VGA GOTY Nominees Announced
Find out what’s in store for the 2011 Spike VGAs and which games have been nominated in two key categories!
Archive for Game Culture
EBA Gets All Up In Your BF3!
Surprise, surprise – we’re playing Battlefield 3! Wanna play with us, and each other? We knew you would! So get into the EBA Platoon!
MEMBER BATTLE CRIES: 10.28.11
Where do you rank the Uncharted franchise in your list of all-time favs? With the release of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception just around the corner, we go around the table to discuss where Naughty Dog‘s franchise sits in YOUR pantheon of great games.
Blockbuster Offering A Month of Free Rentals for Pre-Ordering Arkham City
Assuming you still have a Blockbuster store in your area (I don’t), if you pre-order Batman: Arkham City in time for its release next week, you’ll score a free month of movie and game rentals from the beleaguered rental chain.
The Amazing Spider-Man Game Poster Spotted at NYCC
IGN spotted a poster at NYCC confirming that Activision will be publishing a movie-tie-in game for next summer’s film reboot The Amazing Spider-Man. No big surprise, developer Beenox, of recent wall-crawling titles such as Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions and Spider-Man: Edge of Time, has their logo on the poster, so it would seem they’ve got a lock on Spidey’s immediate video game outings.
Arkham City VIP Pass Required to Play as Catwoman
Warner Bros has confirmed that a VIP Pass included with new copies of Batman: Arkham City will be required in order to play as Catwoman. Gotham’s greatest cat-burglar still appears in the game an NPC, but access to the story missions featuring the playable Ms Kyle is tied to the pass.
Microsoft Acquires Developer Twisted Pixel
Microsoft has announced that it has acquired (former) indie developer Twisted Pixel. The dev is known for a string of successful titles like Ms. ‘Splosion Man, Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley, and more recently The Gunstringer.
Netflix Quits On Qwikster
Well, this is interesting. After plummeting stock prices and what can only be described as “largely negative” feedback from consumers relating to the recent announcement of Qwikster, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has taken to the company’s official blog to inform the masses that Qwikster has been officially canned.
Nintendo Announces 3DS Launch Date
Nintendo has officially announced that the highly-anticipated 3DS handheld gaming system will launch on February 26, 2011 in Japan and then in March 2011 in both the U.S. and Europe. The system will be retail in Japan for 25,000 Yen, or roughly $300 U.S., and will come in two colors: Aqua Blue (pictured)…
Medal of Honor Settles The Score with Composer Ramin Djawadi
EA has sent word that composer Ramin Djawadi is creating the score for the upcoming shooter, Medal of Honor. Known for his work on the Iron Man movie, the Prison Break television series and the remake of Clash of the Titans, Djawadi is bringing his unique style to the soundtrack for EA’s intense,…
