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Inside CCP’s Succubus Club
Step inside The Succubus Club as we share some rather bad photos and a couple of video clips from CCP’s infamous goth meets geek party event. People walking about in vinyl clothing; barely dressed women writhing about on stage; and men performing the art of fire poi for screaming women in the audience – this…
By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
UC-Irvine Establishes Games Research Center
The University of California-Irvine, already home to a game culture lab, has established the Center for Computer Games & Virtual Worlds. Twenty faculty members from the university’s computer science, humanities, education and other departments will collaborate on its work. The mission of the Center for Computer Games & Virtual Worlds, according to a university statement,…
By Owen Good Published September 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Shank Preview: The Beat-Em Up Reloaded
Klei Entertainment takes on the side-scrolling beat-em up with Shank, managing to create something fresh and compelling from a genre that’s grown old and stale. What Is It? Shank taps the talent of Atomic Betty director Jeffrey Agala to create its striking graphic novel look and feel, but it takes more than a fresh coat…
By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
PS4 Concept: Spider-Man Font Fail
Someone forgot to tell acclaimed designer Tai Chiem that Sony bagged the Spidey typeface with the PS3 Slim. But the rest of this concept – that means This Is Not Real – is super-futuristic cool. Wait, where’s the $24 kickstand? It’s one of three concepts he did; including an “Xbox 720” which looks like –…
By Owen Good Published September 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
First Footage Of The Old Republic’s Trooper In Action
During today’s Star Wars: The Old Republic panel at PAX 09, BioWare showed us our first glimpse of the Republic’s Trooper class in action, and we’re passing the savings on to you! Not only do we have footage of the Trooper, which is The Old Republic’s version of the Clone and eventual Storm, Sand, Snow,…
By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
And Now It’s PS3 Games’ Turn for a Best Buy Sale
As speculated in our Coupons comments yesterday, Best Buy has indeed begun a two-for-1.5 sale on all PS3 titles. The bonanza lasts until Sept. 12. The deal involves “qualifying games” but with 140 on the list, it’s practically all PS3 games priced $59.99 or less, It does not cover preorders. Basically, you pay full price…
By Owen Good Published September 6, 2009 -
UncategorizedXbox Live’s Top Cop Reads ‘The Book of Enforcement’
Stephen Toulouse gave a presentation at PAX that, like most of his outreach, leavened the dirty work of running Xbox Live’s banhammer ops with comedy. His sermon is about how the wicked “Poonhunter” came to be banned from Battlefield 1943. Stepto’s presentation continued well after the above excerpt. The rest of the address is full…
By Owen Good Published September 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Splinter Cell Update: There Will Be Goggles, Bet (Almost) Settled
A certain someone (me) did a guest appearance this weekend on Giant Bomb‘s podcast, where it was my duty to officially settle a Splinter Cell Conviction bet. Giant Bomb editorial institutions Ryan Davis and Vinny Caravella had made a bet — for pride and maybe a nominal amount of money — about whether Sam Fisher…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time Impressions: Lombax In Space
Let 2009 hereby be known as The Year Of The More Interesting Hub World. The spokes of Wolfenstein emanate from a German city overrun by Nazis; those of Halo 3 ODST to New Mombasa. The new Ratchet? An action-packed galaxy. I got my hands on the outer-space portion of next month’s Ratchet & Clank Future:…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rockstar’s AGENT Arriving Next Year?
File this rumor in the slip-of-the-tongue category. In a Rockstar roundup of reader questions, AGENT, the 1970s-era espionage game unveiled at E3, is lumped in with two other titles for a 2010 release. It’s sooooo flimsy, but then, Wikipedia’s already cited this Q&A in giving Agent a 2010 release window, and if Wikipedia says it,…
By Owen Good Published September 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
FCC Report Praises Video Game Ratings
Remember how news about a week ago that the FCC was looking into a universal ratings system spooked the video game sector? Relax. A report delivered to Congress expresses a rather high opinion of how games are self-regulated. Quoting the Progress and Freedom Foundation, the report, published Aug. 31, says ESRB ratings are “in many…
By Owen Good Published September 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Secret World: Which Side Are You On?
Along with the second teaser trailer we talked about on Thursday, Funcom has released a slew of new images depicting the Dragon, the Illuminati, and the Templars, the three factions of The Secret World. I spent a bit of time this weekend discussing The Secret World with Funcom, but I can’t tell you about it…
By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
PAX Cosplay Round 2 – FIGHT!
Day two has come and gone at Penny Arcade Expo and the cosplayers were out in full force. Let’s check in the with latest. In terms of sexy costumes the booth babes prevailed again. However, a Cammy-like one we saw back at TGS in 2008, certainly took the cake in terms of girl that could…
By Adam Barenblat Published September 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Multiplayer Impressions: Gaming Without Icons
The draw of Kingdom Hearts is the mash-up of Final Fantasy characters and Disney characters, yes? Hopefully you have a second answer, because the multiplayer demo of the latest game in the series offers neither legendary roster. The Nintendo booth at PAX is showcasing a few DS games, including this month’s Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days,…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Ginormous Uncharted 2 Fortune Hunter Pack
Luke told you about the absolutely massive and extremely rare Uncharted 2: Fortune Hunter Edition. Now see it in all of it’s sacred glory. Located in the PlayStation booth area, Naughty Dog had a copy up for display in an airtight glass box reminiscent to the to the same one that holds the United States…
By Adam Barenblat Published September 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Why Is Klei’s CEO Playing With Dolls?
This is what greeted me when I arrived at the Sheraton down the street from PAX to meet with Klei Entertainment CEO Jamie Cheng regarding the company’s latest game, Shank. So what do spooky dolls and an even spookier CEO have to do with a cartoonish beat-em up that could wind up being my game…
By Mike Fahey Published September 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Triumphant Return Of My Sega Nomad
At the retro game shop towards the back of the main show floor at PAX 09 I was finally reunited with a long-lost friend of mine – the Sega Nomad. Back in 1999 I had found a Sega Nomad – a portable Sega Genesis that eats batteries like they were crack and it was one…
By Mike Fahey Published September 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! Preview: Yellow Snowballs Added
The Xbox 360 gets closer to closing its Tower Defense Gap with the PlayStation 3 in October, thanks to a South Park tower defense game. Naturally, it’s tower defense with a twist. What Is It? South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! is an October Xbox Live Arcade game developed by Double Six Games. It…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 5, 2009