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Your First Look At South Park’s Tower Defense Game

Earlier today, Microsoft finally offered some details on the South Park game for Xbox Live Arcade it announced at E3 2009. And now we know exactly what South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! looks like in motion. South Park Digital Studios developers offer additional insight into how the game will play in this GameTrailers…

I Hear A Train A Comin’

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Hang On, There’s An Eclipse Coming? A nasty storm tore through town last night and I mostly slept right through it. All said, two tornadoes, several inches of hail and enough rain to knock out power for 50,000 people hit the area. I was mostly oblivious. Though at some point…

Today’s Team Fortress 2 Xbox 360 Update Is Not The One You’re Looking For

Owners of the Xbox 360 version of The Orange Box were greeted with an update today, one that adds something new to at least one of the included games, Team Fortress 2. Quickly temper your expectations. The update did not manage to stuff in a half-dozen class updates, new maps, and new gameplay modes that…

August Xbox 360 Update Bears Good News About Save Files

It’s commonplace for game companies to make gamers’ saved-game files oddly incompatible with things they seemingly should be compatible with. So the news Microsoft had for Kotaku today about saved-game cross-compatibility is a progressive step. On August 11, gamers will be able to download full Xbox 360 games to their console using the new Xbox…

Guitar Hero 5 Adds Song Specific Challenges For Longer Lasting Flavor

In addition to a crystal clear look at the virtual crotch of guitarist Carlos Santana, Activision and Neversoft’s Guitar Hero 5 will be adding an extra layer of replayability for the hardcore gamer with song specific Challenges. According to a report from Destructoid, Guitar Hero 5 players won’t be simply seeking five star-rated performances, but…

Did A Video Game Guy Tick Off World’s 2nd Most Famous Athlete?

I don’t know David Martinous. And I’m not sure what a “video game technician is.” But the New York Times says that a man with that job was challenged to a fight by one of the planet’s top sporstmen. David Beckham, British soccer superstar and recent player for the the U.S.’ Major League Soccer has…

Raiden IV Release Powers Up With Limited Edition

Raiden IV is coming to North American Xbox 360s, thanks to publisher UFO Interactive. The better news is that the top-down shooter won’t be unceremoniously released. It’s getting double the “limited edition” treatment. Of course, we’re not getting night vision goggles or a replica plasma beam upgrade in the box, but something a little more…

Activision, Twistory Unravel Time With Singularity Graphic Novel

The Comic-Con comic book news explosion continues, as Activision and Twistory announce plans for a graphic novel based on the upcoming time-twisting shooter Singularity. The Singularity graphic novel will tell the story of the mysterious events off of the Russian Peninsula that resulted in the unraveling of time, which is the main focus of the…

No Snickering, Games Climax Too Late

Grumpy complaints about bad game endings are not news. But a podcast complaint that games don’t have what they called “falling action” and “denouements” in high school? That’s worth being grumpy about. A listener of the Listen Up podcast recently asked the show’s hosts to talk about the poor quality of game endings. The listener…

EA, Dark Horse To Pleasantly Shock You With Mass Effect Comic Series

Add BioWare’s Mass Effect to the growing list of video games properties becoming comic book series. Electronic Arts and Dark Horse revealed Mass Effect: Redemption today, a series set before the events of Mass Effect 2. Mass Effect: Redemption will be written by BioWare’s own Mac Walters, responsible for the Mass Effect 2 script. Handling…

Jumpgate Is Codemasters’ Biggest Beta Ever

With more than a quarter of a million beta sign ups in North America and Europe, Net Devil’s space combat MMO Jumpgate Evolution is the biggest beta campaign Apparently I am not the only one with a craving for action-packed, massively-multiplayer online space combat. According to Codemasters, more than 250,000 individuals have signed up for…

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey Preview: If You Think Planes Are Beautiful

Never mind, for a moment, how this game plays — though I will tell you. Check out how it looks. IL-2 Sturmovik, the 2001 PC original, was for the hardcore. Not the Mario-loving hardcore. Not the GTA-loving hardcore. Not the people who memorize JRPG scripts. No, the hardcore of World War II combat flight-sim lovers.…

South Park XBLA Game Revealed – It’s Tower Defense!

Microsoft announced at E3 that a new South Park game would be coming to Xbox Live Arcade this year, but waited until today to offer actual details on South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play!. Yep, it’s tower defense. Microsoft’s Comic-Con presence will feature a playable South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play!, described as…

Capcom Has Its Marvel VS Capcom 2 Mixtape Covered

Capcom shows off the cover to its Marvel VS Capcom 2 hip-hop mixtape today, with a limited-edition vinyl version of the soundtrack up for grabs at the San Diego Comic-Con this week. As we mentioned back in June, Capcom has teamed up with some of hip-hop’s greatest talents to produce a downloadable mixtape, replacing the…

Making Xbox Live Safe, While Keeping It Fun

Microsoft’s Stephen Toulouse may be known as the man with the Xbox Live banhammer, or the keeper of Live’s big book of naughty words, but there’s a lot more to what he does than that. The main thrust of Toulouse’s job is to make sure that Xbox Live is a safe place. That means he…

Chiptune’s Finest Celebrate Weezer

Online record label Pterodactyl Squad has released a free 8-bit Weezer tribute album, featuring some of the biggest names in chiptune paying homage to the band’s greatest works. I’ve been listening to this album all day now, and several of the tracks are really digging in, most notably Bit Shifter‘s “The World Has Turned and…

Microsoft Dates Next Xbox 360 Dashboard Update

Tucked into a Comic-Con announcement from Microsoft is news that the Xbox 360’s next Xbox Live update is coming in 21 days. The 360 dash will get an update on August 11. In it, Microsoft confirmed today, will be the launch of the new Xbox Live Games On Demand service, which will launch with more…

The Ultimate Street Fighter Art Collection

From the biggest rivalries to the biggest…other rivalries, UDON leaves no facet of Street Fighter history untouched in SF20: The Art of Street Fighter, ” the most complete collection of Street Fighter artwork ever.” SF20 features more than 1,500 illustrations from the franchise’s 22-year history, from the original Street Fighter arcade game to Tatsunoko VS.…

Katamari Forever: The Monkey and The Rooster

Wow, Kazuhito Udetsu still manages to blow my mind. How does he come up with this stuff? And how much is it? New Katamari Forever Trailer! [Playstation Blog]

Mechner Pens Prince Of Persia Prequel Graphic Novel

Series creator Jordan Mechner once again plumbs the depths of the Prince of Persia mythology, penning an anthology graphic novel to serve as a prequel to the upcoming feature film. The Prince of Persia graphic novel anthology, due out in April of next year, features six short stories authored by Mechner and serves as a…