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Death Lottery
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Seal Of Approval Getting a physical tomorrow so I can sign up for life insurance. I told Patricia today that now everytime I fly it’s like she’s entered in the lottery. She was not amused. What you missed: Playstation Portable Getting Mammoth Comic Support InstantAction Brings Tribes To Your Web…
By Brian Crecente Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sega Brings Phantasy Star To Nintendo’s DSiWare
Nintendo DSi owners not yet ready to invest in the full purchase price of Sega’s Phantasy Star 0 for the Nintendo DS have another option, thanks to downloadable DSiWare service in Japan. Phantasy Star 0 Mini has been revealed in the latest issue of Famitsuā€”the same that features details on Ninja Gaiden II Sigma for…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
BioShock: Breaking The Mold Art Book Gets Reduxed, Deluxed
2K Games was charitable enough to issue a free-to-download art book for the original BioShock, a 60-page behind-the-scenes peek at the making of the game. Now it’s back for more. The BioShock developer is reissuing the BioShock: Breaking The Mold book with a Developer’s Edition version, now a 174-page softcover book that features “new art,…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Alpha Protocol Screens
Presenting for your ogling a new batch of screenshots from upcoming spy role-playing game from Sega and Obsidian Entertainment. What gives with those button options in this screen? Threaten? Virus? Passphrase? Yes, please!
By Brian Crecente Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Rock Band 2 Update Funks Out With The Who
Wii owners will get the funk out with their copies of Rock Band 2, as Harmonix issues last week’s library update to Nintendo fans. That means a funky, eclectic mix of new Rock Band downloadables. The latest batch of DLC, which features singles from James Brown, Earth Wind & Fire, and Average White Band, joins…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Cabbage Patching Through Ten Years Of Everquest
Sony Online Entertainment‘s pioneering massively multiplayer online game Everquest turned 10 yesterday, and while celebrating with an unattractive woman popping out of a cake is nice, nothing beats a worldwide dance party. While Amanda is far too young to remember, I was there for the launch of the original Everquest. I wrote about the beta…
By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Millionth Stardock Impulse User Wins A Gaming PC
Nearly a million users have signed up for Stardock’s Impulse digital download program, and they’re celebrating by giving out a $4,000 gaming PC to some fresh off the internet newcomer. Stardock’s Impulse is essentially their answer to Steam, featuring games from Atari, THQ, 2k, Capcom, Epic, and more, along with applications and utilities to help…
By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
OutRun Online Arcade Gallery Races By
Sega’s OutRun series races onto Xbox Live Arcade next week, and if you blink your eyes really fast, gameplay might look exactly like this latest set of screenshots. The North American version of OutRun Online Arcade is an Xbox 360 exclusive, for reasons we can only guess, which saddens me, seeing as it is beautiful,…
By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wheel Of Fortune Spins On PlayStation Network Thursday
Sony will let wordsmiths buy not just one vowel, but seven six, as Wheel of Fortune arrives on the North American PlayStation Store this Thursday. With 9,000 puzzles and 11 cities to play in, the lack of a digital Vanna White will be less painfully felt. Not sure about that $14.99 price tag, though. That’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Target Confirms New PlayStation 3 Greatest Hits Bundle
Kotaku has confirmed with several Target locations that a new 80GB PlayStation 3 Greatest Hits bundle will be available on March 29th, with Motorstorm and Resistance thrown in for free. Target stores across the country are currently receiving, sitting on, or awaiting stock of a new 80GB PlayStation 3 Greatest Hits Bundle, which comes complete…
By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2009 - Reviews
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Review: Huang In A Million
Rockstar Games brings murder, mayhem, and a miniature Liberty City to the Nintendo DS with Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the developer’s first outing on the mega-hit dual-screen portable platform. In Chinatown Wars, Liberty City welcomes Huang Lee, the spoiled rotten son of a Chinese Triad crime syndicate leader. Lee journeys to the city to…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Console Sacred 2 Faces May Delay
Console owners wishing to travel the lands of Ancaria will have to delay their vacation plans, as the release date for Sacred 2: Fallen Angel for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 slips to May. Released last November for the PC, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is an expansive isometric action role-playing game with multiple character…
By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ngmoco Details iPhone Pet Sim, WiFi First-Person Shooter
Ngmoco released more details on their upcoming pet sim, Touch Pets, and announced a new online first-person shooter for the iPhone during today’s Apple conference. LiveFire is a first-person shooter that uses a 3G connection for online WiFi multiplayer matches. The game is controllable by moving your finger around on the left side of the…
By Brian Crecente Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mainstream Media: Animal Crossing Mayor Could Be A Sexual Predator
The Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force is warning parents that Animal Crossing could be a haven for sexual predators, with ABC 17 News warning that Mayor Tortimer may want to see your child naked. Is Mayor Tortimer actually a man in California that asks for naked images from Missouri children? That’s what Missouri’s ABC 17…
By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
iPhone Sims 3 Unveiled, Features Streaming Music, DLC
The Sims 3 for the iPhone will sell in-game items for 99 cents and play music from your library, according to a presentation by Apple earlier today. Electronic Arts allowed the company to show off their upcoming iPhone game during the presentation for the 3.0 upgrade for their device. The game will have in-app commerce,…
By Brian Crecente Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
iPhone Update Brings Paid DLC, Better Multiplayer Support
At today’s unveiling of the upcoming 3.0 iPhone update, Apple announced that they will begin supporting the ability to sell downloadable content for games and other applications through the device. In App Purchase would allow developers to sell new levels, magazines to sell a subscription or Ebook publishers to sell books, to name a few.…
By Brian Crecente Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bioware: Mass Effect 2 Will Surpass Original
Much to no one’s surprise, Electronic Arts today officially, officially announced Mass Effect 2 for the PC and Xbox 360, due out next year. In the second of the trilogy Saren’s evil army of Geth soldiers has just been defeated, and humans, who are still struggling to make their mark on the galactic stage, are…
By Brian Crecente Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Live the Dream: Design the Games you Play!
Our unique program is your first step toward becoming an artist and designer in the multi-billion-dollar game design industry. Details after the jump. You’ll learn how to design game play and background, create characters and their environments, and apply your knowledge of video and computer games to evaluate products. You will also learn to plan…
By Chrissie Lamond Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Orc Choppas And Dwarf Slayers Invade Warhammer Online
Two new combatants join the war between Order and Destruction today, as Mythic unleashes the Orc Choppa and Dwarf Slayer classes for Warhammer Online. The two new berserker classes join Warhammer Online as part of the Call to Arms live expansion, which leads up to the opening of the expansive Land of the Dead dungeon…
By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
InstantAction Brings Tribes To Your Web Browser
The original jetpack shooter returns, as InstantAction gets ready to debut their web-based version of Starsiege: Tribes at the Game Developers Conference next week. When browser-based gaming destination first announced GarageGames’ Fallen Empires: Legions, people immediately started calling it a browser-based Tribes. InstantAction would rather we call it the spiritual successor, especially now that they’ve…
By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2009