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Choose Your Own Adventure: Classic Gaming Edition

By Evan Hoovler and Will Tuttle | Articles | Dec 17, 2010 1:30 PM | Comment

You are standing on a hill, a large oak shades your view. Your nemesis springs up, swinging his sword at you. You have zero lives remaining. You react too late. As your nemesis withdraws his blade from your midsection, a plume of blood sprays forth. It doesn't hurt... it never hurts. You fall on your knees, the world turns fuzzy and monochrome, like a 4-bit system. Could this be... the end? Your entire body disintegrates into a heap of computer-generated bits. Game Over. Black oblivion overcomes you as the game console is turned off.

You open your eyes. This is different. Read More »

Choose Your Own Adventure: Classic Gaming Edition

The Witcher 2 to Feature Demon's Souls-Hard Difficulty Level, Ability to Import Save Files

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Dec 17, 2010 12:27 PM | Comment

Die while playing The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings on Insane difficulty and you'll get a one-way ticket back to the very beginning of the game -- no matter how many saves you have. Read More »

The Witcher 2 to Include Insane Difficulty Level, Option to Import

Be The Weapon in Latest Crysis 2 Trailer

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Dec 17, 2010 11:45 AM | Comment

The Nanosuit 2 in Crysis 2 makes you stronger, faster, and invisible, and in this latest video for the game, we get a good look at all of those powers in action. It's the Be The Weapon trailer; it's also the best look we've had at gameplay in Crysis 2 yet. Read More »

Crysis 2 Be The Weapon Trailer

Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame Welcomes BioWare's Doctors

By Mike Sharkey | News | Dec 17, 2010 11:01 AM | Comment

Doctors Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk have another title to add to their resumes: hall of famers. The BioWare co-founders will be the 14th and 15th inductees into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in February. Read More »

BioWare Co-Founders Named AIAS Hall of Fame Inductees

Bulletstorm Limited Edition Includes Ticket to Early Gears of War 3 Multiplayer Beta

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Dec 17, 2010 9:16 AM | Comment

Epic Games and People Can Fly announced the Bulletstorm Epic Edition today, a package that adds a bundle of in-game goodies that will help players kill with even more skill. But the big reason to pick up the limited edition has more to do with another shooter: the Bulletstorm Epic Edition includes early access to the Gears of War 3 beta. Read More »

Early Access to Gears of War 3 Beta in Bulletstorm Epic Edition

Uncharted 3 Inferno: A Closer Look at the Gameplay Demo from Drake's Deception

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Dec 17, 2010 8:50 AM | Comment

The roof! The roof! The roof is on fire! Ahem. You saw it over Jimmy Fallon's shoulder earlier this week, and today you can see Naughty Dog's Uncharted 3 gameplay demo without the Late Night host getting in the way. Head on inside for a closer look at Drake's Deception. Read More »

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Gameplay Demo

Red Dead Redemption, NBA 2K11 Pull Take-Two Out of the Red in Profitable Fiscal Year

By Mike Sharkey | News | Dec 17, 2010 8:03 AM | Comment

No Grand Theft Auto? No problem. Publisher Take-Two Interactive reported a return to profitability in fiscal year 2010, raking in nearly $50 million compared to a loss of more than $130 million last year. Read More »

Take-Two Interactive Reports Return to Profitability

The GameSpy Debriefings #146

By GameSpy Staff | The GameSpy Debriefings | Dec 16, 2010 5:00 PM | Comment

After a two-week hiatus (which Scott Bromley goes into detail about), we're back for more madness, with IGN associate editor Jack DeVries in tow. We're also just a few days away from finding out if we won a 2010 Podcast Award -- so leave some congratulatory comments if we win! Or, you know, tell us how much those other guys suck, if we lose. BRAAAAAAAPPP! Read More »

The GameSpy Debriefings #146

The Interrogation Room: Star Wars: The Old Republic

By Ryan Scott and Will Tuttle | PC Previews | Dec 16, 2010 11:00 AM | Comment

Star Wars: The Old Republic is around the corner -- and we recently played through the entire Jedi starting area. Is BioWare's big MMO just another Star Wars Galaxies-caliber train wreck, or are Star Wars fans in for something special? Let's find out... Read More »

The Interrogation Room: Star Wars: The Old Republic

Step Inside L.A. Noire's Depth Analysis Chamber

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Dec 16, 2010 10:48 AM | Comment

How'd they do that? That's the question the industry-at-large asked after getting a look at the stunning facial animations on display in the debut trailer for Rockstar and Team Bondi's detective thriller, L.A. Noire. Ask no more. In the latest behind-the-scenes trailer for the game the developers reveal the technology behind the performance. Read More »

L.A. Noire Technology Behind the Performance Trailer

Get a Look at Your Crew and Scope Out Your Mission in the Fallout: New Vegas Dead Money Trailer

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Dec 16, 2010 9:12 AM | Comment

With a wink and a nudge, Bethesda and Obsidian Games are sending Fallout: New Vegas wastelanders on a treasure hunt at the Sierra Madre Casino in the open-world RPG's first DLC pack, Dead Money. Today, we get our first look at the adventure that awaits. Read More »

Fallout: New Vegas Dead Money Trailer

Potty for Points in Sega's Japanese Urinal Game

By Mike Sharkey | News | Dec 16, 2010 8:43 AM | Comment

And now for a little potty humor. Ever wonder just how much urine you expelled from your bladder in one particularly long trip to the restroom? Well wonder no more! Sega has put technology to work, creating a urinal game that challenges "players" to pee for points and for the top score in Toirettsu. Read More »

Sega Unveils Japanese Urinal Game, Toirettsu

Bottom Falls Out on Square Enix's 4th Quarter, Company Delays Deus Ex, Slashes Earnings Forecast

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Dec 16, 2010 8:05 AM | Comment

The anticipated Deus Ex prequel, originally due in March, has been delayed, and coupled with the debacle that is Final Fantasy XIV, Square Enix announced it has slashed its earnings forecast for the remainder of the fiscal year by a ridiculous 91.7%. Read More »

Square Enix Delays Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Slashes Earnings Forecast

Playing Kinect Takes on New Meaning, Company Turns Sensor Into Sex Simulation Interface (NSFW!)

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Dec 16, 2010 7:30 AM | Comment

It was just a matter of time. Hackers and hobbyists have been having a ball with Microsoft's Kinect, transforming the motion sensor into everything from an automated RC car to an instant 3D camera. Courtesy of an Austrian company, we can add another ability to the list: sex simulation interface. Read More »

Company Turns Kinect Into Sex Simulation Sensor (NSFW)

The MotorStorm Festival is Moving to the Big City, and the Apocalyptic Racing Action is in 3D

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Dec 15, 2010 1:33 PM | Comment

In MotorStorm: Apocalypse, Evolution Studios is taking its cutthroat off-road racing festival to the big city... in the middle of a cataclysmic earthquake. It's the developer's most ambitious effort yet, and director Matt Southern revealed today what we can expect in Apocalypse. Read More »

Evolution Studios Details MotorStorm: Apocalypse

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