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Make Something Unreal Finalists Posted |
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Zonk
on Friday December 17, @04:45PM
from the unreal-amount-of-cash dept.
The ever popular Make Something Unreal Contest is coming to an end, and the finalists have been posted on the official site. From the post: " Epic Games announces the finalists for the Mod category for Grand Finals of the NVIDIA $1,000,000 Make Something Unreal Contest. To even make it to the Grand Finals is an amazing accomplishment for these dedicated and creative teams. To be selected as a finalist for the Grand Finals is to be the cream of the crop. "(
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Splinter Cell Movie in the Works |
Posted by
Zonk
on Friday December 17, @03:35PM
from the sound-of-cracking-vertebrae-in-THX dept.
By way of Voodoo Extreme comes the news that a movie adaptation of Splinter Cell is in the offing. From the blurb: "Paramount has acquired film rights to Tom Clancy's video game Splinter Cell and hired Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights) to direct. Variety says Berg is writing the script along with Splinter Cell game writer J.T. Petty and John J. McLaughlin (Man of the House). Paramount said the movie is aimed at combining the game's blend of stealth action with a "dynamic, original" character."(
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MMOG Economies Examined |
Posted by
Zonk
on Friday December 17, @02:45PM
from the i-love-people-with-too-much-time-on-their-hands dept.
Overanalyzed.com has an interesting (short) piece up on the Economy of World of Warcraft, discussing the way that goods and money flow into and out of player's hands. Commentary is available at Terra Nova. From the article: "Let me preface this by saying that I personally approach MMOs in a different way than most people. While most play for personal enjoyment, I come to them looking to make money. Obviously, while I do still enjoy the time I spend playing the games, I'm much more interested in crossing the boundary and selling my expertise and services in game for real life money."(
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Penny Arcade Holiday Strip Series #1 |
Posted by
CmdrTaco
on Friday December 17, @01:31PM
from the tis-the-season-to-writhe-and-scream-fa-la-la-la-la dept.
While normally we don't do this sort of thing,
recent charity work with Child's Play has substantially increased
the bandwidth demands over at Penny Arcade. So to help Gabe & Tycho keep the site running slightly faster than snails-pace, we're helping host their seasonal holiday strip series "The Last Christmas". The cover and the first page are attached to this story (future pages in coming days), so read on and enjoy until we hit our bandwidth limits! (Warning: Comic may contain Cthulhu)(
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Nethack 20 Years Old Today |
Posted by
Zonk
on Friday December 17, @12:26PM
from the part-10-still-missing dept.
An Anonymous Reader wrote in to mention that, according to an informational page about the venerable game Hack, today is Hack's 20th birthday. From the page: "In December 1984 I distributed Hack 1.0 in the newsgroup net.sources.... [T]here were 15 pieces, all sent out on 17-Dec-84." From the reader: "This was the first widespread distribution of the game, which was created by Jay Fenlason a couple of years previously. Nethack's history continues here. You can download this descendant of Rogue from its home page, or connect to a nethack server. Many nethack veterans try their hand at Slash'EM, a.k.a., "nethack on amphetamines". Here's to another 20 years of training your dog to rip off shopkeepers."(
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Take Two Interactive Riding High |
Posted by
Zonk
on Friday December 17, @11:30AM
from the guess-thugs-and-prostitutes-make-for-good-money dept.
Take Two interactive is riding high this week, as Gamespot reports a sharp increase in their profits and reveals that GTA: San Andreas will be coming to the Xbox. During their profit earnings report, it was also revealed that they're purchasing the remains of Microsoft's sports studio, former makers of Amped and Links. From the article: "During today's call, Take-Two president Paul Eibeler confirmed that sometime during the August-September quarter, it purchased the Utah studio from Microsoft. He referred to the studio by its current name, Indie Built, and did not mention which of Take-Two's three subsidiaries--Rockstar Games, Gathering, or Global Star--would manage the studio."(
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Posted by
Cliff
on Friday December 17, @10:39AM
from the another-way-to-separate-gamers-from-their-cash dept.
grubber33 wonders: "With exciting MMO games like World of Warcraft and others existing, the current monthly fee plans that all MMO games that I'm aware of aren't necessarily worth it for people that don't have as much time to play games as others. For instance, I have about 3-5 hours to play games per week, if I'm lucky. On top of that, I like more than one game but I'm still interested in MMO games. I was wondering what Slashdot thinks about newer MMO games implementing some sort of pay-as-you-play system or at least having that option alongside the current monthly fees."(
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Nintendo to Counter PSP Media Features |
Posted by
Zonk
on Thursday December 16, @05:27PM
from the extending-your-gameboy-for-fun-and-profit dept.
docdude316 writes "Gamespot is reporting that Nintendo has just announced a new media player add-on which is compatible with the Game Boy Advance SP and the Nintendo DS. The media player will let both the GBA SP and the DS play MPEG-4 and MP3 files off of a SD card. It will retail for 5,000 yen ($48 US), and will only be available off of Nintendo's website. There are currently no plans for a North American or European release."(
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Gaming Tournament Documentary |
Posted by
Zonk
on Thursday December 16, @04:32PM
from the extreme-chipset-makers? dept.
Simon Bysshe writes "The third film in the "Intel Extreme Edition Challenge" series has just been released as this time the subject is the popular 1v1 game Painkiller.
The film features an 8 player “Bloodline” Painkiller tournament with the prize to become a new member of the Four Kings UK squad and travel the world to compete at the CPL World Tour. The last two Intel Extreme Edition Challenge films were downloaded over 500,000 times.
The intention of this film is to raise the profile of competitive computer gaming & present it in a way which could be seen by mainstream television audiences.
The film is available for download already. (26minutes running time, wmv & divx formats available, 170mb filesize)"(
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Gaming Gaffes of 2004 |
Posted by
Zonk
on Thursday December 16, @03:18PM
from the just-makes-ya-wanna-spit dept.
jvm writes "It's about time for the "Best Games of 2004" articles to flood the web, and in preparation Curmudgeon Gamer has assembled Gaming Gaffes of 2004 (alternate link), a followup to our 2003 edition. This year we point to the the EA_spouse blog, the Driv3r review scandal, Sony's hardware missteps, and seven other less than impressive moments from the past year."(
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