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EA Sports Confirms Disc Release For NBA Jam On 360, PS3
NBA Jam’s Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, originally meant to be a free digital download included with the now-delayed NBA Elite 11, will be a retail disc release, an EA Sports representative told Kotaku. In an email this morning clearing up two weeks of speculation on the arcade slamfest’s form factor, Jen Riley of EA…
By Owen Good Published October 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Sights And Shocks Of Red Dead Redemption’s Late October Undead Nightmare
Zombie bears. Desperate people who need rescuing. The great weapon of Holy Water. A flaming horse called War. A plague of violent weirdness is coming to Rockstar’s hit western Red Dead Redemption. The forthcoming Undead Nightmare is infested with it. The zombie-filled fall expansion to Red Dead Redemption, which will be available for download on…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
At Least The Sims 3 Vampires Don’t Sparkle
The Vampires introduced in The Sims 3: Late Night don’t want to fall in love with one-dimensional teenage girls. They just want to suck their blood. Whatever you do, ignore the vampire transformation screen shot. That one has sparkles in it, and therefore doesn’t count. Instead, focus on the one with the three snarling monsters…
By Mike Fahey Published October 14, 2010 -
UncategorizedTripping The Fallout: New Vegas Strip
“Walking around in drunken stupors, puking on the sidewalks, dancing naked in fountains, that sort of thing.” Fallout: New Vegas area designer Eric Fenstermaker sums up the Las Vegas strip in one sentence in the latest developer diary. My experience with the Las Vegas strip comes mainly from television shows and movies, so I only…
By Mike Fahey Published October 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Twelve Old Games, Fifteen Thousand Bucks
Let’s say you had a little over US$15,000. And let’s say you were in Tokyo. What would you do? Chris Kohler over at Wired.com recently put together a list of a dozen incredibly rare games on sale in Japan. There are only a couple hundred copies of some of these games, hence the insane prices…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
In Japan, Being Different Is Hard
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: DOOOOOOOOTA I’m not Japanese. So going in, Japanese people tend to know what they are getting in to: a foreigner. My sons, though, they are Japanese. My oldest son, Mini-Bash, is seven. He doesn’t really look foreign per se, but he does look slightly different from everyone else. His hair…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Halo: Reach Gets Its First Map Pack Next Month
Xbox 360 space marine shooter Halo: Reach gets its first map pack on Nov. 30, according to Microsoft. The Noble Map Pack will include three new maps and new Achievements worth an extra 250 Gamescore points. It will cost 800 Microsoft Points, or about $10. Here’s a run down from Microsoft of the three maps,…
By Brian Crecente Published October 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
NetFlix Streamers Get a Surround Sound Update Starting With the PS3
Starting next week PS3 owners will be the first Netflix customer to be able to stream their movies with 5.1-channel surround sound. The improved audio will come via the use of Dolby Digital Plus, according to Netflix which plans to add more device support over time. “Netflix is committed to delivering an unparalleled experience to…
By Brian Crecente Published October 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nothing Says Rescued Chilean Miners Like Mr. Driller
After 69 days of being trapped over 2,000 feet underground, the thirty-three Chilean miners have been rescued. Namco Bandai is marking the historic occasion with, yes, Mr. Driller. Mr. Driller, which is an updated version of classic Dig Dug, first debuted in Japanese arcades in 1999 and has starred in a handful of games. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2010 -
UncategorizedTest Drive Unlimited 2 Enjoys A Shiny Ferrari Or Two
Ah, driving games. They all end up feeling so similar, and increasingly boring to many, but the graphics, they just keep getting prettier. There’s so much shiny metal in this trailer for Test Drive Unlimited 2 that you could blind someone with it, which would be a problem were the rest of the clip not…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Court Ruling Could Affect Used Game Business
If it’s not the advent of digital game that could kill bricks-and-mortar game retailers, it might be the law. A recent Federal appeals court ruling could impact how used games are bought and sold. The Dallas Morning News reports that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided that a software publisher can stop buyers…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Celebration Of Low-Resolution Game Heroes
Deciding to see how minimalist he could get before iconic video game characters became unrecognisable, artist Alexander Shen limited himself to a 5×5 pixel block. As you can see, even at such low resolution, you can still pick ’em. Street Fighter, Mario, Sonic, they all shine through (though at first glance I’ll admit I thought…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
No More Heroes Developer Gets More Heroes
Earlier this year, Tokyo-based Grasshopper Manufacture snagged Akira Yamaoka of Silent Hill fame from Konami. This month, it also signed two more “name” developers. Yasuhiro Wada, creator of farming sim Harvest Moon, has joined Grasshopper as the company’s new Chief Operating Officer. Yoshiro Kimura, who designed the role-playing game Little King’s Story, will be Grasshopper’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2010 -
UncategorizedPlay As A Panda, Kill All The Humans
As a kid, I loved pandas. My teddy bear was a panda. I thought they were adorable. It’s not until I got older that I found out they can be mean Panda Rampage plays to that fact, putting you in control of China’s fearsome killing machine as it goes on a rampage through London’s Hyde…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hollywood And Video Games Should Break Up Pronto
In July 1937, author F. Scott Fitzgerald arrived in Hollywood, California. Fitzgerald was at the tail-end of his writing career and hoped to pick up some extra scratch penning screenplays. He didn’t exactly set the town on fire. He wrote a few original scripts and did a re-write on Gone With The Wind, but only…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
The 24-Hour Gran Turismo Race
Toyota’s stand at this year’s Australian International Motor Show in Sydney will be playing host to a 24-hour race of Gran Turismo 5, beginning at 3pm next Tuesday, October 19, and running until 3pm the following day. Sadly, while the race will be taking place on GT5’s rendition of Germany’s famous NĆ¼rburgring Nordschleife, that’s about…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Pokemon Black And White Rampage Continues In Japan
On September 18, Pokemon: Black and White went on sale in Japan. Even in October, the game continues to barrel through the sales charts. Hot cakes, folks, hot cakes! In the past four weeks, the game has sold over 4 million copies in The Land of the Rising Sun. This is the fastest-selling Pocket Monster…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Awesome Things I Learned How To Do From Playing Video Games
Most video games, even the craziest ones, are about very real things. Driving. Shooting. Flying. And the more you play these games, you more you learn about those things. I’ve been playing games for 26 years now, and in that time, have flown countless aircraft, countless spacecraft, fired off millions upon millions of rounds of…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2010