After struggling with freezing problems during the download of its Champions Pack 2, released Thursday, EA Sports has taken the unusual step of just pulling the content back from Xbox Live Marketplace, until it can roll a fixed pack later. More »
Word going around the Ubisoft forums and on another site has some Assassin’s Creed II players getting stuck in “Hideout,” a sequence about 11 chapters into the game, with no way to get out or advance the game. More »
Conan O’Brien’s really on the video game humour bandwagon – especially if he’s going after disappointing film adaptations and skewering pompous trailer motifs. If the point here is “Avatar: Prepare to be Underwhelmed,” we had that covered long ago. More »
Christina Norman, BioWare’s lead combat designer, breaks down the retooled engineer class in Mass Effect 2 in an IGN interview. More »
Link rendered as a Simpsons character. As seen on Springfield Punx [Thanks, Samit.] More »
The Federal Trade Commission, in a report to Congress, lauds the video games industry as best among all entertainment producers when it comes to responsible marketing and advertising. More »
Here’s a virtuoso piano performance of the Super Mario Bros. theme – using one hand. If I’d remembered anything from my piano lessons beyond playing Old MacDonald on the black keys, I could probably describe how difficult this is. More »
The 1983 laserdisc classic Dragon’s Lair will follow its cousin Space Ace to the iPhone; Electronic Arts is handling the port. Now you can enjoy Dirk the Daring’s inquisitive grunting and Princess Daphne’s coquettish cooing in a convenient portable format. More »
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