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High Scores And Egos: There's Always A Bigger Doodle You’ve seen the on-set shots, now here’s the first Max Payne trailer. The movie stars Mark Wahlberg and will be out this October. So… Whaddaya think?
Max Payne Trailer Filmu [Gaminator Thanks, Lukasz!]
Eds Note: Go Nintendo have kindly dug up a YouTube version, so thanks for that!
The old adage is that as a developer gets more familiar with a platform the better able it is to wring every last drop out of it. Forza developer Turn 10 is apparently doing that on what’s believed to be Forza Motorsport 3. According to Turn 10 community manager Che Chou:
here’s stuff being worked on here at Turn 10 that I simply can’t talk about right now, but the progress we’ve made in the last six months has been absolutely incredible. The fact that we’re working on our second game for Xbox 360 means our software architects have figured out ways to push the 360 in ways I didn’t think were possible in terms of both visuals and performance. You’ll pardon me if I sound a little excited, because, frankly, I’m frickin’ psyched.
Just imagine how excited Chou will be on the next next Forza game. His head will pop!
Volume 98 — July 3, 2008 [Forza Motorsport 2 via VideoGamer]
So, Why did Activision leave the ESA? People have been searching for one for weeks now, and now, Bobby Kotick (pictured, presumably while filming a commercial for Nautica) has the answer. And that answer is: we’re special. So special. Kotick says that “We have our own issues that are not the industry’s issues…Our challenges are sufficiently different from other publishers’ issues that we need our own point person”. Translation: they make so much money from World of Warcraft (as well as Asian markets) that they feel the ESA aren’t up to the job. Instead, the company will be handling government relations on their own, with an announcement on who’ll be entrusted with that job to be made “soon”.
Why Activision left the ESA [Variety]
Michael Atkinson? Who’s that guy? Oh yeah, that’s right – he’s the Attorney-General against an R18+ rating for video games. Fallout 3, Dark Sector, Grand Theft Auto IV – their bans and/or censoring can be primarily attributed to this man.
Some will be sad to hear that Atkinson’s tempting had nothing to do with an irate cop, a baton and an unspeakable act. No, according to a story over at The Australian, Atkinson is on the verge of being sued by Dr Andrew Cannon, one of his own magistrates. Dr Cannon has accused Atkinson of defamation, after the South Australian AG called one of his statements “daft and delusional”.
Going to QuakeCon 2008? The 13th annual event is being held at the Anatole Hotel in Dallas (my hometown!) from July 31st to August 3rd. Organisers are expecting 6,000 folks to be in attendance over the four day extravaganza. This year’s QuakeCon will see the debut of QUAKE LIVE as well as an Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars console tourney, a QuakeCon first. Hit the jump for a full rundown and more details.
This is only fair, we guess. Wii Fit Girl and Playboy’s Jo Garcia showed just how saucy playing Wii Fit is. Playgirl model Nicholas Ryan tosses his hula hoop in the ring with a YouTube video showing the male retort — among other things. The video quality isn’t as high as in the Jo Garcia clip, but Ryan attempts to make up for that with a variety of underpants, a riding whip and nunchakus.
Hit the jump for the clip. It’s NSFW and there is man arse. You’ve been warned.
Mmmm, yummy. Just in time for Japan’s dog days of summer, game maker Atlus has done traditional arcade crane games one better by stocking a ‘em with ice cream. And how doesn’t like ice cream? (Bad people, that’s who!) Dubbed the Triple Catcher Ice -25, the machine is set at a frosty -25C and has players manipulate a three pronged claw to pull out delicious icy treats. As the official page explains in English:
We’ve long been working under the assumption that Microsoft have conned Ouendan/Elite Beat Agents creators iNiS into developing a Singstar-killing karaoke game – called Lips – for the Xbox 360. An assumption that should next week be kicked up a notch. Variety’s Ben Fritz is reporting that “Microsoft will be debuting a brand new music/singing game”, which fits Lips’ mission statement pretty snugly. Having been almost continually disappointed by SingStar PS3′s tracklist, here’s hoping iNiS can get this one right. And if not, can at least get it wrong but with Ouendan’s homework-finishing, meteor-deflecting charm.
