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Ricky Gervais to appear in GTA IV |
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You having a laff? 's he having a laff? quote:
Gervais will be found in the Liberty City comedy club, where he will not only be performing material from his recent Fame tour (great show, get the DVD folks!), but three minutes of brand new stuff just for the game. Isn't that awesome? I think that's awesome. You should too.
"It's a first, which always interests me," stated Gervais. "It was shot in New York, and I got to wear a tight Lycra suit as part of the digital process. That wasn't so good. Unfortunately they captured the whole horror, except I look slightly tougher.
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Epic Games now on Steam |
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Steam Welcomes Epic Games
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World-renowned developer Epic Games makes its debut on Steam today, delivering the award-winning Unreal and Unreal Tournament franchise to Steam gamers everywhere.
The Epic hits now available on Steam include the debut classic Unreal Gold, Unreal 2: The Awakening and the Unreal Tournament series: Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition, Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition, and the recently released Unreal Tournament 3, which has shipped over a million copies to date. For the ultimate Unreal experience, nab the Unreal Deal Pack, an incredible value at just $59.95.
To celebrate the launch, all of Epic’s games on Steam are available for 10% off their regular price (offer ends March 24).
Ta BCCC for the update.
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Intel Skulltrail mobo announced; 8 cores, dumb name |
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The Intel 'Skulltrail' motherboard (AKA Intel Dual Socket Extreme Platform--*sigh* ) debuted at GDC today to much fanfare and wailing of wallets. The motherboard supports 2 quad-core processors, dual graphics cards (of both the ATI and nVidia varieties,) has a 400MHz frontside bus and will retail for an eye-watering $649. Ouch. quote:
"When it comes to delivering innovation to the ultimate enthusiast, our new 8-core desktop platform is a winner," said Jeff McCrea, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Home Group. "The ground-breaking Intel Desktop Board D5400XS enables the flexibility to pair a variety of quad graphics solutions with two of our fastest desktop processors. The result is stunning PC performance."
Press release pimpage
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MS buying Epic? Not so fast, says Mark Rein |
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Reacting to a GamePro editorial speculating that Microsoft could purchase Epic Games for $1 billion, the studio's VP, Mark Rein, had this to say:
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"I have not seen the actual GamePro article but if they're going to make predictions about us selling Epic we would prefer if they started at $2 billion," he said. "Because we don't want anyone thinking that we're cheap.  "
More here
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PC Gaming Alliance announced |
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"We believe we can have a united front and have some impact," said Stude on the plan to redress the perception "in some markets that PC gaming is dying" despite the fact they are all competitors and will remain as such.
That's the rallying cry from the newly-formed PC Gaming Alliance, a non-profit organization charged with the mission "to drive worldwide growth of PC gaming" through "industry leadership, platform leadership and consumer experience."
Get more details here
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Spore Media Blowout |
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Following yesterday's announcement of the release date, EA has officially kicked off the media campaign for Will Wright's new game, Spore. Rather than link everything here, I'll just send you over to Joystiq.
Among the highlights, there will be a special "Creature Editor" pack that will be released before the game ships, though price and date were not revealed. And Kotaku reports that Europe will get Spore two days earlier than everyone else.
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Spore release date announced... |
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Mark your calendars, Will Wright's next interactive masterpiece is set to hit stores on September 7, 2008 on PC, Mac, Nintendo DS and mobile phones. quote:
"The wait is almost over," said Maxis Chief Designer Will Wright. "We're in our final stages of testing and polish with Spore, and the team at Maxis can't wait to see the cosmos of content created by the community later this year."
Spore gives players their own personal universe in a box. Create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds and explore a universe created by other gamers. Spore gives players a wealth of creative tools to customize nearly every aspect of their universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even UFOs. Players can then seamlessly share their creations with the world or explore infinite new galaxies created by other gamers.
Also check out the release date announcement teaser.
And N'Gai Croal's interview with Will Wright.
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Need For Speed ProStreet Porsche demo now available |
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Grab it here.
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Need for Speed ProStreet drives the series in a new direction, a ground-breaking Need for Speed experience where you’re thrust to compete head to head against the best street racers in a multitude of racing showdowns. This new demo features 2 Porsche cars (GT2 / GT3RS) drivable on Porsche's Leipzig testing track.
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Mass Effect coming soon to a PC near you. |
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Electronic Arts has wasted no time in putting it's newly-acquired studio BioWare to work, announcing that it will bring the game to PCs this May:
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“EA has struck an agreement with Microsoft to handle future publishing for Mass Effect. We are looking forward to releasing Mass Effect on the PC this Spring and brand new titles in the future,” said EA Games president Frank Gibeau in a statement.
The PC version of the game will feature enhanced graphics, a reworked UI and a redesigned decryption minigame.
Read More
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Activision's New Game Lineup |
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Coming off a record-breaking year in which they became the number-one game publisher on the planet, Activision, Inc. held a conference call last week to announce their upcoming games for Fiscal Year 2009 (which begins April 1, 200 .
Leading the charge will be new titles in the Call of Duty and Guitar Hero franchises, followed up by a James Bond: The Quantum of Solace movie tie-in and sequels in their Spider-Man and Marvel Ultimate Alliance franchises.
More details can be found in this GameSpot report.
Thanks to Shaggy for the heads-up.
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