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Watch Some New Left 4 Dead 2 Gameplay Footage
Left 4 Dead 2 is playable on the showroom floor of Comic-Con, and people are playing it. People are then filming other people playing it, with special attention paid to the new stuff. Boy, those melee weapons look messy.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Influential Studio Ghibli, Final Fantasy Animator Has Died
This Wednesday, animator Yoshinori Kanada passed away after suffering a sudden heart attack. He was 57 years old. A “Superanimator” since the 1970s, Kanada left his mark on Square Enix as well. After working at Toei, he moved on to become the Key Animator on a number of Studio Ghibli’s biggest titles: Kiki’s Delivery Service,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
If Zelda Was First-Person And In 3D…
Guess it would look like this. Maybe it would look different. Some guy named Radix (rad name) thinks it would look like this. He released a demo to prove it! The demo lets players walk around a dungeon and attack baddies from The Legend of Zelda all from a first person p.o.v. and in 3D.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Second NCAA Star Sues — but has a Good Idea
Another college star has sued over the use of his image in video games. But if Ed O’Bannon’s successful, what he’ll do with the money could be a model for solving the NCAA’s licensing problem. O’Bannon, who starred on UCLA’s 1995 national championship team and has since retired from the NBA, has filed suit against…
By Owen Good Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Borderlands Puts Its Ass Out Oct. 20
The speculation that Borderlands would ship in October turns out to be good. It releases for all three consoles on Oct. 20 in the U.S., Oct. 23 in the U.K. Europe and Australia, GameSpot reports. Christoph Hartmann, the president of 2K Games, said his shop has no problem taking a new IP up against Uncharted…
By Owen Good Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Epic Honcho Says Money Woes Made PS3 Cut Impossible
We always love it when one business comments on another business’s business. In this case, Epic’s Mark Rein says a PS3 price cut everyone’s whined for would have made a bad year worse for Sony. Speaking to Eurogamer, Rein, the Epic vice president, said Sony has “their own financial issues to solve and lowering the…
By Owen Good Published July 22, 2009 -
UncategorizedThis Is What You Missed At The Distant Worlds Concert
Renowned Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu rocked San Francisco last Saturday along with Grammy award-winning conductor Arnie Roth at the Distant Worlds concert. It wouldn’t be Distant Worlds without the music of Final Fantasy and it wouldn’t the music of Final Fantasy without Spehiroth’s theme from Final Fantasy VII, One Winged Angel. There have been…
By AJ Glasser Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Castle Crashers Coming To PS3
Castle Crashers is just about the best thing to happen to Xbox Live Arcade. And soon, it’ll be just about the best thing to happen to the PlayStation Network as well. While there are no details on when the game is coming, how much it’ll cost or whether the Sony version will include any exclusive…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Insurance Group Rides Shotgun With Driving Game
Remember that brain-training flash game that Allstate Insurance was looking into as a way to offer insurance discounts to drivers? Now the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is behind it, too. Working with developer Posit Science, AAA is offering a new brain training game program called DriveSharp, which is pretty much the same thing as…
By AJ Glasser Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Finally, A Reason To Eat Cup O Noodle
[As Seen on Hobby Media, thanks Frankie]
By Brian Crecente Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
That Went Fast
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Did You See The Eclipse? With both Mike McWhertor and Mike Fahey traveling to San Diego Comic-Con today, it’s been a bit hectic. I did manage to eat lunch, download the preview code of Gears of War: All Fronts Collection, and even played a healthy chunk of G-Force. Despite that,…
By Brian Crecente Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Real Beatles Compared To Beatles Screenshots
What are those people doing in that brick building in Massachusetts? They’re ensuring that the virtual Beatles look like the real Beatles. Bitmob.com has taken a gander at some images from the upcoming Beatles Rock Band game. They’ve taken a look at photos and video stills of the Beatles. And they’ve compared. The results aren’t…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
This Week In Video Game Comics
And on the week of Comic-Con 2009 there is just one video game comic released? I guess publishers were too busy announcing them. Oh well. Um… all hail Sonic? Click the thumbnail for more details. >Sonic Universe #6… Written by Ian Flynn; Art by Tracy Yardley Summary via publisher Archie Comics: “Reaping”: An unprecedented new…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Next Grand Theft Auto DLC Hits Oct. 29 [Update]
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony hits the Xbox 360 as a download on Oct. 29, Rockstar announced today. The latest chunk of episodic content will also arrive on a disc along with previous DLC episode The Lost and Damned as Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City. Episodes is also set for…
By Brian Crecente Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Two Dozen More Songs Revealed For Guitar Hero 5
Guitar Hero 5 will feature 85 songs when it hits stores on Sept. 1. Today Activision shed the light on 24 more of those songs, including Iron Maiden’s “2 Minutes To Midnight” and “The Spirit of Radio” from Rush. Here’s the new 24: • AFI – “Medicate” • A Perfect Circle – “Judith” • Billy…
By Brian Crecente Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gangstar Preview: Very Much Like GTA On An iPhone
Coming in August is a game that looks and plays an awful lot like Grand Theft Auto. Except it’s on the iPhone. And it’s not GTA. But it does work. Word first leaked about Gangstar: West Coast Hustle earlier this month. It’s another GTA-like game coming to a platform that Rockstar Games hasn’t yet graced…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dear You, Last Chance to Tell Us More About Yourself…
…by completing this fun-filled survey all about YOU. Send the last question to [email protected], thereby entering yourself to win a $300 AMEX gift card. Then we’ll take a long walk on the beach together, planning our future while the surf gently laps at our toes. Love, Gawker. [Contest rules apply.]
By Chrissie Lamond Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Scribblenauts! Hits North America Sept. 15
Scribblenauts, voted Best Game of E3, is set to hit North American shores on Sept. 15, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment said today. The 5th Cell developed game has players scribble the names of items that they can then use to help solve the more than 200 puzzle and action-themed challenges. To celebrate the looming date,…
By Brian Crecente Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dead Space Extraction Comic Hits Comic-Con
Not one to be left behind, Electronics Art has announced that another one of their video games will be getting a comic book outing at this week’s San Diego Comic-Con. Image Comics and EA are teaming up to release a comic based on Dead Space Extraction. The comic based on the Wii-exclusive, will team up…
By Brian Crecente Published July 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
CTA Defends Anti-video Game Ad Ordinance
The Media Coalition has joined the Entertainment Software Association in their call for the Chicago Transit Authority to repel its ordinance barring the advertising of video games rated Mature or Adults Only. The ordinance prohibits advertisements for video games that have been rated “Mature” or “Adults Only” on CTA vehicles and in CTA facilities. A…
By Brian Crecente Published July 22, 2009