As a special Halloween surprise, Gears of War 3 gamers get Pumpkin Heads when they turn on the game today. As opposed to the usual mugs we’re accustomed to, creepy pumpkin heads now adorn players through multiplayer and horde modes. Additionally, a mode called “Booooooooom Snipes” has made the rounds since Friday, equipping players with Boomshots and [...]
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News : Game Scoop! Presents: 8-bit Radio
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
Today’s video game music is indistinguishable from a blockbuster movie soundtrack. Professional orchestras are hired to perform elaborate musical scores and the radio’s most popular rap, rock, and electronica artists are tapped to provide their tunes. But it wasn’t always like this. This podcast celebrates the video game music of the ’80s and early ’90s. [...]
News : Zelda: Skyward Sword is Here
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
Zelda: Skyward Sword has arrived at the IGN offices. To say the IGN Nintendo team has been anticipating this day for a while would be a bit of an understatement. We’ve opened up the box and taken photos and a video (video coming soon!) of everything inside for you. Check out what you can get on November 20. [...]
News : Battlefield 3 Sells 5 Million Copies in First Week
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
Electronic Arts announced today that Battlefield 3 sold five million copies during its first week in stores. The figure is for worldwide sales across all platforms, and makes Battlefield 3 the fastest-selling game in EA history. EA also revealed that the game has 2.5 million “likes” on Facebook, 200,000 followers on Twitter, and that fans have “executed 73 [...]
News : Nintendo’s Digital Split Personality
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
Nintendo has repeatedly said it plans to rapidly increase its digital presence in the coming months and years, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it doesn’t have doubts. “We see digital content from two different views, as a platform holder and a software publisher. As a platform holder, each publisher or content owner should be responsible [...]
News : Uncharted 3: Nathan Drake Speaks
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
Nolan North is a man of a thousand voices, or maybe just a hundred. He can currently be heard in Batman: Arkham City, Rage, Spider-Man: Edge of Time and X-Men: Destiny. But the voice people are most familiar with is that of Nathan Drake. North has helped turn Drake into a pop culture phenomenon, most recently [...]
News : Contest: Win Monster Hunter Dynamic Hunting
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
As if Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise wasn’t already addictive enough, earlier this year the company released Dynamic Hunting onto the App Store. Gamers could now harvest monster materials to craft better weapons and armor anywhere, anytime. The $4.99 app has gone on sale for $0.99 a couple of times, but we’re now giving gamers a [...]
News : The 10 Greatest Zombies in Games Ever
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
10. Wolfenstein 3D Platform: PC Developer: id Software Original Release: 1992 Zombie Type: Mutant Nazis Forgetting for a moment that these are zombies with machine guns in their chests, let us take a moment to reminisce about a time when the idea of both zombies and Nazis as antagonists in video games was young and [...]
News : November’s PlayStation Plus Perks Revealed
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
Today on the PlayStation Blog, Sony gave PS3 gamers a sneak-peek at what freebies and discounts PlayStation Plus subscribers can look forward to in November. For starters, Hydrophobia Prophecy will be free for PS+ users when it comes out tomorrow, November 1st. Additionally, all fourCrash Bandicoot PSone Classics will also be free beginning tomorrow, including Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2,Crash [...]
News : Blizzard DOTA Divides
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
A couple of big additions are on the horizon for Defense of the Ancients (or DotA) games. What started as a Warcraft III mod, DotA clones are rapidly becoming the next “me-too” genre in PC gaming, following in the footsteps of the MMO and the FPS before that. And for good reason — Riot’s League [...]
