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Submission + - Halo 3 outsells everything... ever.

Submitted by n3tcat on Thursday September 27, 2007 @11:22AM

n3tcat writes: According to Yahoo! Games, Microsoft is announcing that their game, Halo 3, has outsold every other entertainment release in history. "Confirming the expectations of many industry pundits, Microsoft announced today that its flagship Xbox 360 shooter Halo 3 had the biggest entertainment launch in history, generating a record-breaking $170m in the United States on its Tuesday debut." I wonder how much of this is inflated in the same ways that people have suggested the Vista sales were inflated...

Submission + - Game Design Essentials: 20 Open World Games

Submitted by

simoniker

on Wednesday September 26, 2007 @06:41PM

simoniker writes: "The second in Gamasutra's 'Game Design Essentials' series looks at the roots and design lessons of 'open world games' — titles in which the player "is left to his own devices to explore a large world" — from Adventure through Metroid to Grand Theft Auto. From the piece: "When we discuss "open world games" in this article, or sometimes "exploration games," we mean those games where generally the player is left to his own devices to explore a large world. What all of these games share is the seeking of new, interesting regions at whatever time the player deems fit. No force forces the player's motion into new areas. There's no auto-scroll, and there are no artificial level barriers.""

Submission + - Clive Barker: Roger Ebert is a Pompous, Arrogant (gamedaily.com)

Submitted by

njkid1

on Wednesday September 26, 2007 @04:59PM

njkid1 writes: "The video games as art debate rages on and it's gotten personal. Filmmaker Clive Barker (whose game Jericho ships next month) has taken a shot at Roger Ebert while proclaiming that video games will be showcased as art in museums around the world one day."

Submission + - Top GunBound Player Kidnapped For His Password

Submitted by

Malygris

on Monday July 23, 2007 @02:05PM

Malygris writes: "A gang of geniuses in Sao Paulo kidnapped the world's top GunBound player, with the intent of securing his game account password and selling it for $8,000. Unfortunately for them, they didn't count on the guy's dedication to his game: After five hours of gun-waving, he refused to talk, and the four-man gang gave up and turned him loose. They were quickly taken into custody by Brazilian police, while the hard-nosed GunBound player receives equal parts acclaim for his balls and ridicule for his stupidity for refusing to give up a game password to a man with a gun. Either way you look at it, it's a whole new level of hardcore."

Submission + - Sony Releases Firmware, Heavenly Sword Demo

Submitted by

fistfullast33l

on Monday July 23, 2007 @10:34AM

fistfullast33l writes: "Sony has released a Playstation 3 firmware upgrade to Japan overnight, with the version coming to the European region within the next day or so — no word on the US version but it probably will hit around the same time. New features include customized backgrounds on the XMB and the ability to change game resolution within both PS3 games and PS2/PS1 games as well. Another feature I personally am looking for includes greater folder customization — maybe I can create a music playlist now? This upgrade leads to speculation that 2.0 will probably include in-game XMB integration and hopefully in-game soundtracks. Also coming this week is the highly anticipated Heavenly Sword demo."

Submission + - Wii Connect 24 may cause heat-related problems. (computerandvideogames.com)

Submitted by mgabrys_sf on Thursday July 19, 2007 @04:55PM

mgabrys_sf writes: "WiiConnect24, a system built into Wii to keep the console constantly connected to the internet when on standby, is reported to be causing consoles to develop faults." reports computerandvideogames.com. Mine hasn't bricked but I can confirm that the unit seems very warm to the touch — warmer than when played in fact. Even if the problem isn't widespread, I deactivated WC24 because — as the article says — it's proved to be a non-essestial feature so far anyway and not worth risking a slow heat-death situation over the lifespan of the unit.

Submission + - Spielberg's gaming vision emerges (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Cogita on Tuesday July 10, 2007 @01:58PM

Cogita writes: Does a sucsessful director career a game design guru make? Read on to find out.
Two video games developed with director Steven Spielberg are to be shown off at the E3 conference in Los Angeles. The filmmaker has collaborated with Electronic Arts, the world's largest games publisher, on three titles. The first, codenamed LMNO, is a contemporary action adventure, said Neil Young, general manager of EA's Los Angeles studio. The second, with the codename PQRS, is a puzzle game designed for Nintendo's Wii console.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6287628.stm

Submission + - What's Killing Game Development? (firingsquad.com)

Submitted by

Wishful Gamer

on Tuesday July 10, 2007 @11:46AM

Wishful Gamer writes: "Ever Wonder why there are so many game Sequels? Why are sports games a dime a dozen? What happened to all the truly innovative games? The demand for quality video games has never been higher and the means to creating them is building it's own gallows. Developers are favoring quantity over quality becuase the risk is so high and gamers are starting to get bored."

Submission + - Wii lightsaber game in the works (gamasutra.com)

Submitted by moderatorrater on Thursday June 28, 2007 @12:32PM

moderatorrater writes: Gamasutra's reporting on a Lucasarts employee answer to a question about a Wii lightsaber game. From the article:

We're all over that, and internally we have already played a lightsaber game on the Wii. It's a lot of fun, and we'll get there.
Hopefully it's more like Jedi Academy than Jedi Power Battles.

Submission + - A Tale of 11 Broken Xbox 360s (1up.com)

Submitted by hctimo787 on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @11:01PM

hctimo787 writes: Over the past several years, the console wars have heated up considerably, with many pundits hailing the increased competition in the industry as generally good for the consumer. But when deadlines are met with haste, and competition forces product out the door faster than ever, the consumer can still be burned. 1up.com's Philip Kollar writes about Justin Lowe's experience: A Tale of 11 Broken Xbox 360s.

Submission + - Duke Nukem Forever Release Date: 12/1/07! (bestbuy.com)

Submitted by wiggles on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @02:58PM

wiggles writes: It's offical. According to this Best Buy page, Duke Nukem Forever is scheduled for release on December 1st of 2007. Talk about a solution to global warming! All we need to do is find hell, and use the sub-zero temperatures to siphon off our excess heat!

Submission + - White XBOX 360 gets HDMI 1080p Cable

Submitted by achan0x on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @01:28PM

achan0x writes: MaxConsole is telling us that the White XBOX 360 will be getting an HDMI cable from XCM.

Submission + - Mechanical pong. 1

Submitted by MicklePickle on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @03:24AM

MicklePickle writes: There's nothing better than retro video games, (IMO), the ultimate retro is something like a pure mechanical pinball or one arm bandit. You can actually go one step further.. Mechanical pong. This guy here has made a purely mechanical version of pong. No computers, no microprocessors, in fact no semiconductors. Just built from wood, plastic, wire, and relays. Pretty impressive. You can pick up the 'how did I make it' video from here.

Submission + - Swedish musicians conduct concert with Wiimotes

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 25, 2007 @07:38PM

An anonymous reader writes: Utilizing some Wiimotes and a GlovePIE script, some Wii fans known as "ii" from Stockholm, Sweden managed to conduct a two-man concert recently. In the embedded video, their song "aa" is performed and we find ourselves to be in a mild state of awe. We just love what people can do with their Wiimotes!

The story and a video of the performance at www.nintendowiifanboy.com.

Submission + - Adult Swim guys animate Pacman (superdeluxe.com)

Submitted by

Will

on Monday June 25, 2007 @02:38PM

Will writes: "This is a short I saw at SXSW this year. Some Adult Swim guys made a really well done cartoon about Pacman. The best part was afterwards when all the filmmakers spoke about their shorts, and while everyone described the immense costs endured and all the years they spent, these guys said it took them "two weeks and eleven dollars to feed the sound guy". Pretty funny. http://www.superdeluxe.com/sd/contentDetail.do?id= D81F2344BF5AC7BB27B66E8533EED677521D955A021BC5BC"

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