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Microsoft Triumphs In Multiplayer Gaming Patent Battle
In 2004 Peter Hochstein and Jeffrey Tenenbaum sued Microsoft over a 10-year-old patent for “communicating live while playing the same video game in separate locations.” After six years of legal tomfoolery, a U.S. District Judge has dismissed the case. Hochstein and Tenenbaum sued both Sony and Microsoft for patent infringement in 2004, claiming that both…
By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
How The Modern Father And Son May Bond
Author Nicholson Baker never played a video game until he tried some violent Xbox ones with his 16-year-old son for an article in this week’s New Yorker magazine. As heard on the magazine’s podcast. Nicholson Baker Examines Video games. [New Yorker: Out Loud] [Source PIC]
By Stephen Totilo Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 2’s Firepower Pack Now on Sale
Mass Effect 2’s Firepower Pack adds three new weapons to the role-playing game: The Phalanx pistol, the Mattock heavy rifle and the Geth Plasma Shotgun. Price: 160 MS or BioWare Points. [Thanks Lauren]
By Brian Crecente Published August 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedTortured Souls Fight The Power In Rise Of The SixString
One of three rebel clans fighting against the vile Order in Power Gig: Rise of the SixString, Rise is comprised of a lead vocalist with murdered parents and a guitarist kicked off of her farm. This is one heavy game. I continue to be impressed by the depth of story Seven45 Studios has constructed for…
By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
See What The Industry Thinks With Game Theory
A new video game show and online magazine announced today offers a look into the minds of the video game industry. The series, Game Theory with Scott Steinberg, will feature game designers, executives, and journalists discussing and debating the big topics. This first season, debuting today, starts with a multi-part documentary on the recent transformation…
By Amber Nichols Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
New GoldenEye Feature Big Hands, Not Big Heads
We’ve been comparing the new James Bond GoldenEye (Wii game set for fall release) to the original GoldenEye game (Nintendo 64, came out in ’97) as best we can. Level comparisons. Graphics comparisons. Still, people ask, what about DK Mode? “Is DK Mode back?” I asked a representative for the new GoldenEye today, as we…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedYou Know What Scott Pilgrim Needs? More Zombies
Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World director Edgar Wright calls in some friends from Shaun of the Dead to adds a little more awesome to Ubisoft’s 2D downloadable Scott Pilgrim video game. The old-fashioned 2D beat-em-up gets an old-fashioned secret controller code, unleashing hordes of undead hipsters on our unsuspecting heroes. It’s no up, up, down,…
By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Network Summer Sale Includes Some Amazing Deals
You’ve got a little less than a week left to buy games like GTA: Chinatown Wars, Fat Princess and PixelJunk Shooter for half price. The Playstation Network Summer Sale runs through Monday, Aug 9 in the U.S. and Canada. Here’s a break down of what you can get: PS3 Fat Princess – $7.49 sale; $14.99…
By Brian Crecente Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Red Dead Redemption’s Legends And Killers Arrive Next Week
Eight characters from Red Dead Revolver invade Red Dead Redemption next week in the Legends and Killers Pack, bringing with them nine new multiplayer map locations and one angry-looking tomahawk. The Legends and Killers Pack hits on August 10 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, running fans a cool $9.99 or 800 Microsoft points.…
By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Soundgarden Album Packed Inside Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock
Soundgarden is releasing their first album in 13 years on October 5, but you can get Telephantasm: A Retrospective a week earlier, packed inside launch copies of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. When Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock launches on September 28 for the Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, fans will gain access to…
By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dancing Into The Video Game Business
Until last summer, 27-year-old choreographer Chase Brock didn’t know much about video games. Now he’s responsible for one of the best-selling Wii games in Britain. Broadway has been kind to Brock, but Ubisoft’s Dance on Broadway has been kinder still. Last year the young artist’s agent got him together with Longtail Studios, the developers of…
By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Wii Assist: Wii Can Make A Difference!
Attack of the Show‘s “Viewer Army” showcased engineering students from the University of Delaware who are attempting to help the disabled effectively use computers with the help of Nintendo Wii hardware. Us nerds can make a difference! With the help of a hacked Wii remote, some glasses that have been fashioned with infrared sources and…
Angelito Yambao Jr. Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
National Geographic Brings Out The Animal In You
The adventures of Prince Stinkyninja the bunny would not be possible without National Geographic’s Animal Jam, an online animal kingdom filled with learning and adventure. They say it’s for kids, but Prince Stinkyninja says otherwise. Animal Jam transforms children and curious adults into animals living in the exotic lands of Jamaa. Players first select an…
By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedMonday Night Combat’s Product Grenades and Random Bacon
This video gives us a 15-minute taste of upcoming strategy third-person shooter Monday Night Combat with bonus developer commentary. Monday Night Combat, due out on Xbox Live on Aug. 11 for 1200 points, has a lot of things going for it including fun weapons like a Product Grenade, which fills an enemies screen with ads,…
By Brian Crecente Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dance Dance Revolution Coming To PS3
You know it, you love it, Dance Dance Revolution. Konami’s rhythm game is apparently coming to the PS3. Yes, that is an older model PS3. Via its Facebook page, Konami revealed that the game is *finally* PS3 bound: Yes, DanceDanceRevolution fans, it’s true-we’re bringing DDR to the PS3! And we’re bringing YOU to the launch…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mrs. Bashcraft Has Returned With Child!
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: My Dreams Were My Ticket Back Here This evening, Mrs. Bashcraft and Mini-Bash returned to Osaka from their two-and-a-half week odyssey in America with my parents. They said they had fun! But I think they’re happy to be back home. Very happy to see them! Sucks that I’m getting a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
StarCraft II Fastest Selling Strategy Game Of All Time
It took StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty just 24 hours to become the best-selling PC game of the year, with more than 1 million copies sold worldwide, according to Blizzard Entertainment. Another half million copies sold in the game’s second day of availability, making StarCraft II the fastest-selling strategy game of all time, the company…
By Brian Crecente Published August 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Sims Gets Medieval On You
A new Sims game revealed today that drops the popular characters in the Middle Ages will feature “compelling gameplay never seen before in the history of The Sims”, according to publisher Electronic Arts. The Sims Medieval, the first in a series due out in spring 2011 for the PC and Mac, will have players create…
By Brian Crecente Published August 3, 2010