Archive for June, 2009

Look! Lots of God of War III footage!

Tweet Remember how awesome God of War III looks? If not, play along for a second. Here’s some footage of the game- and it’s not just a trailer. It’s game play footage, the best kind of footage there is (at least in the videogame world). There’s not much else to say, but there is plenty [...]

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Massive Empire : Total War Update on Monday

Tweet A huge Empire: Total War update is heading to players on Monday, Shacknews reports. Update 1.3 will include processor optimisations for a better frame rate, 14 brand new units, balance changes, and a host of bugfixes. In short, this is a huge update which has free stuff included, and you should be very happy [...]

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Ryan Reynolds Doesn’t Like Video Games

Tweet Ryan Reynolds, the actor funnyman that most recently played Wade “Deadpool” Wilson in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, doesn’t play video games. He thinks they’re a waste of time.

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World of Warcraft 3.2 PTR Patch Notes

Tweet The latest batch of World of Warcraft PTR Patch notes are in, and the 3.2.0 patch features a few changes that will likely be viewed as welcome improvements. In addition to the class changes, 3.2 will also enhance the in-game professions of WoW players. Miners will get more health from toughness, Skinners will see [...]

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America’s Army 3 Out Now on Steam

Tweet Yes, it’s propaganda to get you to join the armed forces. However, a free game is a free game, and the perfect price tag makes it worth mentioning at least. America’s Army 3 is out now on Steam, free to all. The game features Steam achievements and Steam Cloud support, meaning your keyboard setup [...]

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Bundle Madness: Bioshock and… Oblivion?

Tweet In perhaps one of the strangest videogame bundles since Beyond Good and Evil was packed in with some cheese, 2K and Behtesda have joined force to create the BioShock & The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bundle. the deal will be released July 7 in the US, at $39.99 on Xbox 360 and $29.99 on [...]

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Harold Ramis Was Asked to Direct Mario Movie

Tweet Harold Ramis, probably most famous as Dr. Egon Spengler from Ghostbusters, was asked to direct the 1993 live action Super Mario Bros. Movie.

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Sessler’s Soapbox: Adam Discusses “What About Me?” Mentality and Left 4 Dead 2 Boycott

Tweet You know, Dan Landis and I discussed this very same topic in an upublished “From the Throne” debate. Yes, the two of us went back and forth on the topic while I was taking a dump. I had the brilliant idea to end the debate by typing “flush” but I never took notes and [...]

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Who Would You Screw-ew-ew for a Klondike Bar?

Tweet A lovely piece of promotional material hit my inbox today for Klondike bars. If you ever asked yourself what it would be like if the lure of Klondike bars was combined with the perverted nature of Leisure Suit Larry, we’ve got a treat for you.

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Mountain Dew Game Fuel World of Warcraft Commercial Features Supermarket PVP

Tweet Mountain Dew and popular MMO World of Warcraft team up to offer gamers two new beverages capable of changing skin color, muscle tone, and sexual orientation. Oh, I’m sure they promise to give some sort of energy boost too. Hit the jump for a lovely demonstration of the beverages in action by a gamer [...]

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PEGI Ratings Prevail in the UK, Introduce new Symbols

Tweet Yesterday, the UK government’s department of Culture, Media and Sport decided to ditch the BBFC for game ratings and instead adopt the game-focused alternative, PEGI. In light of this, PEGI have introduced a new set of coloured symbols, similar to the colourings of the BBFC designs. Obviously this will help people to see the [...]

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CONTEST: Win One Of 10 PS3/Xbox 360 Call of Duty: World At War Map Pack Codes

Tweet *gasp* Man, that title is a mouthful. The second Call of Duty: World at War (seriously, I refuse to call it Call of Duty 5.) map pack just hit, and while presumably thousands of people are having fun with it right now, you might’ve just hoped it would hit the proverbial online bargain bin [...]

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Olivia Munn Playboy Cover Issue Revealed Tonight on G4TV’s Attack of the Show

Tweet A brief but powerful email just hit our inbox. What it lacks in words, it makes up for in saliva inducing premonitions. Tune in tonight at 7pm ET/PT to see the Olivia Munn Playboy cover revealed on G4TV’s Attack of the Show. As for all you hot and heavy gamer girls, sit tight, I’m [...]

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Dan Aykroyd Calls Gamestop Ghostbusters Pre-Order Customers

Tweet In an effort to answer the age old Ghostbusting question “who you gonna call?” Ghostbuster himself Dan Aykroyd (in automated form) reached out to GameStop pre-order customers asking them to head on down to their local GameStop and pick up their copy of the game. “Greetings fellow paranormal enthusiasts. This is Dan Aykroyd, speaking [...]

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Xbox Not So Live Today

Tweet So I was playing Call of Duty: World at War last night over Xbox Live and all of a sudden I’m booted not only out of the lobby, but entirely off Xbox Live. I’m like WTF? Well, seems as if Microsoft felt the need to interrupt my fun to work on updates that will [...]

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