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Undead Labs Crafting Console-Based Zombie MMO
Founded by MMO industry veteran Jeff Strain, Undead Studios has only one goal – to create the definitive massively multiplayer zombie game for console gamers. There’s been post-apocalyptic MMO games in the past, but the apocalypse in those games has never been of an undead nature. Undead Labs is looking to fix that with the…
By Mike Fahey Published November 23, 2009 -
We Came, We Partied, We Raised…
Thanks to everyone who came out to last week’s Child’s Play fundraiser in Denver. That includes the reader who drove, DROVE, from Florida to partake in the raising of funds for a good cause. Also to Harmonix who flew from Boston to hang for a night. It was the best event in Denver to date…
By Brian Crecente Published November 23, 2009 -
Amazon.com Starts Black Friday Early With Video Game Deals
Gamers looking for trampled to death-free Black Friday-caliber deals should keep an eye on Amazon.com this week. The online retailer is counting down to the post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy with a cornucopia of video game deals. Amazon.com has already struck a handful of video games with deep “Lightning Deal” cuts. If you’re just waking up, you’ve…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 23, 2009 -
Dress Your 360 Avatar In Fallout 3
The Fallout 3 t-shirt is nice. The Vault 101 Suit is even better. The Vault Boy head? Possibly the best use of 80 Microsoft points in the history of fake money. Bethesda is bringing out a line of Fallout-themed avatar wear to the Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace on Thanksgiving day, giving players six new ways…
By Mike Fahey Published November 23, 2009 -
The iPhone Gamer’s Gift Guide
It’s been an amazing year for the iPhone and gaming. Not only have a slew of new, blockbuster titles come out for the emerging platform, Apple finally realized that maybe they should wake up and start touting the gaming benefits of their smartphone and media player. This is by no means all of the iPhone…
By Mike Fahey Published November 23, 2009 -
The Nintendo Download: Bits, Trips, Karts, And Blobs
It’s a jam-packed Thanksgiving edition of the Nintendo Download, with enough games to leave you comatose on the couch for hours. Where to start? This week is pretty packed, especially in the DSiWare department, with five more Electroplanton to play with at 200 points a pop. There’s also a notepad application called myNotenook Blue from…
By Mike Fahey Published November 23, 2009 -
What Games You Should Give and Get For the Holidays
With the holidays starting next month to bring good will and cheer to people around the world, now’s probably a good time to start thinking about what games you want to give… and get as presents. We’ve compiled an easy-to-read list of some of the year’s top games, how much they’ll run you and who…
By Brian Crecente Published November 23, 2009 -
Pandemic Studios Says Goodbye… Geek Gangsta Style
Last week Electronic Arts put a bullet in the head of Pandemic Studios, putting many of their 200 staff out of work a week before Thanksgiving. Today Pandemic ex-staffers let EA know how they feel. Maybe the publisher should be happy that all they lost was a printer in the mass firings of developers skilled…
By Brian Crecente Published November 23, 2009 -
Visceral Games Tells Facebook Users To Go To Hell
Visceral Games has unleashed hell on Facebook, with a new Dante’s Inferno-themed app that lets you condemn your friends to eternal damnation. Not only can you send your friends to one of the nine circles of hell in the Facebook Go To Hell app, you can also vote to punish or absolve them, or simply…
By Mike Fahey Published November 23, 2009 -
Obama And LittleBigPlanet Team Up, For Kids
The White House is announcing today a program to improve science and math education with a variety of Entertainment Software Association-backed initiatives including a program to put LittleBigPlanet in libraries as well as a $300,000 game design challenge. President Barack Obama announced the overarching directive that the gaming plans are part of at a White…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 23, 2009 -
Bayonetta Demo Drops Next Week
If you missed out on early access to Sega’s Bayonetta demo your disappointment comes to a close next week, when Sega opens up the demo to everyone with a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. And here you thought you’d have to wait until January to get your hands on PlatinumGames’ saucy hair witch. Not so!…
By Mike Fahey Published November 23, 2009 -
iPhone Chart Toppers: Monopoly Times Two
It’s that time again. Time to look at the top grossing games on iTunes for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Monopoly isn’t just on the chart, it’s on the chart twice. Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone game reviews. Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1…
By Brian Crecente Published November 23, 2009 -
More Mr. T World Of Warcraft Shenanigans
There’s something breathtakingly glorious about having Mr. T’s Mohawk scanned by fake imaging technology and declared perfection. Blizzard continues to make Mr. Laurence Tureaud the face if its brand. 2007’s World of Warcraft commercial starring Mr. T might have been a lark, but Blizzard is serious this time around, with not one but two Mohawk-themed…
By Mike Fahey Published November 23, 2009 -
Black Friday DSiWare Bundles Are Limited-Time Only
Answering a question we posed last week, Nintendo has officially announced two DSiWare-packed DSi bundles for Black Friday, available only as long as supplies last. Last week’s leaked Best Buy Black Friday ad outed the two new Nintendo DSi bundles, each packed with a unique assortment of DSiWare, which left us wondering if the DSi…
By Mike Fahey Published November 23, 2009 -
Wii Fitness Shares Store With Dumbbells, Treadmills
David Campisi’s life is all about exercise and sports. As president of Sports Authority, Campisi runs the largest sports goods retailer in the country. His wife, Beci Campisi, runs a garage gym based on the grueling fitness methodology of CrossFit which uses medicine balls, weights and nonstop exercise to mold “the quintessential athlete.” But when…
By Brian Crecente Published November 23, 2009 -
Hello Swine Flu
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Mrs. Bashcraft has had it, baby got it, I’m still taking meds for it — but Mini-Bash didn’t get it. What you missed last night Teen Calls 911 After Parents Take Away Xbox 360 Wii Gets Downloadable TV, Movies Rumor: Uncharted Movie Changing Screenwriter All Crysis Needed Was A Flux Capacitor…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 23, 2009 -
Judge Takes Day Off To Play Modern Warfare 2
“Will Statton” – not his real name – is 48 years old. And when Modern Warfare 2 was released, he was up at midnight to get an early copy, then took the next day off to play. Problem? See, according to a report in Britain’s The Times, Will (guess he was spilling anonymously) not only…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 23, 2009 -
US Air Force Buying 2200 PlayStation 3s
Influenced in no way by the release of a newer, slimmer model, the United States Air Force will soon be placing an order with Sony for 2200 PlayStation 3s. And they’re not even going to play games on them! Instead, the consoles will be headed to the USAF Research Laboratory’s information directorate in Rome, New…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 23, 2009 -
Teen Calls 911 After Parents Take Away Xbox 360
According to The Chicago Tribune, a 15-year-old called 911 and then hung up. He wanted to know whether or not his parents were within their rights to take away his Xbox 360. The parents were, the police replied. Authorities then showed up at the boy’s house after he hung up, and after listening to the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 23, 2009