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Porn Empire Can’t Penetrate the PS3
Back in September, porn behemoth Vivid Entertainment approached Sony about streaming its porn all over the PS3 (snicker). Vivid’s boss says that thrust (haha) is over, and they’re now fantasizing about Microsoft. Speaking to CVG, Steve Hirsch, Vivid’s founder, said conversations with Sony “didn’t lead anywhere.” However, “If we could get further than we did…
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dead Space 2 Box Art More About Isaac, Less About Dismembered Hands
EA lifted the veil on the box art for Dead Space 2 today, well in advance of the game’s release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Gone is the sci-fi space gore in favor of Isaac Clarke face time. Like it?
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Get Your Project Natal, Justin Bieber Fixes Simultaneously
Attention, Xbox 360 fans with an incurable case of Bieber Fever! The Tiger Beat coverboy and teenage pop star is buddying up with his friends at Microsoft to bring you hands-on time with Project Natal this fall. Xbox 360 is underwriting the Bieb’s “My World” tour this fall, which will be schlepping Project Natal playable…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Arsenal vs. Chelsea Highlight New FIFA Online Screens
EA Sports’ free-to-play, pay-to-upgrade FIFA Online is into the second week of its open beta, for which you may sign up here. While you’re waiting on the 1.12GB download, check out these six screens EA released today.
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Butterflies
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Thanks Japanese TV For Making Me Feel Old Why do they call them butterflies in your stomach? That’s crazy, wouldn’t butterflies feel like little kisses, not a sack of squirming worms? I’m slightly, every so slightly nervous about Tristan’s upcoming summer camp adventures. He leaves on Sunday to fly to…
By Brian Crecente Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Many Winners, One Loser In Japan’s Weekly Console Battle
The Japanese video game enthusiast went shopping this week, buying more hardware than last week. There were no major shake-ups, but at least the PSPgo is selling back in the thousands. Well, the thousand. After dipping below the 1K mark for a couple weeks, the PlayStation Portable is selling almost as well as the PlayStation…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
UFC Undisputed Hits a Sophomore Slump?
The breakout hit of 2009, both in sales and acclaim, UFC Undisputed 2010 followed up with plenty of strong reviews but nowhere near the cash register performance of its predecessor, according to an analyst. Gamasutra notes that Lazard Capital Markets says UFC Undisputed 2010 is “tracking below our expectations at retail,” and mentioned that Amazon…
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Video Games Bid Adieu to World War II
Sixty five years after the end of World War II, the second world war seems to have lost its attraction for video game developers. Storied video game franchises like Medal of Honor, Battlefield and Brothers in Arms seem to have either died off or turned to modern settings after producing more than 20 games set…
By Brian Crecente Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
To Do In Atlanta: Pokémon Southeast Regional Championship
Tomorrow the Gwinnett Center in Atlanta will be transformed into a battleground, as the southeast regional Pokémon video game championship pits Pokémon against Pokémon, brother against brother. It’ll be like the Civil War, only cuter, and without the city burning down. Why attend the southeast regional Pokémon championship? Why, to be the very best, of…
By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2010 - Reviews
X-Scape Review: The Beauty Of The Old Ugly
Can you love shapes and straight lines? Crimson spider robots casting maroon shadows? Pink stripes painted beside tan in tunnels of sky-blue enemies? Fly to an era when game graphics were ugly and the best of that ugliness was beautiful. Your method of time-warp transportation is X-Scape, another downloadable DSi game with a questionable name,…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Report: Xbox 360’s Joy Ride Is Now A Project Natal Game
Microsoft’s free-to-play Avatar racing game Joy Ride is reportedly getting a major motion-controlled tune-up. The BigPark-developed racer is now planned as a Project Natal launch title, CVG reports, and may no longer be free. CVG cites a “senior retail source” in its report, who says Joy Ride will “no longer be free to play, but…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Call Of Duty Undead Return In World At War: Zombies II
Imperial zombies return in Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies II for the iPhone, recreating its console cousins’ Shi No Numa (Zombie Swamp) map, with new characters, traps, the Wunderwaffe DG-2, and Hellhounds adding to the portable carnage. Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies II is an iPhone version of World at War’s…
By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Goodbye, four day work week. It’s time to move on to greener weekend pastures, filled with non-obligation gaming, sleeping in and other delightful hobbyist pursuits. This weekend, I’ve got a build-up of things to play, including new iPhone game release Sigma, for some match three thrills, and Art Style: Light Trax, for conjuring fond memories…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
VI Fit Is Wii Sports For The Blind
Wii Sports can be a big factor in getting sedentary children moving, but what about blind children? A video game research project at the University of Nevada, Reno, is creating Wii Sports-based PC games that don’t require eyesight to play. The two games in the VI Fit line play much like their Wii Sports counterparts.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2 Gets Real
If Valve was ever going to make a movie based on Team Fortress 2, we’d hope it was animated. If some studio executive insisted it be live action, however, we could tolerate it looking like this. Greg Peltz and Ryan Rasmussen may look like they’re late to the Team Fortress 2 cosplay party, which seemed…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2010 -
UncategorizedBring On The Monkey Mind-Powered Robots
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have trained monkeys to manipulate robotic appendages using the power of their minds, once again proving one solid scientific fact: monkeys kick ass. Just look at that monkey in the picture there. Is that not the coolest monkey ever? He’s manipulating a robotic arm with seven-degrees-of-freedom through two motor…
By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Cole Sports A Sharp New Look In inFamous 2
Coming as a surprise to no one, Game Informer’s July issue confirms the sequel to Sucker Punch’s PlayStation 3 superhero hit inFamous, with a cover showing off a new look for series protagonist Cole MacGrath. inFamous 2 is no real surprise. Soy registered Infamous2TheGame.com back in April, and voice actors were talking about auditioning for…
By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
It’s Like Galaga, But You’re The Aliens Up Top
Yes, the DS I am holding here is upside down. I have a good reason for that. I am playing a cutting-edge game. Have you ever seen a shoot-em-up that lets you controls the bad aliens at the top of the screen? Finally, I can rain destruction on a stupid upward-shooting space-ship. This is how…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2010