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After Two-Plus Days of Space Survival, John McAllister is Asteroids King

By Mike Sharkey | News | Apr 6, 2010 1:35 PM | Comment

It took 58 hours, but only one quarter. Seattle locksmith John McAllister is now the world record holder in Asteroids, scoring a ridiculous 41,338,740 points to topple the longest-standing record in videogame history. Read More »

The Longest-Standing Record in Videogame History Has Been Broken

The Skyrocketing Cost of Game Development

By Mike Sharkey | News | Apr 6, 2010 12:32 PM | Comment

Developer Ninja Theory recently revealed its 2007 PS3 exclusive Heavenly Sword barely broke even despite its relatively impressive 1.5 million-copy debut. According to new research from Ibis Capital, that's par for the course in today's videogame industry. Read More »

Report: Game Development Costs Have Skyrocketed

Battlefield Bad Company 2 Postmortem

By Anthony Gallegos | Xbox 360 Articles | Apr 6, 2010 12:05 PM | Comment

DICE's Battlefield: Bad Company 2 may be one of the biggest online shooters right now, but it's only the latest in the Sweden-based developer's long line of acclaimed multiplayer games. To learn more about the design choices that went into BC2, what DICE has learned from its own games and those of other developers, and what it's like trying to break out of the company's own unofficial, self-imposed "multiplayer developer" title, we recently caught up with BC2 producer Gordon Van Dyke at this year's PAX East expo. Read More »

Battlefield Bad Company 2 Postmortem

Armchair Revolutionary: Shape the Future by Playing Games

By Mike Sharkey | News | Apr 6, 2010 11:41 AM | Comment

Play games, help make the world a better place. That's the simple premise behind Armchair Revolutionary, the first web site to combine social gaming and social activism. The site launched today with three games linked to three ventures aimed at supporting innovative science the technology projects. Read More »

Armchair Revolutionary Launches with Games for Change

Loss of Death: Suicide in Videogames

By Ryan Kuo | Articles | Apr 6, 2010 9:00 AM | Comment

In many of the games that we play, death is an inevitability -- the reaper catches even the best players sometimes. But what happens when a game invites us to willingly seek death or self-destruction as a means to an end? This feature explores the implications of deliberate suicide in videogames. Read More »

Loss of Death: Suicide in Videogames

Marcus Fenix Storms Off Set, Gears of War Movie in Doubt

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Apr 6, 2010 8:41 AM | Comment

As we anticipate Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski's appearance on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon this Thursday, more news on the Gears of War franchise arrives, this time from Hollywood. According to the LA Times, the Gears movie is getting downsized. Read More »

A Monkey Wrench in the Gears of War Movie

Two More Infinity Ward Leads Jump Ship

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Apr 6, 2010 8:01 AM | Comment

It appears former Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella have some company. According to reports, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 lead online designer Todd Alderman and lead engineer Francesco Gigliotti have left the Activision-owned studio. Read More »

Infinity Ward Loses Two More Big Names

EA Gives Free-to-Play a Swing with Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Apr 6, 2010 7:28 AM | Comment

Tiger Woods tees off at the Masters later this week, but on-the-go gamers interested in seeing the world's greatest golfer back on the links get their chance today. Digital Tiger Woods tees off today in EA's new free-to-play game PGA Tour Online. Read More »

Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online Tees Off Today

Xbox 360 Timeline: April 6, 2010 -- Five Years After Console Launch, USB Storage Arrives

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Apr 6, 2010 6:55 AM | Comment

Today is the day Microsoft begrudgingly gives Xbox 360 owners alternative storage options. The software update that will allow USB flash drives to be used with the console has been released. Hit the jump for the ins-and-outs of USB storage on the 360. Read More »

USB Storage Day for Xbox 360

Bungled Stimulus Package Launch Worth Week of Live

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Apr 5, 2010 4:01 PM | Comment

The Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package sank before it could swim, with launch day issues preventing early adopters from playing the new maps they shelled out $15 for. Today, Microsoft said, "My bad," to those impacted and extended a Live apology. Sort of. Read More »

Microsoft Gives Credit for Bungled Stimulus Package Launch

iPad Madness

By Julian Murdoch | Articles | Apr 5, 2010 4:00 PM | Comment

Unless you've been on a self-imposed Apple news media blackout this last week (and really, who could blame you?), you've likely read at least a half-dozen mainstream reviews of the iPad, and an equal number of "buy these games now" reviews. As with most Apple product launches, you're likely polarized: a raging fanboy in love with your current or future iPad, or a "what the hell?" techie not buying into the hype. Read More »

iPad Madness

The Troubles Begin for You in "Unreleased" Intro for Final Fight

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Apr 5, 2010 2:15 PM | Comment

Many violences are happening in Metro Town. Even with Haggar, a man of burning vigor, as Mayor of America, the hotblooded boys of the Mad Gear are nearly unstoppable. Get fired up for the PSN and XBLA return of Final Fight after the jump. Read More »

Fan's Final Fight Intro Serves as Re-release Reminder

LucasArts Puts Dark Forces in Mobile Life Support Armor for PSN

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Apr 5, 2010 12:11 PM | Comment

Star Wars: Dark Forces, released in 1995 for the PC, was Doom set in the Star Wars universe, only better. A PlayStation port followed a year later, but it didn't compare to the original. Now, PS3 owners interested in finding out why Kyle Kataran got PC players so excited will get their chance: Dark Forces is getting the PSN PSOne Classics treatment. Read More »

Dark Forces Being Resurrected on PSN

Get Your Ass to Mars: THQ Planing Red Faction Movie

By Mike Sharkey | News | Apr 5, 2010 9:00 AM | Comment

THQ VP Danny Bilson sees more than games in the studio's future. In a recent interview, Bilson revealed the California-based developer is creating a trans-media strategy that will bring THQ's franchises to screens big and small. Read More »

THQ Plans for Games and Movies

The World Looks to Tycho and Gabe

By Mike Sharkey | News | Apr 5, 2010 8:10 AM | Comment

Planet Earth wouldn't be the same without Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. According to Time magazine's Internet poll on the most influential people in the world, the Penny Arcade co-creators rank ninth, five spots ahead of President Barack Obama. The wonder of the Internets after the jump. Read More »

Penny Arcade Guys Voted Among Top 10 Most Influential on Earth
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"Inferno" Author Dante Alighieri Rapidly Mashing X In His Grave

Citing recent defilement of his iconic text, the rotting, angry corpse of the deceased Italian poet created a hauntingly rhythmic couplet of a new kind in the form of a furious button-mashing death rattle from beyond the afterlife. Can you hear that, EA?

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