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Lego David Bowie Sways Under The Serious Moonlight
Number two on our list of musical artists least likely to become Lego figures becomes a Lego figure, as David Bowie joins Iggy Pop as a playable rocker in Lego Rock Band. This is not the David Bowie Lego minifigure I would have preferred, but seeing as he’ll be performing “Let’s Dance” with a Lego…
By Mike Fahey Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
iPhone Chart Toppers: Attack of the Diablo Clone
It’s that time again. Time to look at the top grossing games on iTunes for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Madden continues to cling to the top ten, but check out what hit the number one spot this week. Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Dungeon Hunter(Gameloft) $6.99 1 – 2 FIFA 10(EA) $9.99…
By Brian Crecente Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: The First Of The Final Fantasies
The Final Fantasy that started it all makes its way to the Virtual Console this morning, and you all know the drill by now. First one to rescue the princess gets a bridge! I hope I didn’t just spoil a major plot point of Final Fantasy for you guys, but after playing it on the…
By Mike Fahey Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
“Kind Code” Demo Shows New Super Mario Bros on Auto-Pilot
The mysteries about Nintendo’s experimental helper-mode (aka the “kind code”) are no more, as today Kotaku was finally able to see the innovative feature in action in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. The assistance mode will be introduced in Nintendo’s marquee November title for the Wii and is officially called the Super Guide. Using it,…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Why Everyone Should Be Watching the PSPgo
Video games stored on a disc of plastic and tucked away in a case are approaching extinction. You can quibble about the when and the how of this happening, but the inevitability of games being sold online like music, free of their plastic prisons, is certain. The first real sign of that step away from…
By Brian Crecente Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Me With A Newspaper On My Face, Running
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Over the weekend, Mini-Bash had his field day at school. Kids ran races, play instruments, sang songs. It was a good time. There, of course, were a couple parent child races — you know, the stuff they do to embarrass the parents so the children can laugh and point. One of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
New 250GB Bundles Box Art Looks Like This, Apparently! [Update]
Europe is getting a bunch of 250GB PlayStation 3 bundles. Besides coming packaged with a game and sporting a bigger hard drive, the bundles also have something else going for them: New box color. Pictured is supposedly the box for Need for Speed: Shift. We dig the gray-silver. It’s so sophisticated. Update: Below is the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hideo Kojima Shows His Guns
Back when we interviewed Hideo Kojima at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Jin from Japanese blog My Game News Flash kept asking about Kojima’s muscles. Here’s why. The game designer has been pumping iron. But Kojima blogs that because of the Tokyo Game Show, he wasn’t able to hit the gym that much. He gained…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ready To Rat Out R4 Sellers? Nintendo Is Here To Help
Earlier this year, Nintendo announced that it and 54 software game companies were filing a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court against companies that import “R4 Revolution”-type devices, using the Unfair Competition Prevention Law as the legal grounding. According to Nintendo, such devices hurts the growth of the entire game industry and steps must be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
ICO Creator Keen To Make First-Person Game [Update]
Team ICO head Fumito Ueda is best known for moody, emotional titles like ICO and Shadow of the Colossus. That doesn’t mean Ueda isn’t itchy to bust a cap in your ass. The game designer told G4 that he is interested in making a first-person shooters game. Just listen to him say it: “I have…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
But Does Forza 3 Look Different From Forza 2?
Forza Motorsport 2 was released in May 2007. Forza Motorsport 3 will be released later this month. Lots can happen in two years, but is one of those things a radical overhaul in graphics? Swedish site Gamereactor Sverige reportedly took the pictured screenshots and compared Forza 2 and Forza 3. What’s more, these are screenshots…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Princess Peach In A Kimono! Nintendo’s Kyoto Event
Over the weekend in Kyoto, Nintendo participated in the Kyoto Cross Media Experience 2009. There were demo kiosks as well as an exhibit about Nintendo video game history, dating 1983-2009. More pics from Japanese site Inside-Games in the link below. 【KYOTO Cross Media Experience 2009】京都でNintendoゲームイベント！朝から多くのファンが駆けつける | インサイド [Inside-Games]
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Brothers in Arms
To: Bash From: Owen Re: Friday Today is my big brother Fletch’s birthday. Yes, it’s a week after mine, even though he’s 2 years older. I’m certain my father, in a cost-saving move, convinced Mom to conceive on the same dates so that we’d have a childhood full of “and this is for both of…
By Owen Good Published October 4, 2009 -
UncategorizedModern Warfare 2 “Infamy” Trailer: The War Comes Home
“Infamy,” the heavily anticipated Modern Warfare 2 trailer is now live on Infinity Ward’s site. In it, a narration of the biblical story of the first murder introduces sequences that depict Washington under seige. Modern Warfare 2: Infamy [Infinity Ward]
By Owen Good Published October 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Demon’s Souls Might Break Street Date; the Servers Won’t
If you manage to get your hands on a copy of Demon’s Souls early, good for you. However, publisher Atlus says no servers will come online until its release date of Oct. 6 (Tuesday). You may still play it singleplayer, but if you try to connect to a North American server before then, you’ll get…
By Owen Good Published October 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Molyneux, Asked About Natal/Fable, Jokes About His Assassination
Sure, Peter Molyneux‘s studio is developing Milo, the proof-of-concept Microsoft used to unveil Project Natal at E3. But he’s clear he “never said” Fable III wouldn’t incorporate Natal. Then he jokes about being eliminated for discussing it. In an interview at the PICNIC Conference in the Netherlands last week, Molyneux’s interviewer basically stipulates that there…
By Owen Good Published October 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
There’s No Stopping the Zombie Genre
I suppose you could say “Zombie Driver” was Morgan Freeman’s job description when he shuttled around the decaying Miss Daisy in 1989. Here, Exor Studios interprets it as an unstoppable sedan packed with firearms mowing down the leprous undead. I dunno. Looks about as mindless as your opposition. Then again, that can be fun, too…
By Owen Good Published October 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Weekend Timewaster: GrowBox
Been a while since we’ve done these. Here’s GrowBox, courtesy of King.com. The object is to pick up all of the gold orbs, but consuming them makes your box grow, so the board must be navigated in a specific order. There are multipliers for speedy finishes, and objects that can temporarily shrink you, turn you…
By Owen Good Published October 4, 2009