Archive for November, 2009

Talented Bioshock 2 Fan Artist Ben Mauro Made It Big, 2K’s Loss Is Insomniac’s Gain

Tweet Way back in March of 2008, we reported on a pretty impressive Bioshock 2 fan art collection by then student Ben Mauro. The art was so well done that it caught the attention of 2K Games Community Manager Elizabeth Tobey. That was just the beginning for a kid who “never expected anything to come” [...]

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Major Nelson Milestone: Two Million Simultaneous Users on XBL and I Can Still Stream Porn!

Tweet Okay, so maybe he didn’t mention the porn streaming part, but in a recent Tweet, Xbox LIVE’s Major Nelson announced the following: “We just hit a new #XboxLIVE record: Over TWO MILLION people connected to the service at once.” I think all two million of us should sign off and sign back on at [...]

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Mario & Luigi Thugs Prove Beating Up Cab Drivers Isn’t Just For Grand Theft Auto Fans

Tweet The big bad “Grand Theft Auto made me do it” crowd just got some serious competition from the world of Nintendo. Two Super Mario and Luigi dressed brawling bandits, featured in the surveillance video available for viewing on the NY Daily News website, beat the crap out of a cab driver in at Great Kills, [...]

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Assass-Atar-Hero: Xbox LIVE Marketplace Adds Assassin’s Creed II & DJ Hero Avatar Gear

Tweet If you like to play virtual dress up, and don’t mind pissing away five bucks on a character you pretty much only see when starting up your console, the Assassin’s Creed II avatar costume is now available on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace as a part of a new update which includes some nifty DJ [...]

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Final Fantasy XIII Weapon System Revealed, New Collectible Modifiers Increase Strength

Tweet Square Enix seems to full of surprises lately, as the publisher unveiled a new Final Fantasy XIII weapon system in the latest issue of Japanese Mag, Shonen Jump. You will of course still seek new weapons as you did in the past, however the new weapon modifier system will utilize  materials you obtain from [...]

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360 Review – Jurassic: The Hunted

Tweet I’m not going to beat around the bush. By most sane reviewer’s standards, Jurassic: The Hunted is not a “good” game. The story is boring and uninspired, the voice work sounds like it came out of a ridiculous B-movie, and the human character models are bland and poorly animated. The campaign is too short [...]

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Final Fantasy XIV Introduces Gladiator and Pugilist Classes Plus Several New Weapon Previews

Tweet Final Fantasy MMO fanatics can officially begin blocking off entire months from their calendar in order to grind one of two newly introduced classes — the Gladiator and Pugilist. The Gladiator is a sword and shields close range combat specialist capable of following a well timed decapitating sword swipe with the words “ARE YOU [...]

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Modern Warfare Sells 7 Million Copies On Day One Proving There’s No Such Thing As Bad Press

Tweet Despite the in-game terrorism scandal and the dedicated server protesting debacle, rock solid developer Infinity Ward out did themselves again. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 flew off store shelves like cupcakes at an over-eaters anonymous gathering. Mmm cupcakes.

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Gearbox Creative Lead Calls Eventual Borderlands 2 Release “No-Brainer”

Tweet In an interview about Borderlands, the creative director for Gearbox said that a Borderlands 2 seemed like a no-brainer. “Everyone here loves the franchise, and it seems like the public is really coming back with praise and love. So yeah, if everything makes sense, Borderlands 2 seems like a no-brainer to me.” That’s what [...]

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Project Natal Rumored For November 2010 Release With $50-$80 Price Tag and 14 Launch Titles

Tweet By the time November 2010 rolls around, we could all be residing on the moon, eating space cheese, and zipping around with solar powered jet packs. In the event that doesn’t happen though, we might still have Microsoft’s Project Natal to look forward too.

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Not-So-Live: Microsoft Bans Estimated 600k User Accounts From 360 Xbox LIVE Service

Tweet In an on going effort to eliminate modded consoles from accessing their Xbox LIVE service, Microsoft has reportedly banned an estimated 600,000 accounts — a tad over one-fortieth of their LIVE subscribing customer base. Banned users will likely still be able to use their console offline, assuming they don’t throw it into a wall [...]

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WoW Pet Store Pandaren Monk “Sold Out” Due To Blizzard Virtual Inventory Glitch

Tweet We reported the launch of Blizzard’s World of War Pet Store a few days ago, and it appears now that the Pandaren Monk pet (which runs $10) is sold out. Only the insanely loyal Blizzard population could conjure up a sold out status for a virtual item. In reality, as the headline states, the [...]

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But Wait, There’s More! PS3 Facebook Integration & Gamecard Options Next On Sony Agenda?

Tweet Straight from the anonymous source department come three images depicting what appears to be Facebook integration for the Sony PlayStation 3 console. In addition, the images showcase a new gamercard customization menu. I personally gave up on the social networking website scene about two years into MySpace but I am sure that if this [...]

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Modern Warfare 2 Aimbot and Wall-Hacks Less Than One Day After PC Release

Tweet As you can see in the above video, The video has been removed by Activision due to copyright laws, however the video would have given you visual evidence that someone has already managed to create an Aimbot and wall-hack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It’s pretty obvious that dedicated servers are not [...]

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Video Game Composer Leaks Existence of Bully 2

Tweet An email hit our in-box a few hours ago tipping us on an interview with Bully composer Shawn Lee. In it, he slips and reveals that Rockstar has plans to release Bully 2. When asked if he any future plans or interest in creating additional video game soundtracks, Lee responded: “Yes. It looks like [...]

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