Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Original Eight Return in Street Fighter IV
Although it is believed that Capcom is/will be announcing this later this week, Famitsu has scans which show the original eight World Warriors themselves in Street Fighter IV. I am not a huge fighting game fan by any stretch. I think they have become overly hardcore and niche but it will be hard for me, and I would believe a lot of former fighting
Destroying Lady Liberty
From Planet of the Apes to Cloverfield, the Statue of Liberty has been a punching bag for movie makers from all around the world. But did you know that it's not just film directors that like to beat up on Lady Liberty? That's right; there are also plenty of examples of video games destroying this symbol of freedom.
Valve to buy EA
Hey, it could happen. And here's why… Nothing stays still in the world of business. The title of this blog post may sound outrageous, but the history of commerce bulges with examples of underdogs destroying the status quo. Just look at what happened to pen-and-paper role-playing. In the 70s and 80s, TSR seemed invincible as it rode the wave
Disney wants your child online: MMOs for tweens (and below)
Disney is turning its star franchises into online games that target kids. Ars looks at Pirates of Caribbean Online and talks with Disney about the challenges of making a child-friendly MMORPG.
1UP Changes Scoring Policy, Letters To Replace Numbers
"the 1UP team (including EGM and Games For Windows) have today announced that they're done with numbers. For good. In their place will be a school-like grading system, with titles ranked between A+ and F."
Dan "Shoe" Hsu is no longer Editor-in-Chief of EGM?
"Getting back to the point, I'm the new EIC of EGM and the console side of 1UP, which is a job that has never existed within Ziff-Davis before." - James Mielke
Star Trek: Conquest Review - 4.0 out of 10
Fate protects fools, little children and ships named Enterprise - William T Riker.
Group Cites Growing Video Game Violence
Graphic scenes of gunshot victims spurting blood and a man urinating into a prisoner's cell are included among the 10 video games that a media watchdog group warns should be avoided by kids and teens under 17.
Star Trek: Conquest Review - 4.0 out of 10
Fate protects fools, little children and ships named Enterprise - William T Riker.
serverscout_092.exe
ServerScout is a custom application specifically designed to make playing multiplayer games on PLDT Play as easy and hassle-free as possible. It is required to play on most PLDT Play Game Servers. Features include a built in chat client, server browser, game launcher, player profiler, and automatic game updater.
First Guitar Hero IV Song Announced
UK band The Answers and their record label just put out a press release confirming their inclusion in Activision's upcoming GHIV which also confirmed the game's 2008 release date and the first official track on the setlist, their song, "Never Too Late". Interesting stuff indeed.
G4 Gamer Girl Castings
G4 is Searching for Young Females that Live & Breathe The World of Video Games GotCast.com and the G4 Network are searching for the ultimate Gamer Girl for future G4 projects, that would include hosts and correspondents for current and upcoming programming. Vote for your favorite candidates on the website.
Fox News says Earth's demise caused by video games!
Not satisfied with making an utter fool of itself over the Mass Effect "controversy," Fox's pathetic attempts to discredit the games industry have reached new levels of ridiculous as it jumps on a recent hypocritical news piece for its site.
Guinness to release book of game records
In the first "Gamer's Edition" of Guinness World Records, due out March 11, Billy Mitchell, of Hollywood, Fla., ranks as the top-scoring player of the arcade version of "Donkey Kong."
PSP Bursts Into Flames In Michigan Student's Pants
Kotaku shares the story of a young Michagan Middle School student sent to the hospital today because a malfunctioning PSP caught fire in his pants pocket.
Fox News says Earth's demise caused by video games!
Not satisfied with making an utter fool of itself over the Mass Effect "controversy," Fox's pathetic attempts to discredit the games industry have reached new levels of ridiculous as it jumps on a recent hypocritical news piece for its site.
EA: Free and paid DLC for Burnout Paradise
EA has revealed the intent to extend the ife of Burnout Paradise by releasing DLC in the near future and will offer both free paid DLC in a way that enables everyone to at least 'see' the content even if they haven't paid for it.
Devil May Cry 4 Game Guide
Need help making that devil cry? Check GameSpot's Game Guide for more tips than you'll know what to do with.
Duke Nukem Forever sooner than never?
I know many of you may have discredited Duke Nukem Forever as simply vapourware. Well - we have some news for you. It has been cancelled. Oh wait, did I say that? Oh my no; just kidding. The rumourmill seems to have been running overtime with a series of unofficial announcements seemingly made official, with counter-announcements to the contrary.
Metal Gear Solid comped for PS2
Konami preps three-game package of Solid Snake's previous missions to help gamers prepare for Guns of the Patriots.
Smackdown vs RAW 2008 Tournament - Win Wrestlemania tickets!
THQ, HMV and Major League Gaming are teaming up to host a tournament for WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw 2008. Grapplers from North America, the United Kingdom and Europe can register their interest before February 8, and the top 32 from each region will compete for the ultimate prize - floor tickets to Wrestlemania 24.
LEGO Indiana Jones at GDC 08
From Kotaku this morning comes word that Lucasarts will be holding an event during GDC at which they will be showing off not 1, but 4 hot upcoming games...
Famitsu Reveals More Street Fighter IV Characters
The newest Famitsu, Japan's premiere video game magazine, has revealed a crap load of new info about Street Fighter IV, namely the addition of five new classic characters to the game. The characters revealed are Chun-Li, Zangeif, Dhalsim, E. Honda, and Guile. Scans of the magazine can be seen after the break.
D.I.C.E. '08: Juno getting game treatment
Game-industry vet Keith Boesky reveals Oscar-nominated independent movie will be developed into a game for the casual market.
Forget Web 2.0... Bring on Desktop 2.0!
Yes! That is right-- forget the old Web 2.0 concept, and move onto the newer Desktop 2.0 concept. Only recently has there been chatter about it, at the CES, sometimes it's been talked about on forums, but now O'Reilly (the publishing group that created the Web 2.0 concept) is now getting abuzz with the new Desktop 2.0 concept. My ideas for ...
Xbox 360 HD DVD Player price dropped to USD 129.99
Huge Price Cuts, Everything Must Go!! Oh hold on, is Microsoft getting ready to jump ship or are they hoping that reduced prices will help the consumer with the whole Blu-Ray or HD DVD question. The peripheral is now available for US$ 129.99 in North America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. To bad I had bought mine at Christmas.
Spielberg Hooked on Wii Games!
In this interview, game creator Louis Castle dishes about bringing Stephen Spielberg's Wii game to life!
Console Controller Battery Life Test (w/ graph)
GamePro got all scientific and decided to test the battery life of the current-gen wireless controllers.
Grand Theft Auto 4 Preview : The Facts
In what will be the 9th game in the long running series, GTA4 is the most anticipated yet. Its odd how a long running franchise can still be so fresh and original despite being set in the same place. Liberty City (home to 3 other GTA games) is your playground for this outing but what [...]
Tips for getting girls to play video games – Part 3
Disclaimer: Every category I use is based on extreme overgeneralizations (just in case you hadn't noticed). I would hope you know your girlfriend/wife/mother/daughter/sister well enough to tailor my advice to their personalities, etc
PC Games Sales - Has it really been that bad?
Various things have been blamed along the way: piracy, buggy releases, steep system requirements, cost of upgrading and so on. However, all of those factors have been prevalent for at least 3 or 4 years, so has it really been that bad recently?
Gore Verbinski: Game Industry Needs More Artistic Creators
DICE 2008 -- The director of Pirates of the Caribbean tells a crowd of assembled game industry executives that they need to get out of the creative process and let game designers create their own artistic visions. A great rallying cry for game design.
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