We know that Thor’s joining the ranks of Marvel’s on-screen superheroes next year and, of course, with that comes a big-budget video game. Sega’s put out the last two Iron Man games and has just released a teaser for the God of Thunder’s interactive adventures.
There’s nothing at all by way of gameplay in the teaser, but I’ve …
Tuesday, July 28th, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Watch One Of The Decade’s Greatest Sci-Fi Movies, Primer, Free Online [io9]
iPad Owners Are Selfish Elites. Critics Are Independent Geeks. [Wired]
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Author First To Sell 1 Million E-Books Via Kindle …
More than two decades ago, Splatterhouse showed up in the arcade. The Namco game– which later came to consoles–earned the distinction of being one of the first games to scare the living crap out players with its ultra-violent take on horror and combat.
Namco’s readying an all-new 3D remake of the side-scroller for …
Today marks the end of nearly a decade of waiting, as Blizzard finally releases the long-brewing Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty.
Now, thousands (hell, probably millions) of people have pre-ordered and pre-installed Heaven’s Own RTS already. We know that. But, in case you’re one of the fans who hasn’t…
You can have mine.
That’s …
Dear Internet,
The downloadable demo for Madden NFL 11 is now available on Xbox Live. I’d download it and play it myself all morning but I’m still looking down the barrel of this post, a post about a new thumb drive, some new Apple products, and a feature called App of the Week that I’ve been asked to write today. Perhaps I’d have …
Monday, July 26, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Daniel Craig Closes Deal For The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo [Deadline]
Facebook Testing “Delete Account” Option [The Next Web]
Giving E-Books A Spot On The Charts [TIME]
5 iPad Apps For The Kiddos [The Apple Blog]
Snapgoods: Like …
Remember how I was all “Capcom better do right by Tekken!” over the weekend? Well, it turns out the exchange of characters between the two most stories fighting game series is a two-way street after all.
Today, Namco Bandai announced that they’d be incorporating Street Fighter characters into an all-new game called Tekken X Street …
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has just announced some big, big wins for consumers. Labeled as “exemptions to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act,” a law enacted in the late ’90s to protect copyright holders against piracy, it’s now within consumers’ legal rights to jailbreak phones, rip DVDs (for certain uses), and a 2006 …
Limbo
Publisher: Microsoft
Developer: PlayDead
Systems it’s available on: Xbox 360
ESRB rating: T for Teen
System reviewed on: Xbox 360
The problem with games that try to wow you with gee-whiz mechanics or overblown presentation nowadays is that they can come across as nervous, insecure efforts even when they work. Where a …
Details have been released about the stabbing in Comic-Con International’s Hall H on Saturday afternoon, with both the San Diego Police Department and Comic-Con International’s David Glanzer issuing statements about the incident. Comic Book Resources quotes SDPD Sergeant Gary Mondesir:
Basically, inside of Hall H during Comic-Con,
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Reports are trickling out of the Hall H that an attendee has been stabbed in the face with a pen after a squabble over seating just before the Marvel Studios panel. Other attendees jumped in to stop the fight before things escalated even further. The victim was taken to the hospital and his condition is unknown. The attacker is now in …
It’s the video game equivalent of a Hatfield-McCoy wedding. Capcom’s announced that development’s underway on Street Fighter X Tekken. It’s a new 2D title that will pit Ryu, Chun Li and others against Kazyua Mishima, Nina Williams and other fighters from the King of Iron Fist Tournament. From Capcom:
Utilizing the same technology
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