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Watch The First Four Minutes Of Assault On Dark Athena
G4 got their hands on the first four minutes of Starbreeze’s Chronicles of Riddick follow-up, Assault on Dark Athena, featuring our favorite psychotic killer doing what he does best – lurking in shadows. No one lurks quite like Riddick, the finest role Vin Diesel has ever portrayed outside of The Iron Giant. In Pitch Black,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2009 -
Grand Theft Auto IV Elite Case is the New Black
Reader Mike sends us word that he was the lucky winner of the Grand Theft Auto IV Elite Sweepstakes Console nine months or so ago. And his prize just arrived. The ebony black Xbox 360 Elite sports a slick GTA IV logo, which at first glance may look like a sticker but is actually embossed…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2009 -
ESRB Explains Noby Noby Boy For Us
Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi’s next game, Noby Noby Boy, has been rated by the ESRB. That’s good news. But even better is the software ratings board’s helpful description of what Noby Noby Boy is. Oh sure, you may have actually paid attention to previews of the PlayStation 3 game, hopefully due any day now,…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 21, 2009 -
Video Games Are One Of The 10 Things We’re Still Buying
Financial publication Forbes takes a look at some of the things people are still willing to spend money on in the face of the recession, and of course, our favorite hobby makes the cut. The economy might be tanking, but we still need our stuff. Without our stuff, what would we be? Stuffless…and no one…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2009 -
Take Airport Security Game Through Airport Security
We first wrote about newsgame Airport Security back in 2006, today Ian Bogost reports that an iPhone version of the game is now available in the App Store. Jetset is still about the absurdity of security at airports, but now it comes with a bunch of extra airplane-safe bells and whistles. In the game you…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2009 -
In Search of Wisdom from the Crowd of Gamers
What did Rock Band gamers play most, after Rock Band? Jon Radoff wasn’t asked, officially, but he figured his company had enough data — from 400,000 gamers — to give an good answer. It’s Bioshock. “That really surprised me,” said Radoff (pictured) the CEO of Cambridge, Mass.-based GamerDNA, a startup that is literally a next-door…
By Owen Good Published January 21, 2009 -
Frankenreview: Lord Of The Rings: Conquest
Pandemic Studios took the winning formula from the Star Wars: Battlefront series and applied it to the Lord of the Rings fantasy universe to create Lord of the Rings: Conquest. It sounds like such a sure thing, doesn’t it? Epic fantasy battles recreating moments from the beloved fantasy books and movies. All EA and Pandemic…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2009 -
I Am Alive In March
Ubisoft’s mysterious survival title I Am Alive for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, is apparently due out by the end of March…so hopefully we’ll know something about it by then. I Am Alive, originally scheduled for a 2nd quarter 2009 release, is a survival game developed by Cold Fear developers Darkworks, that takes…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2009 -
The Ultimate PS3 Red Alert 3 Trailer
Since the PlayStation 3 version of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is the "Ultimate Edition", that makes this video the Ultimate Red Alert 3 launch trailer. Let’s watch. Okay, well perhaps it isn’t all that ultimate, but it gets the job done, mentioning the Blu-ray disc they’ve packed with delicious C&C:RA3 goodness while giving…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2009 -
Kingdom Under Fire II’s New Heroine and Loads of Screens
Sequel Kingdom Under Fire II is said to feature battles will thousands of units on screen at the same time, now we’ve got the screenshots to prove that. Blueside sent along this fresh batch of screens as well as an art shot of albino dark-elf Isabella, one of the game’s 18 heroes. We’re told that…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2009 -
It’s The The Final Fantasy XIII Countdown
Square Enix revisits that most annoying of video game news teases, the countdown clock, promising a “new vision” of Final Fantasy XIII soon to be revealed to the world. We’ve been annoyed by countdown clocks since the first early human crawled out of the goo and said, “Hold on a sec”, but when it’s Square…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2009 -
Playing Madden Makes You Smarter…About Football
A survey conducted by the University of Oregon’s Warsaw Sports Marketing Center has indicated that playing EA Sports Madden NFL can teach you important life lessons about football. The survey queried more than 15.000 NFL fans, testing their knowledge in categories ranging from game situations to the rules and business of sport. On average, NFL…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2009 -
Get Your Free Copy of the World of Goo Soundtrack
Kyle Gabler, likely riding high on all of the gamer and developer kudos that have been rolling in for World of Goo, is giving away the soundtrack to his game. The game’s 27 tracks add up to an 85MB zip file. The mirrors are crashing fast, so if you’re interested in getting the music, I’d…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2009 -
Plain Sight Open Beta Launches, Robots With Swords Kill Themselves
Beatnik Games has officially launched the Open Beta for Plain Sight, the multiplayer online PC game that pits bouncing robot against bouncing robot in a sword-swinging fight to the finish. The subtitle for Plain Sight is “Kill Yourself”, and there’s a god reason. You are a robot, killing other robots for points. The more points…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2009 -
Capcom Signs Deal For Monumental Online Multiplayer Game
Capcom has announced a development deal with UK-based multiplayer online game developer Monumental Games to create a multiplatform title to be released and published by Capcom later this year. Details are scant about the deal between Capcom and Monumental, the developer behind online games Football Superstars and the upcoming hunting MMO Hunter’s World. A brief…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2009 -
Prototype Comic Launches on April Fools Day
Details for the upcoming Prototype comic book mini-series just hit DC Wildstorm’s website. First announced back in April, the comic based on the upcoming multiplatform Activision game will run six issues and looks like it will cost your $4 a pop starting on April 1. The comic will be written by Justin Gray and Jimmy…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2009 -
Yuke’s Launches Downloadable Games Division With Adorable Logo
Yuke’s Company of America loves downloadable gaming platforms so much that they’ve just created Akinai Games, a special division with a special logo, devoted to creating downloadable console titles. Yuke’s recognizes the growing shift towards downloadable titles with Akinai Games, which loosely translated from Japanese means “keep entertained.” The division will be focused on creating…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2009 -
Linden Lab Buys Second Life Virtual Marketplaces OnRez And Xstreet SL
Second Life creators Linden Lab have been shopping for shopping, acquiring virtual goods marketplaces OnRez and Xstreet SL in order to integrate them into their popular virtual world. OnRez and Xstreet SL (formerly SLExchange) are basically the Amazon.com of Second Life, where residents of the virtual world can browse and purchase items for their avatars…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2009 -
Wash Your Hands? Gargle?
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Podcast Guest Editor ‘Cause man, people in Osaka apparently do it like crazy — Osaka’s children have the cleanest hands and clearest throats in the nation. Mrs. Bashcraft has always told Mini-Bash to wash his hands and gargle after he returns from being outside. She does it. Her family does…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2009 -
Gears of War 2 Update Arrives With Mountain of Fixes and Tweaks
Gears of War 2 updated last night with a patch that includes quite a number of fixes for multiplayer and balancing issues as well as some new features. The patch, which went up about 3 a.m., also adds seven new achievements, four of which require the Flashback Map Pack that came free with new copies…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2009