July 31, 2010 in News
Prepare to get Geeky. The gorgeous environments, vehicles, and characters that populate our videogames are typically created through two processes: modeling and texturing. Modeling refers to the creation of polygons to shape an object, like a city or a chainblade. But texturing involves breaking those polygons up and wrapping them with a 2D image, not unlike your normal JPEG files. The process can be tedious and frustrating, but a technological breakthrough called Ptex aims to revolution the process forever.
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Tags: Ptex, Texturing, UV maps
July 31, 2010 in News
Crystal Dynamics®, a part of Square Enix Europe, is pleased to announce that Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Premium Theme and Avatar are coming to Xbox LIVE ® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. In Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Lara Croft joins forces with Totec, The Guardian of Light, in order to fight off an ancient evil threatening to engulf the world in never-ending darkness. Players will journey through the game in a franchise first isometric cooperative adventure that aims to deliver intense action and bite-sized puzzles.
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Tags: Apparel, Crystal Dynamics, Eidos, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Square Enix Europe, Themes, Xbox Live
July 30, 2010 in News
Gaming historians might remember Sega as more than just a third party developer. In fact Sega once produced effective, and most importantly fun, home consoles. However in 2001, amidst financial woes, Sega dropped out of the console war to focus on developing games and its arcade and amusement business. With the release of Sega’s Q1 reports, it seems that history might once again be repeating itself as the company looks to be changing its focus to social games and smart phones.
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Tags: Sega, Smart Phones, Social Gaming
July 30, 2010 in News
The results are in, and Sony had an incredible year thanks to the launch of the PS3 Slim last Fall. The magical price of $299 has done wonders for Sony’s entertainment system, giving the system a huge increase in sales for all territories. What’s surprising about the final tallies for both PS3 and 360 though are how close the two platforms are in terms of life-to-date sales.
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Tags: Hardware Sales, PS3, Xbox 360
July 29, 2010 in Editorial
Trophies were the greatest godsend for PS3 owners since background downloading, and the first game to really show the possibilities of integrating trophies with online gameplay was Warhawk. And despite some great times with that game, the platinum trophy was notoriously difficult to earn due to the slow progression of the game’s ranking system, and a few erroneous ones, such as the trophy that requires seven players to enter a dropship at once, were just ridiculously hard. And unfortunately, the trend has only worsened with other titles over the years. So why do video game developers require multiplayer trophies to count towards 100% completion of a game?
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Tags: Difficult, Multiplayer Trophies, Trophies
July 29, 2010 in News
Professional Wrestling is conglomerated by the WWE in America, its image is that of oiled guys in tights slamming each other to the mat. Lucha Libre, Mexico’s version of Professional Wrestling offers up a much different product that includes high flying top rope acrobatics, series of technical exchanges, and the iconic mask. Lucha Libre: AAA Heroes del Ring will bring all the theatrical passion of Mexican Profession Wrestling to consoles. Check out the list below to see if you favorite Luchador will be featured.
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Tags: Lucha Libre: AAA Heroes del Ring, Playstation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
July 29, 2010 in News
The upcoming 360 exclusive, Halo: Reach, is ready to set the sales charts on fire with what is sure to be the greatest entry in the series to date. After the mediocore ODST Expansion Pack, things are actually looking good for the team at Bungie. And the newly released trailer showss that they’ve stepped their game up considerably.
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Tags: Bungie, Halo Reach, Trailer
July 29, 2010 in News
North American and PAL PokeMasters will be getting a chance to catch some Legendary Pokemons. Geek.com is reporting that a new special item will allow players of Pokemon SoulSilver and HeartGold to trigger the appearance of the other game’s roaming legendary Pokemon. The item, called the Enigma Stone, will be available for down via the Wii’s Nintendo Wi-Fi connection between July 31 – August 27. However, certain conditions must be meet in order for players to use the Enigma Stone’s power.
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Tags: Pokemon HeartGold, Pokemon SoulSilver
July 29, 2010 in News
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed garnered the highest sales in Star Wars gaming history, with that being said all eyes are now on it’s highly anticipated sequel, The Force Unleashed 2. Since it’s extended cinematic trailer was reveiled at E3, many speculations have been made about the game’s story line and the overall fate of its antihero, Starkiller. As expected, the game picks up where the first left off, which is after Starkiller helps start the rebellion against the Empire as Darth Vadar’s secret apprentice and manages to escape Vadar in order to possibly search for Juno, his love interest. With a story line like this, what better way to introduce fan favorite bounty hunter, Boba Fett into the fray.
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Tags: Boba Fett, Nintendo DS, PS3, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2, Xbox 360
July 29, 2010 in News
Publishers are constantly pushing the boundaries of retail pricing for special editions, and Activision currently holds the crown for Modern Warfare 2: Prestige Edition for a shocking $150. Unfortunately, since so many people proceeded to buy that junk, the company has gone out of their way to repeat their past success with Call of Duty: Black Ops.
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Tags: Call of Duty: Black Ops, Modern War
July 28, 2010 in News
Playstation Digital Comics is giving readers a meaty update. In addition to augmenting its comic library, Playstation Digital Comics is offering up two FREE comics from DC Comics, Bottle of Awesome #1 and Ex Machina. But perhaps the best part of the update will be the new way for fans to get their hands on their favorite series and arcs. The store will now feature bundling so readers can buy entire arcs and series at a reduced price.
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Tags: Playstation Digital Comics
July 28, 2010 in News
Playstation 3 exclusive title, SOCOM 4, will be seeing yet another delay in deployment. Since its announcement in March 2010 the squad based shooter, in development by Zipper Interactive, has gone through several delays. Playstation Universe reported in early July that Socom 4 would be delayed a month, from August to September, in order for the development team to fix technical issues. However, recent intel from Sony and the SOCOM 4 website indicate that the wait is going to be a little longer.
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Tags: Playstation 3, SOCOM 4, Zipper Interactive
July 27, 2010 in News
With such advanced gaming innovations like the PlayStation Move and Microsoft’s Kinect, it’s hard to imagine that consoles like Xbox 360 and Wii still require the use of batteries to power their controllers. Even the use of rechargeable batteries can be a hassle since you constantly have to swap batteries in and out of a charging dock, which itself may only hold up to four batteries at a time. Rechargeable batteries are great since they save time, money and help keep the environment clean, but Moixa’s USBCell adds a new level of convenience to rechargeable batteries.
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Tags: batteries, Moixa, Rechargeable batteries, USB Ports, USBCell
July 27, 2010 in Editorial
PS3′s Firmware 3.41 was released for the sole purpose of activating a PlayStation Store feature called recommendations. When browsing through the details of a particular title, a new section titled “You May Like” becomes visible, and lists additional items based on similar purchase activity of other PSN members who currently own the item you’re viewing. At face value, the feature is beneficial. But if Sony doesn’t exercise caution, both gamers and developers may react negatively to this feature.
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July 26, 2010 in News
Despite the vast technological differences between PlayStation Move and Kinect, the request from developers is unanimous: don’t eat into their processing cycles. No matter how cool or advanced a product is, any kind of performance hit is strictly forbidden. And this is something that Dr. Richard Marks, the individual behind the development of PS Move, has become very vocal about.
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Tags: CPU, Dr. Richard Marks, Kinect, PS Move, Resources
July 26, 2010 in News
In a summer of top NBA free agents perhaps the most shocking signing will be that of basketball’s biggest icon, Michael Jordan. That’s right his Royal Airness will be lacing up those Air Jordans and putting on a Bulls uniform for the NBA 2K11 season. Jordan will be featured as NBA 2K11′s cover athlete after years of not appearing in any NBA endorsed game. In addition to gracing the cover, Jordan will be a playable character as confirmed by 2K’s Eric Boenisch in a Fox Sports interview.
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Tags: Michael Jordan, NBA 2K11
July 26, 2010 in Editorial
With the recent announcement of Street Fighter X Tekken at ComicCon, series faithfuls are already undoubtedly rushing to the arcades to scope out the new competition. From the demo shown by Capcom/Namco, the new crossover battles will take place via two-on-two tag matches. Ultras combos, introduced in Street Fighter 4, will be even more deadly as it looks like players will be able to perform tag team Ultras. Though these mechanics are nothing new to crossover titles, it does give the player the ability to form unique teams and match-ups. Only four characters were shown on the demo (Ryu/Chun-Li vs. Kazuya/Nina) so the rest of the roster should be a trending topic from here on out. But until the final cast is announced, here’s a wish list of fantasy teams that yours truly would like to imagine possible upon release.
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Tags: Capcom, Fighting Games, Namco, Street Fighter X Tekken
July 26, 2010 in News
Factor 5 may have been a world-renowned developer with a penchant for pushing platforms to their limits, but that didn’t stop them from creating one of the worst games on PS3, Lair. The title suffered from very low sales figures, which should have clued them and Sony in that a price drop was necessary to help reduce their losses on the game. And what’s surprising is that Sony has unwittingly raised the price on this title.
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Tags: Factor 5, Lair, Overpriced
July 25, 2010 in News
Activision’s crazy kart-racing sim has taken a beating at retail outlets, only managing to sell a handful of units. But judging by the positive responses to the Online Multiplayer Demo, as well my own experiences with the demo, the game still has the potential to become a sales hit if its publisher starts another marketing campaign. But until then, there’s an amazing deal on this game that cuts the price of the PS3 and 360 versions down to just $30.
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Tags: Activision, Blur, Deal
July 25, 2010 in News
New Zealand television network TV3 has stepped past a very sacred boundary known as Don’t Copy Kevin, and exposed themselves to something worse than legal action. When you rip off a commercial series starring someone who’s known for his scathing, hilarious criticisms of other company’s products, prepare for a verbal beating.
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Tags: Kevin Butler, New Zealand, Ripoff
July 25, 2010 in News
It wasn’t long ago that Ready at Dawn said adios to the PSP platform and happily shipped off their PSP development kits back to Sony. The decision to quit PSP development, especially after releasing two of the platforms best titles back to back, caught the studio’s fans off guard. Though we’d love to tell them to eat some crow after the team got PSP dev kits shipped back to them for God of War: Ghost of Sparta, some recently released footage of Kratos giving King Midas a beating is putting that decision on hold.
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Tags: God of War, God of War: Ghost of Sparta, Ready at Dawn
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