Full Feed2K Sports offering $1 million for first perfect game in MLB 2K10
There are few feats in sports tougher than pitching a perfect game (one in which no member of the opposing team reaches base) in pro baseball. It’s so tough, in fact, that 2K Sports will award a cool $1,000,000 to the first player to do so in MLB 2K10 on Xbox 360 or PS3. Gamers will have 60 days to attempt this starting March 2, 2010 at 12:01 AM PST and ending on May 2, 2010 at 11:59 PM PDT.
Collect bailout cash in iBailout for iPhone, iPod Touch
Marroni Electronic Entertainment and NightIrion are taking a humorous look at the current United States economic issues with iBailout, a Pac-Man like game on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Players run around the screen and try to eat up as much of the government’s bailout cash as possible. Chasing players around are angry mobs of U.S. taxpayers.
Part of The “Immaculate Deflection” was video game inspired
It was one of the craziest plays of the 2009 season, as the Denver Broncos’ Brandon Stokley caught a defender’s tip of a Kyle Orton pass for the game winning touchdown.
Rather than running immediately into the endzone, however, Stokley cut across the field and ran six seconds off the clock before scoring. That move ensured the explosive Cincinnati Bengals offense wouldn’t have enough time to pull off its own miracle. Stokley said the move was straight from his countless hours of playing football video games…
Suspected auto thief arrested while playing Grand Theft Auto III
Tampa Bay Online reports that Polk County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 30-year-old Michael Ray Ekes, suspect in the theft of an SUV, at his home while he was playing Grand Theft Auto III. Sigh.
Ekes now faces a laundry list of charges including burglary of a conveyance, possession of methamphetamine and, of course, grand theft auto. A Dodge Durango that had been reported stolen from a Polk County Walmart’s parking lot was in Ekes’ front driveway. The steering column was broken and the ignition switch was missing. Inside the vehicle police found a ski mask, pliers and screwdrivers. We are dealing with a criminal mastermind here, folks. Tampa Bay Online quotes Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd on the arrest and he makes to sure bash video games in the process:“Crime is not a game,” Sheriff Grady Judd said. “Real-life crime has real-life consequences – and I hope he goes to prison for a good long while, where they don’t have ‘Grand Theft Auto’ video games.”
MumboJumbo wins $4.6 million judgment against PopCap Games
MumboJumbo LLC recently (January 25, 2010) announced that a Dallas jury has awarded it $4.6 million in damages from former business partner Popcap Games.
The case stems from a 2006 agreement in which MumboJumbo was to produce, distribute and sell certain PopCap games in North America. MumboJumbo alleged that PopCap breached the contract by selling the games on its own. A jury in the 193rd Civil District Court in Dallas County agreed.
Left Behind Games targeting Xbox 360, Wii after Walmart success
In its latest press materials, Left Behind Games vows to move past the PC and focus on the Xbox 360 and Wii for future development (although it doesn’t mention the PlayStation 3. Maybe there are just too many heathens playing that console).
The company has also entered an agreement with videogame representative firm SMP Communications to help get Christian-themed games into more retail outlets.
Speed Racer, Samurai Pizza Cats considered for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
There are probably as many fights between fans over who should have made the roster for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars as there are between fans playing the game.
Considering some Tatsunoko anime is more popular in America than others, Capcom producer Ryota Niitsuma said the company tried to get a few more characters in.
“We at Capcom, too, wanted to see the Samurai Pizza Cats in the game. We were in discussion with Tatsunoko productions to try to get them in the game. It went right up the last minute but it didn’t go through,”
EA Sports releases fixed version of Fight Night Round 4 Champions Pack
Both the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live have received some big updates for boxing simulation Fight Night Round 4 in a new “Champions Pack.”
It adds Evander Holyfield, Sonny Liston and Bernard Hopkins as playable boxers and there are two new game modes: Old School Rules and Ring Rivalries. The content went live December 2009 but the Xbox 360 Champions Pack began freezing consoles immediately. EA Sports then pulled the pack until those issues were fixed.
If you downloaded the broken content, your Xbox Live account retains your purchase data and you won’t need to pay for it again.
Sexy Excella Gionne to be playable in Resident Evil 5’s “Mercenaries Reunion” mode
We previously told you about Resident Evil 5’s Gold Edition, including a “Mercenaries Reunion” game mode with new playable characters. Capcom has released screenshots revealing that one of those characters is Excella Gionne, the gorgeous CEO of the Tricel pharmaceutical company’s African branch.
From the looks of this photo, she will defy both protocol for executive behavior and a few laws of physics.
You will have access to Capcom’s new content in two different ways. First, it’ll be available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in two downloadable installments (February 17, 2010, and March 2010). Each installment contains a costume pack ($2 or 160 Microsoft Points) and a new story episode ($5 or 400 Microsoft Points). The second way is to purchase the Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition for $49.99 for both 360 and PS3. The PS3’s version will have additional content on the disc and the 360 version will contain a token to download the content via Xbox Live.
Activision CEO Kotick: “Our Spider-Man games have sucked for the last five years”
When the CEO of the biggest company in gaming talks, people listen. And if those people are gamers, many of them spit some sort of venom in response. Kotick’s quotes, however, are not famous for this level of unbridled honesty. In fact, it’s rare you hear any executive be this upfront about the quality (or lack thereof) in its games.
The controversial executive said that the company has dropped the ball with the lucrative Spider-Man license…
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