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Suspected U.S. Spy Paid By Russians in Cash-Stuffed Playstation Games
The son of convicted CIA spy, Harold Nicholson, is accused of selling national secrets to the Russians in return for cash that he snuck into the country stuffed in Playstation game cases. That’s really the only tie to gaming this bizarre espionage case, which now goes back more than ten years, has. But it’s intriguing…
By Brian Crecente Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Activision Boss Confirms Existence Of DJ Hero
If Activision’s filing of the trademark for DJ Hero and real-life DJ Paul Oakenfold’s verbal approval of the rhythm game wasn’t ample evidence of the still-unannounced project, hearing it straight from Activision’s boss should be. CEO Bobby Kotick matter-of-factly spoke of the game, rumored to be handled by Activision’s recently acquired FreeStyleGames and detailed first…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
F.E.A.R. 2 Takes The Show To London
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is packing up their dramatic F.E.A.R. 2 marketing efforts and shipping them across the ocean for a Project Origin Live event, taking place in London on February 12th. Interested players who’ll be in the London, England, area on on February 12th can visit whatisfearlive.com and enter for a chance to be…
By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Lich King Hero Classes That Might Have Been
In the latest episode of Blizzard’s Blizzcast, World of Warcraft lead game designer, Jeffrey Kaplan reveals that the Death Knight was one of three out of twenty-nine hero classes considered for the recent expansion. The Wrath of the Lich King expansion pack flooded the World of Warcraft serves with Death Knights, but it might not…
By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wizard Outs Marv Wolfman As New DC Universe Online Talent
Wizard Magazine completely spoils Sony Online Entertainment‘s fun, outing comic book legend Marv Wolfman as the new DC Universe Online creative talent a week before the big reveal at the New York Comic Con. Sitting on the edge of our seats we eagerly awaited next weekend, when Sony Online Entertainment would reveal the comic book…
By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bayonetta Brings Devil May Cry Aesthetic To a New Level
From Croft to Cammy, I’ll take a female protagonist over some cheesy line-spewing pretty boy any day of the week. So Bayonetta, the upcoming third-person actioner from Platinum Games (compiled of key members from Okami’s Clover Studio), is high on my list of games to play. While I’m inclined to focus on the the eponymous,…
By Brian Crecente Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dejobaan Games Announces Aaaaa – I’m Not Typing That Out
Dejobaan Games, the independent developers of the amazing The Wonderful End of the World, have just announced an intriguing base-jumping game that might just need a name change before we write about it again. The official title of Dejobaan’s base-jumping PC title, due out sometime this year, is AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! — A Reckless Disregard for Gravity.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Video Games Are Working On The Railroad
What does a one-hundred and fifty-seven year old railroad company like Union Pacific turn to in order to reach out to new, modern-age employees? Why video games, of course. Searching for new ways to train an influx of younger railroad workers, Union Pacific employees Jon Jensen and Steve Bakuna turned to our favorite hobby, helping…
By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Blagojevich Corruption Strategy Game Coming to iPhone
One of the visual effects team members for the Watchman movie just finished their first iPhone game, a title that has gamers selling off bits of Illinois government, Blagojevich-style, in Dope Wars-esque gameplay. Pa2Play was just submitted to Apple for final approval, in preparation for getting the App Store game out to the public. Described…
By Brian Crecente Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Bethesda Learned From Fallout 3
While Fallout 3 is a resounding success, the game wasn’t without its flaws. Looking to the future of the Fallout franchise, Bethesada takes with them two very important lessons from their first attempt. As part of an interview with MTV Multiplayer, Fallout 3 executive producer Todd Howard very briefly mentioned two important lessons he learned…
By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Conduit Channels Hardcore Gaming To the Wii: Hands-On
It’s clear that High Voltage Software are excited about the ability of The Conduit, their upcoming first-person shooter geared for hardcore gamers, to ratchet the Wii’s technology several notches past what it’s previously pulled off. At a recent hands-on demo, the game’s art director, Matt Corso, was dropping all kinds of techie jargon into my…
By Brian Crecente Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Blood Bowl Trailer Is Epic
Enough with the teasing! Cyanide and Games Workshop are done showing off individual teams and ready to show off Blood Bowl in all its fury and splendor in this official trailer. Rounding out a week filled with Blood Bowl team teases, Cyanide finally releases the full trailer for their video game adaptation of the classic…
By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
EVE Expansion Breeds Tougher Enemies
EVE Online players had better start gearing up for battle now, as the Apocrypha expansion unleashes a whole new breed of tougher non-player character enemies upon the universe. Combat versus NPCs in EVE Online has generally been a rather simple affair, requiring the player merely target the enemy, start firing, and wait for them to…
By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
MadWorld Paints the Wii Red: Hands-On Impressions
My moments spent playing MadWorld earlier this week had me recalling cult faves like Killer 7 and No More Heroes. This Platinum Games title brings way-over-the top violence and stylized visuals to the Mii-making masses and backs them with intuitive controls and tight camera work. Despite the red-heavy screens we’ve all been looking at since…
By Brian Crecente Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tonight, I Went On A Date
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Reviewing Flawed Code For the first time since Mrs. Bashcraft delivered the new squirt, we went out to eat…with the two kids, Mini and Micro-Bash. It was at a kid-friendly buffet that had all you can eat (and drink, hey, hey) — and incidentally was near we Mrs. Bashcraft’s father…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Faith And A .45 Development Comes To A Halt
First announced early last year, Deadline Games‘ Faith And A .45 looked promising! It had biplanes, tommy guns and a sexy, ginger-haired lady. Basically, it made the Great Depression look fun! So it’s with a heavy heart that we hear tonight the game’s been put on pause. Why? Because despite featuring biplanes, tommy guns and…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
When The RZA Wants To Game, He Is Supplied With A Dev Kit
The RZA is in Wu-Tang. And the Wu-Tang Clan ain’t, if you must be reminded, nothin’ to fuck with. So when the RZA needs a 360 to game on, he doesn’t game on no 60GB. No, Bobby Digital is given, as you can hear on this clip, a dev kit. Just so the dude can…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label EXTRA Dated
Finally! After being delayed from its original Christmas Day delay, the Xbox 360 port of Cave’s arcade shooter DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label EXTRA has a release date. According to 5pb, the game will be out in Japan on February 19 for ¥7,140 (US$79).
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Just To Clear, No, That DS Game Did Not Feature An Islamic Chucky Doll
Hick news channel WTNH’s bleeding edge report on Crave’s Baby Pals for the DS had a few holes in it. One of the biggest was the fact the channel didn’t bother contacting the game’s publisher. Oops. GamePolitics, however, did, and asked Crave to deny (or confirm!) whether the bathtime baby in their kids DS game…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Any New Info About Those Philip K Dick Games?
Swedish developer Grin might be working with media company Halcyon, who own the rights to the Terminator franchise, on games based on Philip K Dick‘s works. We don’t know though — Grin’s tight lipped. When asked about the Philip K Dick Halcyon games, Grin co-founder Ulf Andersson diplomatically replied, “I really don’t have a comment…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2009