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Master Chief Is The Batman Of The Future
The latest video documentary for the real-time strategy game Halo Wars takes a look at the individual units appearing in the game, from hordes of Spartans to swarms of Locusts. Seeing the units in Halo Wars up close and personal like this, even a moderate Halo fan like myself can’t help but get a little…
By Mike Fahey Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Accused Sexual Predator Finds Alleged Victim on Xbox Live
A 27-year-old Missouri man was arrested for having sex with a 15-year-old he met on Xbox Live. Edward Stout faces federal charges of coercion of a minor over the Internet and traveling across state lines to engage in sex with a minor. Stout, a card dealer on a riverboat casino, met the teen last March…
By Brian Crecente Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tim Schafer To Don Tuxedo For Game Developers Choice Awards Hosting Duties
Double Fine Productions founder and career funnyman Tim Schafer will again be required to Google search “how to tie a bow tie” this March, as he returns to host the 2009 Game Developers Choice Awards. While Schafer’s obviously very busy putting a spit shine on Brütal Legend for publisher EA, he’s taking time to dazzle…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Runes Of Magic Really Launches In March
With the open beta attracting more than 450,000 players to the world of Taborea, Frogster Interactive has nailed down a March release date for their upcoming massively-multiplayer online roleplaying game Runes of Magic. While the servers are all up, the item store functions properly, and all character progression from here on out carries over, Runes…
By Mike Fahey Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Zombies Invading Best Buy For Resident Evil 5 Launch
Best Buy may be taking a page from Hollywood premiere events for big video game events in the future. The change is being led by a store full of ambling zombies and a chainsaw-wielding Dr. Salvador. On March 13, the Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Best Buy will convert part of their store into a haunted house. They…
By Brian Crecente Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Terminator Salvation Revealed In New GamePro
If you weren’t completely turned off to the Terminator franchise after the cinematic sewage that was Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, the latest issue of GamePro might be of interest to you. The mag reveals the first concrete details on Terminator Salvation, the video game adaptation of the movie directed by McG and starring…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
PC Puzzle Quest Galactrix Goes Retail
PC Puzzle Quest fans who’d rather have a disc on hand for the upcoming space-aged sequel, Puzzle Quest Galactrix, are in luck, as D3publishers teams with Aspyr Media to bring the game to retail. Apr Media may specialize in porting PC games over to the Mac, but they’ve been making a name for themselves lately…
By Mike Fahey Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Former Eidos VP Heads Up Paramount’s Games Division
Paramount Digital Entertainment today announces the appointment of former Eidos vice president of product development John Kavanagh to the position of Senior Vice President of video games. Kavanagh joins Paramount from developer Kuju after spearheading their expansion into North America with Kuju America. Before that he served as the VP of product development at Eidos,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Demigod Screens Remind Of Us Demigod
Since we haven’t heard much about Gas Powered Games‘ upcoming roleplaying real-time strategy title Demigod lately, publisher Stardock sends us a fresh batch of screenshots in order to remind us the game still exists. I still maintain a fair amount of excitement for Demigod, and these screenshots once again punctuate the reason why – scale.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Unlock Classic Fate of Atlantis Title in New Indy Game
The official site for Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings now includes a nice selection of screens and some new gameplay details. In Staff of Kings, Indiana Jones will be racing from San Francisco to Panama on a quest for the Staff of Moses. Most importantly, you will be able to wield your Wii…
By Brian Crecente Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Acquires Action Pants
Ubisoft moves into Western Canada today with the acquisition of the Vancouver, British Columbia-based development studio, Action Pants, with a new Wii title already in the works. The Vancouver based Action Pants Inc., which currently employs more that 110 game developers, is now part of the Ubisoft game developing empire. The studio is currently working…
By Mike Fahey Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Warrior Epic Heroically Opens Closed Beta Signups
True Games Interactive have launched the official website for their upcoming massively-multiplayer online roleplaying game Warrior Epic, celebrating with the release of new wallpapers and the opening of closed beta signups. The official Warrior Epic website is now live, giving prospective players a deeper look at the world of the game, with new artwork, updated…
By Mike Fahey Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo Wars MEGA Bloks Coming
Mega Bloks, best known for their over-sized, LEGO-like building toys for ham-fisted infants, is releasing Halo Wars-themed toys this summer. The deal cut between Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising, which handles licensing for the teen-rated game, and MEGA Brands will see the toy maker developing construction toy sets based on the key characters and…
By Brian Crecente Published February 3, 2009 -
UncategorizedThe “Secret Language” of World of Warcraft
There are certain subjects the mainstream media should leave to the professionals, and this news report on the secret language of World of Warcraft players demonstrates every reason why. “Many gamers are part of a secret society,” begins the lead in to NBC Bay Area’s correspondent Nicole Riley on the secret language of World of…
By Mike Fahey Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sega Begins Messing Up Iron Man 2
After pretty much completely screwing up the game based on the first Iron Man movie, Sega has announced their plans to potentially ruin the game based on the 2010 sequel, Iron Man 2. Sega continues its existing partnership with Marvel Entertainment with the announcement of Iron Man 2, due out in 2010 alongside the sequel…
By Mike Fahey Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Prototype Invades New York ComicCon With June Release Date
We’ve heard June for Prototype before, but now it’s official. In their run down of what’s happening at this week’s New York Comic Con, Activision says that Prototype will be coming out in June. If you believe British retailers that would be June 27, at least in the UK. Activision will be giving fans a…
By Brian Crecente Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Atlus Launching Online Gaming Portal Atlus Online
Atlus fans around the world will soon have a lovely new place to play online games and chat with other like-minded individuals, as Atlus readies their new community portal, Atlus Online. Atlus isn’t just creating an online community portal dedicated to Atlus and anime fans. They’ve launched a new online division, dedicated to doing so.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Detoxing the Electronic Village
Video game use among children is, if you happen to be a parent, a worrisome issue. Even I worry about it with my own son. Today’s Irish Times has a fairly thoughtful story up about the topic. Instead of running around worrying that video games are to blame for all of today’s wrongs, the article…
By Brian Crecente Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Amazon Casually Launches Digital Game Downloads
Amazon.com has officially launched the beta version of their Game Downloads section this morning, offering more than 600 casual titles for digital download, each under $10. Kotaku spoke to Greg Hart, Vice President of Video Games and Software for Amazon.com about the new service, who explained that offering casual games for purchase and download via…
By Mike Fahey Published February 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Writing About Jobs
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: We Don’t Kill Trees Speaking of features….. Risking some unscrupulous person stealing my feature idea, I’ll hash this out right here. I’m working on a feature about how the cratering economy has effected those working in the game industry and would very much like to talk to folks who have…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 3, 2009