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MMO Makers Market The Genre’s Future
At the “The State of the MMO” panel at Comic-Con, five massively-multiplayer devs weighed in on the positive changes coming to the genre, lacing as much marketing into their answers as humanly possible. At a development conference their answers might have been different, but this is Comic-Con, and this distinguished panel of guests from BioWare,…
By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA Provides “Girls”, Asks Gamers To Sin To Win
Electronic Arts is asking Comic-Con goers to “sin to win” a dinner and “sinful night with two hot girls, a limo service, paparazzi and a chest full of booty.” To enter the contest, conventioneers need to “commit acts of lust” by taking photos with the models working the Dante’s Inferno booth or any other booth…
By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
White Knight Chronicles Preview: Her Head Is So Huge!
A little hands-on time with Level-5’s PlayStation 3 RPG White Knight Chronicles last night demonstrates why you should never let a slightly-drunk journalist have a go at your character creator. What Is It? White Knight Chronicles is an action role-playing game developed exclusively for the PlayStation 3 by Sony’s Japan Studio and Level-5 of Dark…
By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Brutal Legend Gameplay Delivered By Guitar Playing Cat
Is it just me or does Jack Black seem to be running out of things to say about Brutal Legend? I mean, a cat playing a guitar? The video does deliver nearly half a minute of new Brutal Legend gameplay and a few seconds of Black headbanging. That’s something.
By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
MySpace Looking to Transform Into Gaming Platform
MySpace, seemingly in a losing battle with Facebook, is looking towards gaming now as a way to reinvigorate the service, according to parent company News Corp. “MySpace is and will be more in the future a gaming platform, a space for people to meet and play games,” Jonathan Miller told a gathering at the Fortune…
By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Uncharted 2 Catch Phrase You May Never Hear
Of all the catch phrases muttered by Nathan Drake in Uncharted 2, the best one comes from the unlikeliest of sources – voice actor Nolan North’s son Cooper. During an Uncharted 2: Among Thieves panel yesterday at Comic-Con, Nolan and the other voice actors present – Emily Rose, Robin Atkin Downes, and the new girl,…
By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Bowling Leagues Taking Over Chicago
Wii bowling has been all the rage at retirement homes pretty much since the Wii started selling with Wii Sports packed in, which was day one. But instead of fading away, the Wii Bowling movement seems to keep growing. In a recent piece in the Chicago Tribune, Alicia Fabbre talks about a particularly popular Wii…
By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
We Get It, Her Thighs Are Huge
As seen at NECA’s San Diego Comic-Con booth.
By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Manga Kicks Off
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days isn’t due out in North America for another two months or so, but maybe the manga will tide you over ’til then. The July issue of Shounen Gangan features an eight-page preview chapter of the manga which basically re-hashes all the names and some of the neuroses of Organization XIII‘s members.…
By AJ Glasser Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dev: DSi Is “A More Powerful Platform” Than DS Lite
One of the top DS development houses in the industry doesn’t see the DSi as just a DS Lite plus gimmicks. “It’s not just a DS with cameras in it as some might think,” video game producer David Nathanielsz told Kotaku in an interview earlier this week. “It’s a more powerful platform.” Nathanielsz is the…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
NECA’s BioShock Toys Are Disturbingly Awesome
NECA’s Comic-Con 2009 display was chock full of BioShock playthings, from sisters big and little to full-sized ADAM extractors. As we saw last week, NECA is taking great care to make sure their line of BioShock toys is of the highest quality, staying as faithful as possible to the game designs. I find it nice…
By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2009 -
UncategorizedXbox 360 Avatar Marketplace: Giant Cotton Swabs to Steampunk Goggles
Avatars, long the ignored, under-dressed face of the Xbox 360, are getting an overhaul. But it will cost you. New clothing and props from popular games including The Secret of Monkey Island and Halo will be hitting the 360 next month. The avatar marketplace is tucked away neatly inside your avatar customization menu as its…
By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009 -
UncategorizedNetflix Party Play in Action
The update to Xbox 360’s Netflix, which came as a separate download, deals with many of the issues that the streaming service had, but introduces a couple of new ones. I use Netflix on my Xbox 360 almost weekly, streaming Tristan-friendly movies onto our big screen for Friday night movies together. One of the biggest…
By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009 -
UncategorizedHands On With Xbox 360’s New Dashboard
This morning Microsoft sent the much-anticipated Xbox 360 dashboard update to a group of game writers to check out before it hits officially on Aug. 11. In this video I give you a quick overview of the dashboard’s main screen, looking the new look for achievements and the ability to drop into a Xbox Live…
By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
I Would Like To Go To America
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Comic-Con I just realized, that, like, this is the longest I have been away from the States. The last time I went there was last summer. I didn’t go last December because Micro-Bash was born. I’d kinda like to go back! I wonder what the people in America are doing……
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ecko Release The Ugliest Halo Shirts In The Known Universe
There are people who do video game t-shirts the right way. People like Meat Bun, and King of Games. Then there are people who do video game shirts the wrong way. Like Hot Topic, and Mark Ecko. Just take a look at Ecko’s new range of Halo shirts, featuring six designs that you would expect…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox Live Indie Games Open, Selling Games For $1
Xbox Live‘s Community Games venture has just been re-branded as “Xbox Live Indie Games“, and along with the new name comes a new pricing structure, which will see some titles sold for as little as $1. Ever since Community Games launched, there have been complaints that the minimum asking price of some titles was too…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 24, 2009