Gaming

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 11:20pm

Not much time left before Final Fantasy XIII is released in Japan on December 17, but Square Enix has released some new screenshots — mostly of characters Cid Raines and Oerba Dia Vanille's summon, Hecatoncheir. FFXIII [Official Site]

Tags: Gallery, News, Square Enix, final fantasy XIII

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 11:09pm

Here are a few more trailers for upcoming games (Driver, HAWX, and Skies of Glory) that looks quite nice. Driver's trailer in particular shows a lot more of the game and car damage than our earlier hands-on video. Driver See our hands on preview with game details. HAWX See our hands on preview with game details. Skies of Glory See our preview/details. All three games are expected to b[...]

Tags: iPhone games, iPod touch games, Upcoming Games

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 11:00pm

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Tags: Culture, Retro, screengrab, Arcade

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 10:40pm

Activision sent out a news release today touting the Modern Warfare 2 installation base - 8 million strong and growing - as larger than most real world armies. Indeed it is. How does it compare to history? Acti says the 8 million highly irregular, untrained MW2 fighters outclass: • The active-duty forces across all 28 member countries of NATO. • China (pardon, Chiner for you United Kingd[...]

Tags: Xbox 360, ps3, PC, Activision, Modern warfare 2, Spartaaaaa

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 10:00pm

THQ, Inc. announced that it has chosen Montreal, Quebec as the location for its newest video game development and production studio.<p> Dave Gatchel, who previously managed THQ's Paradigm Entertainment, has been announced as the studio's general manager. Though a final location in Montreal is still being debated, the new facility will open up in early 2010, and is expected to deli[...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 10:00pm

A Florida father is looking at a long and uncomfortable tour of the justice system after getting high, gaming all night, and then falling asleep on his 7-month-old daughter, suffocating her in the process. Cops in Sunrise, Fla. say the the father, Emanuel Lawrence, 30, was responsible for looking after the girl while her mother was at work. Unfortunately, after finishing a marathon game session at[...]

Tags: Xbox 360, Crime, Sad, Florida, Tragedy

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 02:09pm

This has been a slow week for new game releases, but as usual the App Store doesn't disappoint when it comes to games getting cheaper or going free entirely. The standard freebie/sale disclaimer is in place of course– Most of these deals are only for a limited time and all prices are current as of this posting. If you see anything interesting in this listing, it's proba[...]

Tags: iPhone games, iPod touch games, Sales, Games

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 01:12pm

This is hardly scientific, but after the disastrous gaming session I had two nights ago while playing "Modern Warfare 2," it seems like the javelin glitch is mostly gone from Xbox Live games. If you don't know what I'm talking about, count yourself lucky. If you do, it seems that yesterday's warnings from Microsoft, saying that griefers would receive temporary bans from Xb[...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 01:01pm

So we know there are a bunch of people out there who are going to be getting a PlayStation 3 this holiday (or already opened theirs). Many new owners are probably going to ask us what we have to offer, and as many of you know, there’s plenty! Level-5 and SCEA would like to add to that list of fantastic titles by announcing the North American release of White Knight Chronicles Internation[...]

Tags: PlayStation Games, Featured Post, ps3, Level-5, White knight chronicles

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 01:00pm

Update 6 to Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures wil have to tide you over 'til the expansion, Rise of the Godslayer, comes out next year. Luckily, they've got Conan's number one nemesis to do the job. In addition to a Guild Renown leveling system for guilds, inc Gamers reveals that Update 6 will introduce Thoth-Amon's stronghold as Tier three raid content. The big bad guy himself[...]

Tags: PC, MMO, News, Funcom, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:50pm

The weekly update to the North American PlayStation Store has arrived, delivering a wealth of digital goods to PlayStation 3 and PSP, including some freebies. Said freebies include PlayStation 3 demos for Bayonetta and Fairytale Fights, along with a Santa outfit for owners of LittleBigPlanet. Should you be interested in more LBP costumes, Sackpeople can now dress like Assassin's Creed II&#0[...]

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Tags: Atari, PC, GameStop, Star Trek Online, collector&#039, s edition, More Money Edition

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:44pm

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Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:20pm

The first episode Team17's remake of the classic 1991 Amiga game Alien Breed Evolution hits Xbox Live Arcade on December 16th,with PC and PlayStation 3 version due out sometime next year. The Unreal Engine 3 remake was promised a release by the end of 2009, and by gum its getting it, if only on one of three platforms. The game features an extensive single-player story mode filled with aliens [...]

Tags: Xbox 360, ps3, Screens, alien breed evolution, team17, Amiga

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:18pm

Brazil&rsquo;s government could reportedly move to outlaw the creation, importation and distribution of &ldquo;offensive&rdquo; videogames. The measure was raised in a bill drafted by Senator Valdir Raupp, which was subsequently approved by the South American country&rsquo;s Education Commission of the Senate, reports Brazilian website UOL (via GamePolitics). read more

Tags: Politics, Legislation, Bans, Brazil

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:17pm

Silicon Knights President Denis Dyack hopes to someday create a synergistic videogame community in Ontario, Canada that would combine educational, governmental and game industry elements.Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, Dyack outlined his ambitious plans for such a videogame co-operative:Well, we want to create an institute here that's a combination of companies like Silicon Knights , Niagara C[...]

Tags: Academia, Canada, Developers

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:15pm

The publisher of Madden, Dead Space and The Sims will release fewer games next year, reacting to market changes and embracing lessons its competitors are just now learning, the head of EA told Kotaku. "We're building our games differently and we are building fewer of them," EA CEO John Riccitiello said in his interview with the site this week. He said that the publisher is declining[...]

Tags: Original, Top, Ea, john riccitiello

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:11pm

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Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:10pm

ArenaNet has released a new Guild Wars 2 trailer introducing "iconic heroes" of the sequel's five playable races and the downright gorgeous locations they hail from. The subscription-free PC MMORPG will be released "when it's done", though investor documents have suggested this might be tentatively planned to be 2010 or 2011. Those hungry for more Guild Wars 2 eye c[...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:07pm

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Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:04pm

Video Store and VidZone restocked too. A demo for PlatinumGames' superb third-person action game Bayonetta is star attraction this week on the PlayStation Store. There's a sampler for LittleBigPlanet on PSP that shouldn't be overlooked either. [...]

Tags: Playstation 3, News

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:03pm

The Jedi Consular stars in the latest batch of Star Wars: The Old Republic media, offering a look at the class's double-bladed lightsaber and Force tossing powers. The Consular is a "ranged-style Jedi," going by LucasArts producer Jake Neri. As before, we have no official word as to when BioWare's anticipated PC MMO will arrive or what sort of business model it will us[...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 11:46am

Real Life Comics – The Online Comic ©1999-2008 Greg Dean. Just yesterday I was commenting to someone that I haven’t actually seen or spoken to Richard in a few years now…

Tags: Game talk, Funny, Ultima Online

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 11:40am

ArenaNet recruits top-notch voice actors to introduce players to the five playable races of Tyria, with tons of Guild Wars 2 gameplay footage included. While I wasn't a big fan of the original Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2 is shaping up to be the sort of game I can really get behind. It's got amazing artistic direction, a nice selection of races to play with, and an expansive world to run my [...]

Tags: Clips, PC, Mmorpg, Ncsoft, guild wars 2, Races

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 11:00am

Phoenix Wright, the gaming world's favorite attorney, has seen a fair bit of success on the DS, with multiple sequels and even a spin-off featuring his rival, Prosecutor Edgeworth. Now it seems Capcom is taking him to the iPhone, according to Famitsu. Right now it appears that just the first installment in the franchise is planned for release, but it's expected that the sequels will com[...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 10:44am

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