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December 5, 2008 - Best Buy and Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) in association with The United Inventors Association (UIA) and By Kids For Kids (BKFK) announce the "Invent-A-Game Challenge," a national competition offering America's young people a unique chance to design an online game that Electronic Arts ("EA") will produce. The Grand Prize winner will also receive a $10,000 (face value) U.S. Savings Bond. Complete contest rules can be found at www.bkfk.com.

The Invent-A-Game challenge i . . . Read more

If you were hoping to get a job with the software company you might want to look somewhere else as Adobe has recently fired 600 employees. Just in time for Christmas the company has had to release 8% of their workers due to Creative Studio 4 not being as popular as they had planned on. (gee, i wonder why.)

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Because Second Life is such a popular place, the United States Army has begun building islands on this virtual platform to begin recruiting the youngsters that populate it.

"The Army Second Life effort will actually consist of two virtual islands. One of them, will serve as a "welcome center" with an information kiosk and the means to contact a recruiter, the other will offer, says Wallace, "virtual experiences like jumping out of airplanes, and rappelling off of towers and using a weapon, to . . . Read more

Shortly followed by Sumner Redstone's offloading of the majority ownership of Midway, stocks are reaching a deadly low of $.18 per share. With this comes the annoucement that if they do not manage to get their stock back over $1 then the NYSE will be delisting Midway. (oh noes!)

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Mark your calenders PS3 owners! (all 6 of you) The exclusive FPS, Killzone 2 has been slated for a February 27, 2009 release in the United States. However at this point no date has been set for any other countries, so bad luck chummies... On top of announcing the date, two new weapons were revealed the Bolt Gun and the Flamethrower. If that wasn't enough they also announced a new multiplayer game type, Warzone.

To see these in action head over to [url="http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/69 . . . Read more

Hey everybody! To celebrate the Holiday Season, Spreadshirt is having a SALE. Today (12/1/08) through Friday (12/5/08) you can get 15% off an order of $30 or more.

Spreadshirt is the company who handles printing and shipping of the Napalm Riot t-shirts for us. So for those of you who've been wanting one (or two), now's a . . . Read more

OverClocked ReMix, a site known for hosting video game music and remixes created by fans, has released its official soundtrack to Capcom's "Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix", free for download. While video game companies have worked with fans in the past, "SSF2T HD Remix" is the first major video game with a completely fan-made soundtrack.

Back in 2007 OC ReMix was approached by Capcom U.S.A.'s Rey Jimenez to create the soundtrack to their upcoming gam . . . Read more

"If you've been waiting for that Minority Report-style interface to really come to fruition, you can finally exhale. One of the science advisors from the Steven Spielberg film -- along with a team of other zany visionaries -- has created an honest-to-goodness, real-world implementation of the computer systems seen in the movie. Dubbed g-speak, the mind bending OS combines "gestural i/o, recombinant networking, and real-world pixels," to deliver what the creators call "the first major step in [a] . . . Read more

Judge Marsha Pechman of Seattle has ordered Steve Ballmer to testify in a class action lawsuit against Microsoft, on the grounds that the "Vista Capable" marketing campaign misled customers.

Microsoft attempted to have Jim Allchin (then co-president) and Will Poole (then senior vice president) testify instead of Ballmer, claiming that Ballmer was not involved in discussions regarding the "Vista Capable" campaign. The plaintiffs argued that a conversation between Ballmer and Intel's CEO, Paul . . . Read more

As part of Jack Thompson's permanent disbarment by the Florida Supreme Court, the anti-game crusader was also ordered to pay $43,675. The figure represents the Florida Bar's cost to prosecute Thompson's case.

That amount was later reduced to $42,525 by the Bar. It now seems that Thompson has paid up.

As Duke Nukem would say, That's gotta hurt...

This piece of Thompson news comes - as it so often does - by way of Thompson himself. The ex-attorney circulated an e-mail [last Wednesday, 11/ . . . Read more

A demo is scheduled to be hosted by GameSpot, beginning tomorrow, 11/24/2008.

According to the "official blurb:"

This single-player demo features the game’s cinematic opening, one full campaign mission from both the Soviet and Allied campaigns, and an interactive tutorial. The full game features 3 full campaigns (all playable solo or co-op online), a skirmish mode pitting you against nine formidable commanders, and competitive online multiplayer.

The Dark Knight has some dark foes, and Gotham City is infamous for it's dark place of treatment for the criminally insane: Arkham Asylum.

GameTrailers.com has posted a look into this DC Den of Horrors. It seems to be little more than a showcase for the game's setting and rather impressive graphics, but it certainly creates a certain...ambiance!

Remember how you felt the first time you played Resident Evil at home, alone, in the dark? Prepare to relive those chills.

http://www.gametra . . . Read more

To celebrate it's fourth birthday (today), World of Warcraft is giving every player a baby bear. To claim your bear (if you haven't got it already) just log out and log back in.

Gotta love a party where you get the gifts.

Straight from SpawnPoint.com:

There are many secrets hiding within the quiet places of our Prince’s world. Link your Ubisoft.com account to your Xbox LIVE® or PlayStation®Network account, and you will gain access to the skin of Altair from Assassin’s Creed. Continue your exploration of the fantastic places of ancient Persia clad in the white and red of Altair’s ancient order.

“Prince of Persia is an incredible experience. We’re thrilled to give our loyal fans another way to jou . . . Read more

Straight from News.TeamXBox.com:

A2M (Artificial Mind and Movement), Canada's largest independent game developer, announces that it has acquired Wanako Games, a video game studio located in Santiago, Chile. The first and largest game studio in South America, Wanako Games specializes in the production of downloadable interactive content. The studio is acquired by A2M from Activision Blizzard. With this transaction, A2M is expanding its offering across Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) and Playstation Ne . . . Read more

Straight from Bit-Tech.net:

No doubt in last few days many of you will have marvelled over the awesome "amateur video" recently posted onto Youtube of a film maker playing Guitar Hero with a bike. The footage is fantastically well choreographed, with the rider cycling over the familiar guitar hero note patterns painted onto the ground in with correspondingly flashing LEDs fitted to the handlebars that are perfect time to the music.

While the level of skill required to create the general aw . . . Read more

Straight from EuroGamer.net:

Hal Milton, lead designer of Sony Online Entertainment's in-development spy MMO The Agency, says we'll see how the game is progressing at next year's trade shows.

The Agency was first announced in June 2007, but nothing new has been seen of it since a demo was shown at the Consumer Electronics Show at the very start of this year. It was the same demo that turned up at E3, Leipzig, and SOE's own Fan Faire.

In an interview with Massively, Milton said that the . . . Read more

Straight from MCVUK.com:

Blitz Games Studios founders Philip and Andrew Oliver received Honorary Doctorates from Coventry University on 20 November 2008

In recognition of their significant contribution to technology and business across the computer games industry, the Oliver Twins have been awarded with doctorates in separate disciplines in the graduation ceremony held at Coventry Cathedral.

Philip Oliver, founder and CEO of Blitz Games Studios received an Honorary Doctorate in Business . . . Read more

Warner Bros has confirmed it will distribute the upcoming Terminator: Salvation game, set to launch in-line with the film’s release in May 2009.

The third-person action game is currently being worked on by Swedish game developer Grin, whose recent work includes the PC version of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 as well as the PSN and Live Arcade downloadable remake of Bionic Commando.

A number of companies are involved with the game; Halcyon Games will hold the rights, with . . . Read more

Put on your boxing gloves, it's all over the wires today that GameStop and Nintendo are arguing again, this time over whether or not the 2008 Holiday Gift Season will bring shortages of the in-demand Wii to the popular retailer.

Again. Again-again, really.

GameStop is predicting that by Christmas, Wii will not be difficult to come by, but absolutely impossible as they expect to sell out their entire stock of the consoles by December 25th.

Nintendo says no, that they fully expect to m . . . Read more

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