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The Official Wii Lightsabers
Why settle for cheap plastic imitation when you can have the cheap plastic real thing this fall, with the release of the official Star Wars Lightsaber and Clone Trooper Blaster accessories for the Nintendo Wii. Manufactured and distributed by Bensussen Deutsch & Associates, Inc., licensed by LucasArts and Nintendo, and marketed under BDA’s Power A…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
When Robot Chicken Meets Video Games
Robot Chicken is pretty damn popular. And it got that way by poking fun at popular culture. Movies, books, comics, TV shows, even action figures. But what happens when Robot Chicken crosses paths with video games? In case you’ve never seen the show, Robot Chicken is an animated series that runs on Cartoon Network (and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gearbox President Says “War Hero” Another Original Game
Brothers In Arms developer Gearbox Software recently filed four new titles for trademark, all ending with “War Hero.” Gearbox president Randy Pitchford says the new intellectual property is part of its “interests” but not yet ready to be revealed. “The news of the Gearbox Software ‘War Hero’ related trademarks exposes a bit about our interests…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hustle Kings Brings Pool To PSN This Winter
Sony fills a void we hadn’t even realized existed on the PlayStation 3 this winter with Hustle Kings, one beautiful-looking game of billiards for the PlayStation Network. Pool is one of those games that people who aren’t involved with it on a regular basis quickly forget about once they finish playing, and video game pool…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Drown Your Chun-Li Movie Sorrows at Street Fighter Party Tonight
Capcom is throwing a little party tonight to… celebrate?… the arrival of Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li on DVD and Blu-Ray. Besides the bizarre reason behind the party, it sounds like a good time. The folks will be setting up for some street fighter play, give-aways and “plenty of booze to dull the…
By Brian Crecente Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mii Collecting Is Big In Japan
Nintendo has a new hit on its hands, as Tomodachi Collection for the Nintendo DS tops Japanese sales charts. The Mii collection and interaction software moved more than 100,000 copies in its first week on sale. A handful of new releases, including Capcom’s Fate/Unlimited Codes Portable for PSP and a pair of Tago Akira no…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tour The Lovely Aion Beluslan Zone
NCsoft continues its series of zone reveal videos for its upcoming online roleplaying game Aion with a look at the frosty Beluslan Zone. The thing about Aion’s zones that I’ve noticed after watching all of these videos, is that just when you think you’ve figured them out, they go and change things up on you.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2009 - Reviews
Fallout 3 Point Lookout Micro-Review: Axe Murder
If each Fallout 3 expansion is an attempt to expand Bethesda’s game into new genres, then this week’s Point Lookout is an axe stab at survival horror. Scared? Where does a sprawling game that’s already sprawled across three downloadable expansions set partially in Alaska, Pittsburgh and an Air Force base go in a fourth? To…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
GameStop Isn’t Worried About Trade-In Kiosks
News of retail giant Best Buy entering the used game market with automated trade-in kiosks failed to leave video game speciaty chain GameStop quaking in it’s boots. GameStop addressed Best Buy‘s plans at their annual shareholders meeting in Southlake, Texas on Tuesday, explaining that their years of customer service give it the winning edge over…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Film Producer Sues Midway Over Mortal Kombat Rights
Lawrence Kasanoff, the producer behind the Mortal Kombat movies, television show, and animated series has filed suit against Midway in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in order to make sure he retains series milking rights. The complaint filed by Kasanoff’s Threshold Entertainment seeks to protect the company from losing intellectual property rights to certain Mortal Kombat characters…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Battlefield Heroes Performs Covert Launch
The cartoonish, free-to-play, web-based iteration of DICE’s Battlefield series has quietly slipped out of beta, with Battlefield Heroes now available for anyone willing to partake. I’ve found no big launch announcement, and other than the new trailer on the front page of the site, it doesn’t seem like much fanfare is being made. If you…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tiger Loses… Again
As seen on Jimmy Fallon’s victory post.
By Brian Crecente Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Now You Can Buy Expensive World Of Warcraft Pet Statues Too
A custom made statue of your World of Warcraft character is certainly a fine thing to have, but what is your character without their loveable animal companions? Perhaps FingerPrints’ FingerPets can help. The company that brought us original 3D printed representations of players’ World of Warcraft is branching off into the pet business, offering three…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Serious Sam Reborn In HD For Xbox Live Arcade
Developer Croteam has worked up a new version of its CroTech Engine in order to deliver Serious Sam: The First Encounter HD to the Xbox Live Arcade. Scheduled for a late summer release, Serious Sam: The First Encounter HD is exactly what the name implies: the first entry in the tongue-in-cheek, over the top Serious…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2009 -
UncategorizedThe Meanest Thing Capcom Ever Did
Maybe this is a commonly known fact, but I had no idea that Ghosts N’ Goblin, already a viciously hard game, had a malicious secret at the very end of the game. Capcom’s Seth Killian drops the bad news on those of us who never managed to beat, or at least think they beat, the…
By Brian Crecente Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mytheon Trailer Casts The First Stone
The first trailer for Petroglyph’s Mythic gives us a bit more of an understanding as to what’s actually going on in the online action roleplaying strategy hybrid. Petroglyph shaves a little of the fuzz off of the original Mytheon announcement, which spent more time talking about microtransaction-based game that was creating an entire new genre…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Big Daddies That Might Have Been
Taking an iconic video game character and reverse-engineering it as a prototype is a delicate task. Let’s look at a few of the concepts drawing that eventually led to the Big Daddy of BioShock 2. These concept art shots appeared yesterday on The Cult of Rapture BioShock website, they were presented as a way to…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA’s a Pepper, Wouldn’t You Like to Be a Pepper Too
Drink a Dr Pepper and you might land yourself some free Sims 3 goodies as part of the kick-off for a multi-year, multimillion-dollar advertising deal between Electronic Arts and the soft drink company. The two recently announced the deal which will bring original content to Dr Pepper consumers via EA’s games through 2010 with codes…
By Brian Crecente Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
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By Stephen Totilo Published June 25, 2009