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UncategorizedUnboxing The Fancy Edition Of Civilization V
As we did with the Halo Reach Briefcase Edition and the StarCraft II More Expensive Edition, Kotaku is exposing the Civilization V Comes With Statues Edition (aka the $100 Civ V Special Edition) to the glare of sunlight. Here, unboxed. For more of what’s in the game, check out Kotaku’s Civ V review and our…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 21, 2010 -
UncategorizedF1 2010 Revs Its Gaming Engines On 360®, PS3®, PC
F1 2010, the official game of the 2010 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™, races out today with all of this season’s teams, drivers and circuits including the return of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher. F1 2010 immerses players in the glamour and exhilaration of the world’s most exciting motor sport, from the paddock to the…
By Gawkercreative Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Update: Early Late Edition
Your regularly scheduled PlayStation Store update hit North America on Monday, a bit earlier than normal, thanks to some scheduled PlayStation Network maintenance. So let’s catch up on what’s new. Blade Kitten, DeathSpank, Sonic Adventure and a pair of PlayStation import titles lead the list of new additions, with a slew of PlayStation 3 demos…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
Lara Croft Online Co-Op Will Happen, Just Later Than Planned
The news today that the PlayStation 3 and Steam/PC versions of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light will be out next week confirmed that online co-op won’t be available at launch, just as it wasn’t on the Xbox 360. “We didn’t want to deliver the subpar experience online,” Karl Stewart, global brand director at…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
Christopher Nolan Wants To Make An Inception Video Game
The director of The Dark Knight and Memento wants to turn his latest film, the $750 million grossing Inception, into a video game. Just don’t expect it any time soon. Variety reports that Nolan has said “one thing we are looking at doing is developing a video game based on the world of the film,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 21, 2010 -
UncategorizedTen Minutes Of BioShock Infinite Gameplay
Previously shown only to press behind closed doors, 2K has let slip nearly ten minutes of mind-blowing, vertigo-inducing gameplay footage from BioShock Infinite. You might want to have an air sickness bag at the ready. This extended gameplay trailer is currently available on Xbox.com and through Xbox Live on your Xbox 360, but as reader…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
In Search Of History’s Best Video Games: Canon Fodder, Season Two
My friend N’Gai Croal and I have made a game out of choosing the 10 best video games of all time. This is a game, called Canon Fodder, that we invite game developers to play every six months or so. Earlier this month, during Canon Fodder season two, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
Imagining A Lego Mega Man
What do you get when you cross Mega Man with Lego? Graphic artist Raphael Phillips twists those two worlds together in his first Mega Man Lego collection over at The 8-bit Cubist The original Mega Man lends himself particularly well to the Lego treatment, consisting of not much more than blocks himself. The color swaps…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2010 -
UncategorizedLet Me Show You How Civilization V Works
Civilization V is a different beast to Civilization IV. There are lots of new things, and the things that were kept have been changed. To help keep your feet on the ground, here’s our guide to the new stuff (and don’t forget to read our review!) THE NEW MAP THE NEW INTERFACE POLICIES CITY STATES…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
Milla Jovovich, Co-Stars Try Speaking Resident Evil Game’s Worst Lines
Can the actors of the Resident Evil movies do a better job reading lines for the first Resident Evil game than the PlayStation classic’s original voice actors did? MTV gave Milla Jovovich and co-stars a chance to try. If you’re not region-blocked by MTV’s video player, you can watch the stars of the new movie…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIV Converts Your Cash To Crysta
With Final Fantasy XIV launching tonight for purchasers of the Collector’s Edition, Square Enix introduces Crysta, a new payment method for players of the company’s online titles. Sony Online Entertainment has Station Cash, Nexon has Nexon Cash, and now Square Enix has Crysta, a new payment system that sounds like a delicious, low-calorie beverage from…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2010 - Reviews
Civilization V Review: Civilization Revolution
Previous games in the long-running Civilization series have been, ironically, prisoners of the past. Forced to improve the series via baby steps, for fear of upsetting an apple cart twenty years in the making. Civilization V doesn’t do baby steps. Instead, for the first time in the series’ long history, substantial and fundamental changes have…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
Square Enix Confirms Horrible Game Name For North America
After showing off the Lightning-infused new title at the Tokyo Game Show last week, Square Enix confirms a North American PSP release for Dissidia 012[duodecim] Final Fantasy. And we thought 358/2 Days was bad. Coming to Japan and North America in 2011, Dissidia 2 continues the fight between Cosmos and Chaos that began in the…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2010 -
UncategorizedLittleBigPlanet 2 As Street Fighter, Zone Of The Enders, And A First-Person Shooter
Watch as players transform LittleBigPlanet into Guile’s Street Fighter 2 stage, a Zone of the Enders level, and a first-person shooter in these videos from the LittleBigPlanet 2 beta. The beta NDA has lifted, and YouTube is getting flooded with videos of the levels LittleBigPlanet 2 testers have created, and while we knew that Media…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
Don’t Be Sad, Here Are Some New BioShock Infinite Screens
Being the focus of a floating citywide conflict and getting constant high altitude nosebleeds is reason enough for Elizabeth here to be sad, but you shouldn’t be, because you’ve got five gorgeous new BioShock Infinite screens to look at. While I’m generally the last guy to harp on a virtual character’s looks, Elizabeth is definitely…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Full DJ Hero 2 Track List Is A Delightful Mess
You could spend your morning sorting through all of the twisted tracks coming on the DJ Hero 2 disc next month, or just accept that any game that mixes Naughty By Nature’s “O.P.P.” with the Jackson 5’s “ABC” automatically wins. There’s also a mash-up of “ABC” with Snow’s “Informer” as well, which is almost just…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
It’s The PlayStation 3’s Turn In The Amazon Gold Box
Heavy Rain and Madden NFL 11 lead the charge into a day filled with PlayStation 3 deals in Amazon’s shiny golden box of values. What’s up for grabs today? A day’s worth of PS3 deals on Amazon begins with Deal of the Day Heavy Rain, a game seeing increased interest lately due to the addition…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
Staying Connected To Guild Wars 2 On The Go
You can’t always be seated in front of your gaming rig playing Guild Wars 2, so ArenaNet has devised a way to keep players connected to the upcoming MMO via the iPhone, iPad, and Android phones. Anyone who has played a massively multiplayer online game seriously understands the constant craving to be connected. You put…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
Top British Politician Boldly Plays Wii
While America’s current leaders have only discussed but never been photographed playing video games, we’ve got photographic proof of the U.K.’s deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, using a Wii sans wrist strap. Clegg played a Wii game — possibly Wii Sports Resort, given press reports that he scored a pair of bullseyes in archery —…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 21, 2010