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A Sad Passing
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Has Spring Started Yet? Over the weekend I learned that someone I knew from work died as the result of a bicycle accident. James Meadow was a talented, charming writer and a genuinely nice guy. I’d hesitate to call us friends, I didn’t know him that well. But I always…
By Brian Crecente Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Conduit’s Dropping Of Wii MotionPlus Explained
The Conduit‘s contribution to the Wii library is exciting. It’s easy on the eyes, seems like a smart publishing decision by Sega, and planned for Wii Speak and Wii MotionPlus support from the get-go. For better or worse, Wii MotionPlus support has since been dropped from The Conduit, a seemingly curious decision for a first-person…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
GamePro Is Now A Video Game Publisher Too
With GamePro magazine on the cusp of its 20-year anniversary and having already trailblazed the magazine-editor-as-action-figure space, it’s expanding its reach to actual video game publishing. Get ready for GamePro Labs. The venture, according to a report from GameDaily, will see games published for the iPhone as well as through Microsoft’s XNA initiative. Telling GameDaily…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Stranglehold Getting Movie Treatment
Midway’s John Woo-backed shooter Stranglehold may be turned into a movie, according to Hollywood Reporter. The 2007 video game is a sequel to John Woo’s 1992 Hong Kong action flick, Hard Boiled. The game stars Chow Yun-Fat, who played inspector Tequla Yuen. The video game was the first project the two had collaborated on since…
By Brian Crecente Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rare Teases Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Expansion
Rare is planning on lifting the lid off an expansion for Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, potential downloadable content it hopes to announce sometime this week. That announcement may even herald a new promotional logo! That last part probably isn’t all that exciting, except to sales and marketing types, but Rare’s Lord of Games, the…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Extremely Limited Edition UK RE5 Watch
The creators of the limited-edition Metal Gear Solid 4 watch that UK fans went crazy over last year are back, with a Gamestation-exclusive limited-edition Resident Evil 5 timepiece. The designer of the watch himself, Adi Wells, sends us the scoop on the Resident Evil 5 watch, which will be available for pre-order through UK retailer…
By Mike Fahey Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
US Drug Czar Targets Gaming Skills In Anti-Pot Ads
The United States government is going after gamers in its latest “Above the Influence” anti-drug ads, warning potential pot smokers that their gaming skills may suffer if they choose to get high. The ads warn that “many of the skills required for winning a background, defeating an opponent, [and] beating games” can be hindered by…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Ponders Suing Over UK Early Death Ad
The UK’s Change4Life campaign, which links playing video games with obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, could draw legal fire from Sony for using a PlayStation-like controller in their print ad. The magazine ad in question features a young boy obviously not enjoying himself while holding a dual analog wireless controller, similar to that used…
By Mike Fahey Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
PC Game Featured in NY Contemporary Art Show
The New York Times has an interesting story up about the art of the computer generation. In it they talk about the opening, next month, of the New Museum of Contemporary Art and how one of the exhibits there will be Flywrench, a sort of puzzle game meets art creation by Mark Essen. The images…
By Brian Crecente Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Edge Picks “The 100 Best Games To Play Today”
The latest issue of Edge—which happens to be the magazine’s 200th—not only features 200 different magazine covers, it lists “The 100 Best Games To Play Today,” compiling the best of what’s still extremely playable. This isn’t a “These Are The Best Games Of All-Time” list, nor a rattling off of the 100 most influential. It’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Warhammer Online Offers Prizes For Your Friends’ Lives
Warhammer Online is turning up the heat on their refer-a-friend program, offering free in game pets and items to players who pull their friends into the conflict. Warhammer has had a pretty standard refer-a-friend program up until now. Simply drag a pal into the game, and get 30 days free game time. Now they up…
By Mike Fahey Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
id: No Rage In 2009, Come Back Next Year
id Software has a lot on its plate. The developer has its fingers in Wolfenstein, Quake Live, Doom 4 and Rage, maybe even some Wii development. So it’s no surprise that Rage won’t make 2009. Todd Hollenshead, the ponytailed co-owner and CEO of id Software, drove that point home in the most recent episode of…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Enter for your chance to win a signed copy of VALKYRIE PROFILE!
Square Enix was good enough to provide us with a signed prize package in honor of the newest installment of VALKYRIE PROFILE: Covenant of the Plume. Click through for your chance to win! A lucky first prize winner will receive a copy of the game signed by Square-Enix Chief Director Yoshinori Yamagishi, a poster signed…
By Chrissie Lamond Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Art of War
War is a theme that has always been found in the video game medium; leaps in game presentation have typically corresponded to some kind of combat themed game. In the more than 15 years since the introduction of the first-person shooter genre, and nearly 10 since tactical shooters came on the scene, the progressive immersion…
By Owen Good Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Starbreeze Talks The Evolution Of Dark Athena
The Chronicles of Riddick developer Starbreeze explains how they went from polishing an old title to creating an entirely new game in this first developer diary for Assault on Dark Athena. Swedish developer Starbreeze obviously loves the Riddick property, and not just because the first game, Escape from Butcher Bay, put them on the map.…
By Mike Fahey Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Burn Zombie Burn! Ignites PSN This Month
The undead burst into flames this month, as Doublesix announces a March 26th release date for their PlayStation Network exclusive shooter, Burn Zombie Burn! Rack them up and knock them down. That’s the core strategy behind Burn Zombie Burn! – gather together as many zombies as possible, killing them en mass, amassing the highest score…
By Mike Fahey Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Burnout Paradise Boost Specials Drop This Week
Burnout Paradise gets a boost this week with the release of the Boost Specials Collection, featuring two “ultra-performance boosting machines” to add to your collection. Two cars make up the Boost Specials Collection. The first, pictured here, is the Carson Extreme Hotrod, which Criterion calls the fastest car in Paradise City. It features a new…
By Mike Fahey Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Closer Look At God of War III
In this pop-up video treatment of the God of War III trailer we get a few new tidbits of information. The trailer was shot in-engine and was edited down to be much less violent than the video game; expect spilled entrails in the game itself. We also learn that God of War III will be…
By Brian Crecente Published March 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ninja Blade Doesn’t Skimp On The Blur
From Software has released a new batch of screenshots for Ninja Blade, demonstrating how blur effects can make getting punched by a guy in a business suit look exciting. That has got to be the strongest business man ever, punching that ninja so hard that his ninja powers are erupting from his stomach in a…
By Mike Fahey Published March 9, 2009