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THQ Blames RDR for MIA UFC

UFC Undisputed 2010’s poor sales, earlier reported to be down more than 50 percent from last year’s breakout hit UFC 2009 Undisputed, now have a reason: THQ says Red Dead Redemption sucked up all the oxygen in May. “Our sales were softer than where we would have liked them to be,” THQ’s Jon Rooke, the…

A Tour of Capcom’s Comic-Con Booth

Didn’t make it to Comic-Con? Don’t worry neither did we. But Capcom did and they were nice enough to film this video for us of their booth. Man, it’s packed in there, even the Capcom guy, WITH a camera, had to wait in line in the Capcom booth. Insane.

Kane & Lynch 2 Achievements! Kane & Lynch 2 Achievements Here! Who’s Ready?!

As we reported earlier, the Kane & Lynch 2 demo is already available for PlayStation Plus subscribers, with the rest of you rabble getting it on July 27. IO Interactive also released the full game’s trophy and achievement set today. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days releases on Aug. 17. Here’s all the glory you’ll…

How To Write A Post Apocalyptic RPG, The Fallout: New Vegas Way

It starts with a box, says the developer of the follow up to the hugely successful Fallout 3. Oh, but don’t call that box a post apocalyptic role-playing game. That’s a pretty crappy way to describe it. So says, Fallout: New Vegas lead creative designer John Gonzalez, the man responsible for the over-arching story in…

You Are Much Smaller Than This Pixel

And now for some much-needed perspective on our place in the universe, courtesy of science and Photoshop. In this image, we see our fiery life-giving orb the Sun, represented as a single pixel. And this is the more flattering picture. The sun, as the story goes, is a mass of incandescent gas; a gigantic nuclear…

Thor Kicks a Puppy in Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Were I Thor, this isn’t the debut I’d want to make, being paired against Amaterasu from Okami. Because if you win, which he is, briefly, you’re a god beating the crap out of a dog. And if you lose … We’d heard earlier that Thor and Amaterasu would be a part of the lineup. That…

Can Gaming Allow You to “Level Up” in the Workplace?

Next time someone’s ripping on you for playing video games, either because they think you’re too old or they consider it a waste of time, just tell them it’s offsite job training. Forbes published an article this week on how playing video games in moderation can help improve your overall job skills. According to John…

Summer Video Game Movie, Banjo Kazooie

Even if you owned a Nintendo 64 and loved playing Banjo Kazooie as I did, you may not think of Rare’s bear-and-bird action game as a summer game. One wonderful part of it was. Listen to this first clip. It is summer. Let me explain. I refer you to Click Clock Wood, a late-game Banjo…

How To Meet Girls At Comic-Con, The Pikachu Way

Step one, put on a huge Pikachu costume. That’s it. There’s no step two. As seen outside the Pokemon booth at Comic-Con, which dwarfs the Nintendo video games booth.

Infamous 2’s New Look Makes an About Face

Remember when Cole McGrath debuted his new look on the Game Informer’s cover? Never mind! Designers heard the chorus of mehs – many comparing McGrath to Starkiller from Star Wars: STFU – and are going back to the drawing board. At a San Diego Comic-Con panel, the Infamous 2 studio, Sucker Punch, acknowledged fans’ antipathy…

Hasta La Vista

To: Everyone From: Crecente OK guys, I’m off to Mexico for a week’s vacation. (Feel free to sing along). When I get back I will officially be 40 years old. Yes, I’m that old. Frightening. My plans for the next seven days? Read books, kayak, perhaps surf, swim, lounge, drink, eat and sleep. See you…

In The Quest For The Best Resident Evil Controls, Motion Gets Another Turn

Does anyone know what the best way is to control a Resident Evil game anymore? At least Capcom keeps doling out options, including PlayStation 3 motion control, which I sampled this week. We’ve been hearing about motion control support for Resident Evil 5 since last year, and our own Brian Ashcraft played RE5 with Wii-like…

Brother Against Brother in the North and South of the NFC

Winding up its screenshot tour of the National Football League, Madden NFL 11 takes us to the NFC North and NFC South, and to the home of the reigning Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints and cover athlete Drew Brees. Madden NFL 11’s demo releases on Tuesday, and the game is out Aug. 10.

See Two Dead Twisted Metal Games With Wildly Different Concepts

David Jaffe of Eat Sleep Play and co-creator of the new Twisted Metal for PlayStation 3 revealed two game proposals that will likely never see reality at Comic-Con today. One was post-apocalyptic, the other unexpectedly street culture and hip-hop infused. One of those titles was codenamed Twisted Metal: Apocalypse. Jaffe showed artwork of a decimated…

Starcraft II is Shipping, But You Still Can’t Play It

Don’t Panic! The server’s wont be up until the day the game ships. If you got the box copy early just relish that fancy box art because if you try to play early this is the message you’re going to receive.

The Who, What, And How Of Battlestar Galactica Online

We’ve seen the game’s trailer, and now we have the first screens of Battlestar Galactica Online, along with a pretty good idea of who you’ll be fighting as, the ships you’ll be fighting in, and what you’ll be fighting for. The E3 trailer for Bigpoint’s Battlestar Galactica Online wasn’t too shabby, but then it wasn’t…

Madden NFL NFC North and NFC South

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions’ Hidden & Obscure Costumes

The Spider-Man of Activision’s Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions has an impressive wardrobe, with an old-school Amazing outfit and a futuristic suit from the year 2099. At Marvel’s video game Comic-Con panel today, Spidey’s wardrobe rapidly expanded. In addition to the Noir, Amazing, Ultimate and 2099 outfits, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions also features unlockable versions of Spider-Man’s cosmic…

Borderlands’ Claptrap Toy Is So Good We Won’t Call It Cel-Shaded

NECA Toys will bring Borderlands’ helpful unicycling robot Claptrap to store shelves in toy form this October, complete with the ability to dispense a catchphrase or two. Prototype versions of the 4″ Claptrap were on display at NECA’s Comic-Con booth, among other things that we’ll stuff into a gallery soon. Click on the images above…

Halo: Reach For The Sky

Boondock Saints star Sean Patrick Flanery gets a taste of his own medicine at Comic-Con 2010, as seen on MTV