Interesting Poll Results So I was trolling along the interwebs today. After reading more about the a$$ clowns that beat the girl over MySpace sh*t. I'm thinking about the world and where we are headed. Then I see the above poll results from WhatThePlay.com, then I realized that we truly are into the downward spiral. Look at the stats and then continue down with me to the next paragraph. Ok, so on the offence meter, the violent one is near the bottom of the list. Read More...

EA Games to Use Unreal 3 Engine If you haven't picked up Unreal Tournament, I would highly recommend it. It is a great game and it is an awesome engine to putter around with. Actually working on a full game mod with a armature development team. From what we've got so far, this engine is phenomenal. The image is not a rendered 3D film, but actual gameplay graphics. Now onto why I've been giving some good ass kissing to the engine and the actual topic of this Narticle. Read More...

GTA IV edited for Australia - Australian gaming citizens; you're getting a very special edition of Grand Theft Auto IV. It's still packed with "strong violence, strong coarse language, drug and sexual references", but it's clear something has been cut. Read More...

Epic Games has now launched their new "Make Something Unreal" PC game mod contest. Sponsored this time by Intel, the contest will give aspiring game creators a way to win cash and prizes for making mods based on Epic's Unreal Tournament 3. Over $1 million in cash and prizes will be given to the winners and just like the first "Make Something Unreal" contest (for mods made with UT 2003/2004) the new version will have a grand prize of a full Unreal Engine 3 license for the overall best mod. Last time the winner was Tripwire Interactive for their Red Orchestra mod; they later formed a full dev team and released the game as a stand alone commercial title. Judging will begin in June 2008 in the first phase of the contest; the final winners will be determined in fall 2009 after all four phases are complete. Read More...

Force Unleashed Has September Release Star Wars geeks rejoice! Not just in the US, but Worldwide. Today Lucas Arts released the dates that the game will be released on pretty much all the consoles and hand helds. The dates? Well for the US, we get it on the 16th. Southeast Asia and Australia? The 17th. And finally in Europe? Read More...

Feel the Shock Next Week! I really am not a big fan of April 1st. Like I've said before, I am a fan of a good joke, but when it comes to actually reporting something that means anything yesterday was a trial. Hence why I only found one object to post about and it was about a fake video anyway. But now back to actually reporting fun news in the gaming world. So it looks like Sony is revving up their release for the new Dual Shock 3 controller. Originally it was due out on the 15th, but it looks like it will be here a week early. Read More...

Over the weekend a handful of updates were released for all you STEAM users out there. If you've already restarted your Steam client since yesterday then it's already been installed. First off, Valve updated the Steam client last week, fixing some bugs and compatibility problems that some of you may or may not have been experiencing. And then again yesterday came two update bundles for those of you who have either FRONTLINES: Full of War and/or Garry's Mod on your Steam account. In the answers to our hopes and prayers, Valve has made a good impact an some common problems experienced during game and fixing bugs responsible for many crashes (God knows my Gmod crashes all the time). Read More...

Shacknews reports that Valve plans to release new content for their popular multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2 the week of April 20. The content will include the new map Goldrush which will contain the new gameplay mode called "Playload". It will also contain new unlockable weapons for the Medic class. Read More...

Wii Head Tracking powers new 3D game Not the most creative of titles, but, well...whatever. A long while back, before we had the Narticle section, I posted a bunch of things about the Wii and PS-Eye head tracking systems that people are working on. They were just basic tracking things that would move just some dots or basic targets on the screen depending on where your head is. The Wii had a set of glasses for this. They looked very clunky and a lot like the old VR goggles of yore. Read More...

In light of the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto IV, I figured I'd deliver you all some more updates on EA's attempt to buy out Take-Two!Earlier this year EA attempted put out a bid on Take-Two, parent company to Rockstar and 2K games, and were rejected. After trying to make a bid again last month, EA once again ups it's anny and puts out yet another bid out on Take-Two. And once again - they got rejected!Although the press release on T2's site is pretty much written in Wall Street-lingo wrapped in an abundance of legal mumbo-jumbo, I was able to gather some details: -EA has upped it's offer to $26 a share for stock-holders of Take-Two. Read More...

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Limited Edition So, once again, I'm trolling through the interwebs again and find another fun tidbit to share with my friends here. EB Games is, of course, taking Pre-orders for the new MGS game. We all knew it. But we all might not have known is what comes in the limited bundle. Well here ya go. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots PS3 in collectible metal box. Read More...

Hammer Comes Down On Xbox Live Cheaters We all hate cheaters don't we? We all like to have a good laugh at someone when they get busted right? Its funny cause it's not me is a great saying. Well Microsoft is giving us two awesome things then. They are cracking down on cheaters or those who tamper with their Gamerscore and Achievements. How they are cracking down is listed below, but the best part is the sample they gave of how the account will be labeled on their community pages and the in dash views. I almost cried laugh at first. Read More...

Team Fortress 2 Updated versions of CP_Dustbowl, CP_Badlands, and CTF_Well with several exploit fixes Fixed Linux build not handling FCVAR_REPLICATED and FCVAR_NOTIFY cvars correctly Plugged an exploit where the server could send executable code to the client Fix client crash on exit while processing game stats Updated the Stats Summary screen to remember your previous selections each time you open the menu and while changing levels Added mp_stalemate_at_timelimit ConVar for server admin to allow SuddenDeath when mp_timelimit hits on non-Valve maps Updated CTF mode to remember the player who stole the intelligence from the enemy base and reward that player if the flag is captured by someone else Replace underscores in map names with spaces so custom maps with names like cp_gravel_pit will show as "GRAVEL PIT" Hitting F4 while the tournament mode "Ready" countdown is active won't automatically set a team to "Not Ready" Fixed auto-screenshots not being taken at the end of the map during tournament mode Fixed gates being closed during the pre-round time during tournament mode Fixed GetDynamicBaseline crash Fixed rare animation triggered sound crash Restart your Steam client or launch the game to begin the updating process. Read More...

Metal Gear Online beta test schedule changed to April 14 I go away for a few days and the interwebs blow up on me and now I'm back logged. But that's...ok... That just means I get to come back and bring some fun good news with me. Like say for instance, the previously announced Metal Gear Online beta test is now scheduled for a week earlier. Awesome right? So now it will be out come the 14th of April now instead of the 21st. Read More...

Metal Gear Movie Like the title says, lets try to keep it hush hush from him. We don't need him taking this and turning out crap with it. So far he doesn't score to well with Game movies. But that is not the point of this little snippet of information. It is to talk about a movie that could be pretty F*cking cool. So far it has been just a big bag of rumor, but it looks like the rumor might become total truth. Columbia Pictures looks to actually go through with this whole thing. Read More...