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Rebellion Goes Bargain Shopping, Picks Up A Ton Of Great Old IP

Aliens vs Predator developers Rebellion have been picking through the remains of Vivendi’s old portfolio of intellectual property, discarded amidst the company’s merger with Activision, and have found a number of bargains. Among the unwanted, unloved IPs now obtained by the British developers (and 2000AD comics owners) are Ground Control, Evil Genius, Empire Earth, Lords…

Valkyria Chronicles 2 Is A PSP Game

Valkyria Chronicles was a PS3 game. Valkyria Chronicles 2 is not. It’s a PSP game, and here is its localized title: Valkyria Chronicles 2: The Gallia Royal Military Academy. Announced in the newest issue of Japanese game magazine Famitsu, the game is set in 1937, two years after the first game. Cadets from the Gallia…

Xbox Taiwan Looking For Angelic Lady

Not content to have some middle-aged male exec in khakis talk gaming, Microsoft Taiwan is holding an open cattle call to find a model-type to represent the platform. Requirements: You must be a female, over 18 years old and play the Xbox 360 for at least 360 minutes per week. A panel of judges will…

Ubisoft Working On New Heroes Of Might & Magic Game?

While there’s a new Might & Magic game on the way for the DS, those looking for something more…substantial will be happy to hear that Ubisoft’s Shanghai studio are working on something called “Heroes of MM”. A listing for a job opening at the studio says that they’re developing “Heroes of MM”, which is described…

Japanese Superstar Pitcher Needs Xbox 360 Internet Connecting Help

Nippon Ham Fighters ace baseball pitcher Yu Darvish got his Xbox 360 about a year ago. “I used it a little,” he blogs, “but then I ended up not using it at all.” Darvish, one of the country’s best ballplayers, has been practicing Street Fighter IV on the Microsoft console recently and asks his readers…

PC Sales Charts: You Fight Like A Dairy Farmer

Any doubts over the commercial viability of reviving a classic Lucasarts adventure game series have been blown out of the water this week, with Telltale’s new Monkey Island game topping the Steam charts. It was also a good week for Capcom’s Street Fighter IV, with a strong performance on both charts repaying the company’s faith…

The Witcher Director Cut With Nudity

You can take the boobs out of million selling computer title The Witcher, but can you take The Witcher out of the boobs? Polish developer CDProjekt has announced The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut for North American gamers as a free patch. This is basically the nudity-enhanced European version of the title. Back in March…

Economist Says EA’s Madden Monopoly Has Cost Gamers Almost $1 Billion

The high-profile court case against EA Sport’s “monopoly” in the NFL market took an interesting turn this week, with an economist brought in to show how much the demise of 2K’s competing NFL franchise has cost sports gamers. Despite admitting his report is based on incomplete data, University of Michigan economics professor Dr. Jeffrey Mackie-Mason…

Turning Summer Movies Into Games: Dos and Don’ts

The video game industry has longed enjoyed riding on the coattails of Hollywood, turning summer blockbuster films into what should be easily profitable video game adaptations. But things don’t always turn out as planned. One famously disastrous movie-to-video game adaptation was Atari’s hastily developed E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial based on the 1982 summer hit. Thrown together…

A Friendly EVO Championship Reminder

EVO 2009! The spinning blue globe’s longest-running fighting game tourney is just around the corner — kicking off July 17 in Las Vegas. This year’s EVO will feature the likes of Daigo, Alex Valle, John Choi and Justin Wong and a special appearance by Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono. For those of you who…

Nutso WoW Player Threatens To Hijack Plane, Kill As Many Americans As Possible

Warning! May contain traces of nuts! An 18 year-old kid from Greenwood, Indiana is under investigation by the FBI after issuing a number of “very serious” threats via World of Warcraft. On Monday morning, the boy said in-game that he “was going to board a plane at 7:30 to Chicago and that (he) was going…

Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 2 Ups The S&M

The beat ’em up adventures of Nite Owl and Rorschach continue in Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 2, as seen in this debut clip from the downloadable game. Also seen, men in bondage gear. If the first episode featured the brand of sadism you crave in your downloadable video games, the second will give…

Microsoft Showing “Exciting Unannounced Project” At Comic-Con

Comic-Con’s not typically an event one attends expecting to hear about the latest game announcements, but Microsoft is bringing with it something as yet unannounced, according to an invite from the Xbox 360 maker. Microsoft will be showcasing the already announced Halo 3: ODST, Alan Wake, The Beatles: Rock Band, Left 4 Dead 2 and…

Preparing to Break a Leg

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Wanna Play “Smashed Sta Barrier”? My birthday isn’t until later this month, but my in-laws are leaving for Australia a the end of the week so they decided to give me a present early: A new skateboard. I haven’t properly skateboarded in years, decades even. When I was younger, much,…

Here’s What You Missed At CA Extreme 2009

I spent most of my time at California Extreme reminding myself why I never beat Dragon’s Lair, but other people were busy winning tournaments and stuff at the massive arcade and pinball show. Keith Elwin, number one pinball player in the world, walked away from the modern and solid state tournaments with a couple of…

PSPgo Bound To Make Customers Re-Think Game Prices?

John Davison, chief of WhatTheyPlay and studier of all things iPhone believes the PSPgo is going to make PSP gamers re-think what they’re willing to spend on games. PSPgo, as we learned at E3, is a no-disc version of the PSP coming this October 1, one that will require gamers to download their games. Among…

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Tony Hawk: Ride Creators Planning For Sequel, Obviously

Tony Hawk: Ride developer Robomodo clearly sees success in the skateboarding franchise’s reboot, as it’s already planning to start work on the sequel once the board-controller equipped game hits. Oh, I know. I was surprised too. Robomodo president Josh Tsui tells IndustryGamers that the developer, who took the reins of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater…

Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition Comes With Prestige Price

Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling revealed the contents of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2‘s “Hardened” and “Prestige” editions of the game last night. The top tier version comes with working night vision goggles and, as expected, a first class price. To get the super ultra deluxe limited version, which includes an art book, limited Steelbook…

Xbox 360 Gamers Nearly Double Battlefield Kill Count Of PS3 Users, Unlock Map

Last Friday, EA started the clock on its challenge for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners of Battlefield 1943 to score 43 million kills and unlock a Coral Sea map. The Microsoft gamers achieved that goal today. The new map, Coral Sea, adds a fourth playing field for the downloadable World War II multiplayer shooter.…