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Xbox Live Officially Heading For Mobile Phones
While the news has been coming for some time now, you always need to break out a confirmation to make everything official. And it’s now official: Xbox Live is on its way to mobile phones. The service will be known as “Xbox LIVE Games” (catchy!), and looks to be available only on phones operating a…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
2009’s Most Popular Xbox Live Titles
You’ve seen the most popular Xbox Live titles of 2009 in Japan. Now see the most popular Xbox Live titles worldwide. Major releases, Arcade titles, Indie games, the works. Microsoft’s Larry Hryb released this list late yesterday, showing the top 20 games overall (based on the number of unique users), the top-selling Indie titles, best-selling…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
“Yes, I Know About the Macbook Air”
Macbook Air knowledge, a late Christmas party and British Merlin magic. These are just some of the topics gaming’s Twitterati touched on. Oh yes. Microsoft exec Aaron Greenberg needs a plumber. May we recommend Mario? The BBC series Merlin has caught the fancy of PixelJunk creator Dylan Cuthbert for some reason. DMZilla, Community Coordinatorat Xbox…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hands-On With Unreal Engine On The iPhone, Nvidia Tegra
Epic Games VP Mark Rein brought with him the latest platforms on which the company’s Unreal Engine 3 officially runs, iPhone 3GS hardware and Nvidia’s Tegra 2 “system-on-a-chip” platform, giving us a chance to go hands-on with the tech demo. Our demo was the same shown back in December of last year, a small, tightly…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Brian and Mike… in 3D!!! (Glasses)
It’s official: 3D is coming and you just can’t stop it. And better still, the headache-producing technology is bringing with it an array of gaudy and ill-fitting glasses. We spent the show playing games, watching TV and even checking out porn in 3D so you didn’t have to and we can confirm that none of…
By Brian Crecente Published January 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Solid Steel, No Moving Parts, This Flight Stick Is A Pricey Wonder
Made of solid steel, Saitek’s X65F Pro Flight stick doesn’t actually move when you use it to fly a plane, instead the shaft sensing the pressure you’re exerting on the stick and translates it into movement. I had a chance to play arund with the X65F Pro Flight System a bit earlier this week and…
By Brian Crecente Published January 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hands-On With Street Fighter’s Juri Or: How I Stopped Playing Ken and Learned to Love Da Bomb
I get a lot of grief whenever I join Capcom to play a little Street Fighter IV or Super Street Fighter IV. I play Ken.. sometimes Ryu, and Capcom’s Seth Killian and our own Mike McWhertor can’t help but mock me about it. But I’ve played other characters before. There was a time when I…
By Brian Crecente Published January 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Close Call
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Bwah, Today is Friday? Friends invited me over for dinner, and I had two greasy, rare hamburgers, just the way I like them. Now what I failed to mention here is I rode my bicycle four miles to their house. Which means after this meal and another hour of hanging…
By Owen Good Published January 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Microsoft: Natal Focus On “New Original Games,” Not Motion Control For Existing Ones
Microsoft says that it’s planning on bringing “entirely new original experiences to life” with the addition of Project Natal‘s controller free add-on later this year, not on reworking already existing games to make them Natal ready. When Microsoft first showed off the controller-free Project Natal tech at E3 2009, it did so with both new…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rebellion Confirms Aliens vs. Predator Demo
Rebellion’s Alex Moore gave a quick-and-dirty “confirmed” for an Aliens vs. Predator demo, but no other details, in a lengthy interview with fan site AvPGalaxy. No timeframe was given, but one has to assume it’ll be pre-release. “There will be a demo, that’s all we can say,” Moore said. Another tasty tidbit, from Rebellion’s Martin…
By Owen Good Published January 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sinbad, But No Seven Seas, Spotted At CES
Overheard asking a Microsoft rep if they’d like his son to playtest games for them, Sinbad was seen wandering the Microsoft booth at CES this weekend. Other celebrities, B-list and below, who made appearances or were spotted perusing the gadget show included Stan Lee, Drew Carey, zombie Marilyn Monroe and Elivis and Pauley Perrette, NCIS’…
By Brian Crecente Published January 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
If Football Awards Were Named for Tecmo Bowl Legends
Maybe the NHL names every award for someone, but the NFL gives blandly titled honors. Pigskin Doctors concocted awards named for players from Tecmo Bowl and Tecmo Super Bowl, giving them to current players who most resemble their performances. No, Bo Jackson is not on this list. (Most are from TSB). But I love it…
By Owen Good Published January 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Uverse, Mediaroom On Xbox 360 Won’t Replace Your DVR
After a three year long wait, the Xbox 360 will get IPTV service in the United States, thanks to Mediaroom and AT&T Uverse. While a nice addition to the Xbox 360’s list of services, it has its limitations. The Xbox 360 won’t necessarily replace your existing set-top box. Consider the console as another “node,” as…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •10 Facts I’ve Learned About Modern Warfare 2 [Unreality Magazine] More or less, in all of them the writer comes to the realization his opponents…
By Owen Good Published January 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Namco Files Patent for Wiimote Drumming Game
A pair of attachments would turn two Wiimotes into a set of sticks, presumably for an air-drumming game, according to a patent filed recently by Namco Bandai. While the patent doesn’t specifically reference the Wiimote, the drawings do look awful familiar, and so far it’s the most notable example of a rectangular control with an…
By Owen Good Published January 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Week in Games: Total Finances Destruction
If the holidays weren’t enough of a wallet-wrecker, Army of Two: The 40th Day, is here to deal another $60 critical hit to your bank account. The Olympics are just around the corner, which means the biennial failfest of Olympic-branded games occurs on Xbox 360 and PS3. Serious Sam comes to Xbox Live Arcade on…
By Owen Good Published January 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Writing ‘Sweets’ Summons Scribblenauts Truffles
While not cake, these confections define the idiomatic dilemma of choosing to have one or eat it. Ana Fuji’s amazing truffles tackle many themes, games among them. On the jump, Pokémon, LEGO and, yes, Super Mario truffles. Mario and Pokémon Truffles [Sprite Stitch, thanks Jane]
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UncategorizedSpeed-Skating Plagues Modern Warfare 2 [Update]
So, we’ve had the Javelin glitch – a bad enough exploit to get people banned for using it. Now Modern Warfare 2 players report they’re seeing sped-up players and iced-over surface physics. Update: The problem should be fixed by now. [Update, 3 p.m.] Via Twitter, Robert Bowling has explained that this was not a glitch…
By Owen Good Published January 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Playing Gears Of War 2 At CES… In 3D!!!
Of all the 3D content on display at CES 2010, it might have been the Gears of War 2 demonstration at Samsung’s booth that was most impressive. That was because it was the television doing all the work, not some specialized build of Gears of War 2 retrofitted to spit out 3D stereoscopic visuals. The…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bad Company 2’s PC Beta Gets a Snow Date
DICE mentioned this Thursday; PC gamers will begin their Bad Company 2 beta on Jan. 28. It had been delayed because of the popularity of the PS3 beta. The beta will test vehicle combat on a snow map The beta runs from Jan. 28 to Feb. 25 and will feature the Port Valdez map in…
By Owen Good Published January 10, 2010