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Keep Your World of Warcraft Account Safe With One Simple Phone Call
Blizzard is offering one more way to keep your World of Warcraft and StarCraft II account safe, this time by making a standard, toll-free phone call to authorize any weird login attempts. The creators of Warcraft and Diablo have already given paranoid players the physical Battle.net Authenticator and Mobile Authenticator app to keep their accounts…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Tester 2: Episode 2: “Step It Up” Liveblog: Military Precision
Insomniac’s Ted Price guest stars as the cast of the Tester 2 take on a task that will truly put their game testing skills to task: Air Force drills. They say it’s in order to test precision and accuracy, but I think they just want to make Big Fazeek cry, and judging by the next…
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Update: A Rush Of Air, Mist & Music
This week’s North American PlayStation Store update is stuffed with new musical selections for Rock Band 3, Def Jam Rapstar and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, new jams that far outweigh the number of new playable games for the PlayStation 3 and PSP. PS3 owners can pay to play Crescent Pale Mist, a stylish side-scrolling…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 9, 2010 -
Uncategorized‘100 Yen’ Explores The Japanese Arcade Experience, Needs Your Help
Filmmaker Brad Crawford wants to chronicle the past, present and future of the Japanese arcade game scene with a project dubbed 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience, a lovely looking documentary that needs some financial assistance. Got a few bucks? If so, you can help fund the rest of 100 Yen, which for now exists…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Shopping Season Is Almost Here
To: Ash From: Crecente Hey, hey. It’s time for us to start prepping our shopping guide. Thanksgiving is less than three weeks away, which means we need to start looking for gifts, gifts for gamers. We’ve got guides coming for everything from the iPhone and iPad to the consoles, handhelds and PC. FUN! What you…
By Brian Crecente Published November 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Braid’s Russian Box Art Is Glorious
Indie hit puzzle-platformer Braid has come to retail in Russia, thanks to MumboJumbo and Russobit-M/GFI, giving us the box art giggles with its delightfully inappropriate and mischievous take on Tim and gang. Thanks, Maritan!
By Michael McWhertor Published November 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Europe Gets The LittleBigPlanet 2 Collector’s Edition Shaft
North American PlayStation 3 owners are getting a positively swell premium edition of LittleBigPlanet 2 next year, but Europe? Unless you absolutely adore SteelBook cases, I think you’re going to feel slighted. LittleBigPlanet 2’s collectors edition in Europe does come with the same digital content, giving you cool Sackboy costumes that make the LBP mascot…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 9, 2010 -
UncategorizedSo How’s The DS Version Of Sonic Colors Shaping Up?
We’ve been impressed by what we’ve seen so far of the Wii version of Sonic Colors. How does the DS version look? Pretty colorful. Could there be two good Sonic Games in stores on November 16? I’m not sure my heart could handle it. I started off preordering Sonic Colors on the Wii for the…
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Best Wu-Tang Clan Song Is Coming To Def Jam Rapstar
C.R.E.A.M. is not the best Wu-Tang Clan song. Can we agree on this? The best is Protect Ya Neck, which is part of a Wu-Tang Clan downloadable song pack some of you can rap to today. Protect Ya Neck is one of four songs from members of the famous East Coast hip-hop crew being added…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Report: Call Of Duty To Go Back To The Future, Recruit ‘Space Marines’
The people who helped create sci-fi horror adventure Dead Space may be taking the Call of Duty series to its final frontier, bringing the bloody war game into space and into the future. According to a report from Gamasutra citing “industry sources,” Activision studio Sledgehammer Games may be creating a Call of Duty “set in…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Is How You Attend A Black Ops Midnight Launch
Monica Davis of Nevada gets up close and personal with a military-style fast attack vehicle on display at the Call of Duty: Black Ops midnight launch at a North Las Vegas GameStop. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2010 -
UncategorizedSouth Korea Gets The Next Ghosts ‘N Goblins
This is Ghosts ‘N Goblins online, by Korean developer Seed 9. It’s coming to South Korea in 2011. Yay for South Korea, but what about the rest of the world? We’ve contacted publisher Capcom to find out if this game has any chance of being released outside of South Korea and will let you know…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 9, 2010 -
UncategorizedNew Tron Legacy Trailer Gives Us A Clu
Can you forgive the shallow uncanny valley of a computer generated Jeff Bridges? If so, the new Tron Legacy trailer might be the best video game movie trailer you see today. The third Tron Legacy trailer provides a little more insight into the plot of the December due movie, particularly into the motivations of Kevin…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
There’s a Full Serving Of City Of Heroes In Every Box Of Utopios
Just when I was afraid breakfast would be lost to me forever, UPS Man arrives to save the day with an extra-large box of Utopios. And guess what? There’s a prize inside. Multiple prizes, actually. Inside the box was a copy of the City of Heroes Going Rogue Complete Collection, which features City of Heroes,…
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Why You Still Can’t Tell Your Xbox To Shut Down
The future that we see in science fiction promises that we will soon be able to trash our Clappers and start activating our favorite household electronics with our voice. But there are limits today. Blame Earth. Microsoft’s new Kinect audio and visual sensor, when plugged into an Xbox — which is plugged into your TV…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 9, 2010 -
UncategorizedTeaching Robots To Behave Ethically
While other researchers are busy teaching robots how to lie, professor Susan Anderson and her husband Michael have taught a robot how to behave ethically. I know which team is getting my research dollar. Susan Anderson is a philosopher. Her husband Michael is a computer scientist. By their powers combined, they’ve advanced the young field…
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Windows Phone 7 Games: The Good, the Bad and the Weird
Windows Phone 7 devices – aka the Xbox phones – begin arriving in stores today and Microsoft is hoping that gamers will be among the first to snatch up these new smartphones. Microsoft’s newest mobile operating system and the phones that use it certainly have much to offer gamers. After all, Windows Phone 7 comes…
Winda Benedetti Published November 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Member Of Kong Family Will Help Donkey Kong And Struggling Wii Gamers
First there was Donkey Kong, but then there was Diddy Kong, Cranky Kong, Lanky Kong, Dixie Kong. It continues. This month, we get Super Kong. He’s like Donkey Kong but with silver fur and a blue tie. He’s here to help. This month’s Wii game Donkey Kong Country Returns, which lets players control Donkey and…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rockford gets Super-Sized In Boulder Dash XL
First Star Software teams up once again with Catnip Games to bring the robotic Rockford back for another round of diamond-digging in Boulder Dash XL for Windows PC and Xbox Live Arcade. Boulder Dash has been in First Star Software’s hands since the original PC game was released back in 1984. Now the developer brings…
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
You Won’t Misplace This Jumbo-Sized PSP Game Box
Love simulator Amagami is headed toward the PSP. What better what to mark the occasion with an enormous limited edition box? This isn’t a first. Amagami also got an enormous limited edition box set when it was released on the PS2 in 2009. Below, a comparison between the limited edition box and the original PSP…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 9, 2010