Chuck E. Cheese Becomes Video Game Landmark
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011Few people remember that Nolan Bushnell, Atari founder and industry icon, came up with the idea of a pizza chain with a ball pit and animatronic anthropomorphic band when he needed to sell more young kids on Atari games. A bit of a leap in business logic, to be sure, but nearly 35 years after [...]
1 CommentBioWare Looking to Expand The Old Republic for Decades
Monday, July 25th, 2011During a ComicCon panel that was held by BioWare staff this weekend, James Ohlen (the Senior Creative Director of BioWare) stated that even though the upcoming MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic will be launched with 19 worlds and an undetermined number of smaller planets, the company is hoping to expand the number of total planets [...]
4 CommentsTHQ and Deepak Chopra Will Bring you ‘Leela’ this November
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011While its not quite a game, and definitely not a reference to the Futurama character, THQ and famed motivational philosopher Deepak Chopra are bringing Leela to 360 (with Kinect) and Wii this November 8th. This experimental interactive experience will send you on “a ground-breaking journey of mind and body” which “combines physical activity and meditation [...]
1 CommentKevin Conroy Confirms “Future Episodes” of ‘Arkham City’
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011Voice actor Kevin Conroy (aka the voice that springs to mind when someone references Batman), made a pleasantly surprising announcement in a recent interview with Comic Booked. According to Conroy, the world of Batman: Arkham City will include significant DLC: described as “future episodes”. The actor offered no further details, like whether these would multiplayer [...]
1 CommentSega Delays 2 of its 3DS Games, ‘Assassin’s Creed’ 3DS Canned
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011Not a lot of good news coming down the pipe for 3DS owners. Sega recently announced delays for two of its games for the new handheld: a Shinobi reboot and Crush3D. Both games were due out this September, with Shinobi pushed back until November 15th of this year, and Crush3D moved into February 21st of [...]
1 CommentCapcom: Lack of Fan Input Killed ‘Mega Man Legends 3′
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011A bitter update to the defunct Mega Man Legends 3 project: apparently the fans didn’t want it enough. Capcom posted a series of twitter messages putting the blame for the game’s cancellation on a lack of fan involvement in the Prototype Version‘s process.
1 CommentChinese Theme Park Totally Not Based on ‘World of Warcraft’ Opens
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011The World Joyland theme park opened just in time for Summer in China, bearing more than a passing resemblance to some lucrative Blizzard IP. Dominated by two sections, one fantasy and one science fiction, familiar looking characters and designs from World of Warcraft and Starcraft are almost recreated into amusement landmarks. Renamed into “Terrain of [...]
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Friday, July 22nd, 2011This week’s contest will collapse the known universe.
41 CommentsPopCap, Make-A-Wish Develop 10-Year Old’s Video Game Design
Friday, July 22nd, 2011Owain Weinert was diagnosed with pre-B Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia late in 2010, the 10-year getting a related call from the Make-A-Wish Foundation earlier this year. Owain didn’t have the usual desire to meet his favorite celebrity, get an honorary induction into a prestigious organization, or go a fancy trip. The kid wanted to make a [...]
2 CommentsGamecube Discs Incompatible with Wii U, Coming to WiiWare Instead?
Friday, July 22nd, 2011Well, that whole backwards compatibility thing didn’t last long, did it Nintendo? Amber McCollom, Nintendo of America’s Director of Entertainment & Trend Marketing, confirmed that the upcoming Wii U console/tablet will not be able to read Gamecube discs. Instead, current plans point to select games from the Purple Lunchbox’s back catalog being brought to WiiWare. [...]
2 CommentsSize Five Sneaks In First Look at ‘The Swindle’
Friday, July 22nd, 2011Quick, pitch us two games that you would want mixed together for a single release. Really think about it, what comes to mind? Is it better than Deus Ex meets Sonic the Hedgehog? Size Five Games (formerly Zombie Cow) hopes not. The team behind indie adventure gems Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentleman, Please! [...]
Comments OffComic-Con: ‘Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3′ Confirmed, Disc-Based Only
Friday, July 22nd, 2011It was rumor for only a day or so. Capcom confirmed the existence of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 yesterday at Comic Con, although with a stat sheet of the tweaks and updates players can expect from the reissue. Unfortunately in terms of the gameplay nitty-gritty, said stat sheet includes little else beyond a generic [...]
2 CommentsComic-Con Introduces Us to the Hip-Hop Mario, ‘Sideway’
Friday, July 22nd, 2011[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fk9WlO3yHc[/youtube] The Playstation Network has been a depository for quirk before, no doubt, but Sideway is carving a niche for itself on an already niche-filled platform. For starters, you play as a living spray of graffiti, bounding about street art on and around the corners of various building-sized levels. The controls are your age-old basic, [...]
1 CommentLimited Edition Stars Wars 360 Bundle Unveiled at Comic-Con
Thursday, July 21st, 2011During a panel at Comic-Con earlier today, LucasArts and Microsoft unveiled the first limited edition Xbox 360 Kinect bundle. The bundle will feature a R2D2-themed console with a C3PO-styled controller, as well as a white Kinect sensor. The console comes paired with Star Wars: Kinect and Kinect Adventures, and will available at retailers this holiday [...]
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