In 2006, EA Los Angeles vice president Mike Verdu compared the substance Tiberium to the most cherished icons of popular science fiction and fantasy. "Tiberium is our Force, our Spice, our One Ring, and our Matrix," he told IGN. "Everything in our game world is defined by its relationship to Tiberium." Today, it was his sad [...]
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Last week, we featured an announcement from Gamers To Players (G2P), a new instructional documentary, which made an interesting claim: This DVD, said the press release, can "transform gamers into real guitarists." At the time, I called this promise a tall order; I have personally attempted to make this transformation in the past, and met [...]
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Yesterday, video game retailer Game Crazy released the results of a recent market research survey which claimed 90% of kids ages 8-17 expect to ask for a video game this holiday season, and that music games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band topped their wish lists, followed by Mario Kart. The story was picked [...]
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Contrived? Perhaps. Favorable? Almost certainly. But whether Capcom is experimenting with a new public relations tool, a community-building attempt or an actual journalistic endeavor, their new series of developer interviews debut today on the Capcom investor relations website. For fans longing for a inside look at the creative processes and corporate philosophies behind Capcom's hottest new [...]
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Earlier this month, GameCyte offered a psychological examination of in-game achievements. We spoke to respected researchers from within the field, who helped us explore the reasons why gamers are so drawn to shiny trophies and higher Gamerscores. Those reasons were many, but regardless of your particular reason of choice, the fact is that more and [...]
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UPDATE: AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack is a Wal-Mart exclusive. Hooray? Spotted on multiple sources this morning, Harmonix and MTV Games have officially announced the impending release of AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack on November 2, and November 16th for the Wii. Working similarly to previous Track Packs that Rock Band has seen, the [...]
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Japanese tech news site PC Watch is reporting that as a cost-saving measure, Sony "has begun seriously considering" basing the upcoming PlayStation 4 on the same Cell processor that currently powers the PS3.
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1.) Own a PS3. 2.) Do not own an Xbox 360 and/or powerful gaming PC. That's it. Activision has informed PSU that due to increased server and connectivity data -- whatever that means -- the multiplayer beta for Call of Duty: World at War will only take place on Xbox 360 and PC. Since the Call of Duty series [...]
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A shopping mall full of zombies. A cadre of muscle-bound world warriors decapitating foes left and right. An alternate universe where Cold War superheroes investigate a conspiracy. It hasn't been lost on Electronic Arts that these films settings make for excellent interactive experiences on or off the silver screen -- and that their director, Zack [...]
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Valve's Source game engine may be nearly four years old, but the price is right -- anybody who buys a single Source-powered game can download the Source SDK for free, via Steam. (Didn't know you had it? Check your "Tools" tab in Steam.) Valve has also used their online delivery system to keep their game [...]
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