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Wipeout HD: 1080p, 60fps and jaw-droppingly gorgeous - SendMeRSS
2007-12-27 05:35:50
Wipeout HD: 1080p, 60fps and jaw-droppingly gorgeousFiled under: e-Distribution Games Did you hear that thud? That's the sound of our jaws accelerating to the floor, smashing into a million tiny pieces. New images of Wipeout HD have surfaced at PlayFrance, and they look absolutely stunning.What makes this more impressive is that all of these images will be running in full 1080p HD resolution, and at a silky smooth 60fps. That's almost unheard of in this generation of games. Imagine how exhilarating it will be to race these stunning tracks with Wipeout's trademark sense of speed.The French interview also reveals a few other interesting tidbits. Development of the game started less than a year ago, with a team of only six people. The team has grown to about 30 people now, with 3 of them having worked on the original PS1 Wipeout so many years ago. Although the game is just an HD version of the PSP games, the reworked textures and graphics will make it feel like a completely different ...
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PS3 Poll Police: How was your Christmas? - SendMeRSS
2007-12-27 05:35:48
PS3 Poll Police: How was your Christmas?Filed under: Polls and Surveys, CommunitySince the Poll Police were off the streets and in their homes celebrating the holiday with their family (by family we mean spiked eggnog and anyone they could yell at on the PSN via the Eye), they took a few extra days off with their weekly poll because they really just wanted to ask you: how was your Christmas? Did you get what you wanted? How was your Christmas? I got what I wanted! I got some of the things I asked for. I didn't get anything I wanted. It sucked, but I didn't have to go to work! I don't celebrate Christmas, but not working was cool. ...
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Resistance 2 trademark discovered (no one is surprised) - SendMeRSS
2007-12-27 05:35:46
Resistance 2 trademark discovered (no one is surprised)Filed under: News We all knew it was coming. Resistance 2, sequel to Insomniac's PS3 launch FPS, has been appearing in the rumor mill for quite some time now. Well, it looks like the game is getting closer to being officially announced. A new trademark for Resistance 2 was filed by SCEA, suggesting the game is being prepped for a release later in 2008. We're not surprised, really. We just like to think of this trademark filing as a little pre-Christmas gift that SCEA Claus decided to leave in our stocking.[Thanks, Mork!]Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Link - Comments - Andrew Yoon - Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:30:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs) resistance resistance-2 trademark Sent using SendMeRss.com. Visit here to unsubscribe from PS3 Fanboy. Recommended Feeds/Actions Subscribe MSNBC.com: Small Business ...
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Christmas surprise has kid getting phone book instead of PS3 - SendMeRSS
2007-12-27 05:34:11
Christmas surprise has kid getting phone book instead of PS3Filed under: News How was your Christmas? Hopefully, it was better than this kids'. A local FOX News report highlights one kid's unfortunate ordeal. Upon opening his PS3 box, he found a very heavy phone book, no PS3 in sight! Granted, a phone book has tons of replayability. But, it just doesn't play games as well as a real PS3. The family will be going back to the store they bought the system from. But, what possible explanation will the store be able to come up with? [Thanks, Hunter L.!]Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Link - Comments - Andrew Yoon - Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:30:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs) christmas holidaze ps3 Sent using SendMeRss.com. Visit here to unsubscribe from PS3 Fanboy. Recommended Feeds/Actions Subscribe NBCSports.com - NBA Top Stories ...
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Devil May Cry 4 to include hard drive install, 5.1 LPCM audio, PSN support - SendMeRSS
2007-12-27 05:34:11
Devil May Cry 4 to include hard drive install, 5.1 LPCM audio, PSN supportFiled under: News You may not like Capcom for porting the former PS3-exclusive Devil May Cry 4 to the Xbox 360. But, can you take comfort in knowing that the PS3 version is still superior than its 360 counterpart? If you watched this episode of The 1UP Show, you would've heard the 1UP editors agree that the PS3 version looks and plays better than the 360 version. In addition, a new issue of Famitsu reveals some features that are sure to make PS3 owners quite happy.An optional hard drive install will supposedly remove all load times from the game. But, be warned -- it's quite a hefty install at nearly 5GB. Not only will load times be shortened on the PS3, but audiophiles will be glad to hear that the PS3 version also includes 5.1 LPCM audio. There's also support for the PSN, although how exactly it will work is still unclear. Regardless, it makes us glad to see the PS3 version of DMC4 get extra functionality. ...
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Video: Now playing on GT TV - SendMeRSS
2007-12-27 05:34:10
Video: Now playing on GT TVFiled under: Videos and Screenshots Japanese gamers have been enjoying access to GT TV in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. This feature is a wet dream come true for car fanatics, as it gives them access to some of the world's best automotive programming -- some which has never been available internationally before! We're certain that people will love getting Top Gear and the likes on their TVs. Check out what you're missing in this new video.Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Link - Comments - Andrew Yoon - Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs) gran-turismo gran-turismo-5 gt-tv Sent using SendMeRss.com. Visit here to unsubscribe from PS3 Fanboy. Recommended Feeds/Actions Subscribe MSNBC.com: Luxury Travel ...
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First trailer for Tales of Vesperia - SendMeRSS
2007-12-27 05:34:10
First trailer for Tales of VesperiaFiled under: Videos and Screenshots 2008 may mark the entrance of more JRPG's into the PS3's library -- this trailer is the first for the newest Namco Bandai Tales game, given the name of Vesperia. Either their character designs are getting lazy, or many of these characters look familiar to us. Since we can't understand Japanese, we'd like to assume the game relates to previous games. Perhaps even Radiant Mythology. Still, it's a decent looking game and we'd love to see more RPGs hit. Unfortunately, Namco Bandai hasn't confirmed which system it's going to be on. Namco Bandai once hinted at a PS3 RPG -- could this be it? Check out this new trailer, and see some new images here.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Link - Comments - Nick Doerr - Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs) namco-bandai tales-of-vesperia Sent using SendMeRss.com. V ...
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Dragon Ball Z: what it looks like on PS3 - SendMeRSS
2007-12-27 05:34:10
Dragon Ball Z: what it looks like on PS3Filed under: Videos and Screenshots Want to know what a "next-gen" (aka, "current gen," right?) DBZ game looks like? Well, here it is. Burst Limit, coming to Xbox 360 and PS3, looks like no other DBZ game before it. We're sad to admit, but this Japanese debut trailer has us pretty excited. The PS2 games before it did a good job of recreating the world of Goku and the gang, but the high-fidelity visuals of this new effort really bring a whole new sheen to the franchise. We don't know how it's going to play, but it's certainly an admirable revival for a series that's now decades old.Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Link - Comments - Andrew Yoon - Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:15:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs) burst-limit dbz dragon-ball-z Sent using SendMeRss.com. Visit here to unsubscribe from PS3 Fanboy. Recommended Feeds/Actions Subscribe MSNBC.com: Datelin ...
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Top 25 Linux 3D Games
2007-12-23 03:22:26
We gave you 10 and you wanted more so here you have a great list of 3D games for Linux compiled from your own comments. Feel free to add more games and help another Linux users find those great time wasters you love.Last time we reached 1089 diggs. Now the list is bigger and better. Help us reach the 1500 diggs mark :)Armagetron AdvancedArmagetron is a multiplayer game in 3d that attempts to emulate and expand on the lightcycle sequence from the movie Tron. It's an old school arcade game slung into the 21st century. Highlights include a customizable playing arena, HUD, unique graphics, and AI bots. For the more advanced player there are new game modes and a wide variety of physics settings to tweak as well.Battlestar Galactica: Beyond the Red Line• Powered by the revamped Freespace 2 engine• Entirely stand-alone, Freespace 2 not required• Accurately detailed high-resolution ship models• High quality, originally engineered audio• Authentic, original in-game soundtrack, in addi ...
Games  Linux 

Take-Two acquisition by EA imminent - SendMeRSS
2007-12-20 21:02:17
Take-Two acquisition by EA imminentAs everyone expected, the merger between Vivendi Games and Activision that led to the birth of Activision-Blizzard, the new no.1 video game publisher in the world, didn't sit too well with, now second biggest publisher, EA Games. So they're thinking of solutions to get back in the top spot, and acquiring Take-Two Interactive seems to be their best bet.   As much as I hate to see juggernauts like EA taking over ambitious, independent developers and publishers, this is the world we live in, no matter how good you are, if you don't have the financial means to compete you eventually have to accept the compromise of an acquisition. According to many this is the fate of Take-Two, creator and publisher of titles like: GTA, BioShock, Civilization, Manhunt, Midnight Club and many more. Mike Hackey, analyst for Janco Partners, spoke with GameDaily and said that having so many popular titles, many created in-house, is in fact what makes the company such a ...
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Game|Housekeeping: A Note On Comment Spam - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:49:13
Game|Housekeeping: A Note On Comment SpamWe understand that our comment spam filters have been beefed up, in order to keep out all the junk comments and garbage that we've been having as we get more popular and thus more enticing to griefers. Problem is, as these things often do, the spam filters are now also keeping out a lot of legitimate comments. We're working to fix the problem. In the meantime, if you've found any ways to keep your comments from being marked as spam, please comment below and hope that they do not get marked as spam. Thank you! Link - Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:53:39 GMT - Feed (1 subs) Sent using SendMeRss.com. Visit here to unsubscribe from Game | Life. Recommended Feeds/Actions Subscribe MSNBC.com: Security ...
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Sensible World of Soccer Pulled From Live Arcade - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:49:09
Sensible World of Soccer Pulled From Live Arcade A game-crippling bug has prompted Codemasters to pull Sensible World of Soccer from Xbox Live Arcade mere hours after it was added to the service. The bug apparently signs players out of Xbox Live and prevents them from signing back in until they manually return to the dashboard. Microsoft and Codemasters are looking into the problem. If you've already downloaded it, you'll have to delete it and redownload it when the fixed version is added to the Arcade, assuming you want to be able to play over Live. Which, with a game like Sensible, is kind of the whole point. Sensei pulled from Xbox Live [CVG] Link - Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:20:05 GMT - Feed (1 subs) Sent using SendMeRss.com. Visit here to unsubscribe from Game | Life. Recommended Feeds/Actions Subscribe MSNBC.com: Business ...
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Yahtzee Yawns at Mass Effect - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:49:03
Yahtzee Yawns at Mass EffectCould Mass Effect be the game that makes Escapist reviewer Yahtzee change his RPG-hating ways? Nope, apparently not. The conversation options that so wowed us here at Game|Life bore him to tears, and he didn't much care for the combat, either. He does, however, find a way to compare boobs to bacon sandwiches, which is a pretty neat trick. Link - Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:54:47 GMT - Feed (1 subs) Sent using SendMeRss.com. Visit here to unsubscribe from Game | Life. Recommended Feeds/Actions Subscribe MSNBC.com: Americas ...

Second Life Now Offers Account Statements - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:47:31
Second Life Now Offers Account Statements Second Life creator Linden Labs is now offering players account statements for all monetary transactions that take place within their virtual world. The statements are available for any month in which a player has ever been active and once requested they are delivered in a neat PDF and automatically display all balances in US dollars for ease of reading. Linden Labs has always been adamant about furthering their vision of Second Life as the future of commerce, and whether or not that ever happens, they're certainly making it easy to look like you're running a reputable business of selling anthropomorphic bears and friendly plants. Linden Lab offers account statements [Massively] Link - Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:29:20 GMT - Feed (1 subs) Sent using SendMeRss.com. Visit here to unsubscribe from Game | Life. Recommended Feeds/Actions Subscribe MSNBC.com: CNBC TV ...
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Game|Life Riffs On The Duke Nukem Forever Trailer - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:47:30
Game|Life Riffs On The Duke Nukem Forever Trailer It's almost hard to believe, but the Duke Nukem Forever trailer is actually here. Signs of the coming apocalypse are sure to follow. Doesn't really show off too much other than Duke's bulging biceps, but it's something, anyway. What do you think? UPDATE: Game|Life writers' thoughts on the trailer are below.Susan: 3D Realms has certainly mastered the quick cut, haven't they? Here, have a nanosecond-long glimpse at some monsters! I do think the boarish-looking creature bellowing amid the bloody corpses was interesting and fun, but the little I could see of the other enemies (even going frame by frame) looked somewhat ordinary. It does a decent job of capturing Duke's attitude -- blowing smoke into the camera is a nice touch -- but I'm not sure how well the shtick has aged. When it comes right down to it, if this weren't Duke Nukem (Friggin') Forever, I'm not sure how much I would care about the game based on this teaser ...
Game  Life  Trailer 

Europe Gets Wii Chess, And They Can Keep It There - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:47:29
Europe Gets Wii Chess, And They Can Keep It ThereNintendo of America's winter 2008 lineup is still largely undefined, but we know at least one game our friends in Europe are getting: Wii Chess. And damned if it isn't ugly. NOE's penchant for releasing basically anything occasionally lets our friends across the pond get their hands on games like Tingle's Rupee Land, but I don't envy them Wii Chess for a minute. I (of all people!) understand the principle that simple graphics are non-threatening, and that they'll likely make a ridiculous amount of money off of this, but check out this line from the official web page: "You will be able to control the movement of your pieces by simply holding the Wii Remote vertically and using the +Control Pad and A and B Buttons." So, what, you don't even use the pointer to move? Watching the video on the page seems to confirm this. From all appearances, the production values on this make Ninjabread Man look like Gears of War. This wo ...
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Free Holiday Content for Folklore - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:47:28
Free Holiday Content for Folklore Christmas-themed content for Folklore will be available as a free download from the PlayStation Network this week. Both Ellen and Keats will receive spiffy new holiday-appropriate outfits. While Ellen looks absolutely adorable in her red earmuffs, bell, and mittens, Keats looks somewhat less enthusiastic about his reindeer sweater and knit hat. You'll also get a new Folk, the Grab Bag, which looks like an enormous present on legs and spits out toys and gifts. Free content is always welcome, but holiday-themed downloads are especially fun. A holiday gift to all Folklore fans [PlayStation.blog] Link - Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:39:33 GMT - Feed (1 subs) Sent using SendMeRss.com. Visit here to unsubscribe from Game | Life. Recommended Feeds/Actions Subscribe NBCSports.com - JDub Headlines ...
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Take Two: We Refuse To Milk Franchises - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:47:28
Take Two: We Refuse To Milk Franchises During the firm's quarterly earnings conference call, Take Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick bluntly denied the possibility that they would be releasing new games for their main franchises on an annual basis. Zelnick claims such tactics lead to a drop in the overall quality of a title, and that Take Two is "driven first and foremost by making the best games in the business. You can't do that on a clockwork type schedule." As he continues, the CEO also makes an excellent point about the annual release cycle leading to gamers being utterly burned out on certain titles. His solution to this issue "is to develop more great franchises", an idea as clever as it is simple.Zelnick's remarks are in stark contrast to the earlier claims by Activision CEO Bobby Kotick who recently declared that the company will be "exploiting" its library by releasing a new title for "virtually every one" of its successful franchises on a yearly basis. ...
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Codemasters teases 'Project Strike Team' - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:31:16
Codemasters teases 'Project Strike Team'Filed under: Action, Adventure, Business Top men at Codemasters are very excited about their new IP -- codenamed "Project Strike Team" -- but are reluctant to say much about it, except that they think it's awesome. So there.The "character-driven action title" is in development at Codemasters' new Guildford studio, and is being built using the team's proprietary EGO game engine, which was last seen in Colin McCrae's DiRT. The engine excels at creating large environments with impressive draw distance. According to Develop Magazine, the team's experience working with automobile-focused racing titles will be put to good use on "Project Strike Team," which is tentatively due for release sometime in 2009. The project is being touted and teased by the company early in development partly for recruitment purposes. We'll have to wait and see what kind of game "Project Strike Team" really is (our guess is that it features some kind of strike team).Re ...
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Warhawk expansion arrives day early, free for a few - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:31:15
Warhawk expansion arrives day early, free for a fewFiled under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action Warhawk expansion Operation Omega Dawn arrived unexpectedly on PSN today, 24 hours before it was set to go live. What's more, when it first made its premature debut, it was (due to a glitch) accompanied by the bargain price tag of "Free." A few wicked folks (the same people that take a pack of mints without leaving a quarter for Jerry's Kids) managed to take advantage, but it looks like the kink in the system was worked out fairly quickly.The good news is that the pack was left up, so fans can still take advantage of the early appearance, as long as they cough up their $7.99. If you were unaware, the pack adds five new night-time maps, a new dropship and for a few (ahem) unscrupulous early adopters, the unshakable stench of shame.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Link - Comments - Justin McElroy - Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:30:00 GMT - Feed (13 subs ...

Duke Nukem Forever teaser perpetuates cycle of non-delivery - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:31:13
Duke Nukem Forever teaser perpetuates cycle of non-deliveryFiled under: First Person Shooters, Video Much like being trapped within the confines of a stereotypical Star Trek episode, watching Duke Nukem Forever's latest tease is an unwelcome encounter with your favorite industry's very own temporal loop. We've all been through the cycle of doubt and anticipation many times over, hurled back to the beginning whenever 3D Realms decides to switch engines, scrap designs and slam the big ol' reset button on George Broussard's desk.This particular peek at 3D Realms' perpetually approaching wolf offers exactly what you'd expect: bulging biceps, tentacled aliens and absolutely no assurances that your ten-year wait will be worth it. Until we see an actual game, consider our reserves of faith and interest thoroughly depleted.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Link - Comments - Ludwig Kietzmann - Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT - Feed (13 subs) ...

Kane and Lynch: Dead Men, Live demo - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:30:59
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men, Live demoFiled under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action Kane and Lynch have gotten a bum rap lately as the guys responsible for double-handedly ripping the internet asunder and scattering the pieces to the wind. But did you know that they also starred in an electronic video game? And it's a game which, despite the negativity, is actually sporadically pretty fun. A reminder is now available on Xbox Live with a new, single-player demo.What we hope is that more people getting their hands on the demo with re-establish the game as what it should have been all along: A decent action game, not a pariah. Give it a try yourself, we'd bet that no matter what your impressions are, they're going to be better than "symbol for all that is wrong with games journalism," which is where we'd imagine several of you now have it ranked.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Link - Comments - Justin McElroy - Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:28:00 GMT ...
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MCV: GTA IV to hit UK April 25 - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:30:59
MCV: GTA IV to hit UK April 25Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, ActionEver since the Grand Theft Auto IV's much-ballyhooed delay to the somewhat nebulous "Q2 2008," would-be gangsters everywhere have been clamoring to know the specific date the game would hit (and Take Two has been no help on that score). Now MCV purports to have an answer, citing "senior industry sources" to pin the game's British release date at April 25, 2008.If MCV's unnamed "sources close to the game's publisher" are correct, the game would just sneak in before the end of Take Two's promised second fiscal quarter, which runs from February through April. The story gives no hint at a U.S. release date, but recent games in the series have hit our shores a few days before Britain's.Rockstar gave MCV a blanket "no comment" or the rumor, and one source hinted that we might not get much official warning from the publisher. "I'd expect some more concrete news from them two or three weeks before rel ...

Where's Duke Nukem been the last decade? - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:30:58
Where's Duke Nukem been the last decade?Filed under: Culture, PC, First Person ShootersThe door swung shut, his familiar frame lumbered in, sunk into the couch, like nothing had changed these last ten years. "Where have you been?" we screamed. "It's been ten years!""I'm looking for some alien toilet to park my bricks. Who's firrrrst?""So that's it? You come in here stinking like a wet cigar and that's all you've got to say for yourself?" He puffed on his cigar, blew radioactive smoke in our faces, and left ... Evidently, the boys at ShackNews have gotten over their abandonment issues (any pointers?) and taken a calendar-heavy look at the game's progress (or lack thereof, knowhutamean?) over the last decade of development. Most telling: the two E3 trailers, in '98 and '01, that show plenty of gameplay in what would almost seem to be a nearly complete game. Once you're done reading that, take another look at The Duke Nukem Forever List, an incredibly sobering breakdown of the things ...
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Joystiq Interview: Kuju's download-only studio doublesix - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:29:27
Joystiq Interview: Kuju's download-only studio doublesixFiled under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Online, Interviews, Casual We admit that the opening of a new studio is not the most terribly exciting event under the sun, but that news becomes decidedly more intriguing when said studio dedicates itself to a single market, or in the case of British developer Kuju's newly opened doublesix studio, a single distribution channel. With a moniker always referred to in lowercase, we expected doublesix to be quietly reserved regarding its plans, which include developing titles exclusively in the downloadable space for Xbox Live Arcade, the PlayStation Network, WiiWare and the PC. What we found, however, was a studio that is enthusiastic about its positioning in this young, but rapidly growing segment of the video game industry. To find out more, we managed to speak with doublesix studio head James Brooksby on a number of topics, including the price of download ...
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Rumorong: More exclusive GTA IV Xbox 360 content in '09 - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:29:27
Rumorong: More exclusive GTA IV Xbox 360 content in '09Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Business According to Take-Two there is no additional exclusive episodic content for the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV beyond what was previously announced. The confusion stems from a call last night regarding Take-Two's financials where CEO Ben Feder said, "In fiscal 2009 we'll also be offering additional episodic content for Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox 360." A Rockstar rep tells Next-Gen that Feder was referring to the second announced episode.The semantic crux in the statement is that if the second episode is released after Nov. 1 '08 it is part of Take-Two's fiscal '09. We already knew that the first GTA IV episode was planned to come out shortly after release, and then the second episode about a half year after that, which places it after the fiscal '09 start date. The devil is in the wordy details.Gallery: Grand Theft Auto IVRead | Permalink | Email this&nbs ...
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Codemasters to continue Wii's mini-game doldrums with Emergency Mayhem - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 21:29:26
Codemasters to continue Wii's mini-game doldrums with Emergency MayhemFiled under: Nintendo Wii, Action Mini-game collections are the bitter spice of life that Wii owners have been forced to swallow time and again during the console's short, but arguably over-enthusiastic life, and while a very small handful of these games have managed to bridge the gap between tedium and genuine fun, we think the bulk of these compilations are better served at keeping sweat rings off the coffee table. The latest to join the Wii's bite-sized militia is Emergency Mayhem from Codemasters, a mini-game extravaganza that asks players to save the unfortunately-named Crisis City from "decidedly slapstick" disaster.Set for release in the second quarter of 2008, the Wii-exclusive game will let players control police, fire, and paramedic services as they race to save the accident-prone city over the course of 30 time-sensitive missions, which will include such madcap antics as tranquilizing monkeys and usi ...
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Simple Block Kuzushi drops the ball - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 20:44:12
Simple Block Kuzushi drops the ballFiled under: Imports, Screens While a couple of the games in the Simple Wii series have been interesting (though we can't comment on their actual quality), it's fairly apparent from screens that Simple Wii Vol. 5 THE Block Kuzushi is basically a miss, due to some questionable design decisions. The main problem is that the actual playfield is so small. About 20% of the screen is occupied by actual game, with the rest going to gaudy backgrounds and a view of your "Apian" avatar (all the Simple Wii games use the same totally cute avatar creation system). This seems like an odd choice, especially since it forces all the actual blocks and the paddle to be tiny onscreen. In addition, if there is pointer control for the paddle, we would much prefer to have the whole screen at our disposal instead of being restricted to minute movements.The other issue we can spot from screens is that, for some mysterious reason, the playfield is tilted. Both of these ch ...
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Oz gets Zack & Wiki in February, Wii Fanboy suggests everyone buy it - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 20:42:28
Oz gets Zack & Wiki in February, Wii Fanboy suggests everyone buy itFiled under: News Gamers down under are getting a treat come February 21st when Capcom's stellar title Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure hits retail shelves. Australia, we have one thing to ask you: will you please buy this game? Seriously, you need it.When we reviewed the game, we found it to be one of the absolute best games on the system. It's such an amazing game on all levels that we're incredibly surprised that nobody else thought so, as the game's sales were incredibly poor. We wondered if complex games such as this would even have a future on the Wii. Actually, we still do.So, Australia, do your part. Make sure you buy this amazing game.Gallery: Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure[Via Go Nintendo]Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Ads by Google Link - Comments - David Hinkle - Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:15:00 GMT - Feed (10 subs) ...
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Tales from 2 AM - SendMeRSS
2007-12-19 20:10:01
Tales from 2 AMFiled under: Analysis / Opinion, WoW Social Conventions, Odds and ends The hardest thing about playing WoW during the night shift is watching your standards for success drop as people who aren't as demented or as sleep-deprived as I am realize they have to do things like sleep and get up in the morning. Since I know I won't be able to sleep I'm fairly cavalier about it, but as the night transforms into early morning people go from let's clear Heroic Arcatraz to let's try one more time to kill this annoying boss and call it a night. That's right, Zereketh, you know who you are. I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, so it can be very frustrating for me to tank a boss over and over again and see the DPS dying from stuff I can't do much about, like the Void Zones he keeps spawning right under the clothies' feet, especially when you get the boss to 1% six times in one night.Not that I'm bitter or anything.I'm sure we all like to do well. And it can be horribly frustrating to ...