#rockband
Super-hero comics that star such icons as Green Lantern and the Martain Manhunter are not always cheerful. Sometimes, they depict a family that plays Rock Band and is just a few riffs away from horrific murder. More »
Big Chill - An intangible “ghost” who can pass through matter, turn invisible and drop the temperature of anything he chooses to almost absolute zero. Big Chill stops enemies “cold” with a strong freeze breath; his breath also extinguishes any out of control fires. He uses his wings to ride strong gusts of wind [...]
Well, that’s certainly going to crush the hopes and dreams of those looking forward to a localized version of Blood of Bahamut. I guess the only hope now is that the game will still come to the states, but with a different name.
A job listing for "multiplayer programmers" has appeared on EA's official website, specifically for BioWare Montreal -- a studio that describes itself in the same listing as "working on Mass Effect, one of the industry's most beloved and acclaimed franchises, as we build our way toward becoming a fully self-sufficient BioWare studio." EA's Montreal-based recruiter, Jeff Goldstein, apparently had a similar listing on his LinkedIn page (no longer available but captured by CinemaBlend), which pegged the multiplayer programmers as working on the "Mass Effect Franchise."
The position additionally requires "experience with the Unreal Engine" -- out of BioWare's current and known franchises, Mass Effect is the only one to use Unreal. Alarmingly, the listing fails to point out that, if applicants are to work on a Mass Effect 3 multiplayer component, they'll be working on the hardest game development task of all time. We can't even begin to wonder how multiplayer dialogue trees work.
When contacted for comment, an EA rep told Joystiq, "Mass Effect is a rich, dynamic fiction designed as a trilogy. The team at BioWare is working on new downloadable content for Mass Effect 2 and are in the early stages of Mass Effect 3 development."
#lucasarts
LucasArts gives us another behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge, showing us the design stages of Guybrush Threepwood's undead nemesis, LeChuck. More »
The latest trailer for Earthworm Jim doesn’t even make mention of the Wii. I’m starting to wonder if the project hasn’t been pushed aside…so far aside that it’s not happening. The ESRB listing remains, but it has no information attached to it. The XBLA/PSN listing is filled with all sorts [...]
Bethesda Softworks focuses on other developer's titles this E3, with Splash Damage's Brink, Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas, id's RAGE, and inXile's Hunted: The Demon's Forge making up its show lineup. More »
#sonyonlineentertainment
Sony Online Entertainment draws back the curtain on Clone Wars Adventures, taking the successful formula established with its free-to-play, family-friendly MMO Free Realms to a galaxy far, far away. More »
The crux of the following post is this: Prince of Persia Classic is on sale for 400 ($5) this week. There are some other things on sale as well, but you don't really need to know about them. You can just proceed directly to the bottom of this post and follow the Xbox Live Marketplace link to Prince of Persia Classic.
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Okay fine, if you really want to know what the other deals are, here we go. First, you can pick up some Transformers 2 DLC for 400 ($5). Second, Watchmen: The End is Nigh is available for 800 ($10) instead of the usual, ridiculous 1600 ($20). There. Happy? Now go buy Prince of Persia Classic.
Xbox.com: Add Prince of Persia Classic to your Xbox 360 download queue ($5)
Xbox.com: Add Transformers 2 Character and Map Pack Plus to your Xbox 360 download queue ($5)
Xbox.com: Add Watchmen: The End is Nigh to your Xbox 360 download queue ($10)
Are Disney’s imagineers big Nintendo fans? One of their newly-created rides seems to indicate just that! As you can see in the image above, some of the action on the ‘The Sum of All Thrills’ ride brings Nintendo fun with it. That’s a Virtual Boy front and center in the image above, [...]
How many times have you played Breakout, or a variation of Breakout? While Tetris may have the honor of having the most official versions on the market, I think Breakout could be the most imitated/borrowed-from game out there. Even to this day, there are still Breakout clones, or Breakout-inspired games. Take a [...]
#sonyonlineentertainment
Sony Online Entertainment draws back the curtain on Clone Wars Adventures, taking the successful formula established with its free-to-play, family-friendly MMO Free Realms to a galaxy far, far away. More »
#downloadables
Who needs a high-definition cowboy title when you can play SNES classic Wild Guns on the Virtual Console? It joins this week's Nintendo Download line-up along with Ben 10, Beaver Defense, and the sequel to 18-year-old Game Boy title X. More »
Rockstar's western opus, Red Dead Redemption, has saddled up and rode for first once again in the GFK Chart-Track derby. Even though it's suffered a 40% drop in sales -- likely a byproduct of those shortages -- it was enough to best UFC Undisputed 2010, which debuted at second place.
Also of note is the debut of Blur at the 14th spot -- well below Black Rock Studio's previously released arcade racing rival Split/Second (6th) and United Front Games' ModNation Racers (12th).
Source - Top 40 Entertainment Software, Week Ending May 29 2010 Source - Red Dead Redemption Still Riding High at No. 1
