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QuakeCon: It’s On

To: Bash From: Crecente QuakeCon kicked off this morning with plenty of id news including a new Rage trailer, a peek into future iPhone games we can expect from the developer and Carmack’s annual speech. Expect plenty more from the show with Totilo digging deep one-on-one with developers and some of the games present. Here’s…

Team Fortress 2 Classless Update – It’s Over! It’s Out!

The third and, unfortunately, final day of updates to Team Fortress 2‘s “classless update” is out there. No hidden last minute update for this one folks, as the game has already been updated with the latest batch of changes. That includes a long, long list of updates, including the new addition of two “new” maps—Sawmill,…

id Working on Three Lines of iPhone Games, One Potentially Rage-Themed

id Software’s interest in iPhone games may have started out with the the company testing the waters, but moving forward the company plans to develop three lines of games for the platform. The first is the classics line which includes Wolfenstein 3D, which will be getting the ability to download user created levels in a…

Brütal Legend Multiplayer Preview: Mazel Tov, It’s An RTS

The last thing I expected from a Brütal Legend multiplayer mode was a real time strategy game. The first thing I expected was a battle of the bands. Lucky me, I get both. According to mastermind Tim Schafer, Brütal Legend actually began as a multiplayer game in his mind’s eye where metal bands would battle…

Wii Sports Resort Outsells All (Except NCAA Football) In July

Nintendo’s Wii Sports Resort was the bestselling video game in the U.S. last month, moving more than a half million copies—and Wii MotionPlus add-ons—with one exception. It was actually outsold by EA Sports NCAA Football 10.* * Combined, that is. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of this year’s NCAA Football joined forces to…

NPD: U.S. Hardware Sales Continue Decline, Xbox Holds Strong

It was another depressing month for the video game industry in the United States, the fifth consecutive monthly drop in a row. Hardware sales fell across the board, with the Wii, PSP and PlayStation 3 seeing the biggest year-over-year declines. While Nintendo managed to dominate on the portable front—the Nintendo DS and DSi sold 538,900…

Making Sloppy Cartoons with the DSi’s Flipnote Studio

Yesterday the free-to-download animation creator for the DSi hit North America. As you’ll see in this video, Flipnote Studio is a surprisingly robust little toy. Be warned, though, I have zero artistic ability.

PlayStation Store Update: We Got The Mango Sentinel

PlayStation 3 owners, your ticket to ride the roller coaster that is Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 is finally here, as Capcom’s 2D fighting crossover leads this week’s North American PlayStation Store update, a week also rich in PS One Classics. That includes the original Tomb Raider, Ten Pin Alley and Dead In The Water. There’s…

New PAIN Character Brought To You By AXE

Meet Smooth Jarvis, the new character for the PlayStation Network game PAIN, brought to you by the fine folks at AXE deodorant. In-game advertising gets ridiculous with the introduction of Smooth Jarvis, whose “Double Pits to Chesty” special move mimics the actions involved in applying AXE brand deodorant products. Players who use PAIN’s in-game video…

id’s Having A QuakeCon Fire Sale On iPhone Games

If you couldn’t make it down to Texas this year for QuakeCon 2009, you can still enjoy the fruits of id Software‘s labor. At least the low hanging iPhone fruit, that is. Two of id’s recent iPhone releases can now be had for cheap, with Wolfenstein 3D marked down to 99 cents and Doom Resurrection…

An Apocalyptic Look At id’s Rage

id Software’s upcoming Rage will be set in a post-apocalyptic world that some fans of Fallout 3 might find surprisingly familiar. Good thing Rage has all of those gun-toting cars thrown into the mix.

The John Carmack Keynote: Liveblogging QuakeCon

Stephen Totilo is live at this week’s annual celebration of all things id: QuakeCon. The keynote is getting ready to kick off, so park your browsers on this page and follow along.

Dark Age Of Camelot Expansions Set Free

Mythic would like to remind everyone that they had an MMO before Warhammer Online, and if you’d like to come back and try it again you’ll get the two later expansions free of charge. We don’t hear much about Dark Age of Camelot these days, and really haven’t heard all that much since the Labyrinth…

Xbox 360’s Quake Arena Arcade Gameplay

Here’s a short taste of what Quake Arena Arcade will look like when it hits Xbox Live Arcade. And for good measure, here’s a shot of Doom II for Xbox Live Arcade as well, on display at this year’s QuakeCon. Expect an official announcement soon with the QuakeCon 2009 press conference about to get underway.…

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Mini Ninjas Sneak Up On September Release

IO Interactive‘s tiny little messengers of death are launching an all-out assault across multiple gaming platforms next month, as Eidos cuts down a September release date before it even has time to scream. The world lies on the brink of chaos, and only mini-ninja Hiro and friends can set things right again. The journey to…

FEAR 2’s Slow-Mo Deathmatch Took A Montage

If you want to get Slow-Motion deathmatch into F.E.A.R. 2 and the odds are against you, you’ll need a montage – an 80’s science montage! The same group (of developers) that brought us the generational anthem “Miniature Replica Soldier” return to herald the coming of another F.E.A.R. 2 update, the Slow-Motion deathmatch. Announced at the…

Providers, Not Apple, Led to Soulpatch Hitler in iPhone Game

Hitler’s new soulpatch-sporting look in recently released iPhone title Wolfenstein RPG was the byproduct of the game’s earlier life on mobile phones and not because of overzealous censoring by Apple, id Software president Todd Hollenshead told Kotaku today. “It was a hold over from the Brew and Java development of the game,” Hollenshead said. “Wolfenstein…

Japan Still Lovin’ The PS2, Still Buyin’ Gundam

The power of the PlayStation 2 and the appeal of Gundam is still strong in Japan. Or at least the fan base of each is, as PS2 software sits atop this week’s weekly Japanese software sales chart. SD Gundam G Generation Wars was Japan’s bestselling game this past week, a new debut in a long…

Live at QuakeCon 2009: Doom II, Quake Arena for XBLA

Among the towers, the PC accessories, the Galaga spaceships was a bit of early news perhaps including a glimpse at Doom II and Quake Live for the Xbox 360‘s Live Arcade. [UPDATE: I should have just called this Quake Arena Arcade. Sorry about the “Quake Live” confusion.] This top picture shows a bit of both…