Post Tagged with: "GC 08"

Digital Artist Pulls Space Invaders 9/11 Art After “Immature” Response to His Work

Edric Stanley, digital artist and all around space cadet, began to pout over the public outcry that ensued when Kotaku brought his “Space Invaders blows up the World Trade Center” art to the attention of the internet masses. Upset with what the artist deemed an “immature” response to his work, Stanley has requested that his [...]

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Sony Guarantees PS3 Home 2008 Availability

The highly anticipated and long awaited PlayStation Home online virtual service has been delayed several times, but it seems that a launch date may finally be in sight. Home producer, Martijn Van Der Meulen, commented at the Leipzig Games Convention about the release date of Home, guaranteeing that it would come out this year. In [...]

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GC 08: Alison Carroll (aka: The New Lara Croft) Spotted At Leipzig Convention

The new face of Lara Croft, 23 year old Alison Carroll, has been spotted making her rounds at Leipzig. Can you tell which one is Alison? We know it’s hard, but try anyway. If you guess correctly, you may click the jump and see another photo of the British beauty taken at the show.

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GC 08: SOCOM Confrontation Booth Employs the Use of Sandbags

The Socom Confrontation booth at E3 consisted of — well, it didn’t exist. It was a single kiosk surrounded by several others running various Sony games. At Liepzig however, those looking to play SOCOM won’t have the luxury of standing at a kiosk, in fact, they won’t be able to stand at all. If you [...]

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GC 08: Space Invaders Takes On 9/11 – Aliens Blow Up World Trade Center

“What do you think would be best to celebrate 30 years of Space Invaders? Oh I know, let’s go to Leipzig and parody the destruction of the World Trade Center!” How I would love to have sat in on that meeting when Taito decided that this was a good idea, let alone a fitting tribute [...]

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GC 08: New Velvet Assassin Trailer

We managed to nab a video of the newest Velvet Assassin trailer that was show at the Leipzig Games Convention today. Of course, when I say “we managed to nab” I mean that Gamecock provided it for us. Looks to me like “The Chronicles of Splinter Gear British Girl”. Could be interesting…

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GC 08: Three Minutes of New Mirror’s Edge Gameplay Footage

Straight out of Games Convention 2008 in Leipzig comes three minutes of Mirror’s Edge in-game footage. All the previous video has been above ground, featuring a bright cityscape, as you jump from building to building. The new footage takes us inside of what appears to be an underground plant of some sort, and offers a [...]

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GC 08: Prince of Persia Video Walkthrough Plus Several New In-Game Screens

I am absolutely in love with this fucking game. Did I just type that out loud? Oh well. Ubisoft has released a new seven minute video walkthrough and several new in-game screens available after the jump. If you enjoy them as much as I did you may need to take a short nap afterwords.

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GC 08: Sony Unveils EyePet

These days we’re awash in a flood of virtual pets (or should I say…petz) designed to capitalize on the booming casual games market. Sony has just revealed their take on the phenomenon, a PlayStation Eye utilizing game they call EyePet. Here’s how it works: the Eye takes realtime, second-by-second footage of your living room, and [...]

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GC 08: New PSP-3000 Details Revealed

Sony has released new details on their new PSP model, currently coined the PSP 3000. The device (shown above) is said to have anti-reflection technology, better on-screen contrast, and deeper, more vibrant color. Additionally, the new PSP will come with a built in microphone catering to multiplayer gaming and in-game Skype calls. In addition to [...]

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GC 08: PS3 Controller Gets Wireless Keypad This Holiday Season

Qwerty FTW! Straight out of the Leipzig Games Convention today, Sony has taken steps to make typing out invitations for your Home house warming party a little easier. The company has confirmed that they are launching a bluetooth-enabled wireless keypad attachment with full support for all typing related actions in the console’s line up of [...]

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GC 08: New 160GB PS3 Announced for Europe

An 80GB PS3 will be available to European buyers this Friday. At a healthy price of 399 Euros it’s certainly attractive, but Sony have more in store for us. At the Leipzig Games Convention, Sony have announced the release of a 160GB PS3 for 449 Euros.

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Sega to Announce New Wii Title Tomorrow at Leipzig Games Convention 2008

Reports have surfaced, and it appears that Sega will be announcing a new Nintendo Wii title tomorrow at Leipzig. At this point we know that the game is being developed by Headstrong, and as we reported a few days ago, Sega recently renewed the trademark on Jet Grind Radio. JET GRIND RADIO Standard Character claim: [...]

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Blizzard To Unveil Lich King Opening Cinematic at Leipzig Games Convention 2008

Anyone who has played a Blizzard game knows that one of their most signature features are their masterful cinematics. Blizzard will be revealing their opening cinematic for Wrath of the Lich King at this years GC with a Q&A session to follow. We will report details from the event to you as soon as they [...]

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Huge LittleBigPlanet Ads Adorn Germany Near Games Convention 2008 in Leipzig

The infamous SackBoy and his LittleBigPaintbrush have painted their way onto the German cityscape just in time for this years GC in Leipzig. While I’m sure that SB himself created the masterpiece, something tells me that Sony and Media Molecule sprung for the paint. See the mural from a few different angles by visiting the [...]

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