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Scratch: The Ultimate DJ spins to 360, PS3

8 October 2008 |Genco and 7 Studios team with Quincy Jones III on hip-hop rhythm game next spring; Numark onboard for turntable peripheral.

Sims get new head of household

8 October 2008 |EA executive producer rises to top rank at life-simulation arm of publishing giant; former EVP Nancy Smith transitions to "special projects" manager.

Snowboards slalom into We Ski 2

8 October 2008 |Namco Bandai confirms Wii Balance Board ski sequel set for US March 2009 release; snowboards to join skiing frenzy.

Carbine raises Cain

8 October 2008 |NCsoft subsidiary promotes original Fallout lead designer and Troika Games cofounder to design director of studio's unannounced MMOG.

THQ reorgs product dev execs

8 October 2008 |Sorensen out, Tessler, Bilson, DeCosta up as Saints Row publisher makes sweeping changes to upper echelon of executives.

Grasshopper working with Unreal Engine 3

8 October 2008 |No More Heroes studio toiling on multiplatform action horror title using Epic Games' oft-licensed technology; evidence that UE3 is finally headed to Wii?

Rock Band 2 poses for figurines

8 October 2008 |Harmonix's Web site now offering custom dolls modeled after gamers' in-game avatars, plus personalized T-shirts, bumper stickers, posters, and more.

Nintendo reveals UK dates for Wii Speak, Animal Crossing

8 October 2008 |Wii Speak, Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City to be available as a bundle and separately from December 5.

FIFA 09 scores number one in UK chart

8 October 2008 |First week sales of EA Sports' football game outstrip last year's version by 37.5 percent; The Force Unleashed falls to number two after two weeks.

AU Shippin’ Out October 7-10: Dark Sector

7 October 2008 |Eight months after its initial banning the edited version of Digital Extreme's action-adventure title finally makes it down under.

TGS 2008: Ninja Blade First Look

9 October 2008 |Ninja Blade (X360)From Software gives us an early peek at the newest ninja on the block.

Sony Brings New PS3 Bundles to Japan

9 October 2008 |Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and LittleBigPlanet join 80 gigabyte model.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Advanced Techniques FAQ/guide

9 October 2008 |Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Nintendo Wii

TGS 2008: LocoRoco 2 First Look

9 October 2008 |LocoRoco 2 (PSP)Rolling through life and singing all the way.

TGS 2008: Patapon 2 First Look

9 October 2008 |Patapon 2 (PSP)The tribe is back.

AU: Call of Duty: World at War Launch Party!

8 October 2008 |Call of Duty: World at War (PC)Melbournians get the chance to play it early.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Echoes of Time Footage

8 October 2008 |Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (DS)First footage that pairs up the Wii and DS games in one big adventure.

EA Announces NBA Live 09 Available Today

8 October 2008 |The highly anticipated hoops title, NBA Live 09, hit retail shelves in North America today. Ready to ball?

Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals Videos

8 October 2008 |Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals (DS)Kicking ass across the galaxy.

Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals Review

8 October 2008 |Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals (DS)Jupiter improves their design to make a worthy opponent to Pokemon.

Designer Hiroyuki Kotani Explains Patapon 2 Mulitplayer Mode

9 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> While visiting Sony's Tokyo office we got a chance to talk with Patapon 2 designer Hiroyuki Kotani and check out the game's new multiplayer mode. These two-part ...

New LocoRoco 2 Details from Creator Tsutomu Konno

9 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> We sat down with LocoRoco creator Tsutomu Konno at Sony's Tokyo offices to check out the latest work-in-progress build of the upcoming sequel and chat some about the ...

New Exclusive Resident Evil 5 Trailer Debuting Wednesday on 1UP

9 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> If you want the most in-depth look at the brand new co-op gameplay in Resident Evil 5, you'll need to turn to our November issue of EGM, which is arriving on ...

Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion Hands-On Preview

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THQ Unveils Saints Row 2’s Complete Soundtrack

8 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> THQ has revealed the entire soundtrack to Saints Row 2, and it's a doozy. The 11 radio stations include hits by Avenged Sevenfold, Joss Stone, Hot Chip, and Culture ...

Terrorists and Fans of Colons Win in: Broken Pixels: Target: Terror

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Exclusive Little King’s Story Producer Q&A;

8 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> Tokyo Game Show is only a day away. While we're planning for a lot of new announcements, we're also anxious to check in on some of the games revealed at last year's ...

Age of Conan 360 is “Not Key Priority” For Funcom

8 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> J?rgen Tharaldsen, the product director for Funcom, recently sat down with Strategy Informer and answered a few questions regarding Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures ...

Riot Games’ League of Legends Announced

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Newest Halo Novel Gets A Release Date And A Cover

8 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> It's an unfortunate fact that Xbox 360s are tough to hook up in cars and planes. Some Halo 3 fans have undoubtedly managed it, but for the rest of us, there's Halo: ...

Disney Grooves for DanceDanceRevolution

8 October 2008 |All of you DanceDanceRevolution fans out there (and you know who you are) will hopefully get a kick out of this Disney incarnation on Wii.

Disney Grooves for DanceDanceRevolution

8 October 2008 |All of you DanceDanceRevolution fans out there (and you know who you are) will hopefully get a kick out of this Disney incarnation on Wii.

Hudson’s Deca Sports for Wii Ships 1 Million Copies

8 October 2008 |Wii owners love those party games. It may not be Wii Sports, but Hudson's Deca Sports is certainly doing well for itself.

PS3’s $399 Price ‘Simply Too Steep,’ says Analyst

8 October 2008 |EEDAR's Jesse Divnich believes consumers have been waiting for a PS3 price cut and if they don't get it, they'll flock to Xbox 360 this holiday. Gears of War 2 is expected to top all software sales this holiday, said Divnich.

Metal Gear Online Gets Second Expansion

8 October 2008 |You won't be able to wipe this MEME off the face of the Earth. New expansion includes additional maps, settings and avatar parts.

Two Worlds Contributes to 220% Sales Increase at SouthPeak

8 October 2008 |It was a good year for SouthPeak, in large part thanks to Two Worlds. The publisher generated revenues of $40.2 million and is looking to double its releases in 2009.

Molyneux: PC Game Market in ‘Tatters’

8 October 2008 |It's a hard reality for many to face, but even a developer of many classic PC games perceives the misfortunes harrying the PC gaming market.

Silicon Knights ‘Temporarily’ Lays Off 26

7 October 2008 |Citing "attrition" after the shipment of their long-in-development Too Human, Silicon Knights said it had to cut 26 employees, but the company hopes to rehire them for future projects.

Silicon Knights ‘Temporarily’ Lays Off 26

7 October 2008 |Citing "attrition" after the shipment of their long-in-development Too Human, Silicon Knights said it had to cut 26 employees, but the company hopes to rehire them for future projects.

Xbox 360 Gains Exclusive Tomb Raider: Underworld Downloadable Chapters

7 October 2008 |If you own an Xbox 360 and you're a fan of Lara Croft, Eidos has good news for you. The upcoming Tomb Raider: Underworld will be extended with two new chapters exclusively on the 360.

In-Depth: Far Cry 2’s LeBel On Designing Compelling Multiplayer

8 October 2008 |Much of the attention placed on Ubisoft Montreal's upcoming Far Cry 2 has revolved around the game's open-ended single-player campaign, including its dynamic narrative system, but it's also shipping with an ambitious multiplayer ...

Wii, DS Digital Payment Systems Not Interchangeable

8 October 2008 |With the announcement that Nintendo's upcoming DSi handheld will have access to downloadable games came the redubbing of Wii Points to the system-agnostic Nintendo Points -- but reports suggest the two platforms will retain their ...

Analyst: Tiberium Cancellation Damages EA’s Credibility

8 October 2008 |While Electronic Arts says it recently canceled Command & Conquer FPS Tiberium because its quality just wasn't up to snuff, Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey suggests such moves may be cause for concern. "Continued lack of ...

Microsoft Research, NYU Announce Games For Learning Institute

8 October 2008 |Microsoft Research, New York University, and a consortium of university partners announced the Games for Learning Institute (G4LI), a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional gaming research alliance seeking evidence to support games ...

Analyst: Sony Should Consider PS3 Price Cuts In Tough Holiday Battle

8 October 2008 |With production costs still a formidable challenge, Sony has said not to expect Christmas price cuts for the PlayStation 3 -- but EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich believes the PS3 may be taking a big hit from recent Xbox 360 price ...

Deca Sports Ships 1 Million Units Worldwide

8 October 2008 |Developer and publisher Hudson Entertainment announced that it shipped over 1 million units of Wii party game Deca Sports worldwide (U.S., Europe, and Japan) since its spring release, with a sell-through of over 850,000 copies of ...

Educational Feature: Paper Prototyping

8 October 2008 |To make casual games for the iPhone, students at the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University used paper prototypes in their pre-development planning. Paper prototyping can be an extremely efficient and ...

Carbine Appoints Fallout Producer As MMO Design Director

8 October 2008 |Developer Carbine Studios, an NCSoft North America division, promoted former Fallout series producer and designer Tim Cain to the position of design director for an unannounced MMO. Cain has worked with Carbine since its inception ...

Immediate Music Launches New Libraries For Game Companies

8 October 2008 |Immediate Music, a music supplier for feature film trailers, announced the launch of two new music libraries, Immediate Music Premium and Immediate Music Library, which will be available to the video game and advertising ...

Genius, 7, QD3 Team Up For DJ Rhythm Title Scratch

8 October 2008 |7 Studios is working with musician and producer Quincy "QD3" Jones III to develop a hip hop video game called Scratch: The Ultimate DJ, which incorporates a "turntable controller." Scratch is set in "distinctive urban environments" ...

News: Humble named head of The Sims Label

9 October 2008 |Former Sims boss Nancy Smith to move onto another as yet undefined executive role

News: Spore regains top spot of US PC chart

9 October 2008 |Sim-everything title topples Warhammer Online to be the best selling title

News: Ubisoft: PC piracy cannibalising console sales

9 October 2008 |"Piracy's basically killing PC," says creative director of EndWar

News: Canning Tiberium damaged EA’s “credibility”, says analyst

9 October 2008 |Mike Hickey, of Janco Partners, says the failure to produce a title indicated a "continued lack of management"

News: Industry is “crap” at exploring new levels of interactivity - Monte Cristo CEO

9 October 2008 |Self-centred business failing to take inspiration from successful internet models

News: Ubisoft to spend $10 million on Shaun White ads

9 October 2008 |Publisher set to launch marketing blitz throughout US for its snowboarding title

News: Nintendo Points to be non-transferable

9 October 2008 |Credits for the digital stores will have to be dedicated to either the DSi or Wii and cannot be shared between the two

News: Sony urged to drop PS3 price before Christmas

9 October 2008 |Analyst expects "considerable amount" of potential consumers to opt for cheaper Xbox 360 instead

News: 7 Studios teams with Numark, Quincy Jones for Scratch game

8 October 2008 |New music game backed by DJ manufacturer and US hiphop producer

News: Pachter “absolutely convinced” Wii HD is on the way

8 October 2008 |Nintendo needs to convince partners Wii is more than just a toy for parents, says analyst

Google Confirms Ads for Online Games

9 October 2008 |Dean Takahashi reports in VentureBeat that Google will begin offering a service that will place ads into online games.The search giant's beta launch of AdSense for Games will initially target Flash games. Takahashi cites ...

Campaign Smear: Opponent is a Halo Player

8 October 2008 |Accusing your opponent of being a flip-flopper? Why, that's practically Politics 101.But calling out a challenger for playing Halo and blogging? Must be a sign of the times.In Maricopa County, Arizona, Republican incumbent Fulton ...

New on the GP Bookshelf

8 October 2008 |Here at the GamePolitics command bunker we've gotten some new books in of late.While I don't know that we'll have time to post full reviews, I wanted to let readers know what's been coming across the desk.I've mentioned Game ...

Blogger Scoffs at the Supposed Educational Value of Games

8 October 2008 |There's a lot of talk these days about games and the learning process. In fact, GamePolitics wrote about the educational possibilities of World of Warcraft just yesterday.But blogger Miss Self-Important over at nobody sasses a ...

Report: Sega Working Closely with ESRB on MadWorld Content

8 October 2008 |Sega, publisher of the upcoming MadWorld, is working closely with the ESRB on the bloody game's content, according to a report on MTV Multiplayer.Sega's goal, of course, is to avoid a sales-killing Adults Only rating. It's ...

Crispy Gamer Roasts GP Over Thompson Coverage

8 October 2008 |Over at Crispy Gamer, game scribe Kyle Orland pokes fun at the whole Jack Thompson is a media creation bit, with GamePolitics coming in for some extra attention:A group of prominent game journalists is gathering together to fight ...

E For All = E For Just a Few?

8 October 2008 |Big Download reports that last week's E For All Expo in Los Angeles was not well attended:The second annual E For All Expo is over and the self-proclaimed "North America's premier video game ...

Henry Jenkins Reacts to Game Media’s Reaction to Piracy Comments

8 October 2008 |Highly-respected M.I.T. prof Henry Jenkins recently gave an interview on digital piracy to a Filipino newspaper. The story received wide coverage in the Western gaming press after GP picked it ...

Cartoonists Bring Cheer to Soldier Wounded While Gaming

8 October 2008 |Occasionally here at GamePolitics we pay honor to the sacrifices made by gamers serving in the military.Along that line, we note an unusual human interest story posted on The Mad Blog, which is penned by Mad magazine cartoonist Tom ...

British Game Devs Want Govt. Backing, Point to Ontario

8 October 2008 |The head of Tiga, the trade association for game developers in the U.K., has renewed calls for government support.As reported by Edge Online, CEO Richard Wilson paid notice the current world economic crisis, but ...

The best of WoW Insider: September 30-October 7, 2008

9 October 2008 |Filed under: Online, Meta (about Joystiq), MMO BlizzCon is almost upon us -- this weekend, thousands will descend on Anaheim to celebrate Blizzard and its games, and Blizzard developers will share their wisdom with us about Wrath ...

Halo novel ‘The Cole Protocol’ releases Nov. 25

9 October 2008 |Filed under: Culture We try to avoid talking about those rectangular objects made of paper and full of words (unless it's synergistic), but when it's the next installment of a bestselling book series based on a video game, we'll ...

Rod Humble promoted to The Sims label lead

9 October 2008 |Filed under: Simulations, Business, Casual When we last spoke to The Sims' studio head, Rod Humble, he was applauding the franchise's retail success. Now the exec has another, albeit more personal reason to celebrate, having ...

FIFA is the new Madden, in the UK

9 October 2008 |Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sports, Business Some interesting statistics about Electronic Arts' recently launched FIFA09 in the U.K. (via Chart ...

Mirror’s Edge theme, ‘Still Alive,’ not Portal’s ‘Still Alive’

8 October 2008 |Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action When we received word today about the Mirror's Edge soundtrack - set do be available for digital download upon the game's launch Nov. 11 - something struck us as ...

Fallout 3’s Washington D.C. Metro ads

8 October 2008 |Filed under: Culture, PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, RPGs Washington D.C. resident John Cangany sent us a tip this morning about a Fallout 3 advertisement he saw in the Metro last night and subsequently blogged ...

Counting Rupees: Feeling used

8 October 2008 |Filed under: Features, BusinessEach week Jeff Engel and Geoff Brooks contribute Counting Rupees, a column on the business behind gaming: Bungie audio director Marty O'Donnell recently made some controversial remarks regarding ...

‘Scratch: The Ultimate DJ’ announced, Numark & QD3 on board

8 October 2008 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm 7 Studios today made a move toward being the first studio to renew the turntable-based rhythm game, announcing partnerships with DJ equipment manufacturer Numark and ...

LucasArts, BioWare unveiling new game Oct. 21

8 October 2008 |Filed under: Culture Click to Embiggen On October 21, at around 2PM Pacific, BioWare and LucasArts will finally reveal whatever the heck they've been working on, as evidenced by Massively's invitation to the event. More than a few ...

Molyneux asks for special review consideration; we ask ‘what would other industries do?’

8 October 2008 |Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action Reviewers received Fable 2 this week and found within the package a letter from developer Peter Molyneux asking for a few things. Variety explains one of the first things the letter asks ...

Dead Rising Wii: February 2009

9 October 2008 |Jury's still out on Dead Rising Wii. Capcom's heart is in the right place, but you take away the hordes of zombies and replace them with pairs of zombies and you're taking away what made the game special. But what do we know. We're ...

Sorry, But Ninja Blade Is *Not* Otogi 3

9 October 2008 |Watching Ninja Blade in action for the first time at Microsoft's Daitabashi offices, it reminded us of another From Software action classic, Otogi: Myth of Demons. While Ninja Blade and Otogi don't really have that much in common ...

The Quantum Code Has Arrived.

9 October 2008 | "A locked safe, containing secrets that could change the world forever. A global network of arms dealers, terrorists and villains. A mysterious seven digit code... When British Intelligence operative Constance Newlove discovered ...

Xbox Japan Booth Babes Adore New Booth Babe Outfit

9 October 2008 |You are looking at last year's Xbox 360 "booth companions" for the Tokyo Game Show. This year, we'll not only get new companions, but new companion outfits. And if you thought last year's was impressive, wait, just wait, until you ...

Microsoft Has Over 140 Demo Kioks, Buddies With Square Enix

9 October 2008 |Tokyo time tomorrow, this year's TGS kicks off. Microsoft is already hyping its close proximity to the Square Enix booth as a "cooperative" effort for both companies. Xbox Japan marketing exec Jyoji Sakaguchi explains the game plan:

NPD’s PC Sales Charts September 21-27

9 October 2008 |The latest bricks-and-mortar PC sales charts are in. They cover the week of September 21-27. As you expect, the words EA, Maxis and Blizzard feature prominently. But then so do the words Crytek, Firaxis and Traveller's Tales, so ...

Mod Lets You Use Your PSP As A Second Computer Monitor

9 October 2008 |<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/gb1B0esJjflk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="443" height="367" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> Well, here's something to file ...

Wii Ski and Snowboard: EXCITING

9 October 2008 |<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/gb1B0dsFAA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="494" height="394" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> Sure, nothing can top a Japanese ...

Tetsuya Mizuguchi Is Making New IP

9 October 2008 |Tetsuya Mizuguchi is best known for Rez, Space Channel 5 and Lumines. He's made lots of Lumines spin-offs like Lumines Live! and Lumines II. Key words: Lumines. We haven't seen a new game from Mizuguchi for a while, but he ...

National Geographic : Panda: Total Panda-Monium

9 October 2008 |<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/gb1B0dpMjflk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="494" height="350" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> Like we said, we popped in for ...

Cities XL Wrought Xtra Large

9 October 2008 |Though you’d reasonably expect any future generation of city-building games to exceed predecessors in scale and scope, it’s difficult not to feel a little sense of wonder as the camera pans smoothly down from a ...

Review: Yakuza 2

9 October 2008 |If Shenmue’s dead, it’s dead in the same way that Elvis is ‘dead’. It’s easy to look at the Yakuza series and draw the parallels with Sega’s last great indulgence, but there’s something ...

Home Open to Qore Subscribers?

9 October 2008 |Sony says its looking into a plan to allow subscribers to its digital magazine Qore access to the closed PlayStation 3 Home beta. Speaking ato the Official PlayStation Blog,  Sony's Kevin Furuichi said: "We're working on ...

One Card One Machine for Nintendo Points

9 October 2008 |Nintendo has opted for a one card-one console strategy for its Nintendo Points. Users will not be able to transfer between their Wii and DS systems. read more

BBFC: We’re the Best

9 October 2008 |<!--paging_filter-->David Cooke, director of the British Board of Film Classification, has responded to suggestions that Britain throw its lot in with the multi-national PEGI system of classification. He has also rebutted ...

BBFC Chief Writes for Edge

9 October 2008 |<!--paging_filter-->I have been reading recently that there’s a spat between the BBFC and ESLPA or the BBFC and PEGI. I don’t recognize this so-called spat. I have great respect for ELSPA and for PEGI and for the ...

Google Makes Games Ads Play

9 October 2008 |As widely anticipated, Google has officially announced the beta launch of AdSense for Games, bringing the search engine into the games advertising business for the first time. Google, which bought AdScape Media for $23 million in ...

Review: Crysis Warhead

8 October 2008 |Whenever a natural environment achieves equilibrium, chances are there’ll be thunder and lightning to mark the event. As if to prove that the same is true of the virtual world, Crysis Warhead is a studiously rebalanced show ...

Microsoft, NYU Found Games for Learning Institute

8 October 2008 |Microsoft and academic partners will be exploring how videogames can push math and science education to new levels through a newly-founded institute. Microsoft and New York University announced Tuesday the Games for Learning ...

Wii’s Deca Sports Ships 1M

8 October 2008 |Party game Deca Sports has shipped 1 million units worldwide, publisher Hudson Soft announced Tuesday. The game released in the U.S. in May, but is also available in Europe and Japan. Sell-through currently stands at 850,000 units ...

MIT Professor: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked

9 October 2008 |A large gap exists between the public's perception of video games and what the research actually shows. The following is an attempt to separate fact from fiction.

5 Reasons Not to Buy a DSi

9 October 2008 |Last week Nintendo announced a new iteration of their highly successful DS handheld, and, while many mainstream outlets had a field day, the response from the gaming community – and, for that matter, the Japanese stock market – ...

“Halo player” used as political smear in campaign flyer

8 October 2008 |If you're anything like us, you've been racking your brain and your heart deciding which way to vote in the hotly contested Maricopa County District 1 Supervisor race. Now, thanks to a flyer sent in to us, we think we finally have ...

Mazel - Wii to remain supply constrained all Christmas

8 October 2008 |Analysts Jacob Mazel has suggested that despite Nintendo promising to ship over 5 million Wiis to the US during the holiday season, this will still not be enough to satisfy demand and many gamers will go home empty-handed this ...

Resistance 2 Trophies announced (spoilers)

8 October 2008 |Sony released the complete list of Trophies for the much anticipated Resistance 2 for the PS3. The list contains spoilers, so if you don't want to know anything yet, skip this!

Hooking Young Readers…Using Video Games

8 October 2008 |“I think we have to ask ourselves, ‘What exactly is reading?’ ” said Jack Martin, assistant director for young adult programs at the New York Public Library. “Reading is no longer just in the traditional sense of reading ...

Big Names in Gaming Industry Donate to Presidential Campaign

8 October 2008 |Game developers are just like every other business when it comes to donating money to candidates who share their philosophy or whom they think will benefit them in the long run, and this year the presidential race is no exception.

New Gears of War 2 Screenshots

8 October 2008 |These latest images show heroes Dom and Marcus taking on a flying Reaver during a diversionary turret-based section of the game...

Then and Now: How Your Favorite Classics Evolved

8 October 2008 |

Stan Bush Wants “The Touch” In Guitar Hero, Rock Band

8 October 2008 |Originally appearing on the soundtrack to the Transformers animated movie in the 80's, the song made countless little boys believe that they could do absolutely anything, no matter how many Decepticons got in their way.

Nintendo DSi Software Will Be Region Locked

8 October 2008 |aliquis writes with news that software made for the recently announced Nintendo DSi will be region-locked. Nintendo's reasoning is that the DSi "embeds net communication functionality within itself and we are intending to provide ...

The Blending of Music and Games

8 October 2008 |Gamasutra has an opinion piece by the 'father of music games,' Masaya Matsuura, who questions the evolution of video game music (or the lack thereof) as the industry's technological advancements give rise to the capability for ...

Working Calculator Created in LittleBigPlanet

8 October 2008 |jamie pointed out a really impressive creation from the LittleBigPlanet beta. The game allows the creation of puzzles from a collection of simple objects and tools. A player called upsilandre used 610 magnetic switches, 500 wires, ...

Lord British To Conduct Experiments On ISS

8 October 2008 |CR0WTR0B0T writes "Richard Garriott, AKA Lord British, will be part of three experiments on the International Space Station. 'Garriott has a ticket to the space station because he is an orbital spaceflight client of Space ...

Using Money As Incentive For Competition On Consoles?

8 October 2008 |MTV's Multiplayer blog reports on a company about to start offering a service that will allow players to compete in matches and tournaments over their PS2, PS3, or Xbox 360 with real money as a prize. Doing so will, of course, ...

A Look At the Warhammer Community

7 October 2008 |Gamasutra is running a story examining the development of the Warhammer Online community since its recent launch. The author explains how the gameplay and rules tend to affect social interaction. GamerDNA has a related piece ...

Hands-On With the PSP-3000

7 October 2008 |Eurogamer got a chance to take a look at Sony's latest hardware revision for the PSP. Their overall impression of the new model is positive, finding that a redesigned screen offers noticeably better graphics and higher brightness ...

Ask Blizzard Employees About Things That Matter

7 October 2008 |In just a few days a few of us will be making the trek to this year's Blizzcon event in Anaheim, CA. In addition to the interesting announcements, sneak peeks, and other distractions, we will be sitting down with several Blizzard ...

First Deus Ex 3 Details Emerge

7 October 2008 |Ostracus writes "Deus Ex 3, the third entry in the influential FPS/RPG series, was confirmed to be in development by Eidos Montreal nearly a year ago — and now the first solid details on the game have finally emerged. UK ...

NASA Holding Space Vs. Earth Chess Game

6 October 2008 |A few days ago, NASA and the US Chess Federation teamed up to host a space vs. Earth chess game. Astronaut Greg Chamitoff is playing one side, while the other side's moves will be determined by a public vote. Four potential moves ...