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Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet Win Big At GDC Awards
LittleBigPlanet walked away with four awards, but Fallout 3 came out on top at last night’s 9th annual Game Developers Choice Awards. For those of you who missed the liveblog, here’s the rundown. Despite Fallout 3 taking home the awards for Best Writing and Game of the Year, last evening’s festivities were all about Media…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
The Cut Scene: Inside The Video Game Weapon Replica Business
Down the street from a Kroger shopping center and a Wal-Mart in Marietta, Georgia lies an arsenal. The Empire Swords shop looks unassuming enough from the outside, but once you step through the doors… Swords, axes, staves, and daggers line the walls. Racks filled with cruel-looking implements of destruction stand before giant sets of armor.…
By Mike Fahey - Reviews
geoDefense Micro-Review: All Hands, Battle Stations
Last week gave us geoDefense – tower defense rendered in a Tron-esque, vectorized look and feel. Apple mobile gaming is paying off for good, simple ideas delivered with high production values. Does geoDefense qualify? Loved Challenge: Well, more like “seriously respected” the challenge. geoDefense can get downright frustrating at times, but tower defense, done well,…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Ratchet And Clank Go Back In Time This Fall
Ratchet and Clank triumphantly return to the PlayStation 3 this fall in Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, the continuing saga of the robot and Lombax duo. Some of the franchise’s biggest questions will be answered in A Crack in Time, as Ratchet and Clank discover the truth behind their origins and their…
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Level 5 Studio Ghibli Game Maybe 20% Done
The secret to Level 5‘s success, says CEO/President Akihiro Hino, is having a really awesome trailer with lots of visual images that target the game’s core audience. Said trailer’s gameplay footage is “not final.” In a Q&A session following his “Level-5’s Techniques to Producing a Hit Game,” Hino said that the in-game footage that appears…
By AJ Glasser - Uncategorized
God of War III Frame Rate Revealed
God of War III has a max sustained frame rate of 60 frames per second – but some scenes in the game might have to run at as low as 30 per second. This and many more inside baseball-y factoids were kicked around at the “Practical SPU Usage in God of War 3” panel. Programmer…
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Cartman Plays Judas For Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Behold the glory of purposefully obvious fake product placement, as everyone’s favorite obnoxious little fat-ass betrays the savior for a copy of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. Last night’s new episode of South Park, “Margaritaville”, actually had a rather clever little plot, turning a commentary on the economic recession into a retelling of the story…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
GameStop Reports Record 2008, More Stores Imminent
With business failing and stores closing all over the country, GameStop reports record sales and earnings for 2008, and expects the trend to continue this year with plans to open 400 more stores. With 2008 sales rising 24.4% over last year to $8.8 billion dollars, GameStop laughs at our puny economic recession. In the fourth…
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One Billion Dollars Worth Of Rock Band Sold
MTV Games and Harmonix are likely overwhelmingly pleased to announce that North American sales of Rock Band have passed the $1 billion mark over the past 15 months, according to the NPD group. $1 billion is a very large number. It’s certainly large enough to put Rock Band at the top of the NPD’s games…
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Sex-Rated Xbox Community Game Not All That Sexy
Sex-rated Xbox 360 community game Break One Out is a serviceable Breakout clone that rewards you with censored pictures of a naked woman. Video included. It had to start somewhere…I just wish it wasn’t here. Break One Out, created by Kaos nyrb, is a 30-level Breakout clone, with the blocks concealing pictures of someone named…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Utah Governor Smacks Down Thompson Bill
After passing through the Utah House and Senate with flying colors, Jack Thompson’s video game.movie bill has been vetoed by Utah Governor Jon Huntsman. HB 353 would have added stiffer fines to video game retailers and movie theaters that gave minors access to games or movies rated above their age level. After breezing through the…
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