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Shogun 2: Total War Returns To Japan In March

The bow monks have notched their arrows, the boats have been launched, and the footmen are stirring nervously in anticipation of the newly-revealed March release date for Sega’s Shogun 2: Total War. Drawing on the wisdom of Master Sun Tsu and the experience of doing these sorts of games for more than a decade, The…

Rock Band Will Still Be Rock Band After Harmonix is Sold

Viacom, like any good media conglomerate, loves big bottom lines… and it cannot lie, you other investors can’t deny that when a subsidiary walks in with itty bitty net earnings you’ve got to sell it… OK, that didn’t really work. But here’s the important thing: The makers of Rock Band and Dance Central will continue…

A Life Well Lived on Facebook

A life well lived is a life well documented on Facebook, it seems. This is Facebook as Facebook’s creators see it, a place free of annoying Farmville beggars, ad-backed instant messages, friendships and pokes. A place where life scrolls down in a single column packed with photos, life-changing one-liners and painful status updates. This is…

This Is Apparently The Ultimate Gaming Advantage

Behold The Avenger, an Xbox 360 controller prosthesis that promises to improve your accuracy and reaction time. Steven says “It’s almost like having extra fingers.” We say “Who the hell is Steven?” Steven’s quote appears on the front of the web page for The Avenger, and while I suspect he is one of the many…

L.A. Noire Explores The Subtleties of Crime With Nuanced, Digital Actors

It’s here, the first real trailer for gritty 40s detective game L.A. Noire and it’s going to blow you away. I’ve always been bothered by how out of sync, how unreal, digital actors look in video games. That’s exacerbated in the sorts of games they expect you to read anything into the folks you run…

There’s A Little Final Fantasy In Mario Sports Mix

The upcoming character-driven Wii sports compilation Mario Sports Mix is being developed by Square Enix, which explains how five iconic Final Fantasy characters have made it into the game’s roster. Who made the cut? You tell me, Kupo! No, it’s not Cloud and Sephiroth. Square Enix decided to go even more iconic than that for…

How Square Enix Plans To Fix Final Fantasy XIV

It’s no secret that the second MMO to bear the Final Fantasy name has issues. Square Enix today lays out plans for massive patches in November, December, and early 2011 to fix the game. What’s changing? After many below average reviews and negative player feedback, Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada came out and said it:…

Kinect And Your Kids: What Works, What Won’t

When I first unpacked the Kinect, the new controller-free motion-capture system for Xbox 360, I thought how awesome it would be to play with my daughter. She’s 2 1/2 (going on 14). So I figured Kinect Sports’ rudimentary bowling and ball kicking would be easy. And it was, when it worked. The sad fact was…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Time to talk video games, people. Let’s do it. Thanks to p4w4rr10r for today’s image. Submit yours to #TAYpics

This Car Cannot Go 88 Miles Per Hour Or Generate 1.21 Gigawatts

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Why We Don’t Do Review Events This is not mine. It’s Mini-Bash’s toy car, but I’ll tell you what, if this had gone on sale in 1985, I would have been the happiest kid ever. Instead, I’ll have to settle with being in my early thirties and watching it roll…

MTV Owners Plan to Ditch Rock Band Creators

Viacom today said they plan to sell the company behind Rock Band, Kinect’s Dance Central and the original Guitar Hero. The mammoth company didn’t explain why they want to sell off Harmonix, but it’s likely tied to not just the slow down in gaming sales, but also what seems to be a distinct drop off…

Black Ops Opening Day Crushes Avatar, Halo And Everything Else

About 5.6 million people bought copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops in North America and the United Kingdom on Tuesday, when the game went on sale. That makes it the largest entertainment launch in history. And Black Ops is not just a popular game. It’s a very popular game. More popular than Modern Warfare…

Chronicles of Riddick Creators Have New Owners, New Game

The studio behind Chronicles of Riddick is working on a new “AAA title for gamers” using the technology behind upcoming titles Rage, Doom 4 and Quake, Zenimax said today. Why would the company behind Bethesda be telling us about MachineGames? Because they also confirmed this morning what we reported last week: it now owns the…

Russian Women: Game Developers Have Dirty Hair, Look Like Archaeologists

From “freaks with long dirty hair” and “ordinary people” to “young” and “archeologists but with computers” and “crumbs in their beards”, the women of St. Petersburg, Russia tell casual game developer Nevosoft what they think game developers look like. Freaks, sure, but archeologists?! Phew, good thing they didn’t ask them what bloggers look like! Thanks,…

The Plumber Is Coming Here? We Shall Double Our Efforts!

By Dave Wilson, as seen on Rampaged Reality

Japanese Arcades Have The Best Prizes

This week, the 22nd Prize Fair was held in Japan. The event showcases goodies that players can win in Japanese arcades while playing crane games and their ilk. The 22nd Prize Fair? These companies must know what they’re doing. They do. Let’s have a look! Note: The lady in the first pic is not a…

Valve Is Killing The PC Market, Apparently

According to a report on trade site MCV, two “big-name digital retailers” for the PC market are staring down the barrel of financial ruin, while two major British retailers are reportedly considering a ban on games that include Steam integration. “Publishers don’t give a shit, they don’t care what happens to the customer. Which is…

Finnish Kid Bums Mario, Jabs Luigi Right In The Kisser

Let’s say you were on stage with Mario and Luigi during a Nintendo event at a digital entertainment fair in Helsinki. You lost the competition. Frustrated, what would you do? Dry hump Mario? That’s what one Finnish gamer did, before going on to jabbing Luigi in the face. Those poor, poor Mario Bros. They’ll never…