DC Universe Online Screens

Each year the biggest and brightest game developers gather in Los Angeles to showcase the best video game innovations and titles of the year. The annual invitation-only event takes place over three packed days at the Los Angles Convention Center. This year’s lead up to the show will include press conferences from Microsoft, Nintendo and…

Virgin Gaming Partners With Sony, Counts Down To E3

A tournament ad packed inside Canadian copies of ModNation Racers leads us to a Virgin Gaming countdown clock, indicating June 14 as the date for the unvieling of Virgin’s new gaming service, along with an early partnership with Sony. Last month we reported on Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson’s return to the video game industry…

Mass Effect Devs Looking For A Multiplayer Programmer

A job listing reveals that Mass Effect developer BioWare Montreal is looking for a multiplayer programmer to “take existing single player user experiences and make them multiplayer safe.” Is Mass Effect going multiplayer? While the job listing, posted on EA’s job site, doesn’t come right out and say the position they are hiring for will…

One Year Later, Did These E3 Xbox 360 Promises Come True?

Let’s separate the Xbox hype from the Xbox reality. Every year’s massive E3 gaming event includes big press conferences that promise gamers awesome things. One year past last E3, let’s see what Microsoft and friends said would be in our Xbox future — and what did or didn’t come true. Repeating my foolish mission of…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Our Seurat painting here is in bonus time. Talk Amongst Yourselves readers, please provide some image suggestions for June. Include the name of the work and the artist. And while you’re at it, talk here about video games? Thanks.

Japan’s Official Language Is…

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft …well, it doesn’t seem to have one! Read this post by Mutant Frog Travelogue for more info. Interesting stuff! Also interesting to note that America also does not have an official language. Trying to think of more countries that don’t have official languages! If you know any, please list them in…

Latest Harry Potter Video Game is a Third Person Shooter?

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One looks like it will be a much darker game than fans of the series are used to and will play like a third-person shooter. No more puzzle solving and exploration for Harry. This time around Electronic Arts’ take on the popular wizard will be all about the…

SNK? Where Are You?

This is the front of game developer SNK Playmore’s Osaka headquarters. No, it was The above photo was taken in 2006. The below photo is what it looks like today. The signs say that they are looking for a new tenant. This is SNK’s building! From the Midosuji train line, it has always been possible…

Boombox Modded Into Dreamcast

Why? Oh why? Because. That’s why. This mod appeared on a Chinese D.I.Y. board, so just go with it. As website Technabob points out, the mod integrates the boombox’s CD tray with the Dreamcast’s CD-Rom drive. In front, the Dreamcast’s four controller ports find a new home. The Dreamcast was launched in Japan in November…

Remote Control Mario Kart Has Shells, Bananas

There have been Mario Kart-themed remote control cars before. But without power-ups, they were mere remote control cars. A new Mario Kart range from Takara Tomy does have power-ups, and it looks fantastic How does it work? With sensors. Your controller has a small bar for power-ups; as you run over the relevant spot on…

Life After People (And Their Xbox 360s)

Spotted near the post-apocalyptic wasteland that is reader Bretspot’s train station.

Earthworm Jim HD Trailer Is Fairly Groovy

Earthworm Jim is back, and this time, he’s in HD. How’s he look? Just fine, thank you

Sony Working on PlayTV 2

Back in 2008, PlayTV was released in PAL territories. It’s now 2010, what’s going on with it? Mark Green, senior producer at Sony Cambridge Studio, has confirmed to website Spong that Sony is working on a second model of PlayTV. Sony is, says Green, “still working on PlayTV, PlayTV 2. And then we have other…

Transformers Have The Touch, Maybe Even The Power (Yeah!)

The upcoming Transformers: War for Cybertron isn’t just a promising-looking action game. It’s also a love letter of sorts to old-school Transformers fans, let down by Michael Bay’s recent “interpretation” of the franchise. There have been few better examples of this than the advertisement above, which not only has Soundwave transforming into a boombox –…

No iPhone Clothes Ripping For You!

In February, Apple’s App Store declared war on titillation — for the sake of women and children! That war rages on. Mosatsu is a series of popular photobooks published by Kodansha, one of Japan’s largest publishers. (Full disclosure: I have written two books published by Kodansha International.) Mosatsu features famous female celebs like Megumi Ohori…

Wii Version Will Blow You Away

Call of Duty games on the Nintendo Wii have been far from spectacular. But developer Treyarch promises that the Wii version of Call of Duty: Black Ops “will blow you away.”

It’s Ghostbusters, Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before

Pachinko? Boring. One of our least favourite types of gaming. A pachinko machine with adorable little Ghostbusters and an official license, though, well, now we are interested Fujishoji is releasing this particular unit in Japan, and it looks incredible. It not only recreates key moments from the movies – yes, even Ghostbusters 2 – but…

Yes, There Are Other Zelda Weddings

A fellow in Sweden recently got married. “Naturally I wanted something special for the wedding march,” he writes, “and to surprise the guests it starts with the classic piece by Wagner but then goes over to Zelda.” His wife got a little nervous, thinking that the The Legend of Zelda music should have faded out…

Nope, That Dungeon Keeper MMO Isn’t Dead Yet

Hey, remember how in 2008 EA said a Chinese company would be making an MMO out of classic strategy title Dungeon Keeper? That project is still happening. Let’s look at some artwork from the game. At first glance, things aren’t looking too bad! The picture above certainly looks familiar. It’s also been revealed that the…