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Double the Presentation in NCAA Hoops 10
No lie, the inclusion of CBS’s announcers and graphics package with ESPN’s for NCAA Basketball 10 fires me up. A dual-network presentation agreement is unprecedented, and EA Sports‘ development blog gives a little more insight into the effort that required. More than just table overlays and title graphics, EA Sports is including signature wipes and…
By Owen Good -
You Wish You Had Lil Weezy’s Xbox
Calling all XBL cops, be on lookout for one rapper, Lil Wayne aka Lil Weezy, who fessed up in this clip to owning an Xbox 360 containing not just “every game ever created” but also “every porno.” Flashed, modded or whatever, we doubt there’s a hard drive large enough to truly hold all of that…
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Dev Defends Valve From Conflict-of-Interest Criticism
Ostensibly the kind of small games studio that Valve exploits, according to the Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford’s controversial remarks last week, Tripwire Interactive told Gamasutra that it wouldn’t exist without Valve’s muscular presence in the PC sector. Unlike “terrible” proposals that the Tripwire president John Gibson received in shopping Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 to publishers,…
By Owen Good -
Texas Test-Market Opens for Rapture-Ready PC Games
Christian-themed PC games like Left Behind and the Charlie Church Mouse series are now available in – where else – Walmarts in – where else – Texas thanks to an agreement between the retailer and publisher Inspired Media Entertainment. InspiredMedia d/b/a Left Behind Games Inc., worked out the pilot release of its titles in 100…
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ESRB Clarifies PSP Minis Rating Costs
A story Friday discussed the development costs of an indie game for the PSP versus the iPhone. While getting an ESRB rating does cost money, the board reminds that a different rate structure will likely apply to PSP Minis titles. ESRB spokesman Eliot Mizrachi contacted Kotaku to remind that the ratings authority has a different…
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The Lady is a Spider in Dragon Age: Origins
Not to say Demerol, or whatever its name is, is a patriarchal society, but when the humans send two dudes and two females to go hike up K2, guess who’s not going to be fully dressed for the weather. Oh, they’re not just there for eye candy. While one woman headshots orc zombies with her…
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Arkedo — The Funniest Press Release I’ve Ever Read
Game developer Arkedo brought us Nervous Brickdown and Big Bang Mini — two incredibly cute and challenging games for the DS. Now they’re on Xbox Live Indie Games with a new series. The Arkedo series kicks off with 01 JUMP!, which was developed in 35 days by two guys and is out now. Based on…
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DJ Hero’s Intro Slightly Larger-Than-Life
It’s only a couple of weeks until the release of DJ Hero, which judging by this intro video is a game about a dark future where truckers and punk kids destroy overpasses before partying. This is what you get when you give the developers of a music game a very large CG budget and let…
By Mike Fahey
