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UncategorizedMetal Gear vs Modern Warfare vs Internet Memes
War has changed. Where once the stars of Modern Warfare and Metal Gear fought mercenaries and other bad men, today they are taking on…internet memes. The crew from the Metal Gear x Modern Warfare spoof video we featured last month have, in their downtime between a second and third episode of their crossover tale, decided…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Dreamcast Will Not Die
By all accounts, the Sega Dreamcast should be dead. But it’s not. The Sega Dreamcast launched in 1998. While it was discontinued in the West in 2002, Sega continued to officially support (and repair) the console up until 2007. And while Microsoft could have given Dreamcast games a second life (but didn’t), that doesn’t mean…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Capcom Promises: No More Racist Games!
There were some that perceived Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 to be a racist game. Not in intent, perhaps, but certainly in its imagery and execution. Well, Capcom have certainly learned their lesson! Capcom’s senior PR manager Melody Pfeiffer has told Gamasutra “Since the RE5 controversy, we have become much more aware of how important it…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Day Before Halo: Reach’s Invasion
The Halo universe is famous for explosions and the colour purple. But pregnant British women? Never seen one of them in a Halo game before. This is yet another live-action trailer for Halo: Reach, showing the lives of some of the citizens of Reach the day before the Covenant invasion. They’re OK, but Microsoft, the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dies Caniculares
It’s a Tuesday in August, the least interesting day of the year’s least interesting month. Some might argue February, but at least that has the TV sweeps, so you can watch Swamp Loggers of the Luftwaffe on the Histovery Channel. Anyway, here’s our open thread for the evening, as we wait for the rest of…
By Owen Good Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
One Mother Loving EarthBound Cosplayer
If you think Linda Le aka Vampy’s EarthBound cosplay is adorable, wait until you get a load of her Morrigan from Darkstalkers. Vampy is an incredibly attractive cosplayer who loves the classic Super Nintendo role-playing game EarthBound, the anime Lone Wolf and Cub, and of course, dressing up as characters from anime and video games.…
By Mike Fahey Published August 24, 2010 -
UncategorizedHow They Made That BioShock Infinite Trailer
If you liked the BioShock Infinite trailer, check out the season finale of Irrational Behavior, the in-house podcast of the studio behind the next game. Did you know they composed riffs of the original BioShock music for it? Did you know how hard they tried to fake out people who saw it? Where does the…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Middleweights Add Another 15 Fighters To EA Sports MMA
Movin’ right along – EA Sports MMA is revealing its roster piecemeal. This week we’re shown 22 fighters eligible at the game’s middleweight class, eight of which were also revealed as light heavyweights last week. Cung Le, Nick Diaz, Frank Shamrock, Ronaldo Souza, Tim Kennedy, Pat Miletich, Jake Shields, Nick Thompson, Robbie Lawler, Benji Radach,…
By Owen Good Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Angry Birds The Tabletop Version
A fan of iPhone and iPad game Angry Birds is so into the game that she’s created her own tabletop version which she calls Angry Birds Live. To play you toss the Angry Birds Laura created at the paper bag pigs perching inside the cardboard box towers she built. The different birds were created using…
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Free-to-Play NFL Sim Adds Another Superstar
Quick Hit Football, the browser-based strategy simulation, will re-launch in September with NFL licensing. Though it won’t carry real-life rosters, the game’s maker can cut deals with individual players, and Dallas linebacker DeMarcus Ware has been added to the stable. Ware joins New England wide receiver Randy Moss as stars for this year’s game. Per…
By Owen Good Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Day With The Finished Halo Reach
Microsoft let me play a finished copy of Halo Reach on one of their Xbox 360s today. They even let me save my progress to my Gamertag.* I can talk about two missions, but I don’t want to spoil things. But, sorry… I can only be so vague. I will give away nothing of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Travel Worn
To: Ash From: Crecente I flew back from Germany Sunday, managing to get perhaps one hour’s sleep over the course of 15 or so hours of travel. So go figure that on Monday, a day I took off to recharge my batteries, I came down with a nasty cold. It’s still fairly bad, but at…
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Vikings Long Snapper Is Pissed He’s Not In Madden
Pity the poor long snapper – the special-teams player who, unlike the kicker, both gets dirty and speaks English. Also, unlike the kicker, he rarely shows up in Madden NFL. Cullen Loeffler hasn’t made the game in seven years. Game Informer has filed easily the most entertaining training camp report of the 2010 NFL preseason,…
By Owen Good Published August 24, 2010 -
UncategorizedIt Doesn’t Get Much More Noir Than Negative Zone Spider-Man
In the shadows of the Spider-Man Noir universe, you can barely even see the Negative Zone alternate costume for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, but it’s definitely there. As we mentioned last month, Best Buy customers get a code to unlock Negative Zone Spider-Man in Shattered Dimensions when they preorder the game. That doesn’t lock other purchasers…
By Mike Fahey Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom Wants To Be Your Friend
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom producer Daisuke Uchiyama is tired of over-the-top violence in games, and thinks he’s found a different motivation for playing his new game: Friendship. Daisuke Uchiyama is a friendly sort of person. He wants me to call him Uchi, which I will gladly do. He’s spent the past 15 years producing…
By Mike Fahey Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Remembering A Red Dead Horse
Is one of the most advanced things created in video games this year a virtual horse? Several months ago, a man who works for Rockstar Games was setting my expectations high. He was being reckless, I thought, because he was telling me nothing less than that the horse in Rockstar’s then-upcoming game Red Dead Redemption…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
How Many People Are Playing APB?
Scottish developer Realtime Worlds recently entered administration, and it’s rolling out play and pay stats for the recently released All-Points Bulletin to sweeten the pot for potential buyers. Who’s playing, and what are they paying? Realtime Worlds went into administration last week after being hit with massive layoffs the week previous. That means they need…
By Mike Fahey Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Lighting, Lasers and Fire of Darkspore
Here’s a closer look at Darkspore, an action game that seems to neatly blend the best bits of Diablo and Spore. I loved playing it when I checked out the PC game at GamesCom last week. I especially liked the concept of being able to double down on your post-level loot for a chance of…
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2010