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Assassin’s Creed II Outfits For Your 360 Avatar
Some Assassin’s Creed II items have turned up on the Xbox 360‘s Avatar Marketplace, with both game-related clothing and avatar cosplay on offer. The t-shirts and hoodies are predictably bland, but for our more cash-rich readers the in-game outfits may be too tempting to pass up. There’s an Ezio outfit, and Altair outfit (both for…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Madden Arcade to Release Thanksgiving Week
IGN reports that Electronic Arts announced its five-on-five Madden NFL Arcade will release Thanksgiving week, a time of the year that already blends pigskin with parking one’s self on the couch for extraordinarily long stretches in front of the tube. Madden NFL Arcade will release Nov. 24 (Tuesday) on the PlayStation Network, and Nov. 25…
By Owen Good Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
AI Convention Features StarCraft Competition
The 2010 conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE) is hosting a StarCraft competition where contestants craft bots to pit against one another in four different tournaments. The different types of tournament are micro-management, small-scale combat, limited tech tree and full games using StarCraft Brood War 1.16.1. Registration is open between now and…
By AJ Glasser Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Southpeak Grabs TNA From Midway’s Bankruptcy Sale
TNA Wrestling fans will get their future fix of dramatic squared circle action courtesy of publisher Southpeak Interactive. The company has apparently looted the TNA Wrestling license from the corpse of Midway, responsible for TNA iMPACT!, pictured above. Southpeak will release TNA iMPACT: Cross the Line for PSP, PSPgo and Nintendo DS at an unspecified…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA Will Hire Back Some Positions It Cut
Also at today’s Digital Entertainment Conference in New York, Electronic Arts‘ chief financial officer, Eric Brown, said the company will be hiring back some of those positions it axed earlier this week. But it sounds like just the cheaper ones. “We will be hiring back positions in low-cost locations to maintain capacity,” Brown said at…
By Owen Good Published November 12, 2009 - Reviews
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex Review: Looks Aren’t Everything
Two years after Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare wowed first-person shooter fans on Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3, the game gets both a sequel for those consoles and a Wii port of the original. The Treyarch developed Wii port doesn’t offer anything new or significantly changed from the original Modern Warfare. Gameplay switches…
By AJ Glasser Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Yesh
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: I spent most of today trying to play through a game starring an ethnic blue-collar worker. I did not succeed. But, hey, it’s only 6 p.m. I still have six hours until I fail. What you missed: StarCraft II Expansions, Diablo III Coming in “Next Few Years” Modern Warfare 2…
By Brian Crecente Published November 12, 2009 -
UncategorizedSymphony: Your Music Makes The Game
Fans of Audiosurf, scrolling shooters, and music in general have reason to be excited about Symphony, Empty Clip Studios‘ new title in which your songs shape the game you’re playing. Like Audiosurf, Symphony allows you to search your music collection in order to create a unique game experience for every song. Instead of a rollercoaster…
By Mike Fahey Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Uncharted 2, Wii Fit Plus & Borderlands Bow Big In October
Naughty Dog’s PlayStation 3 exclusive Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, as expected, trounced the competition in October moving over a half-million copies, according to the NPD Group. But competitors Wii Fit Plus and Borderlands racked up impressive sales of their own. The month was packed with new software, including Forza Motorsport 3, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Price Drop Puts Nintendo Back On Top In U.S.
Nintendo’s late September price cut on the Wii in the U.S. had a big impact on October’s sales, making the Wii the bestselling console in the country last month, after being outsold by the PlayStation 3 the previous month. The Wii moved more than a half-million units to consumers in the United States last month,…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
MSNBC Talks Terrorism of Modern Warfare 2 With Totilo
Click to viewModern Warfare 2 and its blockbuster sales are all over the mainstream news this week. And who’s there to walk them through the game, and the inevitable backlash? Our very own Stephen Totilo. Spoilers ahoy, but still worth watching Totilo face off against two non-gamers and hold his own while raising some interesting…
By Brian Crecente Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
What The Captains Of The Industry Said Today
Four ideas popped out to me while attending a series of presentations from top executives in the gaming industry today: Ideas about price, women, mid-cycle relaunches and which games matter most to the bottom line. The following all came from half-hour presentations to investors and press today at the BMO Capital Markets 17th Annual Digital…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Mystery Deepens In Possible Hotel Dusk Sequel
Japanese blog Sinobi reports that there are retail listings for a Hotel Dusk sequel for the Nintendo DS titled Last Window: Midnight Promise (Last Window: Mayonaka no Yakusoku). According to the blog, CING’s sequel is set in 1980s Los Angeles and will hit Japanese shelves January 14. A cursory search of Amazon Japan doesn’t turn…
By AJ Glasser Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Avatar: The Navi Side Of The Story
Shoot arrows, ride giant birds, and embrace your inner Predator, all in this Navi gameplay montage for James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game. The main thing I walked away from this video with was a desperate yearning for a new Panzer Dragoon game. I’m not talking Panzer Dragon Saga II or anything – just me riding…
By Mike Fahey Published November 12, 2009 - Reviews
LEGO Rock Band Review: Redefining The Rock Block
The LEGO video game craftsmen at Traveller’s Tale set their sights on an entirely new genre with LEGO Rock Band, the ultimate block party for the whole family. Like Activision’s recently-released Band Hero, LEGO Rock Band seeks to be the E for Everyone answer to the band-based rhythm genre, delivering songs that parents don’t have…
By Mike Fahey Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Take-Two: Retail Stores Will Be Here For Awhile
While download games are certainly becoming more popular, Take-Two CEO Ben Feder doesn’t think packaged games are going anywhere anytime soon. “I think reports on the death of package goods have been greatly exaggerated,” Feder told a gathering of analysts in New York earlier today. “Downloadable content is interesting and will continue to be interesting,…
By Brian Crecente Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dragon Age: Origins In Stores Now
Dragon Age: Origins is here. Ready for all that epic RPG combat? Dust off your mage outfit and plug in for the ride. Oh, and for the sexytimes. And for Tim Curry! Dragon Age: Origins, the new dark fantasy epic from BioWare is in stores now. NOW. Go get. 9 out of 10 stars. Dragon…
By Chrissie Lamond Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Uncharted 2 Crosses The 1 Million Sold Mark
Don’t be surprised if Naughty Dog‘s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves grabs the number one spot on today’s NPD Group sales chart. In fact, count on it, since PlayStation VP Phil Rosenberg says the game has already sold over million copies. The Senior Vice President of Business Development at Sony Computer Entertainment says that as of…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Even More Star Trek Online Screens
With the release date set in stone and the previews rolling in, there’s only one thing left for Cryptic and Atari to do with Star Trek Online – screenshots, screenshots, screenshots. Once again I must point out that the space shots look incredibly pretty, and the on-foot bits not-so-much. It almost looks like you’ll be…
By Mike Fahey Published November 12, 2009