TOG - The Older Gamers

TGS 2008: Drums, Gundams, and Ninjas at Namco Bandai

11 October 2008 |Haven for anime fans with latest Gundam, Dragon Ball, and Naruto games playable; Wii represented by new We Ski and Taiko games.

BlizzCon 2008: Starcraft II becomes a trilogy

11 October 2008 |Blizzard's Rob Pardo reveals sci-fi RTS will now be three separate products; Terran campaign Wings of Liberty will arrive first.

TGS 2008: Sackboy leads Sony booth offerings

11 October 2008 |Little Big Planet featured prominently at Sony TGS booth alongside adults-only showings for Resistance 2, Killzone 2.

Rock Band pages Dr. Feelgood

11 October 2008 |Harmonix adds yet another full downloadable album to the music store next week with Motley Crue's hair metal blockbuster.

BlizzCon 08: Diablo III’s wizard explained

11 October 2008 |In its first panel, Blizzard explores in depth the newest class as well as the top-level skill system for third installment of seminal dungeon crawler.

Video Q&A: Gears 2 golden, Epic console-focused

11 October 2008 |Cliff Bleszinski discusses the Gears film, why the factory-bound sequel will never come to the PC, and his belief Dead Space will be the year's sleeper hit.

Warhammer Online army 750,000 strong

11 October 2008 |Mythic touts latest registration figures from recently released massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

TGS 2008: Castlevania stakes claim on PS3, 360

11 October 2008 |Konami's gothic horror franchise is ready to whip it on new systems; teaser trailer suggests the return of Alucard.

BlizzCon 2008: Blizzard greets its horde

11 October 2008 |World of Warcraft maker delivers opening remarks at annual convention, unveils wizard class in Diablo III and talks up first-ever Starcraft II tourney.

TGS 2008: Feature-length Street Fighter IV anime in the works

11 October 2008 |Popularity of Street fighter IV's promotional anime clips pushes Capcom to make a full-length version.

MySims Kingdom Trailer

11 October 2008 |MySims Kingdom (Wii)Embark on a Journey,

Smackdown vs. Raw 09 Video

11 October 2008 |WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 (PS3)The Big Show has entered the countdown.

WWE SVR 09 Screens

11 October 2008 |WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 (PS3)Weeeeeeeeeell, it's the Big Show.

The SmackDown Countdown: Big Show

11 October 2008 |WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 (PS3)Time to crush The Game.

WWE SVR 09: THQ&A;(10.10.08)

11 October 2008 |WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 (PS3)You've got questions; the developer has answers.

Blitz: The League II Telestrator Video

11 October 2008 |Blitz: The League II (X360)Frank Caliendo delivers familiar sounding color commentary.

TGS 2008: King of Fighters 12 Videos

11 October 2008 |King of Fighters XII (Arcade)Will you be the next king?

Fable II Video Interview III

11 October 2008 |Fable II (X360)Part III: Choice and Consequence

Magic Carpet Memories

11 October 2008 |Magic Carpet (PC)Peeking at one of Peter Molyneux's earlier flashes of genius.

TGS 2008: Lode Runner Video

11 October 2008 |Lode Runner (X360)New gameplay off screen footage.

BlizzCon Diablo 3 Skill Development Panel

11 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> A popular saying around Blizzard is "different but worse isn't better, better is better." So when the team set out to create the skill development system in Diablo 3, ...

Starcraft 2 Trilogy Announced

11 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> During the StarCraft 2 gameplay panel at BlizzCon, Blizzard posed a question to the audience: Should they sacrifice an epic story or truly create something ...

Need for Speed: Undercover Introduces Cops and Robbers Mode

11 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> Electronic Arts has sent out an all points bulletin revealed that Need for Speed: Undercover will feature a new cooperative mode, Cops and Robbers. The mode supports ...

All Versions Of Fallout 3 Are Gold

11 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> Bethesda announced today that Fallout 3, has gone gold for all formats and will be arriving on store shelves and online October 28 in North America, October 30 in ...

Halo 3: Recon Developer Interview

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BlizzCon: World of Warcraft Class Panel Liveblog

11 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> We're live at BlizzCon where GameVideos' Demian Linn and 1UP MMO geek extraordinaire Ryan Scott are covering the World of Warcraft class changes panel. Keep watching ...

The 1UP Show: Gears of War 2, Warhammer Online, Ninjatown

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Resistance 2 Gets Trophies

11 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> Sony has announced a list of Trophies for Resistance 2. Not every game for the PlayStation 3 has these special rewards, but it looks like Resistance 2 has them in ...

Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon Hands-On Preview

11 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> What's the game about: You search the dilapidated ruins of a post-apocalyptic Tokyo for usable items, survivors, and because you're just plain curious. What's new for ...

Riz-Zoawd Hands-On Preview

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Gears of War 2 is ‘Epic’s Best Work,’ says Bleszinski

11 October 2008 |You ready to help Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad save humanity? Gears of War 2 could end up being the best selling game of this holiday season.

Fallout 3 Gets Pirated

11 October 2008 |Surprisingly enough, it's the Xbox 360 version of the game not the PC version, but that hasn't stopped thousands of software pirates.

Warhammer Online Weighing in at 750k

11 October 2008 |It's off to a running start, and for thousands of players around the globe, it's gonna be a WAAAAAAAGH!

Halo 3: Recon Could Be Bungie’s Last Halo

11 October 2008 |Although it's not 100% definitive, Bungie may not create another new Halo title after they finish their work on Halo 3: Recon.

Report: Microsoft Bundling Free Games with Xbox 360 This Holiday

10 October 2008 |If you're in the market for an Xbox 360, you will soon be able to pick up a new bundle with two free games, or an Arcade bundle with one free game.

Report: Microsoft Bundling Free Games with Xbox 360 This Holiday

10 October 2008 |If you're in the market for an Xbox 360, you will soon be able to pick up a new bundle with two free games, or an Arcade bundle with one free game.

Suda51 Launches Desperate Struggle for No More Heroes

10 October 2008 |Moe! Everyone's favorite American stereotype, Travis Touchdown, is back with his beam katana primed and ready!

FIFA’s Record Breaking Sales ‘Bode Well for European Market and EA Execution’ – Sterne Agee

10 October 2008 |Analyst Arvind Bhatia is impressed with EA's performance on FIFA 2009, which quickly became the fastest selling FIFA title to date. He says it's a good sign for the European games market, and for EA of course.

Castlevania Haunting PS3/Xbox 360

10 October 2008 |We know this new adventure will involve vampires but we really hope that this new next-gen game doesn't 'suck.'

Suda51 Launches Desperate Struggle for No More Heroes

10 October 2008 |Moe! Everyone's favorite American stereotype, Travis Touchdown, is back with his beam katana primed and ready!

Mogware Releases Standalone Mog Library

11 October 2008 |Middleware developer Mogware Inc. announced the release of Mog Library, a version control tool that assists with storing large quantities of digital assets. Previously, Mog Library was an embedded component of Mog Complete, a game ...

BlizzCon: StarCraft 2 To Release As Trilogy Of Games

11 October 2008 |In a surprising announcement made during the currently-ongoing BlizzCon event in Anaheim, California, Blizzard announced that it plans to release its upcoming RTS sequel StarCraft II as a trilogy of games, each focusing on one of ...

Saling The World: NBA 2K9 Tops Competition in Debut Week

11 October 2008 |Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. This week's charts, with ...

In-Depth: Halo’s Multiplayer Almost Didn’t Make It

11 October 2008 |One could argue that the multiplayer component in Bungie's original Halo: Combat Evolved single-handedly made Microsoft's Xbox a staple in college dorms nationwide, giving the company's fledgling console a foothold. But when ...

GCG Game Design Challenge: No Jumping!

11 October 2008 |GameCareerGuide, Gamasutra's sister site for aspiring game developers, has posted the latest problem to ponder in its weekly Game Design Challenge. In this week's challenge, readers are asked to design the game mechanics of a ...

Activision Appoints Former Macy’s Exec As Chief Creative Officer

11 October 2008 |Activision has appointed former Macy's corporate marketing EVP Brad Jakeman to the newly-created position of chief creative officer, effective early November 2008. Jakeman will oversee global advertising, media, marketing, and ...

Opinion: Quicksaves Versus Sense Of Urgency

11 October 2008 |['The Interactive Palette' is a biweekly column by Gregory Weir from Gamasutra sister site GameSetWatch, examining the tools and techniques of the digital games trade with a focus on games as art, using a single game as an ...

WAR Reaches 750,000 Players

11 October 2008 |750,000 players have registered for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning in North America, Europe and Australian territories, says developer Mythic Entertainment. "Thanks to our players, the war between the Realms continues to ...

Feature: ‘Next-Gen Audio Square-Off: PlayStation 3 vs. Xbox 360’

11 October 2008 |Next-gen's about more than graphics -- in this discussion on the audio capabilities of Microsoft and Sony's respective consoles, leaders from both camps talk about the most interesting audio features their systems offer and how ...

Fallout 3 Already Pirated On Xbox 360

11 October 2008 |The Xbox 360 version of Bethesda's Fallout 3 is already available for illegal download on torrent sites, three weeks before the game's scheduled release. The eagerly-awaited title recently went gold, which may mean a leak of the ...

News: Microsoft: Third-parties shifting “from the PlayStation brand to Xbox 360”

11 October 2008 |Japanese publishers using Xbox to reach global audiences, says Greenberg

News: Sony: We want Xbox 360 to succeed in Japan

11 October 2008 |Shuhei Yoshida wants Japanese consumers to embrace "more sophisticated gaming" that PS3 and 360 offer over Nintendo's Wii

News: Macy’s marketing exec joins Activision as chief creative officer

11 October 2008 |Brad Jakeman responsible for global ads and marketing across all franchises

News: Lord of the Rings Online to get social networking site

11 October 2008 |Turbine boss reveals plans to support MMO with community features, to go live this year

News: New editor for Official Nintendo Magazine

11 October 2008 |Neil Long joins Future from Intent Media

News: Eve Online will last “forever,” says CCP economist

11 October 2008 |Players may evolve but MMO will remain true to its initial design, says Gudmondsson

News: PS2 continues to outsell PlayStation 3 in Japan

11 October 2008 |As Nintendo's Wii outsells PS3, 360 and PS2 combined

News: No immediate plans to delist Xbox Live Arcade titles - Schappert

11 October 2008 |XBLA cull put on hold says Microsoft's online and services boss

News: Fallout 3 leaked online three weeks before release

11 October 2008 |Xbox 360 version of Bethesda title hacked and freely available to download

News: Bungie: Recon is our last Halo trilogy project

10 October 2008 |Franchise's original developer agrees next title will be "final statement" in the series for the company - but not necessarily for the brand

Jack Thompson Offers His Expertise to Sarah Palin

11 October 2008 |Q: What do you get when you cross a media sensation with a guy who loves to see his name in print?A: A letter from Jack Thompson to Sarah Palin.Facing imminent disbarment, the Miami attorney has written to the ...

Word of the Day: Atari Democrat

11 October 2008 |Okay, so that's two words. But still...Day of the Dreamweavers yesterday mentioned the term "Atari Democrat" and it is one that I'll confess to not having heard before. According to DotD, here's the ...

Fallout 3 Leaked to Torrents

11 October 2008 |Following in the wake of GTA IV, Spore and other high-profile releases, the much-anticipated Fallout 3 was apparently cracked and leaked to torrent sites yesterday, nearly three weeks ahead of its scheduled October 28th U.S. ...

Election Campaign Goes Postal

11 October 2008 |Running with Scissors has released an election-themed poster featuring the Postal Dude, anti-hero of the ultra-violent Postal game series.Also depicted is the Postal Dude's dog, Champ, a pit bull wearing Sarah Palin glasses.RWS ...

GameCo Stocks Take a Wall Street Beat-down

11 October 2008 |Thursday was another bloody day on Wall Street and stocks of video game publishers did not escape the carnage.As reported by GameSpot,  the likes of Activision, THQ, EA and Take-Two have seen their share price drop between ...

Rapper: Turn Off PlayStation, Get Involved in Political Process

11 October 2008 |Rapper T.I. (real name: Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr.) urges the younger generation to pay attention to the presidential race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain - even if it means putting video ...

Is Codemasters the Latest Publisher to Bail on the ESA?

10 October 2008 |And then there were 22...When 2008 began, the Entertainment Software Association, the lobbying group which represents U.S. video game publishers, had 28 member companies. Several well-publicized departures, however, ...

Report: Obama Ads in Burnout Paradise

10 October 2008 |We've only gotten one report of this, which seems a bit odd, but an Xbox Live gamer who goes by Dragunov765 has posted photos of what appear to be in-game ads for Barack Obama.Dragunov (we know his real name, too) says he came ...

U.N. Grant Funds Game to Prevent 3rd World Abuse of Women

10 October 2008 |The United Nations Population Fund has awarded Champlain College's Emergent Media Center a $600,000 grant to develop an interactive game aimed at preventing violence against women in developing nations. The ...

Quick at Games, Too Quick in the Sack?

10 October 2008 |According to Dutch researchers, guys with quick reflexes who are good at video games might also be a little too quick during moments of passion.As reported by the BBC, scientists studying premature ejaculation found that the cause ...

BlizzCon 2008: The Diablo III Class Panel

11 October 2008 |Filed under: Features, Mac, PC, Adventure, Online, RPGs, Galleries Jay Wilson, Julian Love, Wyatt Cheng from Blizzard were the first panel from BlizzCon, which was all about the Diablo III class system, including its tweaks and ...

StarCraft 2 to be released as a trilogy

11 October 2008 |Filed under: Features, Mac, PC And here you thought there'd be no big StarCraft 2 announcement after its conspicuous absence from the BlizzCon 2008 opening ceremony. Rob Pardo, executive vice-president of game design at Blizzard ...

Premature ejaculators might be better at games

11 October 2008 |Filed under: Culture Premature ejaculation is, as you know, great. First, it's a real time-saver. You can finish the base act of copulation and be off and about your business. Second, you can save a TON of money on shady ...

Sony wants Xbox 360 to succeed in Japan

11 October 2008 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." - Ancient proverb.Sony Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida said in an interview with GI.biz that he'd like the Xbox 360 to ...

Fixed Alone in the Dark gets new name for PS3

11 October 2008 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action Those fixes promised for the upcoming PS3 version of Alone in the Dark are substantial. So much so that Atari and developer Eden Games have decided to rebrand their survival horror romp ...

Joystiq Podcast TGS 2008 Special

11 October 2008 |Filed under: Podcasts Ludwig and Chris continue their string of intimate, romantic podcasts without the anchor, the rock, the Juice: Justin McElroy. This time they've got a pretty good excuse: They're in Tokyo, and because of the ...

Rock Band Weekly: Mötley Crüe’s Dr. Feelgood album

11 October 2008 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Online, Rhythm Rumor becomes reality as Mötley Crüe's 1989 album Dr. Feelgood will be available as Rock Band DLC starting next week. Mötley Crüe - Dr. ...

WipEout HD patched for popular players, may require save deletion

11 October 2008 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Online Sony has deployed a patch for WipEout HD onto European servers, and presumably will do the same later today in North America, fixing freezing issues that have affected players with over 50 ...

CERN: Only one crowbar received, Gordon Freeman ‘impossible to find’

11 October 2008 |Filed under: Culture Even more terrible news, folks: CERN, the group responsible for the Large Hadron Collider, have only received one crowbar. In a message to Joystiq, "Large Hadron Rap" creator alpinekat (who also happens to work ...

New AC adapter can charge PS3 peripherals

11 October 2008 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Peripherals Our friends in Japan will soon be able to free their USB ports from the tyranny of charging SIXAXISes (SIXAXES?), as Sony has announced they'll soon be releasing an AC adapter that can ...

New Dynasty Warrors 6: Empires Trailer and Screens

11 October 2008 |<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/gb1B0q01jflk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="443" height="367" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> Alright guys get ready for ...

Hands On With Sega’s Let’s Tap!

11 October 2008 |Yuji Naka, formerly of Sega, now of Prope, had his latest game on display at Tokyo Game Show. It's Let's Tap! a (wait for it...) supposedly penguin friendly mini-game collection that uses the Wii remote in a unique way. No, really. ...

Molynuex More About Emotions, Less About Trees

11 October 2008 | Lionhead's Peter Molyneux letter to reviewers for Fable II is much ado about nothing, the outspoken developer said in an interview today.

Lets TGS: The Scariest Booth Companion

11 October 2008 |Not all booth companions have to show skin. Some don't have to show any at all. This booth companion doesn't have to even show her face. Spotted at the From Software booth and passing fliers for a suspense title, this female ...

Fable II Coop Patch Getting Once Over By Msoft, Molyneux ‘Super, Super Hopeful’

11 October 2008 | Talking with Lionhead Studios head and Fable II designer Peer Molyneux today, he reaffirmed that the cooperative play patch for Fable II is still looking good for a day one release.

Left 4 Dead Demo Confirmed For Early November

11 October 2008 |Anyone curious about Left 4 Dead's brand of co-op Zombie evasion and survivalism will be able to tip their toe in the water next month when Valve release a demo for both Xbox 360 and PC.

New Resident Evil 5 TGS Trailer

11 October 2008 |<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/gb1B0qpCjflk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="300" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> Another great trailer for you ...

Ray Kurzweil Launches Forecasting MMO - Superstruct

11 October 2008 |<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JUCi85sg68M&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"><embed ...

Halo 3: Recon: Box Art

11 October 2008 |There's your man. New hero, new campaign and all that. Oh, and no, as you can see by the fact this is box art, this won't be made available as a downloadable pack. Click through for a bigger version.

Justify Your Patapon 2

11 October 2008 |<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/gb1B0p0Rjflk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>I really liked the idea behind ...

Left 4 Dead’s $10M Ad Campaign

11 October 2008 |Half-Life house Valve Software is counting on a horde of living dead and tight co-op play to rake in the cash this holiday season with the horror shooter Left 4 Dead. But the studio is trying to leave as little to chance as ...

Stormrise Offers Strategy Alternative

11 October 2008 |While EndWar continues to promote voice-command as the way forward for console strategy, it seems like the analogue stick may have some life left in it yet. While clearly a poor replacement for the mouse when it comes to drawing ...

Review: Galaga Legions

11 October 2008 |Though made by the same Namco team, Galaga Legions lacks the purity that made Pac-Man Championship Edition so revelatory. As such, it’s likely to confound and confuse those who are expecting the sober presentation and pacing ...

Fallout 3 Xbox 360 Pirated

11 October 2008 |Typically, it's PC games that end up on torrent sites before they hit store shelves. But here's a situation where a highly-anticipated console game is pirated pre-release. The Xbox 360 version of Bethesda's Fallout 3 has already ...

Gears 2 Gold

11 October 2008 |Epic Games and Microsoft announced Friday that Xbox 360 shooter Gears of War 2 has passed certification and gone gold.The game launches on November 7. Design director Cliff Bleszinski called it "Epic’s best work ...

Warcraft Modders Working On Rival MMO

11 October 2008 |<!--paging_filter-->New development outfit Riot Games is aiming to penetrate the WoW-dominated MMO market with League of Legends, a spiritual successor to the popular Warcraft III mod Defense of the Ancients. read more

Mythic: 750K Sign Up for Warhammer Online

11 October 2008 |Mythic Entertainment is keeping a close eye on the subscriber numbers for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. The studio said Friday that the EA-published MMORPG has hit 750,000 registered players since it launched September ...

Former Macy’s Man Joins Activision

11 October 2008 |The former EVP of corporate marketing for retail giant Macy's is heading to the realm of videogames. Brad Jakeman will join Activision Publishing in November in the newly-created position of chief creative officer. He'll head up ...

Japan: 360 Edges Out PS3 for Another Week

11 October 2008 |After outselling PS3 during the month of September in Japan, Xbox 360 hardware has again edged out its high-def rival, according to Media Create. But it's the handhelds that have topped home consoles thanks to Japan's commuter ...

Indie Festival Begins

11 October 2008 |<!--paging_filter-->IndieCade at Open Satellite is being held in Bellevue, Washington from October 10-17.It will be the first major exhibition of international, independent videogames and videogame art in the Seattle area and ...

The 20 Most Anticipated Games for The 2008 Christmas Season

11 October 2008 |This Christmas season is jam-packed with a few very interesting titles and sequels to some of the most popular games already on the market for both the PC and console game systems. Here are our recommendations as a guideline which ...

Top #5 Weirdest Games

11 October 2008 |The following 5 games will make you think, as they are just TOO bizarre to sit comfortably with our sense of what’s acceptable, observe...

Diablo 3 will be playable at BlizzCon

11 October 2008 |We hope you got tickets ...

9 ESRB Ratings for Video Games That Should Exist

11 October 2008 |With some games, ESRB ratings can be either too damning, or not restrictive enough. Mass Effect gets an M rating for fictional alien violence, but Call of Duty doesn't? If the ESRB wants to properly police video games in the ...

Microsoft: Xbox will not go Blu

11 October 2008 |Microsoft has once again poured cold water over the latest rumour that it’ll launch a Blu-ray Disc drive add-on for the Xbox 360.

Teen-Friendly Mortal Kombat Feels Wrong Somehow

11 October 2008 |Things are changing in the Mortal Kombat universe. The game has been through quite a few iterations over the last 15 years, but the upcoming Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe will be the most jarring: It adds superheroes, and eschews ...

Halo Wars - “Field Trip to Harvest” Trailer (HD)

11 October 2008 |A new trailer for the upcoming RTS game, Halo Wars.

Serious games: Ars looks at games that tackle the big issues

10 October 2008 |Video games may still be seen as a hobby for the young or the young at heart, but what happens when games try to tackle truly mature subjects? Ars digs into the games that try to say something, and finds that not every princess can ...

Microsoft unveils new Xbox Live ‘experience’

10 October 2008 |The new system, which is centered around an intuitive graphical interface and an avatar motif, is hoped to attract core and casual users alike.

From NES to Wii: The ever-changing sizes of Mario and Bowser

10 October 2008 |It’s no surprise Nintendo would alter Mario and Bowser as time wears on, especially when their first appearances are crude sprites that barely convey what they’re supposed to be. If you study the duo’s evolution over the ...

Blizzcon Begins, Diablo 3 Wizard Class Unveiled

11 October 2008 |Blizzcon is officially underway today, starting with a presentation showcasing the Worldwide Invitational tournament held earlier this year. A company spokesman went on to talk about the tournaments being held for World of Warcraft ...

Sony, Microsoft Begin Battle of Virtual Worlds

11 October 2008 |Slatterz writes "Sony and Microsoft are poised to do battle in virtual worlds. The console kids both announced Second Life-style virtual environments at the Tokyo Game Show today. Both games show striking similarities to Linden ...

Brainwave Controlled Game From Square Enix

9 October 2008 |zombies-alive writes "Square Enix and Neurosky, maker of wearable sensory equipment, are coming out with a new 'Brainwave-Controlled' RPG. The game will be demonstrated at the Tokyo Game Show for the (Windows) PC, which features ...

Age of Conan Dev Talks Problems, Future Plans

9 October 2008 |Jørgen Tharaldsen, Funcom's product director, recently spoke about some of the problems with Age of Conan and how they are planning to make the game better. "I think it's okay to say that we simply didn't deliver as good as we ...

Google Brings Ads To Games, Game Ads to YouTube

9 October 2008 |Reuters reports that YouTube will be partnering with Amazon and iTunes to provide the ability to purchase games and songs that are in or related to YouTube's hosted videos. For example, watching footage from Spore will bring up a ...

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, ...