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There’s a demo for Rock Band: Green Day currently up on Xbox Live. Of actual interest is this image greeting users when they quit the demo, teasing Rock Band 3 with a little ebony and ivory. Take a look up there at all those little icons. We’ve got bass, drums, guitar, vocals – the three…
Crysis may have been the benchmark for PC graphics in 2007, but as we power on into 2010, it’s looking a little long in the tooth compared to what’s coming in the future This demo, for PC benchmarking tool 3DMark, shows what’s possible with new DirectX 11 technology, which should start to see some more…
Naughty Dog, the studio responsible for the Uncharted series, doesn’t just do Nathan Drake and sexy ladies. Some of its staff are also lending a helping hand on upcoming shooter Killzone 3 Members of Naughty Dog – reportedly from Sony’s ICE Team, a crack squad of expert code wranglers – have been helping Killzone devs…
It used to be that on Sundays and holidays, Tokyo’s electrics and game mecca Akihabara closed off its streets to cars and turned itself into a “Pedestrians’ Paradise”. Then, seven individuals were tragically killed in a stabbing spree. And all that changed. The streets were closed to foot traffic, and the area even installed security…
You might know Wentworth Miller from the television series Prison Break. You might not have a television. I dunno! In the upcoming 3D feature film Resident Evil: Afterlife, the actor is RE protagonist Chris Redfield, star of the most recent Resident Evil game, Resident Evil 5. (Redfield made his debut in the first Resident Evil…
After months and months of Foxconn employees dying, the company’s CEO finally addressed the issue. And then, another Foxconn worker fell to his death. That makes ten deaths this year — nine by falling out of windows or off buildings and one apparently beaten to death. (Two more employees were injured in failed suicide attempts,…
Anime Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance is being released with “adjustments” on DVD and Blu-ray as Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance. What kind of adjustments? Pictured is Evangelion pilot Mari Illustrious Makinami. The top image is from the original movie version, while the bottom one is from the “enhanced” version. So difficult! Wish…
For those who were left thirsty for more Fire Emblem tactical game action after 2008’s release, take heart. There’s going to be more. Nintendo has just revealed upcoming title Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem ~ The Light And Shadow Of A Hero. The game does not have a release date and no word…
Link, with some help from his Four Swords co-stars, ditches the stealth approach and tries taking down the Forsaken Fortress the hard way: with beatboxing While it helps if you’ve played Nintendo’s GameCube Zelda title Wind Waker, it’s not necessary to get the most out of this. The straining-for-a-shit look on Red’s face speaks a…
If you love the look of Half-Life 2 – and really, who doesn’t – Viktor Antonov is the man to thank. But the art director for Valve’s masterpiece doesn’t just do games. He does movies, too. For a few years now – since his last project, The Crossing, was canned – Antonov has been working…
Sony Europe is engaging in some curious marketing over on a German website, hinting that the future adventures of Uncharted hero Nathan Drake will take him on the trail of a famous Norwegian explorer. Drake has a page on meinVZ, a German Facebook clone, and it looks to be maintained by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.…
They are making another movie based on the Hitman video games. Why? Well, because the first one made money. It grossed nearly US$40 million in the US, but did much better abroad, pulling in over $60 million. The film’s budget was $30 mil. Studio Twentieth Century Fox has scribe Kyle Ward (Uncharted movie script, Kane…
Having let slip themselves that the game will support the PlayStation Move peripheral, it seems Sony’s decision to implement motion controls into Gran Turismo 5 is the reason for the game’s lengthy delay According to a “source close to Sony”, trade site MCV reports that a decision by Sony to put both motion controls and…
120 Metal Gear Solid Discs, But With A Catch Comment by: BubbleF**kingBuddy Nominated by: octaslash If I were a billionaire, I’d put each disc in a steel safe, encase each safe in concrete, and hide them all across the planet. That way, when humanity is long gone, our descendants can find this game and know…
HBO, the home of some of the best TV series of the past decade, will today be available on the PlayStation Network after a deal was struck between Sony and Time Warner, owners of the premium cable network. Under the terms of the deal, PS3 owners can pay a “premium price” to download episodes of…
Daigo Umehara is arguably the most famous Street Fighter fighter on Earth — for this clip, perhaps. But which is his favorite SF game? “SFII holds a very special place in my heart. It was the very game that introduced me to the world of Street Fighter,” Daigo tells Kotaku. “I know Street Fighter IV…
According to a report on The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is looking to “shake up” the management structure of its Entertainment & Devices Division, which among other things is the group responsible for the Xbox 360. What this actually means beyond the term “major organizational changes” is not disclosed, but it must be serious, because…
So, an 11 year-old schoolgirl wrote a letter to Nintendo and got a free DS for her class. Before you try it, though, you should know Nintendo will chase up your claim. “Nintendo always calls the school, hospital, retirement home, or whatever it may be to ensure the letter is legitimate,” Nintendo Australia’s PR rep…
While characters like Mario were designed from the limitations of the pixel, modern game developers have embraced the element as part of a modern aesthetic. Artist Simon Cottee explores the visual building block in his documentary short ‘Pixel.’ [via BoingBoing]
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