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A Sincere Letter of Thanks to Roger Ebert

By Kevin Beverage, Noted Games Journalist | PlayStation 3 Humor | Apr 23, 2010 5:52 PM | Comment

Dear Mr. Ebert,

I would like to offer my sincerest thanks to you for recently stating in your column that videogames can never be art. Noting the content drought on many game enthusiast websites, you selflessly decided to peel the crusted top off of the cesspool that is the games-as-art debate, to present us gamers with the opportunity to wallow in our own intellectual feces for a solid week-and-a-half. And with bony fists raised in impotent rage and eyes fixed unflinchingly on our navels, we took up the call. Read More »

A Sincere Letter of Thanks to Roger Ebert

Black Market Goods Making Their Way to Just Cause 2

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Apr 23, 2010 2:27 PM | Comment

Getting tired of causing the same old havoc on Panau island? Don't fret, Square Enix has just the pick-me-up you need. The studio announced today two new DLC packs for sandbox shooter Just Cause 2, featuring weapons and vehicles sure to please Rico Rodriguez fans everywhere. Read More »

Square Enix Announces Just Cause 2 DLC

Dust Off Your $120 Wheel-less Plastic Skateboard -- Activision Confirms Tony Hawk: Shred

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Apr 23, 2010 12:54 PM | Comment

Great concept, poor execution. That sums up the general response to Tony Hawk's 2009 wireless skateboard peripheral game, Ride. But according to publisher Activision, you won't just ride in the next title in the Tony Hawk franchise, you'll Shred. Read More »

Activision Confirms Tony Hawk: Shred

Fans Vote QB Brees to Madden 11 Cover -- Is He Jinxed?

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Apr 23, 2010 8:11 AM | Comment

Electronic Arts washed its hands of the alleged Madden cover jinx, allowing fans to choose which star would appear on Madden NFL 11. And the fans have spoken: New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is the lucky -- or if you believe in the jinx, unlucky -- winner. Read More »

Fans Vote Saints QB Drew Brees to Madden 11 Cover

Cue John Marston, Rockstar Making Half-Hour Red Dead Redemption Film

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Apr 22, 2010 12:08 PM | Comment

Rockstar's open world fables are often compared to feature films. Now fans will get a chance to see what its like when one of the developer's tales is handed over to a director. John Hillcoat, director of "The Road" and Australian western "The Proposition" has been tapped to help make a 30-minute Red Dead Redemption film -- with a twist. Read More »

Rockstar to Air Red Dead Redemption Film on Fox

Major League Baseball Games Coming to PS3

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Apr 22, 2010 8:11 AM | Comment

Fresh off the news Microsoft is mulling an Xbox Live TV channel, Sony continues its own effort to make the PlayStation 3 a digital entertainment hub, inking a deal with Major League Baseball to stream MLB.TV's live games. Read More »

Sony, MLB Sign MLB.TV Deal

Bad Company 2: Reaching Rank 50 a Full-Time Job

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Apr 21, 2010 3:56 PM | Comment

A patch is bringing some significant changes to Battlefield: Bad Company 2, hopefully not adding to the already significant time commitment required to reach the game's highest rank. According to consulting firm Orbus Gameworks, it already takes roughly 282 hours to achieve Rank 50. Read More »

Bad Company 2: Reaching Rank 50 a Full-Time Job

Guinness: Modern Warfare 2 Biggest Entertainment Launch Ever

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Apr 21, 2010 10:45 AM | Comment

Logging a verified one-day sales total of more than $401.6 million worldwide, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is now the official Guinness World Record holder as the most successful entertainment launch of all time. Hit the jump for details. Read More »

Guinness Names Modern Warfare 2 Biggest Entertainment Launch of All Time

Don't Open that Email! PlayStation Network Users Hit with Scam

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Apr 20, 2010 2:05 PM | Comment

You know that chain email you received from your buddy about awesome PlayStation Network code generator web sites? Don't open it! The tubes are abuzz today about an online scam impacting PSN users everywhere: hackers are accessing accounts through a phony email and racking up big credit card bills. Read More »

Email Scam Rocks PlayStation Network

Dead Rising 2: Survive the Zombie Apocalypse with a Friend

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Apr 20, 2010 1:47 PM | Comment

If there's one thing we learned from "Zombieland" it's that Rule 5: No Attachments, doesn't hold up. After all, what good is making the Zombie Kill of the Week without a friend to witness it? With that in mind, Capcom announced today zombie survival shooter Dead Rising 2 will feature two-player co-op. Read More »

Co-Op Play in Dead Rising 2

Capcom Goes Back to the Vault for 2011 Lineup

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Apr 20, 2010 11:56 AM | Comment

At its annual early premier showcase in Hawaii, Capcom made it official: Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Okamiden, and Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 lead the developer's lineup of games slated to drop in 2011. Hadouken the jump for details. Read More »

Capcom Announces its 2011 Lineup

Voice Actors Reveal Villains in Batman: Arkham Asylum 2

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Apr 20, 2010 10:17 AM | Comment

Comic book conventions are a great place to garner geeky good news, and the inaugural Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo continues the tradition. Thanks to reports from the recent event, we've got a rundown on some of the villains that will be appearing in Rocksteady's in-development sequel to the 2009 BAFTA Game of the Year, Batman: Arkham Asylum. Flip a coin after the jump. Read More »

Voice Actors Reveal Villains in Batman: Arkham Asylum 2

Developer Splash Damage Taking AI to the Brink

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Apr 20, 2010 9:34 AM | Comment

The trailers for Bethesda's upcoming FPS, Brink, look gorgeous, and according to creative director Richard Ham, it plays just as beautifully thanks to enemies and allies with near-human artificial intelligence. Flank the jump for details. Read More »

Splash Damage Details the Human-like AI in Brink

Ubisoft Going Green, Ditching Paper Game Manuals

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Apr 19, 2010 2:30 PM | Comment

Shaun White launches his first skateboarding title on consoles this holiday season, and "The Flying Tomato" turned "The Animal" is bringing the first videogame without a paper manual with him. Publisher Ubisoft announced today Shaun White Skateboarding will be the title that kicks off the company's new paper-manual-free environmental initiative. Read More »

Ubisoft Going Green, Ditching Paper Game Manuals

Singularity: Manipulate Time on June 29

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Apr 19, 2010 1:32 PM | Comment

After playing release date shuffle with Raven Software's time-bending FPS Singularity, it appears publisher Activision is finally comfortable declaring the game will launch on June 29 for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Read More »

Activision Announces Singularity Release Date

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