Archive for August, 2008

Hands-On Preview: MySims Kingdom

Tweet What the heck is a “Wandolier?” You learn quickly as you rise from the role of a pig farmer to work for the King in MySims Kingdom. Kingdom already seems more interesting than the original MySims simply by virtue of having a plot! Not only that, but they’ve added cute, cuddly animals, taken out [...]

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EA Studio Showcase 2008 Press Conference

Tweet No doubt you’ve already read the big news about EA Partners making friends with Grasshopper Manufacture, Inc. and Epic Games, but that same press conference featured some other interesting bits as well.

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Legend of Neil: Episode 4 (NSFW)

Tweet If you are new to the web series titles “Legend of Neil”, it is based off of exactly what you think it is based off of — The Legend of Zelda. This version however, is something that would never get the Nintendo family seal of approval. Neil’s journey to the videogame world of Hyrule [...]

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Zombies to Attack San Fran… With Their Boobs!

Tweet San Francisco is apparently a hotspot for zombie activity. With several zombie attacks in recent memory, a group of daring individuals devised a plan to funnel all of the undead Rice-A-Roni’s into a secure location. This Saturday, August 16th, radio-attraktor towers will be powered on that will telepathically guide the zombies to an “undisclosed [...]

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Complete Burnout: Paradise Coming to PSN

Tweet Haven’t bought Burnout: Paradise yet? Have a Playstation 3, an internet connection, and $29.99 you’re willing to part with? Try to hold on to them until a to-be-determined date in the Fall, when Burnout: Paradise in its entirety will be available for download.

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EA: Will Wright’s Spore Goes Gold

Tweet We all know the story of how many days it took God to make this and that, but what we don’t know is how  long EA kept Big G at bay before the process actually started. Well, the delays attached to Spore are officially a thing of the past, and the product, which at [...]

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EA Inks Deal With Grasshopper Manufacture

Tweet Three years ago, if someone were to tell me that Electronic Arts would be publishing a game by Grasshopper Manufacture, the renegade development team that created some of the weirdest and most unconventional games I’ve ever played, I’d have slapped them silly. But it’s happening, as EA has just announced a deal with Grasshopper [...]

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First Trailer and Screenshots for Shaun White Snowboarding

Tweet [vimeo width="480" height="360"]http://www.vimeo.com/1529023[/vimeo] Announced at Nintendo’s lackluster E3 conference and remembered as that game that was somehow related to the internet’s most famous soccer mom breaking her wrist, Shaun White Snowboarding is a snowboarding game sponsored by pro boarder Shaun White. It utilizes the Wii Fit’s gyration/motion-sensing technology to make you feel like you’re [...]

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Marcus 09? EA Publishing New Epic Games IP

Tweet Electronic Arts has just signed a deal to publish an all-new IP from Epic Games, the creators of the Gears of War and Unreal series. The new IP is currently being developed by Epic’s People Can Fly studio in Poland, the team behind Painkiller and the Gears of War PC port.

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Rumour: Headstrong’s Secret Game At Leipzig GC – Possibly Jet Grind Radio

Tweet Sega has announced its Leipzig GC line-up, and they’re trying to make a song and dance out of Samba De Amigo. More interesting is the promise of the world premiere of a new title and the attendance of Headstrong Games on their booth. Headstrong, rebranded from Kuju Entertainment at the end of July, is [...]

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MMO Players Beware: Malware Targeting Online Gamers on the Rise

Tweet So you’re visiting the World of Warcraft realm forums. It’s the usual flaming, loot drop bragging and guild drama when a new post pops up that says “Pic’s of My Teacher Nekkid!!1!” There is a link. Do you click it? If you do, chances are that you are going to find your lvl70 paladin [...]

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Sega CEO: ‘Flood Of Crap Games On Wii’

Tweet Man-on-top Simon Jeffrey has rounded on developers for drowning Wii in below-par tat, but is confident that publishers – starting with Sega, naturally – can put that to rights. Chewing the fat over at Venture Beat, he says: “There is a lot of crap coming out for the Wii in general. But if it’s [...]

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GTA Co-Creator: Honor in Hate

Tweet Rockstar’s Sam Houser counts it an honor to be hated. In an interview with Develop’s Michael French, Houser opens up and discusses the criticism of Grand Theft Auto and the company in general. How much of what gets written about Rockstar in the likes of the tabloid press do you read? I think we [...]

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Need Cash? Ebay Your 360 Achievements and Gamer Points

Tweet For dedicated achievement whores who are strapped for cash but don’t want to sell their entire game collection, there’s a new option-– sell the time you spend playing them.

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FIFA Soccer 09 Soundtrack Details Announced

Tweet EA Sports has announced the 42-song soundtrack to FIFA Soccer 09 this morning. Featuring songs from 21 countries and a number of genres, the soundtrack follows the style of their previous sports games with a mix of both established and new music acts. Some of the artists include The Ting Tings, Kasabian, The Kooks, [...]

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