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Video Game Movie Infographic

A great infographic over at Cinemablend puts the aggregate terribleness of video game movies in perspective, as well as giving you a good bit of trivia to bust out at your next cocktail party. For instance, did you know... Continue »

Heavy Rain Move Patch Next Week

Smartly timed with the release of the PlayStation Move, a patch enabling Move support in Heavy Rain will hit September 22. The patch is free to all owners of the game, and as you may have deduced, will add... Continue »

PlayStation 3 Jailbroken with a Calculator

embedded by Embedded Video PS3Jailbreak knocked down the door, and now everyone’s rushing in. Just to prove how easy it can be to circumvent the PlayStation 3′s copy protection, YouTube user ti83programmer uploaded a video of a TI-84 graphing... Continue »

TimeGate Announces Section 8: Prejudice

embedded by Embedded Video Early 2011 will bring a full sequel to the sci-fi shooter Section 8, as developers TimeGate trumpeted. The sequel will bring a new and lengthier single player campaign along with a multiplayer mode boasting “more... Continue »

Red Faction: Armageddon, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Pushed Back in 2011

THQ announced today that two of their big upcoming releases, Red Faction: Armageddon and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, have been delayed back to May 2011 and Summer 2011 respectively. Given that April is the new Christmas (so developers can... Continue »

ICO and Shadow of the Colossus for PS3 confirmed

Some retailers are great at spilling secrets. Gamestop is notorious for letting unknown games slip ahead of their announcements. This time, however, its Walmart that is the guilty party. It has oft been rumored that a combo disc of... Continue »

Dead Space 2 Multiplayer Trailer

To go with my own impressions of the Dead Space 2 multiplayer, EA has released a new trailer. Emphasizing a bomb objective map and human teamwork, you can really tell that the developers maintained the creepy feel of the... Continue »

Free Final Fantasy 5 Remix Album

You’ve gotta love free game music. The guys over at OverClocked Remix combined their love of music with their love Final Fantasy 5 and have promised to release five different remix albums based upon it. Wow, that’s dedication. The... Continue »

25 Years of Mario in 5 Minutes

Happy Birthday Mario!!  Today, you are 25 years old. That makes you just the right age to hang out with your fellow “guidos” on Jersey Shore… not that anyone would want to. To celebrate, Nintendo of Japan has released... Continue »

Sega Leaks Valkyria Chronicles 3

While we’re just now getting Valkyria Chronicles 2 in America, the game’s been out since the start of the year in Japan, giving those wily developers plenty of time to churn on a sequel. A slip by Sega revealed... Continue »

Test Drive Unlimited 2 Beta Starting

The beta for Test Drive Unlimited 2 is now accepting beta applications, though its only granting access to fans with “knowledge of the racing genre, passion for videogames and gaming system requirements,” though that’s rather vague. Regardless, interested parties... Continue »

Capcom Reveals 3DS Technical Capabilities

A recent post on Watch Impress delves into Capcom’s implementation of their MT Framework engine on the 3DS, revealing some impressive capability of Nintendo’s upcoming handheld. While Nintendo isn’t releasing, and has in fact forbidden developers from discussing exact... Continue »

Viva Pinata Started as Isometric Mobile Title

Rare’s pinata pornography series Viva Pinata actually started life as an experimental mobile title, according to a large retrospective on Develop Online from Rare Executive Producer of Technology and Communication Nick Burton. “Funnily enough, Viva Pinata didn’t actually start... Continue »

NES Coffee Table

Because it’s not enough to just play games, you have to rest your feet on them while doing so. Flickr user mattcyborgelt posted an album of a Nintendo Entertainment System coffee table, featuring electrical outlets in place of the... Continue »

Donkey Kong Song

embedded by Embedded Video This one’s an endurance run. If you can make it to the end you deserve some sort of YouTube medal. Featuring unprecedented levels of autotune, Screen Team created a song celebrating the return of Donkey... Continue »

Another Awesome EVE Online Scam

embedded by Embedded Video A massive investment scam recently netted a player $850 billion in ISK (EVE’s currency) in the amazingly complicated EVE Online recently. The perpetrator of the scheme, “Bad Bobby,” spent years developing his reputation as an investor before... Continue »

Full-length Free Movie GAME BOYS (Is Bad)

Brad “The Cinema Snob” Jones posted GAME BOYS, one of his feature-length movies, for free on his website. While you have to give respect to anyone dedicated enough to write, shoot, act, and cut a feature-length movie, the entire... Continue »

Deux Ex: Human Revolution Not “Consolified”

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director Jean Dugas was quick to reassure everyone that his game won’t be over-simplified just because it’s appearing on a console system in an interview with CVG. When asked if PC Gamers would call Human... Continue »

NPD Numbers for August: Guess What Madden Wins

Hardware and software sales numbers are now available from the NPD group, unsurprisingly revealing that Madden NFL 11 claimed the number one and two spots in the top ten. What’s slightly more surprising is that the Xbox 360 cinched... Continue »

Download the Ocarina of Time Soundtrack

Ever since they launched their music section a week ago, I’ve been keeping an eye on ZeldaInformer. Today, my stalking ways paid off with their release of the entire soundtrack from Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It’s a... Continue »