A Fresno man was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for shooting a 19-year-old to death in a dispute over a PlayStation 2, bringing to a close a tragedy first reported on two years ago. More »
Marvel’s financial report back in May said Marvel vs. Capcom 2 would release for download on June 29. The Capcom-Unity Twitter account has officially nixed that date, setting it back about a month. More »
Restarting a character, with all of his attributes, weapons and perks, at the beginning of the game is sometimes called “new game plus.” Mass Effect had it, but Mass Effect 2 won’t. More »
The dedicated players of Everquest – and after nearly 10 years, hell yes they are dedicated – will get expansions for the first two games in the series beginning in November. More »
The fun-killing neighbourhood scolds at the Eagle Forum filed a brief [pdf]supporting California’s violent video game law, and invoke the 1982 death of a Berzerk player as evidence that games even cause physical harm. More »
How’d we miss this? In a chat a couple weeks back on IGN, Fight Night Round 4 producer Brian Hayes said that remapping the face buttons to throw punches might be “an option via DLC.” More »
Dad, a newspaper publisher, always told me, “the news is what people are talking about.” Video games can be that, too, as we’ve seen lately with mobile or flash games based on much-discussed current events. More »
You need to be in Seattle from July 9 to 11, and you need a hundred bucks. The Seattle Symphony is giving a three-day performance of Final Fantasy’s score, and Nobuo Uematsu will be attending. More »
Some PS3 websurfers have reported that, as of this morning, they’re no longer able to play Hulu videos. Engadget dug through the Hulu TOS and thinks it knows why. More »
Earlier this week, Evil Chris on the Mass Effect Twitter channel told us to expect some ME1 DLC news by Friday. Well, Friday happened, so what’s the word? More »
