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Madden! Madden Here! Get Your Madden! Who’s Ready?!
A bit of confusion descended on Times Square today as Madden cover man Drew Brees showed up with stacks of Madden NFL 11 cases and some mystery as to what exactly was inside. We’ll kill the suspense: It was a voucher for the new game, due out Aug. 10, and not the disc itself. First…
By Owen Good Published July 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sega Skipping Europe’s Big Game Expo
Germany’s Gamescom convention drew nearly a quarter million attendees last year. This year, there will be at least one major absence in the form of Sega. The Sonic the Hedgehog publisher is sitting out the show, citing a “commercial decision.” Sega’s decision to excuse itself from Gamescom, as confirmed with Sega Europe by VG247, is…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
LucasArts Exec offers New Hope of Super Star Wars on 360
LucasArts executive producer Haden Blackman wanted to talk about taking Star Wars in new directions on video games, but an aside comment about Super Star Wars on the Xbox 360 naturally keeps the discussion fixated on the past. “We’re also interested – and this is something that comes from George [Lucas] – in taking Star…
By Owen Good Published July 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hulu Plus For PS3 Doesn’t Require PlayStation Plus After All
Streaming video service Hulu is coming to the PlayStation 3 this month in subscription form as Hulu Plus. And despite previous reports, you won’t need a second subscription to Sony’s PlayStation Plus service to enjoy it. According to Hulu’s support staff, a PlayStation Plus subscription is “only a requirement during the preview period” and will…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Miyamoto’s Early Assignment: Create a Chair
Shigeru Miyamoto’s world class design reputation is within video games, but when he was a student he demonstrated his very adaptable creativity within other media. Such as chairs and coat hangers, according to a Los Angeles Times profile. In an anecdotal profile published over the weekend, Miyamoto, 57, related his earlier days as a designer.…
By Owen Good Published July 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Party and Giveaway
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World isn’t just a comic book, movie and video game, for one brief night at E3 it was also a party. Check out this video from the event and don’t feel too bad if you missed it, we missed it too. Better still we’re going to be giving away two complete…
By Brian Crecente Published July 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Update: Resurgence & Revenge
New games, like Monkey Island Special Edition 2 and Family Feud, may lead the North American PlayStation Store this week, but it’s the expansions to Modern Warfare 2, LittleBigPlanet and more that may drain your wallet. The PlayStation 3 version of the most recent Call of Duty gets its second map pack expansion alongside the…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2’s Engineer Gets ‘The Wrangler,’ Total Sentry Control
The Team Fortress 2 Engineer Update continues, building up to its end-of-week release, with the Wrangler. If you’ve ever wanted manual control for your sentries and a shield to protect ’em, this is the item for you. The Engineer will swap his trusty pistol for the Wrangler, should he choose to equip it, which will…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedYes, Someone’s Painting The Last Supper in a Backbreaker End Zone
Rob Donald called it back in May: “I am totally expecting to see … a perfect recreation of The Last Supper in someone’s end zone.” The Backbreaker producer hasn’t been proven right yet, but one artist is hard at work. User Red Ronin is building out the “Nazareth Christians,” for the football title, which boasts…
By Owen Good Published July 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hanging Out
To: Bash From: Crecente I spent today working on the site, writing and hanging out at my mom’s in El Paso, Texas. The entire bottom floor of her house has been gutted. There is no living room, no den, no kitchen, no where to eat. They’ve converted one of the spare bedroom into all of…
By Brian Crecente Published July 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Patent Alligator PSP Case Fit For A Yakuza
Now that Sega’s Japanese gangster series is kicking its way to the PSP with Yakuza: Black Panther, Sega is obligated to make a custom case…. in faux patent alligator! It’s part of the Yakuza: Black Panther limited edition package. [Andriasang]
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
OK, This is What NHL Slapshot‘s All About
NHL Slapshot, EA Sports’ upcoming hockey title on the Wii, was one of a few sports games I got no hands-on time with at E3. So I missed the boat regarding its core offerings. This video spells it all out. For starters, this is in fact full simulation hockey. The feature that has gotten the…
By Owen Good Published July 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Obsidian Wouldn’t Mind Tackling A Chrono Trigger Sequel
Now that they’re working on Dungeon Siege 3 for Square Enix, are there any other Square Enix series the company would like a stab at? “Chrono Trigger,” says CEO Feargus Urquhart. With their first attempt at an original role-playing game tanking, Obsidian Entertainment is free to focus on what they do best: Making sequels to…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
In The Future, The PlayStation Will Be A Little More Developer Friendly
The people who make the PlayStation have received their share of flak for creating systems that were tougher to make games for than their competitors. That’s something PlayStation big boss Kaz Hirai wants to change. So says Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida, the man charged with guiding Sony’s internal PlayStation games development.…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
League Of Legends Kicks Off Season One Next Week
Oh it’s on. After several months’ worth of pre-season play, Riot Games is ready to kick things into high gear with next week’s launch of League of Legends’ first official competition season, complete with ladders, ranked games, and draft mode. Crecente and I were both extremely fond of Riot Games’ take on the Warcraft II…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Amateur Harry Potters At Play, Only One Of Them Scary
This is what you’d look like if you were young, loved Harry Potter and played the new Lego Harry Potter in Australia at a launch event. You would hopefully enjoy yourself and not be unnerved by Lego-head over there. PIC: Graham Denholm/Getty Images)
By Stephen Totilo Published July 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedHello, Ladies…the Old Spice Man Is Back and Smelling Fresher Than Ever
What’s more studly than white stallions, diamonds, and tickets to that thing you like? How about unprompted home improvement projects, hot tubs, and swan dives? And glorious pecs. Glorious. Click here to get your man as fresh as humanly possible with Old Spice
By Gawkercreative Published July 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Limbo, Lara Croft & Castlevania Heat Up Xbox Live’s ‘Summer of Arcade’
Microsoft is kicking off its summertime Xbox Live Arcade push with the dark and lovely Limbo, wrapping it up with the Tomb Raider spin-off Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, dating even more downloadable hits through August. The Summer of Arcade download-fest stars on July 21 when Playdead’s puzzle platformer Limbo arrives. It’s great.…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
NASA Invites Gamers To Explore Moonbase Alpha
While NASA might not be returning to the real moon any time soon, the virtual moon is anyone’s game in Moonbase Alpha, a multiplayer lunar exploration adventure game, now available for free download via Steam. Every day gamers perform feats they never could in real life via the games they play. Now NASA is doing…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2010