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Boxed Games Still Way More Popular Than Downloadable Ones
Digital download sales might be the future of gaming, but they’re certainly not the present, with a recent study finding that between 80-90% of games bought are still those that come on a disc and are sold in a store. This means that, at a rough estimate, 10-20% of total sales are of the digital…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2010 -
UncategorizedPlay Mario…With Your EYES
The kids (and grown-ups) at Waterloo Labs in Austin, Texas have come up with a way for us to play video games with nothing but our eyes Blink, look left and look right replace things like press A and push left. Sure, it looks a little janky at first. And also looks slightly useless. But…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Against Immersion
Do you want the video games you play to be “immersive”? Just like The Matrix someday? Writer Oliver Hargrave pens his objection to the concept in an article we’re proud to republish here. “See, the hypothetical ultimate model of gaming is total immersion. The whole Matrix thing. Plugging your brain into a virtual world that…
Oliver Hargrave Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
GameStop Listing Gives Up Possible Career Mode in NBA Elite
A preorder premium for NBA Elite 11 offered by GameStop tips off a new mode in NBA Elite 11, something called “Become Legendary.” The smart money’s on this being a singleplayer career along the lines of FIFA’s “Be a Pro.” Saith the listing: Reserve NBA Elite 11 and receive a GameStop exclusive Jordan Brand Boost…
By Owen Good Published August 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedNew Resident Evil: Afterlife Ad Hits TV
Due out on September 10 in 3D, Resident Evil: Afterlife might actually draw me to a theater. The movie looks like more of the same, but the 3D looks like it could be pretty amazing. Also there’s Milla Jovovich to consider.
By Brian Crecente Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
“Halo: The Fall of Reach” Comes To Shelves Today
That would be bookshelves, kids, in bookstores. A new revision of Eric Nylund’s “Halo: The Fall of Reach,” first published in 2001, went on sale today with 27 pages of new material. What’s in the new trade paperback? Glad you asked. According to a release from Tor Books, you get: • Excerpts of Office of…
By Owen Good Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
First Induction Ceremony For Video Game Hall Of Fame
Video games now have more in common with rock and roll and baseball than games Guitar Hero and MLB 10. This Thursday the International Video Game Hall of Fame in Ottumwa, Iowa is set to start its first induction ceremony. The event, dubbed the “Big Bang” to commemorate the birth of organized video game playing,…
By Amber Nichols Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kid Bribed With Video Games To Steal Drugs, Say Cops
Kids, if someone promises you a video game! if you let them borrow a bottle of mom’s pills without telling mom, that’s bigtime STRANGER DANGER and you need to tell McGruff the Crime Dog. Cops in Portsmouth, N.H. on Sunday arrested a woman by the name of Shannon Leathers and charged her with bribing a…
By Owen Good Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
StarCraft II No Match For World of Warcraft, At Least In Day-One Sales
Not all chest-thumping is equal. Those StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty first-day sales figures publisher Activision heralded today? They are less than half of the World of Warcraft first-day figures for that game’s last two releases. Today: Blizzard Entertainment said StarCraft II sold “more than 1 million copies sold worldwide, making it the best-selling PC…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Uncharted Movie Back At Square One After Director Talks Break Down
Hothead director David O. Russell will not be directing any Uncharted movie, the Los Angeles Times reports, and the unsuccessful negotiations to bring him to the project have pretty much shot any chance the movie has of releasing in 2011. Russell’s proclivity for some grade-A blowups in the past added the potential for comedy, if…
By Owen Good Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
No A/C
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Mrs. Bashcraft Has Returned With Child! The air conditioner froze up today forcing me to turn it off for half the day so it could defrost. My office is at the top of the house, which means I was roasting for the second half of the day. FUN! Mike is…
By Brian Crecente Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Backbreaker’s Officially Bigtime Now — It’s Sold Out To KFC
A day after releasing news of its behemoth patch on Xbox 360, the folks who make Backbreaker say its free iPhone version has picked up a Kentucky Fried Chicken sponsorship. Runners will now celebrate with, what else, the Chicken Dance. This is for Backbreaker Lite – not the paid Backbreaker version (although that only costs…
By Owen Good Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Taking The Dog To The V.A.T.S.
An oldie but goodie, found on Love PWND’s Flickr stream.
By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Second Need For Speed Released After Gran Turismo 5 Will Be…
How long will November’s Gran Turismo 5 be the newest realistic racing game you can play? Possibly not past March, as EA has revealed that Need for Speed Shift 2 will be out on console and PC in early 2011. Need for Speed: Shift 2 will be released between New Year’s Day and March 31,…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA Sports “Monitoring” Favre Situation
Brett Favre’s officially on the Minnesota Vikings – in Madden NFL 11‘s launch version. If he retires, the first roster update will drop him from the game, making him unavailable in multiplayer. How soon after the Aug. 10 release will that first update come? “We are monitoring the situation, and will detail our plans should…
By Owen Good Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Crysis 2 Won’t Make It Out This Year
Most recently scheduled for release before the end of 2010, perhaps even in the fall, EA has confirmed that Crysis 2 has been pushed to its fourth financial quarter, giving it a release window of January through March of 2011. The news of the delay came today during EA’s reporting of its first-quarter 2011 financial…
By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Portable Dead Space 2 In The Works?
We’ve known for months that sci-fi horror game Dead Space 2 is coming to home consoles and computers early next year, but today publisher Electronic Arts listed two more formats for the game: “handheld” and “mobile.” If EA isn’t in the business of putting typos in its quarterly press releases about company financial performance, then…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedRe-Enjoy the Old Spice Clip that Launched a Thousand Other Clips
The Old Spice Man has been busy. Verrrrry busy—sending ardent fans and random Tweeters personalized video responses to their titillating questions. Why is Old Spice Man regularly peppered with inquiries? Watch and see, ladies. Watch and see. Get your man as fresh as humanly possible with Old Spice
By Gawkercreative Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
NASA’s Robotic Spaceman Has A Twitter Addiction
Meet Robonaut 2, the most dexterous humanoid robot in existence, soon to be the first humanoid robot in space, and you’ll be able to hear all about it through his Twitter account. Created through a joint project between NASA and General Motors that began in 2007, Robonaut 2, or R2 for short, was originally planned…
By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Super Scribblenauts And My Lost Wedding Ring
Inspired by the never-discouraged mailman, the true professional permits no act of nature, chance or evil to interfere with his coverage of a new video game. But what fun could you have with Super Scribblenauts just 10 minutes after your wedding ring disappeared? I ventured toward Manhattan’s west side yesterday around 5pm Eastern, off a…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 3, 2010