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Rage Impressions: Gun Rage, Road Rage And A Monster Closet Joke
They told me their game demo would go at least an hour. Rage, three of id’s top men told me, is a big game. Developers usually ask for thirty minutes but here in the second biggest state of the Union, in the 400,000 square foot QuakeCon 2009 hotel, the Gaylord Texan, the development studio behind…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Happy 20th, Sega Genesis!
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. release of the Sega Genesis, the game console that briefly put Sega on the video game hardware map. Sega shook the very foundations of the newly reborn U.S. gaming industry on August 14th, 1989, when the Sega Genesis made its North American debut in New York and…
By Mike Fahey Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
IRS: Second Life Saves Taxpayers Millions
The Internal Revenue Service isn’t all about taking your money. It’s also about saving you money by foregoing NASCAR sponsorships in favor of a virtual presence in Second Life. See, instead of spending millions of dollars on recruitment advertising no one will actually see, the IRS instead spent thousands of dollars to create an IRS…
By Mike Fahey Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
APB Beta Application A Little Nosey
Realtime Worlds is looking for beta testers for their upcoming MMO APB, and you could be one of the few, once you finish filling out one of the more intrusive beta applications we’ve seen. The application actually seems like it’s part beta tester app, part demographic survey. Along with the normal questions like processor type…
By Mike Fahey Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ultimate Alliance 2 Wouldn’t Be The Same Without Ms. Marvel
The Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 website’s VIP section updated yesterday, revealing that Carol Danvers, better known as Ms. Marvel, will making a return appearance in the sequel. Very good news indeed, at least for me. Ms. Marvel was a staple of my team in the first Ultimate Alliance, though I always preferred her in her…
By Mike Fahey Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
What in the World is Peter Molyneux Promising Now?
Yesterday we guessed that Lionhead’s new front page, featuring a headshot of and quote from Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara, was perhaps a countdown to next week’s GamesCom. Today’s change on the site’s front page seems to confirm that. Visitors landing on Lionhead Studio’s website are now greeted by the visage of Maximilien Robespierre, a key…
By Brian Crecente Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
BlazBlue Coming To Europe In 2010 With New Characters
European fighter fans who haven’t already imported Arc System Works’ BlazBlue will be rewarded for their patience early next year, with exclusive characters and moves only available in the European release. The release comes as a result of publisher PQube and Zen United, a consortium of Japanese and Asian developers targeting the European market. The…
By Mike Fahey Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Red Alert 3 Commander’s Challenge Rolls Ric Flair To Consoles
Previously exclusive to the PC version of Command & Conquer Red Alert 3, EA is bringing the Commander’s Challenge add-on to consoles this fall, adding much-needed (Ric) Flair. The Commander’s Challenge add-on provides the player with a series of 50 challenges against a set of nine different commanders, one of which is “Nature Boy” Ric…
By Mike Fahey Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Hills Are Alive…With The Sound Of Me Complaining Endlessly
To: Crecente From: Luke Re: QuakeCon: It’s On So, the wedding draws near. Exciting. But the lady friend is on the exercise regime from hell, and guess who’s being dragged along for the ride? Yesterday, it was up early so we could walk up a mountain. Fortunately, it’s literally right behind my house. Unfortunately, it…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
White, Pink DSi Coming To America
America, your long wait for a white DSi may soon be over. Along with your equally long, perhaps slightly less agonising wait for a pink DSi. According to this Toys ‘R’ Us database listing, both colour schemes – which are already available in Japan – will be out…well, who knows, since there’s no date on…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Beatles: Rock Band Preview: Story Mode, Beatles Beats & Beyond
Harmonix offered us a preview of The Beatles: Rock Band, giving us a chance to see what separates the Fab Four’s entry from previous Rock Band titles. Most notable among them are the game’s story mode, prizes and “Beatle Beats.” As Harmonix and MTV Games have said from the beginning, The Beatles: Rock Band will…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wolfenstein: The Launch Trailer
Featuring disintegration guns that don’t just evaporate Nazis, but their hats too, the latest iteration of Wolfenstein hits stores next week. This launch trailer was shown off yesterday during QuakeCon’s epic keynote, covered by our very own Stephen Totilo live. The trailer may have been slightly eclipsed by the first in-depth look at Rage, but…
By Brian Crecente Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Some PSPgo Games Will Be Very, Very Cheap
With the PSPgo championing itself as a digital download-only device, it’s going to run into stiff competition from Apple’s cheap-as-chips App Store. Or, it will if its games aren’t priced to compete with those $0.99 iPhone apps. So it’d be a smart move by Sony to price many games at, well, a similar point. Which…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Another Games Mag Bites The Dust
The sad, slow decline of gaming print media continues, with the announcement overnight that Future Publishing’s PSW (PlayStation World Magazine) is no more. One of Future’s three PlayStation-focused publications (along with the Official PlayStation Magazine and PSM3), PSW’s first issue went on sale in the UK all the way back in 2000, and with the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rugby League Comes To The Wii
The Wii has thus far been a haven for developers with last-gen experience lacking the money to make the jump to 360 or PS3. Today’s announcement of Rugby League 3 for the platform is no different. This will be the third game in the “Rugby League” series, which have all been developed by New Zealand…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lost Planet 2 Demo Emerges From A Giant Bug Next Week
Next Wednesday, Capcom will be giving Xbox 360 owners a taste of Lost Planet 2’s fist-bumping, bug-hunting co-operative mode by releasing a demo. The co-op demo will let you take on the “salamander” boss, give you access to a variety of weapons and suits, then let you climb inside the thing’s guts and blow it…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Korean Girls, Meet Giant Sand PlayStations
As seen on Siliconera.
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Valve Not Even Bothering With The PS3 Any More
Valve, Valve’s boss Gabe Newell and the PlayStation 3 have a history. A history of not getting along. And it doesn’t look like that’s about to change any time soon. Here’s a little chit-chat the Valve head had with host Geoff Keighley on tonight’s episode of GTTV: Keighley: Are you guys working on PlayStation 3…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009