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Is This The PlayStation 3 Game With The Most Trophies?
Three Platinum PlayStation 3 Trophies on one disc? And that’s not all? This November’s Sly Collection contains three full PlayStation 2 Sly Cooper games on one PlayStation 3 Blu-Ray disc. Plus it will include PlayStation Move mini-games. A Sony producer who showed Kotaku the collection this week said that each of the Sly games will…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 22, 2010 -
UncategorizedBehold The Chipophone, The Amazing Chiptune Organ
When a friend asked Swedish software engineer Linus Åkesson to take an old electric organ off his hands, Linus agreed, as long as he could do anything he wanted to it, and what he did is incredibly impressive. Linus took that electric organ and reverse-engineered it, transforming it into the Chipophone, the ultimate instrument for…
By Mike Fahey Published July 22, 2010 -
UncategorizedWhere Board Games And Video Games Come Together
For as long as we’ve known the pair, video games have been video games, and board games have been board games. But as time and technology march on, could two become, as the Spice Girls say, one? There has long been a fairly simple divide between the two: One medium involves playing games on a…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Single-Player, Deadlier Than Ever
A good assassin benefits from having minions. That’s what I learned watching some of the single-player portion of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood this week. At a PlayStation press event in New York, I sat beside Ubisoft brand manager Eric Gallant as he played two few-minute bits of Brotherhood and explained how the life and abilities of…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bond. James Bond. James Bond 007: Blood Stone Impressions
The more violent but still suave Daniel Craig version of James Bond gets an original, cinematic adventure in James Bond 007: Blood Stone, Bizarre Creations’ new action game that mixes shooting, boat racing and neck-snapping melee. The makers of The Club and Blur combine their multi-genre talents in this third-person, globe-trotting video game version of…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Ultimate Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Hands-On Preview
Spider-Man’s latest video game adventure has four times the Spidey, a quartet of multi-dimensional webheads working toward a common goal. Last night, I played in two of those dimensions, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions’ versions of Metal Gear and God of War. Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions takes four iterations of the classic character and gives each a unique…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 2 Enters The Lair Of The Shadow Broker
After Shepard died in the beginning of Mass Effect 2, his blue-skinned friend Liara T’Soni fought a desperate battle to recover his body from the mysterious Shadow Broker. Now it’s time to settle the score. Detailed in the Mass Effect 2 comic book series from Dark Horse, Liara went through hell to recover Commander Shepard’s…
By Mike Fahey Published July 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
DC Universe Online Teases Something Legendary
Something legendary is coming to DC Universe Online, and this brief yet stunning cinematic trailer raises more questions than it answers. Click to view First off, that’s not a Batman costume I am familiar with. It reminds me of the bulkiness of Frank Miller’s Dark Night, while Totilo suggested it looked a bit like Knight…
By Mike Fahey Published July 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
DC’s Mass Effect, Killzone, God Of War Toys Up Close & Totally Awesome
Toy and collectible maker DC Direct has some lovely looking action figure offerings coming this year and into 2011, all of which were on display at Comic-Con 2010. From Mass Effect to Twisted Metal, let’s take a look! Which is best? DC’s highly detailed but small-feeling God of War toys or its sharp and sleek…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
It’s Like Pursuit Force, Only Fun
Remember Playstation Portable game Pursuit Force, the one where the ability to jump between speeding cars was buried by a bunch of other things you had to do? Freeway Fury takes that concept and strips away the crap. The flash game creation has you burning down a highway and leaping from car to car for…
By Brian Crecente Published July 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
The “Ultimate Version” Of Tactics Ogre Coming To PSP
Fifteen years after the release of the original game, Square Enix is getting the old Quest gang together to create the “ultimate version” of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together for the PSP. Developer Quest released the original Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together for the Super Famicom back in 1995. Fifteen years later, the…
By Mike Fahey Published July 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Giant Cardboard Robot Arms, REPEAT, Giant Cardboard Robot Arms
What could you do with a pair of 5′ 6″ cardboard robot arms? More like, what couldn’t you do? Just steer clear of Amazon shipping centers and local recycling facilities, and the world is your oyster. [etsy via boingboing]
By Mark Wilson Published July 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Boba Fett Joins The Hunt In The Force Unleashed II
Darth Vader recruits everyone’s favorite bounty hunter to get to the heart of the Starkiller issue in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. See Boba Fett get his marching orders in this clip from the game. “Find the woman and bring her to me. He will follow,” orders Lord Vader. “I’ll need a squadron of…
By Mike Fahey Published July 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Gaming Mural With Heart
This isn’t just a great gaming mural, it’s a gaming mural with heart. Reader Jay Moncada, 24, painted this wall mural at a local Children’s Home where he volunteers. He and his friend Emily spent three months on the painting. Check out more shots over on Flickr
By Brian Crecente Published July 22, 2010 -
UncategorizedWiiLeanBack Encourages Laziness with YouTube-Enabled Wii Remote
Since it’s such a small, specialized piece of hardware, it’s easy to forget that Wiimotes operate using regular old Bluetooth. With this free piece of software, a PC, and a Wiimote, you’ll be couch-surfing cat videos in no time. Via Android Review
By Henry Baker Published July 22, 2010 -
UncategorizedFour Fantastic PlayStation Move Tech Demos, With A StarCraft Twist
I don’t know how amazing the games of PlayStation Move, September’s Wii-like PlayStation 3 motion controller, are going to be. But the tech demos continue to be terrific. Here are four of the newest. All videos were shot by me in New York earlier this week. Demonstrating the Move demos is PlayStation researcher Anton Mikhailov.…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Will We Still be Able to Play our Games in 20 Years?
I really enjoy playing old games. This will come as no surprise to readers that keep up with our Friday Old Games series. But when I do get in the retro mood, I almost always play on the real console. ROMs, collections, and downloadable releases just don’t feel the same as hooking up an NES…
By Amber Nichols Published July 22, 2010 -
UncategorizedWe unmask Comic Con’s biggest celebrities who walk the floor incognito
Every year some big-name geek icon roams the Comic Con floor, cunningly disguised by a mask. But who are they? And what masks are they wearing? We’ve compiled a list of celebrity maskers so you won’t be fooled again. This year a few big splash front cover tabloid celebs are hitting the Con. Do we…
By Meredith Woerner Published July 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
When It Gets Hot, All I Wanna Do…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Re: The Internet Sure Knows Its Books Yeah, man, the internet is great! Knows all kinds of stuff… You can ask it anything! And it knows. Oh, yes. It knows. It’s so hot here, man. When it gets hot, all I feel like doing is drinking pastis. What you missed last…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2010