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Dungeon Bandits Sneaks Into Open Beta
Customize your character, form a team, and grab the dungeon’s treasure before your opponents in Dungeon Bandits, PlayEnvy’s upcoming tournament-style MMO, now entering open beta. Dungeon Bandits is a dungeon exploration game with a competitive angle. Players select one of seven customizable character classes, choose which skills they want to bring with them into a…
By Mike Fahey Published February 19, 2010 -
UncategorizedEA Sports Happy To See Tiger Woods Address the Public
Tiger Woods’ life changed forever Thanksgiving night. Today the pro-golfer and face of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, due to hit all platforms in June, apologized to the world and “set the record straight” on what really happened that night and his past infidelities that came to light because of it. During the short, no-questions-asked…
By Brian Crecente Published February 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rock Band Next Week: HIM? Marilyn Manson? Call The Police!
Finnish rockers HIM make their Rock Band debut this week, Marilyn Manson hosts “The Dope Show”, KSM gets “Distracted”, One Night Only gets redundant, and The Police go “Walking on the Moon.” Next week’s major addition to the Rock Band music store is a three pack of music from Finnish band HIM, with “Wings of…
By Mike Fahey Published February 19, 2010 -
UncategorizedAll The Super Street Fighter IV Dudley, Makoto, And Ibuki You Can Stand
Now that Capcom has officially outed Makoto, Ibuki, and Dudley as new playable characters in Super Street Fighter IV, the flood of new screenshots, art, and versus videos can begin! Sagat versus Dudley! Ibuki versus Makoto! Ready, fight! These new screens, concept art, and videos should give Street Fighter fans something to do while we…
By Mike Fahey Published February 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
Next Assassin’s Creed Will Have Full Campaign, “Justified” Multiplayer
On the red carpet for the Interactive Achievement Awards here at the DICE convention yesterday, two of the top creators of the Assassin’s Creed series provided a little better sense of what the series’ surprise next installment will be like. Ubisoft creative director Patrice Desilets and series lead writer Corey May were both there to…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mile Marker 20: Closure
Tired of stodgy corporate games made by The Man and his minions? We’re playing the 31 best indie games for a change of pace —- and so we can judge them. Today, Closure! In A Sentence Sketch art and playful use of light and shadows combine to make an interesting looking and interesting playing platformer.…
By Brian Crecente Published February 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Dark Darkness of Alien Vs. Predator’s Perpetual Night
Aliens Vs. Predators is a dark game. I’m not just talking about the ability to rip off someone’s head, spine still attached. The game’s settings are all inside buildings with few lights, at night, in the jungle. So, you know, dark. That’s great for setting the mood, but not so great for seeing just what…
By Brian Crecente Published February 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
Why Is Time Moving So Quickly, Can You Make It Stop, Gee Thanks
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: One Headache Averted Is time going faster or is it just me? Seriously. I feel like weeks are now the equivalent of days when I was a kid. I don’t know if that’s depressing or scary. Maybe both! What you missed last night Rumor: Next Call Of Duty Is A…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
What’s The Father of the PlayStation Doing These Days?
After a rocky PlayStation 3 launch, the platform’s creator was replaced by exec Kaz Hirai as the head of Sony Computer Entertainment. A year later he retired. Besides keeping busy with his new start-up companies Cellius and Cyber Ai Entertainment, Kutaragi has also been giving lectures. And now? Now Kutaragi is joining popular online retailer…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bring Me The Head Of Boba Fett
I like my Star Wars. I’ve got a ton of Star Wars games, even some Star Wars toys lying around. But this? This goes a little beyond a “toy”. It’s a 1:1 bust of the galaxy’s favourite bounty hunter. That’s life-size. Which means this baby weighs in at 35lbs (15kg). Course, it also weighs in…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sony Files Patent For Universal Game Controller
There are universal TV remotes, so why not universal video game console controllers? Sony’s recent patent filing indicates that could change. The Sony patent, which was filed in August 2008 but appeared online on February 18 of this year, reads: “Just like remote controls, game consoles, and thus game controllers, are becoming widespread. It is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
ESRB Leaks Tecmo Bowl Throwback
There have been rumors that Tecmo is bringing Tecmo Bowl to the PSN and Xbox LIVE Arcade with Tecmo Bowl Throwback. If you believe the ESRB, those rumors could be true. The Entertainment Software Rating Board has a listing for Tecmo Bowl Throwback for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Here is the listing: This…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rumor: Next Call Of Duty Is A Cold War Game
Those rumours that Treyarch’s next Call of Duty game is set in Vietnam? They might only be partially correct, if a supposed casting call for actors for the game is anything to go by. The call, spotted by VG247, is looking for four actors to provide a mixture of voice work, facial capture and full-body…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
PAL PlayStation Store Update: Who Needs Yakuza 4 When You’ve Got Yakuza 3?
This week’s European store update is a good one, PAL gamers finally getting their hands on a Yakuza 3 demo that isn’t in Japanese. I played the crap out of the Japanese demo last year, but then, it was in Japanese. You kind of had to just fumble your way through it. Now that I…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
How To Unlock The Resident Evil 5 DLC “Classic” Camera
The new Resident Evil 5 downloadable content “Lost in Nightmares” is available. It features a special surprise. As an easter egg, the game has a hidden “classic” camera angle mode from the earlier titles. Here’s how to unlock it: Talk to the front door a couple of times until it says “?” instead of investigate.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hey I Heard You Like Ostrich Racing In Your Prince Of Persia Movies
Tired of short, theatrical trailers for the new Prince of Persia movie?? This new Sands of Time featurette on IGN has plenty of new footage. Including Chesty Jake. And ostrich racing. Up there, you can see just a glimpse of Chesty Jake. And flirty Jake. And jumping Jake, and fighting Jake, and stoic Jake. You’ll…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
More Fist of the North Star Screens, Of Course Already Dead
The latest batch features helmet wearing bad guy Jagi, who was disfigured after trying to kill his brother, Kenshiro. In March 2010, Tecmo Koei is bringing post-apocalyptic martial arts manga Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) to the PS3 and the Xbox 360 in Japan. The game has been titled Hokuto Musou, and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Legend Of Zelda: The Magical Magic Cards
Because Magic Cards weren’t dorky enough as it is, somebody had to go and make a custom set of cards based on Nintendo’s The Legend Of Zelda. What’s funny is that they’re not, well, funny. Read the descriptions, these cards are serious business. Shame there’s only six of them, though; a full game could have…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 19, 2010 - Uncategorized
XBLA Perfect Dark Multiplayer Features GoldenEye Weapons, Levels
In March, an hi-def port of Perfect Dark will be released on Xbox LIVE Arcade. The port will feature much more than tarted up graphics. Ken Lobb from Microsoft Game Studios has told Kotaku at DICE 2010 that players can use weapons from Nintendo 64 game GoldenEye 007. That game was developed by Rare, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2010