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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 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Your artistic skills were questioned. You answered. For today’s Talk Amongst Yourselves, we can’t just discuss games. No, we must celebrate your manipulations of beautiful Rubens art. Job well done, reader Ursus-Veritas. You have saved TAY. For 24 hours, at least. Everyone who wishes may submit this images to #TAYpics Aside from that, talk about…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 21, 2010 -
UncategorizedA Look At the PS3 High-Def, Snap-On Video Screen
We haven’t had a chance to take Hori’s HD LCD Monitor 3 for the Playstation 3 for a full test run yet, but I wanted to give you a look at this high-def video monitor in action. As I mention in the video, the HD LCD Monitor 3 hit Japan in May of this year,…
By Brian Crecente Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bean!
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: RUN! Mini-Bash practiced Japanese calligraphy the other day at home! He’s pretty good and seemed to have a natural knack for it. What you missed last night Japan Goes Bananas For Pokémon: Black And White Michael Jackson, The Online Game The Pokémon Movie For Grown-Ups Do You Love Cars As…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Game Could Appear On “Unknown Hardware”
The future is a mysterious thing. Best to be prepared. So make your video games scalable. Devil’s Third, the upcoming game from Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki and Valhalla Games, is slated for the PS3 and the Xbox 360. In an interview with Japanese website Game Watch Impress, Itagaki says that his team is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
Look At All Those Super Street Fighter IV Costumes
Fighting game Super Street Fighter IV is getting a bunch of new costumes, previously hinted at here. Go ahead, check em out, have a look at them. CAPCOM：SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV 公式サイト｜システム [Capcom]
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
Japan Goes Bananas For Pokémon: Black And White
On September 18, Pokémon: Black and White went on sale in Japan. It probably did pretty good, right? No, no it didn’t. It did amazing In its first two days on sale in Japan, Black and White sold 2.63 million copies. By comparison, 2006’s Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl sold 1.58 million in its first week…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2010 -
UncategorizedLet John Cleese Decorate Your Fable III Home
Like previous Fables, Fable III lets you play home-owner. Unlike previous Fables, however, Fable III lets you put skulls on a bookcase, then blame it all on the butler. This housing demonstration video shows the kind of stuff you’ll be able to do to your home in the game, and if it’s all a bit…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 -
UncategorizedPlants vs Zombies, Now In Your World Of Warcraft
Providing one more reason to never stop playing World of Warcraft, it turns out the game’s latest expansion includes a quest that’s basically a stripped-down version of Popcap’s excellent Plants vs Zombies. There’s sun. There are spitting plants. There are the undead. There’s a lawn. There’s even lawnmowers as a last line of defence. This…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
Missed Scott Pilgrim In Theaters?
Well, check it out on DVD and Blu-ray. The big screen version of Scott Pilgrim graphic novels raked in a disappointing box office. Thank goodness for DVD and Blu-ray! Scott Pilgrim vs. The World will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 9 with a whole host of bonus features. Perhaps the film will…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2010 -
UncategorizedBecause The One Thing Grand Theft Auto IV Was Missing Was A Gravity Gun
What Is This, Half-Life 2? Nope, too many bright lights, too many sex workers. Instead, this is Grand Theft Auto IV’s version of Times Square. Only now it has a gravity gun. This mod, for the PC version of the game, is obviously a little shaky, particularly given how wonky it is when selecting targets.…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010