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Archive | October, 2008
Beatles Video Game Announced
The President of MTV Networks, Van Toffler, made the official announcement yesterday that Harmonix/MTV Games and Apple Corp will be making a video game featuring the music of the The Beatles. Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos also said that it’s not just a “Rock Band” song expansion pack; it will be “a new, full-grown, custom game built [...]
Continue reading...Windows 7: What We Know So Far
29. October 2008
A lot of info has been put released this week about Windows 7. If you’ve not yet seen any info about Windows 7 then I’d recommend checking out Technologizer’s first impressions. From the info that Microsoft has put out so far it seems like Windows 7 will have a pretty small system footprint allowing it to [...]
Continue reading...Warning: Guitar Hero World Tour Drums May Be Fault
28. October 2008
Across the internet reports are coming in that the Guitar Hero World Tour drums are having issues. Most of these reports are complaining about the cymbals registering extra hits or the pads not registering hits unless played very hard. Today Activision confirmed that there are “sensitivity issues” with the drums and that they would be [...]
Continue reading...VE3D: Fallout 3, 37hrs in and Still Not Done
27. October 2008
I don’t think I have the stamina for this game, but the VE3D crew is 37hrs into Fallout 3, and still not done with it: Thirty-seven hours in, I’ve become a vampire, been hailed a saviour, a bigot, and a lover extraordinaire. I’ve battled Super Mutants, Radscorpions, and all manner of nasties. I’ve left the safety [...]
Continue reading...Guitar Hero: World Tour Compatible with Rock Band Instruments
27. October 2008
… but that won’t stop Activision (Guitar Hero publishers) from acting like children. Apparently the wording on the Rock Band games is essentially “compatible with most music game controllers”, while Activisions position is “Activision expressly prohibits the use of non-Guitar Hero controllers”… but they are still compatible. So these franchises agreed to make their devices compatible [...]
Continue reading...New Killzone 2 Trailer
27. October 2008
Not too shabby, a new trailer from the Sony/Guerrilla camp for Killzone 2: Few things that I noticed: Some non-fluid animations “Bubble” looking explosions in a few places (think Quake 2 for an over-exaggerated example of what I mean) Great sounds Some nice effects of materials you don’t typically see rendered well in video games (like cloth and cabling) Confusing story… [...]
Continue reading...Are 1200 ($15) Microsoft Points The New 800 ($10)?
27. October 2008
Up until August there were only 2 games on Xbox Live Arcade that cost over $10. These were Roboblitz, which came out in December 2006 for 1200 points ($15 dollars), and Penny Arcade Adventures, which released this last May for 1600 points ($20 dollars). Since August there have been 3 more titles which all released for [...]
Continue reading...Guitar Hero: World Tour Reviews Suggest Not Better Than Rock Band 2
27. October 2008
Uh oh, it looks like we might have been wrong on this one. Preliminary reviews of Guitar Hero: World Tour suggest that things might not be as rosey in the Guitar Hero camp as originally thought with their first foray into the “full band” experience. Unlocking Songs In previous Guitar Hero titles songs were always presented to [...]
Continue reading...Zombie Invasion Coming
26. October 2008
Zombies and video games have always gone well together. In the past there have been some great zombie based games like Dead Rising, the Alone in the Dark series, and the Resident Evil series. While these games have their fans they don’t tend to be as mainstream as titles like the Call of Duty and [...]
Continue reading...$700 Billion Bailout Is Not For Loans, It’s to Encourage Bank Mergers
25. October 2008
Remember that $700 billion bail-out that was forced down Congress’s throat with fear of military law being declared in the US if it wasn’t signed? Remember how we said that everything taking place during that time (and now) maps perfectly to the market crash of the 1930s? And how we mentioned that the long-term fallout from [...]
Continue reading...Universal to Make ‘Army of Two’ Movie
25. October 2008
Electronics Arts has announced plans to bring Army of Two to the big screen. Scott Stuber will produce the film through Stuber Productions. Scott Z. Burns has also signed on to adapt the game for the silver screen. Scott Z. Burns is most notably known for his work on The Bourne Ultimatum, which he co-wrote [...]
Continue reading...How to Get the New Xbox Experience Early
24. October 2008
For those of you who have not heard the “New Xbox Experience” is the upcoming dashboard update for the Xbox 360. It is scheduled for release on November 19th and includes a large number of changes including: Netflix Streaming XNA Community Games Avatars Xbox Live Marketplace on the Web Updated Games Marketplace Plus a complete redesign of the Dashboard Layout For those [...]
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31. October 2008
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