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Academy of Champions Preview: It’s Harry Potter But With Soccer And Sam Fisher

What is it about British academies that’s so appealing? Is it the uniforms, the block scheduling or the fact that they all look like castles out of fairy tales? Whatever it is, it’s part of Academy of Champions‘ charm right from the menu screen. The cartoony soccer game opens with a giant castle where soccer…

Get A Taste Of Bullshit!’s Video Game Episode

Magical duo Penn and Teller’s Showtime series Bullshit! will focus on the topic of video game violence this week, as long-promised, tapping self-proclaimed video game violence experts who we expect will have insightful and informed perspectives to offer. While the show will tap mentally rickety individuals who say regrettable things like “Grand Theft Auto is…

What’s a Grit?

To: Bash From: Crecente Re: What is this? Man, that sounds intense. I hope Micro is OK. That looks like a Halloween sucker. My dad took us to the Huddle House this morning, a Southern Georgia tradition. The chain serves big breakfasts like: two fried eggs, hash browns, two pieces of toast, two pieces of…

Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 2 Is Nearly Nigh

The second Watchmen based brawler, Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2, is coming soon, due to be released on July 21st, July 29th, July 30th and August 26th. Everybody got that? No? Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today the release dates for the PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360 versions of the Watchmen beat…

Sony Trademarks Echoshift (Which Is Probably Echochrono)

Black and white perspective shifting puzzler echochrome is getting a semi-sequel in echochrono, as revealed at E3 2009. Perhaps that name was a bit too similar, as the PlayStation maker has filed a new, familiar sounding trademark. Sony Computer Entertainment America recently filed a trademark for echoshift, which might be the new name for echochrono,…

Left 4 Dead 2 Lets You Play A Bit Of Zombie Cricket

The four new Survivors in Left 4 Dead 2 will be able to make use of melee weapons, including a chainsaw, fire ax and the crowd-pleasing frying pan. Valve’s slow roll out of new info reveals on more hand-to-hand weapon. Curiously, it’s a cricket bat, according to IGN. That’s Left 4 Dead noob Ellis there…

C.O.P. The Recruit Preview: If Only Becoming A Police Officer Were So Easy

Before you ask, here’s what C.O.P. stands for: Criminal Overturn Program. Don’t feel bad, I never would have guessed that either. C.O.P. The Recruit is all about a petty criminal who becomes a one man episode of Miami Vice set in New York City. Rather than using the DS to capture the city in a…

Nintendo’s Newest Mascot Is The Wii Sports Resort Island

Nintendo’s reliance on Mario, Zelda and Pokemon is sometimes a loudly vocalized source of frustration for fans of the company hoping for something new. The good news is that you’re getting a brand new character in Wii Sports Resort‘s island. Shigeru Miyamoto, general manager of the Entertainment Analysis & Development Division—the team responsible for Wii…

Wolfenstein The Animated Graphic Novel Part One

This first in a four-part series of animated Wolfenstein graphic novels from Activision tells the story of the original Wolfenstein 3D. Really out of date spoilers follow. It took me a moment to get my bearings while watching this first in the Wolfenstein animated graphic novel series. I had assumed that it was simply a…

The Transformers Xbox Achievement We Didn’t Expect To Earn [UPDATE]

Ten days after the release of the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was released, I earned an Achievement in the game that suggests the game has either slow sales, low online adoption or some other peculiarity. When does an Achievement reveal too much? The Transformers Revenge of the Fallen game was released on June 23,…

Be Nice to Surveys. They Could Win You a Nintendo Wii

If you’ve been craving the re-entrance of PotUSA into your life, why not take this survey, email the last question to [email protected], and register to win a Nintendo Wii? You’ll be one step closer to churning out the bass line of “Lump” in your living room using Rock Band 2.

Atlus Brings High School Brawler Kenka Bancho Stateside, Needs Help

Publisher Atlus will be bringing the PSP brawler Kenka Bancho 3 stateside in “early 2010,” the company announced today, giving English speakers a chance to emit intimidating eye-lasers at lesser foes while sporting awesome haircuts. The third in Spike’s series of bad-ass brawlers, Kenka Bancho 3 will take players on a high school class trip…

Age Of Conan Expands At GamesCom

A work in progress for the better part of a year, Funcom is finally ready to take the next step with Age of Conan, teasing an expansion announcement to take place in Germany next month. After months spent tweaking and polishing the game play and overall experience of their massively multiplayer take on the Conan…

When The Best Part of The Beach Is The Arcade

What do you think of when you imagine going to the beach on a hot summer day? Sunblock, towels, bikinis maybe? Not me. I think about Galaga. Less than 150 feet from any shoreline near a beach boardwalk, there’s probably a video game arcade. Beach arcades have been around even before there were video games…

Shaun White Snowboarding World Stage Preview: Snow In Summer

What better way to cool down a group of games writers in the middle of summer than showing them a video game about snowboarding? I’m not a fan of the Wii Balance Board, so I wasn’t really looking forward to “feet-on time” with the game until I saw the demo master wipe out on a…

EA Announces Fight Night Round 4 DLC, Button Controls Slated For September

Following calls from fans critical of Fight Night Round 4’s current control options, EA is bringing a free alternative — and some other new content before that. EA Sports announced two upcoming free releases of downloadable content for Fight Night Round 4 today. The first, slated for early August, will add a new gym, “new…

The Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe DLC That Could’ve Been

Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe‘s roster of “kombatants” was missing some key names on both sides. That was something series co-creator Ed Boon and the MK team had hoped to address with downloadable content, which never happened. Boon had hinted at appearances from characters like Kung Lao and Doomsday in interviews, showing designs for one…

The History of Assassin’s Creed 2’s Protagonist

This first developer diary for upcoming Ubisoft action-title Assassin’s Creed 2 gives us a glimpse into the backstory of the main character. The graphics and some of the play looks improved for this latest iteration, but will it be enough to outperform it’s predecessor.

A Look At ODST’s Halo 3 Maps

As promised, Bungie has delivered three shots of the new Halo 3 multiplayer maps included in the add-on disc shipping with Halo 3: ODST. If the above image seems familiar, that’s because the new Heretic map revisits Halo 2’s Midship map, allowing players to plasma grenade each other all over the interior of the Pious…

New Nintendo Release Exacerbates Lefty Gamers’ Lament

One would think that the left-handed Shigeru Miyamoto wouldn’t let things like this happen. Not all games are for all people. This obvious statement somewhat less obviously pertains to more than just matters of taste, physical dexterity or tolerance of bad voice acting. It also pertains to handedness. The left-handed wing of Kotaku discovered this…