-
Rock Band’s PR Agency Slapped By Federal Trade Commission [Update]
The agency that handles PR for Harmonix, 505 Games and other developers will settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission that its employees posed as ordinary consumers to post positive game reviews on the iTunes App store. Reverb Communications, whose clients also include MTV Games, CDV Software Entertainment and Emergent Game Technologies, must remove…
By Owen Good -
The Glamourous Life
The Internet has eliminated guys’ rite-of-passage shame of avoiding eye contact while a clerk takes his time ringing up a glossy magazine with impossibly shaped hot women on the cover. Unless it’s Glamour, in which I appear this month. From the 12 Naughty Sex Questions You’ve Been Dying To Ask to 29 Best Beauty Buys…
By Owen Good -
Shank’s Cinematics Problems Blamed On Old 360s [Update]
Shank, the side-scrolling beat-and-slash-em-up out this week, runs like a dream on the PS3 but is having some stuttering issues with its cinematics on the Xbox 360. The game’s developer says older models of that console are the problem. “Older Xbox 360’s have slower disc access rates, so the opening cinematic chugs, and loading between…
By Owen Good -
How In Shape Are FIFA 11’s Athletes?
Looking at this trailer gets me winded. There’s a reason I played fullback in my lone season of high school soccer – I didn’t have to run past midfield. Hell, coach chose the goalie based on the fact he smoked. Anyway, here’s EA Sports Canada’s Gary Paterson explaining how stamina and fatigue will work in…
By Owen Good -
U. of Florida Adds Starcraft Studies
Starcraft is being used to teach resource management skills in a new course offering at the University of Florida – but it’s only open to students in the honors college, and students have to have some familiarity with the game. Nate Poling, a Ph.D candidate at UF, came up with the idea and sold his…
By Owen Good -
Learn To Control Yourself In NBA 2K11
NBA 2K11 isn’t just putting a new coat of paint on a reliable model; this year the game will feature advanced controls that strives to deliver more distinctive moves to players’ shooting, dribbling and driving repertoires, with corresponding animations. The advanced controls are an option in the game, meaning you can still play with its…
By Owen Good -
A Look At Flight Control HD On The Move
If ever a game begged to be controlled by a stick with a glowing ball on the end, it’s Firemint’s iPhone sensation Flight Control. Take a look at how the HD version for the PlayStation Move is shaping up. I was in Germany when the news dropped that Flight Control HD was coming to the…
By Mike Fahey
