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Not Your Father’s V8! V8 Arcade coming to Xbox Live Marketplace.
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Isopod Labs, a Santa Monica based developer, is currently working on V8 Arcade, a remake of the late 1990’s vehicular combat series, Vigilante 8 (…and it’s sequel, Vigilante 8 Second Offense.) created by Activision in part with Luxoflux. It is set for a Spring 2008 release.
V8 Arcade has been built from the ground […]
Jade Raymond Is Hot AND Speaks French
Monday, November 19th, 2007There has been a bit of controversy surrounding poor ol’ Jade Raymond the past several days. Some people are saying she is nothing more than a pretty face for Ubisoft to display at their Assassin’s Creed dog and pony show. Whether she did or didn’t have a lot to do with the actual […]
OH EM GEE!! A Real Life Warthog
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007This video surfaced today of what appears to be a real, breathing, warthog vehicle. The accents lead me to believe this was shot in New Zealand. Speculation on other sites is that it’s a prop for the Halo film which was being produced in part by Peter Jackson - hence the New Zealand […]
eBoobs! Mass Effect To Feature Sex And Breast Nudity
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007As if Mass Effect didn’t already have enough reasons to attract droves and droves of geeks …
RPG? Check. Science Fiction setting? Check. Developed by Bioware? Check.
Well, now you can chalk up a few more reasons. Our friends at Pro-G (okay, we don’t really have any friends at Pro-G … at least, none […]
Manhunt 2 banned in England; ESRB bestows AO rating in US
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Well, it had to happen sooner or later. Because of its violent content and (ostensibly) its Wii-specific interactivity, Manhunt 2 has been banned in England. Hot on the heels of this decision, the ERSB slapped the game with an AO rating here in the States.
In a statement released to the press, Rockstar said:
We are […]
Microsoft Buys Off Take Two
Monday, June 18th, 2007If you were hoping to play downloadable episodic GTA IV content on your PS3, you’re out of luck. Microsoft, in true gangsta fashion, has strong-armed Take Two into making it exclusively for the Xbox 360 - to the tune of $50 million. The first 25 is for the first episodic content package thats supposed […]
Blockbuster to HD-DVD: Sux 2 B U!
Monday, June 18th, 2007If you’re one of the people who bought a Blu-ray player, pat yourself on the back. In what is probably the final and defeating blow for HD-DVD, Blockbuster announced today that they will no longer support HD-DVD rentals, opting for Blu-ray instead.
Blockbuster has been renting both Blu-ray and HD DVD titles in 250 stores […]
Diablo: The Movie
Monday, June 18th, 2007Over on BlizzPlanet, they have revealed that Legendary Pictures (the same people who brought you 300, and are also working on a World of Warcraft film) is now listing “Diablo” in the “Under Development” section. Considering the lore behind Diablo, and the multiple novels that have been written in the Diablo universe, a movie […]
FIFA Producer: The Wii Is Less Powerful Than An Xbox
Thursday, June 14th, 2007If someone would have told me two years ago that this time around Nintendo would release a machine less powerful than the original Xbox, but that it would still manage to be the #1 selling console, I would have told them to quit smoking whatever they were on. But that’s exactly what’s happened. […]
Gamers Flock to Warhammer Online Beta
Thursday, June 14th, 2007With reports of WoW’s userbase shrinking in size, a lot of people have started looking ahead to their next MMO addiction. One game that has received a lot of press as being the “the next big MMO” is World of Warhammer Craft … uh, I mean Warhammer Online, being developed by Mythic (the same […]
id’s New Game Engine Debut
Monday, June 11th, 2007At the annual Apple Developer’s Conference today, id officially announced their new game engine, being called ‘id Tech 5′, along with showing a tech demo of what it can do. Who would have ever thought id would debut their new game engine at an Apple conference of all places? I can still hear […]
WoW: The Armory gets an Upgrade, MMO Devs take note.
Friday, June 8th, 2007Along with last weeks small patch, the World of Warcraft Armory got a significant upgrade. What’s the Armory? Well according to Blizzard:
The Armory is a vast searchable database of information for World of Warcraft - taken straight from the real servers, updated in real time, and presented in a user-friendly interface. Since the Armory pulls […]
Six Reasons Why “E For All” Will Become The Next E3
Thursday, June 7th, 2007I’m starting to wonder more and more why E3 was ever changed to a new format. All it has done, is basically open the door for someone else to come in and take over the spot for the biggest game expo in the industry. Some people have speculated that perhaps other shows such […]
Squenix To 360 Owners - No Final Fantasy For You!
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007Remember when Microsoft proudly announced a couple years ago that they had finally lured Square Enix into developing games for their system? Turns out, maybe that wasn’t entirely true. A Square Enix executive has disclosed to Japan’s Nikkei BP that the company currently has no plans for Final Fantasy games on the 360. […]
Sony’s President: PS3 Price Cut Possible
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007In what would seem like possibly the most obvious statement of the year, Sony’s president Ryoji Chubachi was quoted in Tokyo Daily as saying “[Sony] does not rule out the possibility of lowering the price” of the PS3. Well, glad to hear they haven’t ruled it out - seeing as how every company eventually […]