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iPhone Racer Captures YouTube Video of Your Best Races
A new twist in iPhone gameplay extends Firemint Real Racing to YouTube with automatic video captures of your races that are then uploaded to the service for all to view. Gamers have to link their Real Racing and YouTube accounts to use the service which then sends videos of your Time Trials and league racing…
By Brian Crecente Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Video Game Obsession Cited In Halo Shooter’s Lenient Sentencing
An Ohio judge has granted Daniel Petric a lenient sentence today, citing the teen’s video game addiction to Halo 3 as a potential contributing factor in the 2007 shooting that left his mother dead. Kotaku has been following this story closely since it began in early 2008. 16-year-old Daniel Petric, angered at his parents for…
By Mike Fahey Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Section 8’s Shiny Pre-Order Armor
TimeGate Studios‘ Xbox 360 and PC shooter Section 8 isn’t coming out until August, giving you plenty of time to decide whether or not you want to plunk down $5 for this sexy pre-order armor. How does the special Captain’s Armor work for the dueling factions in Section 8? Here’s what GameStop says: Reserve Section…
By Mike Fahey Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Will Wright Talks Team Building
The only thing tougher than coming up with visionary video game ideas? Putting together a team to see your vision to fruition. Here’s how gaming legend Will Wright does it. In a recent interview with the New York Times, Wright explains that the true key to motivating your employees is to know what motivates them,…
By Mike Fahey Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Rocket Riot Begins Tomorrow
Rockets will fire, pixels will fly, and zombies, pirates, and ninja will die as Codeglue’s Rocket Riot makes its way onto Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow. THQ just announced the game’s June 17th release date, which means that tomorrow sees the release of not two but three games on Xbox Live Arcade, contrary to what we…
By Mike Fahey Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
No Pizza, No Life
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: B-Day HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRISH! Hope you had a nice one!! Since Micro-Bash is allergic to flour and eggs, Mrs. Bashcraft can’t eat flour and eggs as she’s still breast feeding. So! I’ve tried to cut back on my flour and eggs, too, because I kinda feel bad for her —…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Respond To “New Xbox” Rumors
Over the weekend, 1UP ran a rumour that a new Xbox console would be launching next year, to coincide with the release of Microsoft’s Project Natal motion-sensing camera. Today, Microsoft responds. Xbox director of product management Aaron Greenberg has told Eurogamer “I think part of the excitement about this announcement is that in many ways…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Crystal Chronicles Gravitates Toward Action
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers takes a couple of steps away from the CC series and a couple steps toward super hero games. In an interview with RPGamer, Producer Akitoshi Kawazu explains that the game is less about level grinding and stat min-maxing and more about action and Wii-friendly mini games. The game’s main…
By AJ Glasser Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
How Zeno Clash 2 Will Be Even Zeno Clashier
ACE Team’s well-received first-person brawler Zeno Clash has only just been released, yet already, a sequel has been announced. We know it’ll be Zeno Clashier than the first game, but just how, exactly? Carlos Bordeu, co-founder of developers ACE Team, has elaborated on his earlier comments that the game will be more “open-ended”, telling Eurogamer:…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Deceased Wrestler Loved Great Video Games
Earlier this week, tragedy struck when Japanese pro wrestler Mitsuharu Misawa was killed in a freak ring accident — suffering lethal spinal damage from a suplex. Considered one of the greatest pro wrestlers ever, Misawa’s popularity in Japan rivaled Hulk Hogan’s in the West. Besides being a fantastic wrestler, he was also a gamer. A…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Development Of Sony’s New Motion Controller Began Years Ago
Microsoft is working on the human-body-controlled Project Natal. Nintendo has the Wii Remote. Sony, well, showed a new motion controller that will be out next spring. A new, nameless controller, that is. Compared with Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, Sony Europe’s Andrew House seemed much more non-fussed about the competition. I’m not unduly worried and I think…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Professor Layton & The Curious British DS Bundle
This Mother’s Day, I bought my mum a DS Lite and a copy of Brain Training. I wasn’t the only one. But what about Father’s Day? Dad’s not going to be impressed with something constantly reminding him how old he is. Nintendo and Level 5 to the rescue, then. This bundle, timed to coincide with…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Japanese Comedian To Game For 24 Hours Straight
Shinya Arino, star of reality program GameCenter CX, is set to do a live 24 hour episode of the show. From the show’s official blog: “Finally… Really… Truly… a live 24-hour broadcast has been decided.” The show hasn’t worked out the details yet and is taking requests from fans of the show. Back in fall…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
$1 Peggle “Hacked” The iPhone Store
If you took advantage of the crazy $1 Peggle sale that took place last week, congratulations. You’re not just the proud owner of one of the best casual games around. You were also part of an experiment. See, dropping the game’s price to $1 can be seen as part-experiment, part-protest on the part of developers…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Cradle Your DS With Fake Girl’s Gym Shorts
There are loads of DS holders. Here’s one that looks like girl’s athletic shorts. Those who pre-order the limited edition DS title Strike Witches will get a “bloomer” pouch. Bloomers (buruma) are the gym shorts schoolgirls in Japan typically wear. Strike Witches hits the Nintendo DS this September. DS版ストパン特典ブルマポーチ「心に染みるブルー！」って、いやいやいや！ [AkibaOS]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo+ Kingdom Hearts + Metroid
Welcome to Toybox! We’ve decided to centralise most of our toy/action figure/adult collectible news into a single feature, which we’ll be running every week or two. This week, we’ve got Kingdom Hearts, a stunning custom Metroid statue and a Halo Mongoose. Halo Mongoose Due out in October, the Mongoose is built to accommodate McFarlane’s line…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009