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HipHopGamerShow GDC Special

Gary A Swaby — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:45:26 +0000

* Special Guest – Yoshiro Ono (Street Fighter 4 Producer), Jeff Gertsmann (GiantBomb.com), Jan Bart (Guerrilla Games) , Christian Allen (Ex-bungie developer) AND MORE
* Sony Securing Exclusives with incentives
* Onlive Is The Future Amazing Gameplay Footage
* Game Footage – Super Punch Out For The Wii
* Confirmed: God Of War Playable Demo
Enjoy The Show

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SK8 Half Pipe – Screenshots and Competition

Gary A Swaby — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:18:28 +0000

SK8 is an upcoming IPhone game and trust me, this game looks crazy. The motion controls of the Iphone along with the nice interface of the IPhone will ensure you can tear up those half pipes in style, check out the gallery below to take a look at SK8 Half Pipe.

Also check out the competition where you could win $500 dollars every month just by setting the high score. Think your up for the challenge? Check out the details below.

Gears of War 2 Snowblind Map pack Trailer

The 7 Dawg — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:55:43 +0000

Epic realize how many gaming gears that are out there on this small planet we call home ready to chainsaw, tag, snipe, and of coarse teabag in frigid temperatures. Epic has released a new trailer of the Snowblind map pack for those faithful Gears. This trailer features a preview of all the maps below that will be available March 31st for 800 Microsoft points.

Grind Yard, a massive industrial complex with low bunkers and high sniping positions.

Under Hill, which takes players through snowbound tunnels and beyond.

Courtyard, a wide-open battle royale.

The popular Gears 1 map Fuel Depot, back with a blast of winter courtesy of Mother Nature, aka Epic Games.

Modern Warfare 2 – Teaser

Edward V — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:51:10 +0000

We already knew that Modern Warfare 2 was well on its way to a console near you. But today Infinity Ward decided it was a great time to show off a teaser of the game. No actual game play is shown but at least we can mark our calenders for the release of Modern Warfare 2, which will be out on 11.10.09. Till’ then enjoy the voice of some Russian guy and the screams of innocent people as bullets begin to pierce through their flesh.

Onlive has possible competition already

Gary A Swaby — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:58:27 +0000

Cheif of Acclaim Dave Perry has unveiled plans to reveal a video game streaming service. Dave says that he was planning to reveal this service at E3, but the Onlive announcement has forced him to give out his information early.

Speaking to VentureBeat, Perry claims that his solution to streaming games is better than Onlive as you do not need any software, you just require a broadband connection. He also points out that Onlive has been in development for many years, possibly suggesting that his solution was produced more recently.

Patents for Perry’s new service have already been filed, and Perry now seeks to hire more programming staff to fine tune his gem.

Team Ninja’s New Lead to Explore New IP’s

The 7 Dawg — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:38:34 +0000

So if I was to say big titties, skimpy swimsuits, fighting, Ninjas, and Volleyball, you would say….. Tecmo or Team Ninja of coarse. Well Itagaki is no more and the new Team Ninja lead’s name is Yosuke Hayashi. Hayashi seems to be ready to shake his regime up a bit, making it clear that he is no Itagaki. His first move was to bring back the Ninja Gaiden Sigma series that was shunned by the former leader.

Gamasutra.com is reporting Hayashi as saying:

“But, yes, at the same time, we would like to experiment, explore with something that is very much a Team Ninja production but may not be something that’s already been put out… that’s definitely one of our goals and missions that will continue for the team.”

Well the pressure is on at Team Ninja. Can the new leader fill the huge shoes of Tomonobu Itagaki?

As the legendary phrase goes, “Pressure bust Pipes!”

Onlive to Change the Face of Gaming

The 7 Dawg — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:36:04 +0000

The hottest news out of GDC seems to be swarming around a new game service named “Onlive.” This service has been in development for 7 years by WebTV founder Steve Perlman and former Eidos CEO Mike McGarvey. Onlive is a service that will allow the user to stream AAA Online titles through your internet connection to either your home PC, Mac, or even your television. This service seems to be very interesting as the quality of gameplay you have is not limited to the hardware on your pc but only your internet connection. The secret to this technology is that the actual game is hosted on the highest-end Onlive servers and only small controller input and Video data is actually sent through the internet. As long as you have between a 1.5 meg and 5 meg connection a user should be able to run any game without lag. The quality of your video however will depend upon the speed of your connection lower speed connections will be in standard definition while higher end connections will produce High Definition quality video. Onlive already has a powerhouse of confirmed video game publishers including: Atari, CodeMasters, Eidos, Electronic Arts, Epic, Take 2. THQ, Ubisoft, and Warnerbros. Onlive is scheduled for release Winter 2009.

This new technology seems very promising as long as it delivers as advertised. Lag will cause a complete failure of this product. Gaming – Consoles = No Fanboys.

Would you subscribe to this service?