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  QuakeCon Registration Opens Friday

  Registration for QuakeCon 2009 opens this Friday on the recently redesigned QuakeCon website. QuakeCon 2009 will take place Aug. 13 through Aug. 16 in Dallas, Texas at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. The event is free to all attendees. To register hop onto the official site at 9:30 p.m. EST on March 6. QuakeCon 2009

  By Brian Crecente Published March 4, 2009
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  Prince Of Persia Creator Pens Fathom Movie

  Jordan Mechner, the famed creator of the original Prince of Persia game, has been tapped to write Fathom, the movie adaptation of the popular comic book. The Fathom comic book, created by the late Michael Turner, follows the story of Aspen, a member of an aquatic race of humans called the Blue, discovering her heritage…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 2009
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  Batman: Arkham Asylum Does Games For Windows Live

  The official Games For Windows website proudly announces that the PC version of Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Asylum will be a Games for Windows Live title. This means Games for Windows Live players of Batman: Arkham Asylum will be able to earn Gamerscore points by unlocking achievements, and really that’s about it. There’s Live connectivity, but…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 2009
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  Watchmen Live Chat Hits PS Blog

  The Watchmen movie hits theaters this Friday, and the downloadable game hits the Playstation 3 this Thursday. If you’re interested in the game make sure to hop onto the official Playstation Blog today for a chance to speak with Jerry Pritchard, the associate producer for Watchmen: The End is Nigh, during a hosted live chat…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 4, 2009
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  A Boy And His Blob And Their Screenshots

  Majesco’s official announcement for A Boy and His Blob for the Nintendo Wii comes with a little more information and twelve new screens of the beautiful game in action. First revealed to varying degrees yesterday via Nintendo Power, A Boy and His Blob is indeed a rebirth of the classic NES adventure game, developed by…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 2009
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  Warhammer Online Unleashes Bitter Rivals Event

  Mythic launches their four-month long Call to Arms live update for Warhammer Online this week, with the Bitter Rivals live event and the launch of their official forums. Bitter Rivals, running from March 3rd to March 10th, gives players a chance to unlock the new Dwarf Slayer and Orc Choppa classes by completing quests and…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 2009
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  Riddick Demo Live on Xbox 360 Now, Hits PS3 This Month

  The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena demo should now be available on Xbox Live and should be hitting the Playstation Network later this month. The playable demo lets gamers play through the Athena Main Decks level and includes melee combat, some stealth play and of course lots of shooting. The demo will also…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 4, 2009
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  Activision Seeks Recession-Fueled Acquisition Bargains

  What does a company like Activision Blizzard do when sitting on $3 billion in cash with no debt while many gaming companies flounder in the face of an economic recession? They go shopping. Activision Blizzard’s top publishing executive Mike Griffith told Bloomberg that the current economic climate is perfect for creating acquisition possibilities, whether they…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 2009
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  Ever Have Problems With The PS3 Playing DVDs?

  To: Crecente From: Ashcraft RE: Hello Boston I, like you, have a PS3. And like you, I use my PS3 to do a variety of things that include playing video games and watching movies. Right now, I’m watching Blood Diamond on Blu-ray — it looks great. Some things I watch on DVD, and when I…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2009
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  MicroProse Co-Founder Launches Military MMO Dev

  MicroProse co-founder J.W. ‘Wild Bill‘ Stealey is part of the team of industry veterans behind Thriller New Media, a new company dedicated to creating online multiplayer games in the military/spy genre. What better man to help usher in a new generation of military espionage games than the man responsible for the first generation? While fellow…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 2009
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  N’Gai Croal Leaves Newsweek and Game Journalism

  Friday will be popular gaming pundit N’Gai Croal’s last day at Newsweek. The well-known game journalist took a buyout from the magazine publisher and plans to move more toward the development side of gaming. Today, Croal posted his final update on Newsweek’s Level Up. I had a chance to speak with Croal recently about why…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 4, 2009
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  Let’s Take A Look At Battlefield Online

  In June of last year, we heard that there was a new Battlefield game in development for the Korean market. This is it. It’s called Battlefield Online, and will be out later this year. Built on the Battlefield 2 engine, BFO will pit US forces against Russia in a Middle Eastern setting, with up to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2009
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  Capcom Based Business On Movie Studios, Not Game Studios

  Few years back, Capcom underwent some pretty radical changes, and ended up restructuring as a company. But when time came to make the changes, they didn’t model the new Capcom on an existing model. Instead, as Capcom’s Keiji Inafune explains, they looked outside of the games industry altogether: I’d have to say, in a symbolic…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2009
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  Three French Teens Arrested In Akihabara For Stealing Games And Consoles

  Police have arrested three sixteen year-old French males for suspected larceny. The teens, who attend an international school in Japan, are accused of stealing games and consoles from Akihabara retailer Sofmap. On 18 separate occasions starting last November, the trio walked out of Sofmap with a grand total of 92 games and seven consoles —…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2009
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  Gut This TF2 Crossword Like A Cornish Hen

  Reader Aeon – who was kind enough to whip us up that Half-Life crossword – has continued his love for both Valve and words by crafting another one. This time, it’s about Team Fortress 2. You can take a crack at it below. Though we’d really recommend you print it off, since the effects of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2009
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  Resident Evil: Degeneration Shipped Over 1.5 Million

  Full-length CG animation feature Resident Evil: Degeneration has shipped over 1.5 million copies worldwide. The total includes DVD, Blu-ray and UMD versions of the flick. Resident Evil: Degeneration takes places a year after RE4 and features characters Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. The movie debuted last October at the Tokyo Game Show and was…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2009
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  Netflix Outside Of The US? Yeah, Probably Not…

  Is Netflix on 360 any good? Not being American, I wouldn’t know! One day, though, I’d like to see the service offered outside of North America. But that doesn’t sound likely. In an interview with Eurogamer, Xbox UK boss Neil Thompson has said: Netflix is a great deal in the US, and we’re looking at…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2009
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  Call Him Pikachoo Man

  For better or worse, inflatable leather fetish goods maker Obsidian Design bring us this: Pikachoo. The handmade inflatable latex rubber outfit is easy to inflate and deflate — apparently! Obsidian says that it’s easy to breath through the Pikachoo head, and vision is made possible through the character’s mouth. From the Obsidian site: “Pikachoo is…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2009
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  EA Rooting For The Ol’ PS3

  A lot of EA’s recent success has been tied to the success of Sony consoles. The more PS1’s and PS2’s there were, the more people could buy Madden and FIFA. These days, though, things aren’t so rosy. The PS2 is in its last days. The PSP sells well as a handheld, but nobody is buying…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2009
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  Will Wii MotionPlus Be Out Before June 18?

  In an article on Wii title Grand Slam Tennis in the Nintendo Power online hub, there’s a blurb about Nintendo’s new motion controlling add-on Wii MotionPlus: Thomas Singleton (EA) and his Vancouver-based team hope to take things to the next level, thanks in no small part to the Wii MotionPlus accessory (due out prior to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2009