Archive for June, 2010

PlayStation Network Casting for The Tester Season 2

Are you a video game fanatic? Trying to break your way into the gaming industry? Well, here’s your chance. PlayStation Network is now casting gamers for Season 2 of The Tester, the PSN’s competition reality series in which contestants have a chance to become a Video Game Tester for Sony…

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South Korean WoW Players Eligible to Receive Free Access of StarCraft II

I never got into the whole strategy game craze, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know how much people love the genre. If you’re one of the aforementioned people, you’ll probably be jealous to hear that South Korean World of Warcraft gamers are being rewarded with free copies of Starcraft II.

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Amazon Deals of the Day Are Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age, Origins Awakening

For today’s Amazon Videogame Deals of the Day, you can snag Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age: Origins, or Dragon Age: Origins Awakening on the somewhat-cheap.

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iPhone 4 Already Sold Out

No wonder Apple CEO Steve Jobs is smiling; the iPhone 4 launched just 3 days ago, and already it’s sold 1.7 million phones. Steve calls it “the company’s most successful product launch ever”. And they could have sold even more if it weren’t for product shortages…

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PizzaCone: Perfect Snack For Gamers On The Run

What gamer doesn’t like pizza? It’s been a staple at LAN parties and Halo Tournaments since…well forever, really. It’s even been modified to make it easier to eat while gaming. Pizza bites, or Hot Pockets, for example. The K! Pizzacone shop in New York has another idea, and one that I like: The Pizzacone. It looks a lot like an ice cream cone, but filled with cheesy pizza goodness…

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Metal Gear Solid RISING Could be the Start of a New Series

Metal Gear Solid producer Shigenobu Matsuyama has stated that the new Raiden-focused Metal Gear game could be the start of a whole new arm to the Metal Gear Solid franchise.

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Prince of Persia Surpasses Tomb Raider As Highest Grossing Video Game Movie Ever

It appears that a video game movie has finally been able to surpass the epic boobage of Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. That thing is Jake Gyllenhal as The Prince of Persia . . . seriously.

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Steam Sale Day 5: Oddworld, Tales of Monkey Island, Dogfighter, and More

Today’s set of Steam deals has been revealed, Oddworld, Tales of Monkey Island, Dogfighter, and a handful more.

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Rumour: PSP-4000 Coming to Japan this Year

A major Japanese retailer, Geo, has listed a PSP-4000 model in a lineup of products to be released this calendar year. Also included was a listing for the Nintendo 3DS, suggesting a 2010 release in Japan for both consoles.

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Activision Blizzard joins TIGA in Fight for UK Tax Relief

Activision Blizzard has joined TIGA, the UK games industry lobbying body, as part of the fight for tax relief in the UK for game development studios.

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Rumour: Team ICO Collection Coming in June 2011

Amazon France has posted a listing for one “Team ICO Collection” on PlayStation 3, with a release date of June 2011. Amazon France has posted a listing for one “Team ICO Collection” on PlayStation 3, with a release date of June 2011. We’ve heard rumours of this before, as well as statements about it from Fumito Ueda, so …

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Microsoft: Hardcore Gamers Will be Kinect’s Early Adopters

Despite the blatant focus on trying to steal the Wii’s market with Kinect, Microsoft have said that “hardcore gamers will be the first to go out and buy it.”

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Sub-Zero Goatee Groomer, FINISH TRIM!!

Get it? “Finish trim” sounds just like fin… aww nevermind. Seriously though, is it that difficult to groom a goatee that you need to place a cup over your mouth so you don’t mess it up? If you own this thing …

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Target Store Logo Red Rings (Image)

I now know where I’m NOT going to be buying an Xbox 360 …

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Gears of War Tick, Tick, Boom Super EXP Event Announced

Looking to finally get to Level 100 in Gears of War 2? Who am I kidding, of course you are. Damn it takes forever. Luckily Epic Games has been “epic” enough to provide us with countless double and even triple …

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