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The Sims 3 Getting Pushed Back?
Micro-managing your Sim all over again may be further off than originally planned, if retailer reports are accurate. According to Edge, Electronic Arts is “evaluating the launch window” of The Sims 3. Whether that means a formal delay for the next installment in EA’s 100 million unit selling franchise is unclear, but its European release…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Custom Crocheted Sackboys Defy Logic
Not only has video game scripter and user interface artist Maggie Wang created her own custom LittleBigPlanet sackboys based on characters like Spock and Hellboy, she’s also willing to make yours as well. Maggie started off just wanting to make her own basic brown sackboy, but soon found herself branching out, creating sackboys that channel…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Movie Critics Second Guessing Star Ratings Too
More than 80 years ago the movie rating star system was born in the New York Daily News. On July 31, 1928, the paper announced they would be using a three-star reviewing system from then on out to rate movies. And almost from the same day, movie critics starting hating the system. It took video…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Steam Users Beware: There’s No Such Thing As A Free Game
Be careful what you log into, Steam users. A new account phishing scheme is targeting users of Valve’s digital distribution platform, luring in gamers with the promise of gifted copies of Ubisoft’s Far Cry 2. While Steam users are regularly warned by messages from Valve not to provide their login details to anyone — “Steam…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2009 -
UncategorizedBurnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box Trailer
In case you were still on the fence about picking up n a copy of Burnout Paradise, here’s the official trailer for the Ultimate Box version of the game coming next month. With all of the updates Criterion has delivered since the game initially launched, Burnout Paradise has slowly morphed from a nice game that…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Celebrates 25 Years Of Turtle Power WIth New TMNT Game
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ubisoft unveils a brand-new video game based on the turtles, with no movie, TV show, or comic strings attached. The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game is being developed by Game Arts of Super Smash Bros. Brawl fame, with a release…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Batch Of DSiWare Contains Cards, Clocks, And Chotto Games
While the rest of the world awaits the opportunity to upgrade hardware we were perfectly satisfied with in the first place, Nintendo readies the second wave of downloadable titles for DSiWare. If you thought the first batch of DSiWare was impressive, then your delusional mind will absolutely reel at the latest list. Have you ever…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gears Teams with Horror Schlock For Gaming Giveaway
Gears of War 2 is teaming up with Friday the 13th, of all movies, to host nearly two-weeks of giveaways on Xbox Live. I suppose both feature chainsaws, so maybe it makes sense. Starting February 1, Microsoft will be giving away 65 daily prize packages and thirteen grand price packages. The daily packs come with:…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
HanbitSoft To Continue Hellgate: London – No Really
Despite news to the contrary back in November, Korean publisher and developer HanbitSoft still plans to maintain Hellgate: London as a free-to-play title on a global scale after Namco Bandai’s January 31st server shutdown. HanbitSoft first announced plans to relaunch the game back in early November of last year, after Namco Bandai announced that servers…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
360 Resident Evil 5 Demo Claws Its Way Onto The Marketplace
A reminder to Xbox 360 owners everywhere – the playable demo for Resident Evil 5, the latest episode in Capcom’s popular survival horror series, is now available for download in all regions. As mentioned previously, the demo contains two levels from the full game, suitable for play in both single-player and co-op multiplayer modes. Those…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nearly 20 Kick-Ass Pieces of Gaming Furniture
WebUrbanist has compiled an interesting list of game-themed furniture that includes everything from Pac-Man chairs to fully-enclosed gaming pods. Some of my favorites among the 19 pieces of extravagance: The Ovei looks like the perfect solution for the gamer who wants to get away from it all. The pod features 5.1 surround sound, a cooling…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nolan Bushnell Bets On GameWager
Atari founder Nolan Bushnell is back in the gaming business once again, as a press release heralds his “third coming” as part of the gaming sweepstakes website GameWager. GameWager is a service founded in 2007 and in public beta since July 2008, that rewards players who sign up with tokens for completing certain objectives in…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Prince Of Persia Movie Poster Hidden In Chick Flick
Fans eager to get a look at the poster art for Jerry Bruckheimer’s upcoming movie adaptation of the Prince of Persia series need look no further than his latest release, Confessions of a Shopaholic. The MTV Movie Blog reveals that the upcoming film adaptation of the novel Confessions of a Shopaholic will feature the debut…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe Nears 2M Shipped
Midway shipped more than 1.8 million copies of Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe worldwide for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, the company announced today. And the people who have purchased the game for the Playstation 3 (no number there) have played more than 3.6 million matches online, according to GameSpy tech, which hosts the…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Church’s Chicken Hypes Afro Samurai
Church’s Chicken, home of quite possibly the best fast-food fried chicken on the planet, has teamed up with Namco Bandai’s Surge label to promote the release of Afro Samurai. The famed fried chicken franchise will be plastering stores, radios, and televisions with advertisement’s promoting the video game, which is based off of an animated cartoon…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Weekly Nintendo Update: Rock Out With Wonder Boy
It’s something old and something new this week in Wii downloadables, as Nintendo releases one rockin’ classic virtual console title and one rollin’ WiiWare game to their line-up. First up this week, Bplus brings Niki – Rock ‘n’ Ball to WiiWare for 500 points, a throwback to the arcade games of old in which all…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Three New Levels Coming to The Maw Via DLC
Twisted Pixel is hard at work on three new levels for The Maw which they plan to release on the Xbox 360 as downloadable content over the coming weeks. All three levels will play as “deleted scenes” from the game, and will be playable by selecting “Deleted Scenes” from the menu, once purchased. Each of…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Look What You Get For Being On Japanese TV!
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft As you know, back in December, I was on Japanese TV talking about Arcade Mania. (Here’s a refresher for those who don’t know!) I lent a copy of the book to the producers so they could film parts of it and quote from it for the program. Earlier this month, I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Want To Take A Real Quick Look At Pandemic’s Batman Game?
Then take a look at these. Don’t expect much – the two clips are using raw character models and little else – but hey, it’s not like you’re ever going to see anything better. The first clip up here shows a rooftop chase. Batman could be…either of them, really, but we’re thinking the latter, because…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
So Which Is Faster: XP, Vista Or Windows 7?
Windows 7 is out and up for download, provided you’re OK with using a beta operating system. It promises a raft of improvements over Windows Vista, but how’s it shaping up for games? FiringSquad have taken a look at how it runs across two systems: a mid-spec one (AMD Athlon X2 5000+ Black Edition) and…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2009