organisms are changing the way we search for extraterrestrial life. News of an arsenic-eating bacteria residing in alkaline Lake Mono first came two years ago. As reported by…
By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedRock Band Reloaded Delivers Single iPad Coop
Rock Band Reloaded hit iTunes today for the iPhone and iPad bringing with it a bunch of neat new features like the ability to sing along to your favorite songs and for two people to play on one iPad. We’ll be writing up a bit more about our thoughts on the game once we’ve had…
By Brian Crecente Published December 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedA Great New Way To Make A Halo Movie
What if the Halo movie was like Who Framed Roger Rabbit starring Master Chief and some real actors? Wonder no more. This is it. It’s called “You Will Never Get the Power Core.” The film popped up on Vimeo today. It was made by Alan Marsala and Chance McManus, using Halo Reach for the video…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Video Game On Demand Service Adds $10 Plan
Streaming video game service OnLive plans to start offering a flat-rate video game plan for their on demand service starting next month, the company said today. The PlayPack, already available in beta to OnLive Game System owners, will cost $9.99 a month and launch to all OnLive members on Jan. 15. The PlayPack joins the…
By Brian Crecente Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
FarmVille People Now Own Words With Friends People
Zynga, the company behind FarmVille and the brand-new CityVille loved the 23-person company Newtoy so much that they said today that they’ve bought them. Newtoy? They make Words With Friends, just about the best game on iPad. The news was made in a conference call today that started with Zynga executive David Ko saying that…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedBuy These Three Xbox Games And They’ll Cross Over
We’ve seen deals before. Buy this game and get that one free. Buy these games and get money back. But… buy these games and they’ll blend into each other? The Xbox 360 people are trying something different. In late December, Microsoft will start selling the first of a trio of Xbox Live Arcade downloadable games…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Thor Video Game And Thor Movie Will Star The Same Guy
Chris Hemsworth, star of May 2011’s Thor movie, will virtually be Thor in this spring’s Thor: God of Thunder video game. Games publisher Sega said so today and released screenshots to prove it. The movie’s Loki, Tom Hilddleston, will also be featured in the game. In both cases, the actors faces and voices will be…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
NASA Discovers Alien Life In California
Today NASA will hold a press conference revealing to the world the discovery of a form of life unlike any other on Earth. What twisted alien landscape gave birth to such a life form? Try California. Dr. Felisa Wolfe-Simon of the US Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California has been plumbing the depths Mono Lake…
By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Eat If You’ve Got ‘Em
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Why Is Video Game Sleep So Boring? Welcome back, Crecente! Hope you had a nice time off. Picked these candy cigarettes up at the supermarket today. I bought candy cigarettes as a kid. They were colored chewing gum and wrapped in paper. If you “puffed” on them powdered sugar (or…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Judge Hacks Prosecution To Pieces In Xbox 360 Modding Trial
The Xbox 360 criminal hacking trial began in Los Angeles with a bang. “I really don’t understand what we’re doing here,” said U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez. According to Wired blog Threat Level, the judge’s open court “tirade” was directed at prosecutors and lasted 30 minutes. The judge was upset about a whole host of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedThis Is How Valkyria Chronicles 3 Begins
Next January, the third installment in the Valkyria Chronicles fights its way on to the PSP. January is so far away, so why don’t you watch the game’s opening right now? Headed to Japanese shops on January 27, Valkyria Chronicles III takes place during the Second European War and follows the exploits of a Gallian…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Most Shameless Starcraft Rip-Off You’ll See This Week
Gameloft is a mobile publisher with a reputation for releasing titles whose settings and designs can sometimes be, let’s say, unoriginal. The company’s latest reveal, however, may be the most unoriginal of them all. This is StarFront, an upcoming real-time strategy game for the iPad and iPhone. You will note that it features armoured human…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2010
