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Way To Blend In, Ezio
As seen on the grass outside Comic-Con.
By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gears Of War Armor Coming To Your Avatar
Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski and Rod Fergusson showed off some new Gears of War gear that will be coming to hordes of Xbox 360 Avatars this year. Look how adorable your personal COG soldier will be. Epic will also be giving serious Gears fans a chance to dress like their favorite Locust beast, a look…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Two More Brütal Legend Gameplay Videos for You
Gametrailers TV’s latest episode threw out two WORLD EXCLUSIVE (natch) clips of Brütal Legend gameplay – filled with guitar powerslides, headbanging followers, and good old fashioned beat-em-up asskicking mayhem. For an original IP, Brütal Legend is going off with some uncanny expectations. Please be good. Please be good. OK, I think it will. Brütal Legend…
By Owen Good Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Custom Make “Any Game” as an NES Cart Necklace Charm
We do a lot of free ads for Etsy craftspersons, yeah, but this is pretty good: Old school NES carts are available as mini-sized necklace charms, in hypoallergenic silver if you want to upgrade. Artist Laura Swingle makes the charms; her page features Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt, Zelda, Zelda II, Super Mario Bros. 2 and…
By Owen Good Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gears of War: The Gearsiverse Liveblog
All things Gears of War will be discussed at today’s Gears of War: The Gearsiverse panel, featuring Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski and Rod Fergusson, just for starters. We’re in the hall, liveblogging our little hearts out. Dude and Rod will be joined by Gears of War movie scriptwriter Chris Morgan, Gears of War comic book…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Star Trek D-A-C Coming to PSN, PC
More than two months after the movie that everyone’s now forgotten about, Star Trek D-A-C will arrive on the PlayStation Network, promising a new ship class and “updated gameplay features.” That is according to a news release, but it couldn’t get any more specific about the release date than “late summer 2009.” The release also…
By Owen Good Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
NECA’s Other Video Game Toys
Here’s a look at the video game toys NECA is producing or pitching when they aren’t recreating Rapture denizens or defying the laws of thigh physics. The main focus this year at the NECA booth seems to have been Street Fighter IV and Gears of War, the two great tastes that sounds great together when…
By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Valve’s User Forum Foreshadowed “Spitter” Months Ago
On May 31 – before anyone knew Left 4 Dead 2 was coming – user Walking_Target gave a detailed description of a special infected he and a friend wanted to develop with the L4D SDK. “After spending an hour chatting about it, we came up with the idea of ‘The Spitter’ ” Walking_Target writes. He…
By Owen Good Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wimpified Bionic Commando: Rearmed Patch is Now Live
You also get trophies with this patch, which reader Alex L. said went up on the PlayStation Network today. When news of the patch spread last month, Capcom didn’t give a date for its release. We heard it got approved this week, through the company’s official Twitter feed. It is now out, so run go…
By Owen Good Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Footage Leaked of XBL Avatar Golf Game?
Four user videos up on Gametrailers show what looks like an avatar-based golf game for the Xbox 360. From the footage it looks like the project is still under development. But with Xbox Live releasing Joy Ride – an avatar-based racing game – it’s not out of the realm of possibility they’d do something like…
By Owen Good Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Asteroids Movie is About Relationships; Also, Blowing Up Crap
The Asteroids movie will deliver a “really strong, deep mythology,” for “this big thing in space,” says the guy blamed credited as the film’s producer. IGN talked to Lorenzo di Bonaventura, also responsible for such tours de force as Transformers, G.I. Joe and Doom, and asked why a 1979 vector-graphics shooter starring a space fighter,…
By Owen Good Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
How Much Would You Pay For Capcom’s Marvel VS Capcom 2 Mixtape?
Capcom’s extremely limited-edition vinyl version of the hip-hop soundtrack to Marvel VS Capcom 2 can be yours at Comic-Con 2009, as long as you’re willing to shell out big bucks. While a few lucky members of the gaming public made it out of yesterday’s Capcom Fighting Game panel with a copy of the hip-hop mixtape,…
By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Today’s Punishment: Jack Thompson’s “I’m OK” Reviewed by Guy with Rain Man Voice
Not sure what’s worse – the subject matter, its narration, or the fact that it is five whopping minutes of nonstop punishment. This is going to hurt you more than it hurts me. This is a user video created by apathylad on Gametrailers – probably the most apt user name ever created in the history…
By Owen Good Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead Tank Cosplay Shows Real Dedication
Yesterday, I saw a Comic-Con attendee attempting—struggling—to put on his Grimlock costume, a foil and cardboard contraption that stood a good 10 feet tall. Impressive, but maybe not as impressive as this very dedicated special infected. Reader Edward spotted this trio, with bonus Zoey and Bill, skulking around the entrance to the San Diego Convention…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Second Life Lawsuit Dropped by Taser, Bro
Remember that dumb-ass lawsuit Taser filed against Linden Lab, because Second Life users were selling and using taser-like devices? Well it’s been dropped, but it could come back. Taser was looking $75,000 from Linden Lab because they allowed virtual Tasers to be sold in the game they run. Turns out they very swiftly dismissed their…
By Owen Good Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Emo-Speedball Joins Ultimate Alliance 2, 3 Cast Reveals Left
Activision kicked off the Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 panel at Comic-Con today with the announcement that Speedball’s alter-emo Penance will be joining the cast as a playable character. Penance, formerly the teenage superhero Speedball, transformed himself after taking on the full responsibility for the nuclear incident that kicked off the whole Civil War series and…
By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
ESRB Gives Up Sexytime Spoilers for Dragon Age
Just in case the blood and killin’ wasn’t enough to grab an M, Dragon Age: Origins threw in some trannies and implied bestality to leave no doubt that children shouldn’t be playing it. The ESRB’s rating is not a surprise; its ratings description is a barrel of jolly time fun, though. Sounds like you can…
By Owen Good Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tron Legacy Lightcycle Teaser Still Amazing
Disney teased its Tron sequel at last year’s Comic-Con, but the blurry cam footage that sneaked out didn’t show just how well the video game world’s graphics had improved over the past 27 years. Fortunately for Tron geeks and Jeff Bridges fans, Disney has released the Tron Legacy (nee TR2N) test footage, making us hungry…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
UK Mag’s Exclusive Review Fits Alleged Eidos Conditions
Earlier, The RAM Raider accused Eidos of trying to fix review scores for Batman: Arkham Asylum, a claim Eidos categorically denied. Now one magazine’s exclusive review fits all the conditions said to have been made. Games Master’s got “the world’s first review” of the game, and man, is it glowing. Eidos, which had been behind…
By Owen Good Published July 25, 2009