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Barack Obama Backs The Wii

Sure, video games are raising our children and you can’t vote with a Wii remote. Now that the voting is over, President-elect Obama finds time to kick back with a little Wii Sports bowling. In an article in the New York Times in which our soon-to-be President predicts a Florida win over Oklahoma in tonight’s…

CES 09: MTV Bringing Its Goods To PlayStation Store

Sony announced at its CES keynote today that the PlayStation Network will get a big boost from MTV. The network is bringing 2,000 hours of quality* programming to Sony’s video service in February. While you may lament that that means nothing but an opportunity to pay for episodes of The Hills and Real Chance At…

CES 09: EA Moves Into PlayStation Home

Electronic Arts has the keys to Home. SCE head honcho Kaz Hirai announced the mega-publisher’s support of the PlayStation 3 virtual space at Sony’s CES keynote, with EA backing ’em up with a formal announcement. The EA Sports Complex is part of Electronic Arts’ “initial plans” for the PlayStation Home beta, bringing “exclusive new EA…

CES 09: Kaz Says LittleBigPlanet Has Sold 1.3 Million, PSN Accounts At 17 Million

Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai had some fresh PlayStation data for the CES crowd today. Probably most important to Sony’s PlayStation 3 fortunes are LittleBigPlanet sales, which Kaz says now total 1.3 million worldwide. Hirai also revealed that more than 300,000 user created levels have been made for LittleBigPlanet, with over two years of…

Creating Fable II’s Knothole Island

Earlier today Lionhead Studios announced that Knothole Island is coming to the Xbox 360 on Jan. 13 for $10. Here’s a chance to check out all of the hardwork that goes into earning your two fins.

EVE Online: Acpocrypha Expands Horizons This March

CCP draws back the curtain today on EVE Online: Apocrypha, the 10th free expansion for their popular space MMORPG, delivering whole new regions of the universe to explore. Using the tried and true giant wormhole mechanic, Apocrypha will open up unexplored areas of the universe to adventurers brave enough to explore them. With new regions…

GameStop Claims Triumph Over Recession, Holidays Sales Up 22%

GameStop stands proudly in the snow, one foot atop the neatly decapitated recession monster as it proudly proclaims its triumph over the failing economy, with holiday sales up 22% over last year. Is the gaming industry recession proof? Maybe not as far as development studios are concerned, but from a retail perspective things are looking…

Play Wii Tennis With Australian Open Champion

Nintendo is giving one gamer a chance to take on Australian Open Champion, and third best tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic in a game of Wii Tennis. But wait, there’s quite a catch. To be eligible to enter you must be able to travel to Melbourne any day during the first week of…

Snowy Fallout 3 DLC Screens, Now With More Ninja

Bethesda is back to their old three screenshots at a time tricks, delivering three chilly new screenshots from their upcoming Operation Anchorage downloadable content for Fallout 3. The three appropriately snowbound screens are helpfully titled as what they depict. The water screenshot depicts your character staring out over the water; the base screenshot shows off…

Nyko Waves Their Wand At CES

Debuting along with a few Wii charge kits at CES 2009, The Wand is Nyko’s answer to the Wii Remote, featuring the ability to electrically replicate vibration feedback and control in attached devices. Nyko’s The Wand is a Wii remote alternative that features the company’s all new Trans-Port technology. While current attachments to your standard…

Time Warner Intrigued By Video Gaming, Prepares Poking Stick

Time Warner’s recent acquisition of LEGO-crazy game developer TT Games was “wildly successful”, and has the media giant considering expansion into the video game industry, Time Warner Chief Financial Office John Martin told investors Wednesday. “The games area is an area that intrigues us,” said Martin at an investor conference in Arizona. “That said, I…

Red Alert 3 Launches PC Uprising In March

The epic saga of Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 continues this March with Uprising, a PC-exclusive standalone expansion that takes the single-player campaign to a whole new level. Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising picks up where the original game left off, with the Soviets dealing with their utter defeat, the Empire of…

Godfather II Ships In Late February, Pre-Orders Get Exclusive Mobster

EA and Paramount Digital have announced the official ship date for their second game in The Godfather franchise, with a multi-talented pre-order exclusive mobster joining the crew of those who join the family early. Players will be able to act like a mobster and think like a Don come late February, as the Godfather II…

Fable II’s Knothole Island DLC Hits Next Week

Fable II’s Knothole Island hits Xbox Live worldwide on Jan. 13 for $10 (800MP). And the expansion isn’t coming without gifts. Even gamers who don’t purchase it will get some freebies next week. Knothole Island will come with three new quests set in three new dungeons, a new range of outfits, six new weapons, dozens…

Here Is American Money, Grandma

To: Bashcraft Crecente From: Crecente Bash RE: McGee Every night, we flip on the news — Mrs. Bashcraft listens to it while making dinner. Mini-Bash plays with his toys or makes something, but also tunes in, watches. This afternoon, he decided he wanted to send a letter to Grandma. Better yet, he wanted to send…

The Men, And Women, Of Video Game Voice Work

There’s a neat feature up on Gameplayer at the moment. It’s pulling back the veil on the voice actors behind 70 of gaming’s greatest characters (though they cheat on some, and others aren’t so great). The cheaters are using guys like John “Bender” Di Maggio, who have done voice work for tons of characters, and…

This Is A New Prototype Clip

Shape-shifting sandbox title Prototype is ready to morph onto consoles this summer. It’s got superhero strength, stealth and even parkour. Something for the whole family! Check out this new video clip of the game in action. New Prototype video is incredible [VG247]

There Are 25 Million Copies Of Halo In The Wild

Yup, more from Robbie Bach’s supporting role during yesterday’s Microsoft CES keynote. While rappin’, he announced that since the release of the first Halo, over 25 million games in the series have been sold. That’s across all three games across both platforms, so we’re looking at an average of five million sales for each. Impressive!…

Media Molecule’s Metal Gear Solid 4 Posters, Box Art

Metal Gear Solid 4’s promotional campaign was quite easy on the eye. But it was also serious. These Metal Gear Solid 4 posters by LittleBigPlanet creators Media Molecule are less serious. There are three sackified posters to ogle, along with a printer-friendly, high-resolution version of a replacement box art for Metal Gear Solid 4. Or…

“How Do I Change The Color Of SoulCalibur Female Underpants?”

This is serious stuff. Very serious. An interoffice Namco conversation regarding changing panty colors for the Dreamcast version of SoulCalibur. No, really. According to the individual who supplied these pages to game site UK:R, “I have deleted the recipient’s name for privacy, but it’s a genuine fax.” So, yeah, go on, read and remember: THIS…