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Sunday, May 16, 2010

United Assassin Association: Quiz or Die!

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Grasshopper Manufacture, the leader in ‘punk’ video game development, has announced "United Assassin Association: Quiz or Die!", offering contestants the opportunity to test their knowledge of Grasshopper and No More Heroes against UAA assassins and Suda 51 via Facebook and Twitter.

Unreal engine 3 new titles - Online baseball game and MMORPG

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Korea-based Anipark, developer of the number one Korean online baseball game, "MaguMagu," today announced it has entered an agreement to license Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 for its next two titles - a next-generation online baseball game and new massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for PC.

Latest video game trailer on GameboyUK channel on YouTube

RDR gameThis weeks videos added to the Gamezplay YouTube channel Gameboyuk please subscribe and rate them...

Capcom release details of Dead Rising 2 video game

Dead Rising 2 video gameDead Rising 2 will include a two player co-op mode and custom weapons with players focusing on their own objectives.

Sony game division loses $889 million as PS3 sales drop 21%

image of new playstation 3 slim with controllerPlayStation sales dropped 21% to 180,000 consoles sold in the US this April. The PS3 now ranks in third place in Japan with Sony's gaming division posting a $889 million loss.

Angry Birds announce a new boomerang bird, more levels in latest update now available plus a HD version for iPad

angry birds screenIn the latest FREE update to Angry Birds is now out on App Store, and it is a whopper! A new episode with more levels, new blocks (the bouncy mattress!), a new graphical theme, and new achievements are included - and, best of all, it's all free!

Farmville to be evicted from Facebook over money deal?

farmville v facebookIt has been reported that the marriage, made in heaven, between the video game Farmville and the website Facebook may be ending - over money. Facebook have changed their agreement with developers and now want 30% commission on ALL financial transactions made through the site. So, could we see the eviction os Zynga games - Mafia Wars, FishVille and Cafe World? The revenue from FarmVille in 2007 was estimated to be around $150 million (£100 million) and 305 of that is a lot of money for hosting a game...

US Air force build super computer from over 1,000 PlayStation 3 consoles

ps3 cluster image US air force ars technicaWhen Sony issued a recent PlayStation 3 (PS3) firmware update removing the device's ability to install alternate operating systems like Linux, it did so to protect copyright content—but several research projects suffered.

The US Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, New York picked up 336 PS3 systems in 2009 and built itself a 53 teraFLOP processing cluster. Once completed as a proof of concept, Air Force researchers then scaled up by a factor of six and went in search of 2,200 more consoles (later scaled back to 1,700). The $663,000 contract was awarded on January 6, 2010, to a small company called Fixstars that could provide 1,700 160GB PS3 systems to the government.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

TNA iMPACT!: Cross the Line Legendary Wrestler Hits the Ring in the New Handheld Game

TNA iMPACT!: Cross the Line Legendary WrestlerThe Nintendo DS version of TNA iMPACT! Cross the Line will see the return to video games of the biggest name in professional wrestling, Hulk Hogan. That's right, brother, Hulkamania is back and exclusively on Nintendo DS!

All episodes of Alan Wake prequel Bright Falls videos

alan wake video gameLinks to all the six part live-action prequel to Alan Wake called Bright Falls are now on YouTube. Co-written by Philip Van the storyline follows a newspaper journalist's visit to Bright falls just before Alan Wake arrives - enjoy...