GameSetWatch:
['Game Mag Weaseling' is a weekly column by Kevin Gifford which documents the history of video game magazines, from their birth in the early '80s to the current day.] After I lamented in this column that I can't find the UK edition of PC Gamer anywhere nearby (even though PC Zone is oddly not a problem), deputy editor Tim (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
Alert the media! LucasArts’ official Twitter feed has been tweeting non-stop about… something! It looks like the company is poised to announce a new game based on an old game/franchise tomorrow, July 6. Can we guess? Is it Sam and Max, or maybe Monkey Island? LucasArts surely can’t go to the Star Wars well again, can it? E (Read More)
Kotaku:
Do you spend six hours a day playing Warcraft and another three hours Twittering pointlessly? Well now you can spend nine hours doing both! With TweetCraft, WoW gamers get a fully-featured Twitter client that, of course, allows you to send and receive in game - but also schedule your Tweet uploads, send in-game screenshots (Read More)
GameSetWatch:
['Tokyo Beat' is a new, bi-weekly GameSetWatch-exclusive column by writer Ryan Winterhalter, focusing on expressions of game culture in Japan]A small white sign marks the entrance to Super Deluxe, a bar in Tokyo’s party center, Roppongi. It’s easy to miss, but it catches my eye just as I pass. I enter the building, and make (Read More)
Kotaku:
In a recent Zero Punctuation review, Yahtzee couldn't declare which blockbuster game "about super-powered assholes" was better, but would give the honor to the studio that best drew the rival game's protagonist in drag. Astoundingly and to their everlasting credit, both Radical and Sucker Punch participated. First up, Radic (Read More)
Kotaku:
In an interview with CVG, Valve's Doug Lombardi says the experiences of putting Half-Life on PS2 and Orange Box on PS3 have put them off Sony development for the near future. He doesn't complain about the differences in developing for one console, or PC, over another, but does say the PS3 versions of Valve products have bee (Read More)
Destructoid:
See what I did there?To celebrate this magnificent 4th of July holiday, I am going to do a myriad of things: I am going to eat more hamburgers and hot dogs than most people would think physically possible; I am going to light a sparkler, wave it around in my hand, and pretend that I am Harry Potter; and, most imp (Read More)
videogaming247:
It’s that time again. The MMO news round-up post full of links, and other goodies for the online crowd. This week, loads of games are having annual summer events full of festivities, fireworks and other shenanigans. Some also got level cap increases, are nerfing classes, launching new servers, going bankrupt, and one has ev (Read More)
Destructoid:
If we created a “Bulkiest Space Marine Armor of the Year” award it’s quite possible Section 8 would run away with the it. The men of Section 8 are wearing some of the bulkiest, most burdensome stuff we’ve ever seen. But there’s a point (beyond beating Epic Games at their own rough-and-tough-dude game): the soldie (Read More)
videogaming247:
Doug Lombardi has said that “free weekend” sales on Steam assist retail and online game stores.
“When we do our free weekends on Steam for our products we see an increase in player numbers, obviously, and then we’ll see a spike in sales at the end of the weekend on Steam and at retail,” he told [...]. (Read More)
Kotaku:
We solemnly publish and declare that this weekend, all games are, and of right ought to be, free. Alas they are not. Scan the following for values to which you may pledge your fortunes. Software • Gears of War 2 is out there for $37 (free shipping eligible) via Amazon.com. That's only $3 off the current MSRP, but make sure (Read More)
VideoGamesBlogger:
What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK, France, Germany) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the hottest right now. Think of it as a games weather report.Nintendo WiiNorth America: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. EA Sports Active (Electronic Arts), 3. Mario Kart Wii (Read More)
GameSetWatch:
[GameSetLinks is GameSetWatch's daily link round-up post, culling from hundreds of weblogs and outlets to compile the most interesting longform writing, links, and criticism on the art and culture of video games.]Well, happy 4th, everybody, and it's time to wrap up a boatload of links from earlier last week (and previous!) (Read More)
New York Times:
Two quarterbacks contend the N.C.A.A. and a video game manufacturer should pay college athletes for using their likenesses in popular electronic games.
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