Up All Night: Rock Band ft. Janina Gavankar released!
Episode three of Up All Night is now out, featuring Rock Band and The L Word’s Janina Gavankar!
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Famitsu weekly rankings: Jan. 21-Jan. 27
The Wii still advances unresisted this week, just as in the last report.
The new Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 Ubiquitous Evolution made a strenuous effort and was rewarded with the #2 spot this week. Moreover, Dorabase Dramatic Stadium ranked up to #8.
U.S. gamers, this might surprise you: For this week, Lucky Star Ryouou Gakuen Outousai ranked #3. Lucky Star is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga by Kagami Yoshimizu that is published in Comptiq.
The ranking follows: Read more »
Time for gamers to get political!
As Americans, it is our civic duty to vote. However, as gamers we often feel chastised by politicians and their views on videogames. Now is our time to rise up and be heard. Yahoo games is trying to inform gamers as to which candidate will help defend our rights to frag.
I know what you are thinking: “If I’m old enough to vote, none of these game laws affect me.” They may not affect you directly, but if these laws start getting signed, larger retailers might start pulling games off shelves which would hurt the entire industry. Take Manhunt 2, for instance. When I went to pick up my copy at my local Target, they informed me that they weren’t carrying the game due to its controversial nature. If the government starts regulating videogames, who knows what they will deem “unsuitable” for public consumption? Read more »
Portal isn’t done yet!
There’s no question that the star of Valve’s Orange Box was Portal, for me at least. That’s why I’m sure that it comes as no surprise that Valve is planning more Portal content.
As to what this content is, I am not sure. However Doug Lombardi, Valve’s marketing director, said: “There’ll be more Portal, for sure. But the details of that, to be honest, we’re still working out.”
Personally, I would prefer a Portal 2 rather than just more puzzles. I’m tching to know more about our hero and what happened to GLaDOS. Hopefully this time around, the cake won’t be a lie…
Read: More Portal Coming (Eventually).
Epileptic Gaming #149 LIVE 7PM ET/4PM PT!
Today on Epileptic Gaming:
The show returns to its Thursday time slot this week packed full of news, segments user letters, and more!
Today you’ll get a behind the scenes of the brand new Up All Night: Rock Band episode, an Alone in the Dark interview, review of Pixel Junk Monsters (PlayStation Network/PSP), the top 10 videogames that should be musicals, and another special report from Fox News about Mass Effect. What do the clueless experts have to say this time?
Find out live today at 7PM ET/4PM PT on epilepticgaming.ggl.com and wire.ggl.com, thanks to the magic of Stickam and uStream!
Soul Calibur 4 screenshots show Maxi, Seung Mina, ridiculous bloom
Some new screenshots of Soul Calibur 4 came out today, revealing that Maxi and Seung Mina will return in the fourth iteration of the popular fighting game series.
Here’s the dish:
SCIV hits Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this year.
Poker Smash goes all in on XBLA Feb 6.
This must be Xbox Live Arcade’s week. First it’s announced that Rez HD and Chessmaster Live come out today. Now we hear that next Wednesday, Feb. 6, Poker Smash is coming to XBLA.
Mixing elements of poker and Tetris, this unique hybrid is the flagship title of Void Star Creations. Featuring six gameplay modes (Action mode, Puzzle Mode, Practice Mode, Custom Playlist Mode, Split Screen Head-to-Head and Miltiplayer Tournaments), Poker Smash looks to be a well polished, unique puzzler. There has been no word of price, however I’m willing to bet it’s going to be 800 Microsoft Points ($10).
Read Poker Smash on XBLA next week.
Updated: March Rock Band DLC revealed
Update: An MTV Games spokesperson has said this list is subject to change.
March’s issue of OXM (Official Xbox Magazine) reveals Rock Band’s DLC for March. Among the soon-to-be available songs and packs you can find “Fuel” by Metallica, “Supernaut” by Black Sabbath, “Message In A Bottle” by The Police and (drum-roll) personal favorites “March of the Pigs” and “The Perfect Drug” by Nine Inch Nails.
Here’s the full release list:
Week of March 4th
Thrash Three Pack
“Blinded by Fear” by At The Gates
“Thrasher” by Evile
“Shadow World” by Haunted Read more »
GGL’s 2007 Players of the Year nominees announced
Every year, GGL invites several prominent e-Sports coverage sites to vote for the e-Sports Players of the Year. The categories cover three e-Sports games with long traditions and histories: Quake (in this case, Quake 4), Warcraft III and Counter-Strike 1.6.
Each voter (or site) selects three players from every category and assigns them a rank from 1-3. Rank 1 receives 5 points, Rank 2 receives 3 points, and Rank 3 receives 1 point. At the end of the voting process, the points are tallied and the winners are announced. You can see the 2006 winners at GGL.com in a legacy format.
Without further ado, let’s name the 2007 nominees: Read more »
Half-life fan fiction makes my day
As an English major and wannabe fiction writer, I just had to post this as news.
It’s been a rough day for me. After a five year run, my favorite comic book, Y: The Last Man, just ended and my Xbox 360 red ringed. Pretty bad, right? It’s just been turned around by a piece of fan fiction written by a nine-year-old set in the Half-life 2 universe.
World of Warcraft generates $1.2 billion in 2007
Most game studios dream about making $1.2 billion for their parent companies on a yearly basis. Blizzard is living that dream as we speak.
Vivendi Games, parent company of the Irvine, CA-based Blizzard, generated €1.02 billion last year, or around $1.8 billion in USD monopoly money. Of that, €814 million ($1.2 billion USD) came directly from World of Warcraft.
We all knew it was printing money, but, geez. Still, you should know that figure doesn’t refer to profit, which is calculated after business expenses such as salaries, server maintenance, and Mike Morhaime’s blow fund are deducted. Now you know…and knowing is half the battle!
Read: WoW Blasts Vivendi Games Past €1 bln
WoW Burning Crusade: The Chinese Timeline
GGL’s Reid Landeen translated this GGL China article.
World of Warcraft had a tumultuous 2007 in China, with the release of The Burning Crusade expansion and addition of many new players. Here’s a journal-style rundown of the year for TBC in China and around the world.
Jan. 16, 2007
World of Warcraft’s first expansion, The Burning Crusade, ships to North America and Europe.
March 8, 2007
Blizzard Entertainment announced today that WoW’s expansion (The Burning Crusade) has already sold more than 3.5 million copies in North America. In the first 24 hours of release, it sold more than 2.4 million copies, which is more than any PC game has ever sold in a single month. Blizzard’s President, Mike Morhaime explained, “The passion that gamers have for The Burning Crusade makes us feel really excited.” At this time, Chinese gamers did not know when The Burning Crusade would be released in China.
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