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  The Witcher Director Cut With Nudity

  You can take the boobs out of million selling computer title The Witcher, but can you take The Witcher out of the boobs? Polish developer CDProjekt has announced The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut for North American gamers as a free patch. This is basically the nudity-enhanced European version of the title. Back in March…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2009
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  Economist Says EA’s Madden Monopoly Has Cost Gamers Almost $1 Billion

  The high-profile court case against EA Sport’s “monopoly” in the NFL market took an interesting turn this week, with an economist brought in to show how much the demise of 2K’s competing NFL franchise has cost sports gamers. Despite admitting his report is based on incomplete data, University of Michigan economics professor Dr. Jeffrey Mackie-Mason…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 14, 2009
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  Turning Summer Movies Into Games: Dos and Don’ts

  The video game industry has longed enjoyed riding on the coattails of Hollywood, turning summer blockbuster films into what should be easily profitable video game adaptations. But things don’t always turn out as planned. One famously disastrous movie-to-video game adaptation was Atari’s hastily developed E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial based on the 1982 summer hit. Thrown together…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2009
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  A Friendly EVO Championship Reminder

  EVO 2009! The spinning blue globe’s longest-running fighting game tourney is just around the corner — kicking off July 17 in Las Vegas. This year’s EVO will feature the likes of Daigo, Alex Valle, John Choi and Justin Wong and a special appearance by Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono. For those of you who…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2009
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  Nutso WoW Player Threatens To Hijack Plane, Kill As Many Americans As Possible

  Warning! May contain traces of nuts! An 18 year-old kid from Greenwood, Indiana is under investigation by the FBI after issuing a number of “very serious” threats via World of Warcraft. On Monday morning, the boy said in-game that he “was going to board a plane at 7:30 to Chicago and that (he) was going…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 14, 2009
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  Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 2 Ups The S&M

  The beat ’em up adventures of Nite Owl and Rorschach continue in Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 2, as seen in this debut clip from the downloadable game. Also seen, men in bondage gear. If the first episode featured the brand of sadism you crave in your downloadable video games, the second will give…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2009
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  Microsoft Showing “Exciting Unannounced Project” At Comic-Con

  Comic-Con’s not typically an event one attends expecting to hear about the latest game announcements, but Microsoft is bringing with it something as yet unannounced, according to an invite from the Xbox 360 maker. Microsoft will be showcasing the already announced Halo 3: ODST, Alan Wake, The Beatles: Rock Band, Left 4 Dead 2 and…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2009
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  Preparing to Break a Leg

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Wanna Play “Smashed Sta Barrier”? My birthday isn’t until later this month, but my in-laws are leaving for Australia a the end of the week so they decided to give me a present early: A new skateboard. I haven’t properly skateboarded in years, decades even. When I was younger, much,…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 14, 2009
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  Here’s What You Missed At CA Extreme 2009

  I spent most of my time at California Extreme reminding myself why I never beat Dragon’s Lair, but other people were busy winning tournaments and stuff at the massive arcade and pinball show. Keith Elwin, number one pinball player in the world, walked away from the modern and solid state tournaments with a couple of…

  By AJ Glasser Published July 14, 2009
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  PSPgo Bound To Make Customers Re-Think Game Prices?

  John Davison, chief of WhatTheyPlay and studier of all things iPhone believes the PSPgo is going to make PSP gamers re-think what they’re willing to spend on games. PSPgo, as we learned at E3, is a no-disc version of the PSP coming this October 1, one that will require gamers to download their games. Among…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 14, 2009
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  Create Your Own Gawker Media Hybrid

  Be like thousands of satisfied GizHackSpin users and create your own custom Gawker Hybrid, made possible by Toyota Prius. You can read all of your favorite Gawker titles in one place, based on only the content you want from each. What’s your hybrid creation? Try it here »

  By Chrissie Lamond Published July 14, 2009
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  Tony Hawk: Ride Creators Planning For Sequel, Obviously

  Tony Hawk: Ride developer Robomodo clearly sees success in the skateboarding franchise’s reboot, as it’s already planning to start work on the sequel once the board-controller equipped game hits. Oh, I know. I was surprised too. Robomodo president Josh Tsui tells IndustryGamers that the developer, who took the reins of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2009
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  Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition Comes With Prestige Price

  Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling revealed the contents of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2‘s “Hardened” and “Prestige” editions of the game last night. The top tier version comes with working night vision goggles and, as expected, a first class price. To get the super ultra deluxe limited version, which includes an art book, limited Steelbook…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2009
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  Xbox 360 Gamers Nearly Double Battlefield Kill Count Of PS3 Users, Unlock Map

  Last Friday, EA started the clock on its challenge for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners of Battlefield 1943 to score 43 million kills and unlock a Coral Sea map. The Microsoft gamers achieved that goal today. The new map, Coral Sea, adds a fourth playing field for the downloadable World War II multiplayer shooter.…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 14, 2009
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  Nostalgia’s Airships Make Us Nostalgic

  Ignition Entertainment‘s Nostalgia for the Nintendo DS lives up to its name, bringing to mind roleplaying games of ages past with battling airships. Nostalgia basically takes the same sort of airship travel as we’ve seen in earlier entries in the Final Fantasy series and countless other roleplaying games and pimps it out, letting the player…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 14, 2009
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  How Nintendo Has Described Itself From ’87 To ’09

  Over the years, Nintendo, like most companies, has had to explain what in the world it is at the bottom of the press releases it issues. That description has changed. A lot. 1987 Nintendo financial earnings report… Nintendo of America Inc. is the U.S. marketing and sales arm of Kyoto, Japan-based Nintendo Co. Ltd., the…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 14, 2009
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  Wolfenstein Will Miss Its August 4 Due Date

  Raven and id Software‘s Wolfenstein won’t be opening a portal to retail the first week of August, as previously planned. The latest game to be hit by a summer delay will now ship a few weeks later, Activision confirmed today. Why? According to an Activision spokesperson, the delay was made “in order to facilitate a…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2009
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  Left 4 Dead’s Inevitable ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ Mod

  Now that Valve has added custom campaign support, expect map makers to cross every pop culture zombie reference off the list of available mods. Dawn of the Dead? Check. Resident Evil? Check. Shaun of the Dead? Ch… yay!! While still early in development—and reportedly suffering a few bumps along the way—the Left 4 Winchester mod…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2009
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  Mana Khemia 2 Gets Premium Treatment In August

  NIS America has narrowed down the release date for Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy to August, released as a premium package with the usual goodies. Developed by Gust, Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy is of course the sequel to Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis. New subjects have been added to Al-Revis Academy’s curriculum,…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 14, 2009
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  Heroes of Might and Magic Knock-Off Heading to iPhone, Perhaps For Free

  The team behind mobile game Palm Heroes is working on porting the popular turn-based strategy game to the iPhone. The team hopes to raise enough donations to deliver it to the platform for free, they say on their site. The turn based strategy game, originally developed for cell phones, includes six classes, 48 heroes, 4…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 14, 2009