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Rumor: Batman: Arkham Asylum II May Get Some Robin [Updated]
Is Rocksteady’s superb Batman video game series already reaching the point of Robin? So says a listing for Batman: Arkham Asylum II at the occasionally factual Internet Movie Database. That could be bad news… or it could be good. The bad depends on your tastes, whether you consider the lone wolf Batman to be superior…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Why M-Rated Trailers Must Stand Behind a Swinging Gate
Age gates on trailers are a delay, not a barrier, a figleaf that does no more to stop kids from seeing violent content than the third-base line stops a foul ball. How many have claimed birthdays of Jan. 1, 1902? But you may have noticed that we’ve added them to our hosted trailers for M-rated…
By Owen Good Published March 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedPrince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Looks Memorable
Ubisoft finally offers up some in-game footage of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, the not quite an adaptation of Jake Gyllenhaal’s Prince of Persia movie, a game set between The Sands of Time and Warrior Within. Sure, it may look a lot like the Mike Newell-directed, Jerry Bruckheimer-produced film Prince of Persia: The Sands…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nazi Zombies Now Targets In The Real World
When tens of thousands of currently dead Nazi soldiers are inevitably re-animated by some combination of secret SS tech and the ancient mystic arts—following Hellboy rules—video gamers will be well prepared. But what about our local law enforcement? Thanks to the folks at Zombie Ammo, gun range enthusiasts and policemen can now empty the skulls…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dead Space 2 Asks Fans to Plan the Perfect Kill
The makers of Dead Space 2 have put out a call for gruesome dismemberment ideas to be included in the game. The top submission not only will be rendered in the full release, its creator will be, too. You don’t have to be a whiz with cinematography or visual design; Electronic Arts says word-based descriptions…
By Owen Good Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
GDC: Day Zero
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: I AM NOT DEAD…YET! Myself, Mike McWhertor and Stephen Totilo are all flying out to San Francisco tomorrow to start our GDC coverage. It will be fantastic, informative and, I hope, entertaining. The schedule is packed from breakfast to midnight snacks with interviews, gameplay sessions, hands-ons, lectures and parties. I’m…
By Brian Crecente Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Original Left 4 Dead Also Coming To Mac
While it wasn’t listed among the other Valve games that were getting Mac OS X support earlier today, the original Left 4 Dead is also making its way to Apple computers alongside its sequel. The official Left 4 Dead blog confirms that Francis, Bill, Zoey, and Louis will be hitting the Mac platform this spring,…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Olympic Hockey Hero is NHL 2K11’s Cover Man
Presumed dead until a week ago, not only is NHL 2K11 publishing this year for the Wii, it’ll have one of the stars of the United States’ silver medal-winning Olympic hockey team starring on its cover. Ryan Kesler (right), who memorably fired home an empty-net goal to cap the Americans’ victory over Canada to begin…
By Owen Good Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Shameless Subliminal World Of Warcraft Advertising Discovered In Gnomeregan
The Matrix Punchograph in World of Warcraft’s Gnomeregan has been spitting out pro-WoW propaganda for years, right under our noses! Master of Warcraft translates the binary cards, revealing the advertisements, secret love affairs, and a strange fascination with Natalie Portman. Blizzard loves sneaking pop culture references into World of Warcraft, so it comes as no…
By Mike Fahey Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Win a Chance to Shop with Free Money
Just take the survey below, email the last question to [email protected], and you could be the big winner of a $150 Best Buy gift card. Your incomplete Criterion Collection Kurosawa collection (say that 3 times fast) is begging you to. [Rules.]
By Gawkercreative Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
8-Bit New York City Maps For The Metropolitan Dragon Warrior
Regular maps too informative for you? Too lacking in colorful sprites? Retro cartographer Brett Camper has devised 8-bit NYC for the gaming crowd who can’t make heads or tails of anything that doesn’t look like a Dragon Warrior map. Camper name-checks ye olde favorites like Milon’s Secret Castle, Clash at Demonhead and Zelda II: The…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Disturbing Ways Our Video Games Addict Us
Have you ever spent so much time playing a video game that you felt like a caged rat? That means it’s working. Cracked’s David Wong takes a serious look at how and why our video games won’t let us go. Cracked.com isn’t a place I normally turn to for serious business, but Wong’s “5 Creepy…
By Mike Fahey Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Why Modern Video Game Armies Lack Female Troops
Women have been serving admirably in warzones for the U.S. military for years. But they’re absent from the ranks of modern video game armies. A game developer offered Kotaku a justification of why we virtually fight as men. The answer, offered by Gordon Van Dyke, producer of the new Electronic Arts modern warfare game Battlefield:…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Dangers Of Owning A Portal Gun In Real Life
Real life Bike Hero and enemy of viral marketing douchebags Freddie Wong is also the proud (unfortunate) new owner of an Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, which currently looks a lot like a Nerf gun. Consider this a warning to the Mac-only gamers in the crowd who might not have already learned this lesson the…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Command & Conquer 4 Now In Convenient Motion Comic Format
In the first of a four part Command & Conquer 4 motion comic book series, a young farmer sets off for a GDI Blue Zone looking for work, only to find his destiny. I hate it when that happens. Today EA releases episode one of the four-part Command & Conquer 4 motion-comic series, “An Unexpected…
By Mike Fahey Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Violent Video Games Now Getting You 3-5 Years In A Venezuelan Prison
Venezuela’s new anti-violent video game law just recently went into effect, an opportunity for those who import or sell violent video games (and toys) a chance to pay a hefty fine and spend three-to-five years in prison. Gamesthirst and La Gaceta help the potentially violent video gamer better understand Ley para la Prohibición de Videojuegos…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Three-Year-Old Kills Herself With Game Controller-Shaped Gun
A three-year-old in Wilson County, Tennessee died Sunday evening after accidentally shooting herself in the abdomen with a weapon she may have mistaken for a plastic Wii facsimile. At least that’s how the news is being reported today in The Tennessean. Three-year-old Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan had been playing a Nintendo Wii game in her living…
By Mike Fahey Published March 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedCompany Goes With Idea That Customers Masturbate To Its Games
The people at Tecmo Games, makers of Ninja Gaiden, the next Metroid, Dead or Alive and the forthcoming Dead or Alive Paradise are in on the joke — or the fact? — about their customers’ use of their products. Not all of Tecmo’s games feature women who are practically falling out of their bikinis, jumping…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Denial of Service Attack Kills Ubisoft DRM, Your Assassin’s Creed II Playtime
The downtime that plagued PC gamers trying to play Assassin’s Creed II yesterday was the result of a denial-of-service attack, causing one of Ubisoft’s new DRM-servers to become unreachable. But hey, at least no one has hacked the game yet. Ubisoft’s controversial new digital rights management solution went gone live for both Assassin’s Creed II…
By Mike Fahey Published March 8, 2010