http://pwned.com Pwned.com - News RSS Feed en-us http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/5CBNDJHAp6A/ The latest updates on the 355 Scion Street Fighter IV Tournament taking place on August 2nd in Rockville, Maryland are here. New sponsors, tournament rules and the addition of two contestants have been revealed. Don\'t forget to register now for only $10 to win $1000 and more.Best Buy has now signed on as an official sponsor for the tournament, joining Red Bull, XM Radio, ECA, Pwned.com. They will also be giving away prizes, but no details on what they are giving away has been disclosed. NFamous Gamers and Aggrogamer will both be in attendance to provide media coverage of the event. Two Gamestop Street Fighter IV national finalists have joined the tournament, which will bring fiercer competition to the mix of fighters. The two competitors are Eric Kim, a native to the area, and Antwan Ortiz, hailing from Detroit.The official rules have been released and we have them for you in full detai http://pwned.com/shownews/1172/DC-Metro-Area-Scion-Street-Fighter-IV-Tournament-Update/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1172/DC-Metro-Area-Scion-Street-Fighter-IV-Tournament-Update/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/28hpqGxKzx8/ PlayStation phone announced by August 31, 2010? Jeez, the PSP Go! isn\'t even out yet and rumors are abound that there could be yet another version by August of 2010. This time from the Japanese and spinning from a comment on how Sony is thinking of making a cell phone with the capabilities of the Sony Ericsson phones and the PSP. But they have a little bit more they use to actually make this rumor have an ounce of possibility to it. In this prediction, it is brought up about the capabilities of the iPhone and iPod Touch. Also basing it all off the flash memory and smaller format the Go! is taking. Which makes sense. Look at the iPod Touch and see how it can do everything the iPhone can except make phone calls from it without the need of a WiFi hotspot. Something the Go! is completely capable of from a technical stand point. There makes no sense that they couldn\'t add in phone capabil http://pwned.com/shownews/1171/PSP-Go--Could-Be-So-2009-Soon/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1171/PSP-Go--Could-Be-So-2009-Soon/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/eeHH2hXUKSs/ After a long holiday weekend here in the States, it is hard to get back into the swing of things, but Nintendo is not suffering from post-holiday lag as they just sent over their download releases for this week. This week, we have a classic reinvented with Bust A Move Plus, some new DSiWare games, and [...] Read Full Article http://pwned.com/shownews/1170/Nintendo-Downloads-for-the-Week-of-July-6th-/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1170/Nintendo-Downloads-for-the-Week-of-July-6th-/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/JtnWPYVGyBE/ L4D2 Multiplayer Demo Wanna get to play Left 4 Dead 2 a little early? Well at least the Multiplayer aspect of the game, as if there is any other form of the game. I jest. But in any instance, Valve has a way for you to get your hands on the game a few weeks before the full launch on the 17th of November this year. It is another to contrite either and for both console and PC versions of the game. How? Well from Doug Lombardi, Valve PR, the basic details are pretty much pre-order the game and get access to the early demo. For PC people, just pre-order via Steam and you will be good to go when the demo comes out for your gaming needs. For you console players, you just need to pre-order at \"participating retailers\" to get the code you will most likely use to get said demo. Pretty much reads as GameStop or maybe BestBuy. But it should be the standard fair for all other pre-order demos. I http://pwned.com/shownews/1169/Early-Zombie-Plans/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1169/Early-Zombie-Plans/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/sBtAKGbggNc/ Activision Enlists Gamers To Join The Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 VIP Community No, the confusion isn\'t on Activision or Raven\'s side of things, but more on mine and anyone else that may have sat in on the media briefing for this game. Let me explain. While being shown the game, we were all informed of one of the new characters to be revealed as a playable character. The Juggernaut. We were also shown how he can use fusion powers with everyone of the announced characters as well. Include a delightful romp while encasing him in a hamster ball of power covered in spikes and let him run around rolling over enemies and object. So it would seem that he was on the general roster, right? Well now Activision has stated that you only get him when you pre-order the game via GameStop. This also being for the PS3 and 360 versions of the game. So that suggests that what we saw was kind of a ruse http://pwned.com/shownews/1167/Marvel-Ultimate-Confusion/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1167/Marvel-Ultimate-Confusion/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/qW7-gG5lp9E/ LBP Ghostbusters So we all knew it was inevitable. With the new BluRay and video game out for the Ghostbusters franchise. Now they are invading the LittleBigPlanet world. Well at least we can assume that with the below image from the PlayStation Blog. No official word has been given about it yet, the blog post is just the image and the phrase \"Who Ya Gunna Call?\" on it. But it is probably safe to assume that we will be getting the close to racist looking Sack Boy in our LBP sometime in the not to distant future. I\'m sure there will be more details following shortly once the internet explodes with comments and questions about all of this. Not a bad way to generate excitement for a game that has been out for almost a year now.Check It Out http://pwned.com/shownews/1168/Who-Ya-Gunna-Call-/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1168/Who-Ya-Gunna-Call-/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/Fir3Ev_Nyx8/ Gameplay Footage Of Dante\'s Inferno Finally what we got to see behind closed doors at E3 for Dante\'s Inferno can be seen by the public. Well kind of. We were able to see more of a solid stream of action on a few levels and not a mash up of scenes and actions that go on in the following video. But you will be able to get the full gist of what the gameplay looks like and kind of a feel of how it will play. Now that you\'ve seen some of the action, with lava replaced for blood for children\'s sake, what do you think of Dante\'s Inferno? Am I right in my assessment of it being God of War with just the one Christian god being the source instead of a full pantheon? Not that it is going to make me not want to get the game because of the close similarities. Actually that makes it more likely, since it will be something I\'m use to. What are your thoughts on this? Place them belo http://pwned.com/shownews/1166/Real-View-From-Hell/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1166/Real-View-From-Hell/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/SD0qnu9jLdA/ PS3TrophyCard.com is down for maintenance and they’re pointing the finger directly at Sony. From their site: We apologize for the issues our service has experienced over the last few weeks. Sony has invested resources to actively work against sites like PS3TrophyCard.com which has made it impossible to update newer games with our current system. PS3TrophyCard.com is one [...] Read Full Article http://pwned.com/shownews/1165/Is-Sony-quietly-closing-out-PSN-data-slurpers-/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1165/Is-Sony-quietly-closing-out-PSN-data-slurpers-/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/PNnVa3EwwDU/ Today Media Molecule tossed out a very obvious tease: a spartan black background with the familiar white text “Who Ya Gonna Call.” I suppose we can all figure that one out. Now the only question is what form this content will take. Merely costumes? A mini-pack with stickers and a few building materials? Or a handful [...] Read Full Article http://pwned.com/shownews/1164/Media-Molecule-teases-Ghostbusters-content-for-LittleBigPlanet/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1164/Media-Molecule-teases-Ghostbusters-content-for-LittleBigPlanet/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/O4Fpf-PIzMQ/ Well here something neat. The Milwaukee Business Journal is reporting that Six Flags theme park is working on expanding it\'s partnership with Nintendo and its going to feature Wii Sports Resort at it\'s theme parks. Wii Sports Resort is the anticipated sports simulation game from Nintendo which will have more addictive games like archery, ping-pong, and fencing (Star Wars anyone?). Wii Sports Resort also utilizes the new Wii motion plus attachment which improves motion control accuracy. Six Flags will be showcasing Wii Sports Resort at nine of there theme parks for the 4th of July weekend. Rollercoasters and Wii, does it get any more interactive? A Wii Rollercoaster perhaps? David McKillips, Six Flags Senior VP of corporate alliances had this to say “We’re excited to expand our partnership with Nintendo and bring this exciting pre-launch opportunity to our entertainment-seeking gu http://pwned.com/shownews/1163/Six-Flags-will-showcase-Wii-Resort/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1163/Six-Flags-will-showcase-Wii-Resort/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/qmyciZxAdm4/ Yesterday a post on the official Sony blog announced that four different preorder packages would be made available for the upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive Ratchetamp;Clank Future: A Crack in Time. Each of the offerings brings something unique to the table so whether you’re into behind-the-scenes type material, bonus weapons, or adding to your PlayStation Home closet, there’s something for every Ratchet Clank fan. The packages are as follows: Discovery Package – Explore the Insomniac Moon, a special level that resembles the layout of the Insomniac Games’ offices! Scattered through this museum-like level, you will discover a moon’s worth of extra content that didn’t quite make it into the game. Power Package –The Power package includes an exclusive weapon skin for one of Ratchet’s weapons. You will also start the game with extra hit points, and Ratchet’s brand new Cry http://pwned.com/shownews/1162/Ratchet--Clank-Preorder-Packages/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1162/Ratchet--Clank-Preorder-Packages/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/E0vHbAldkZY/ I think if you look at the landscape of films that have been adapted from video games, generally it looks a lot like what comic book movies were like when they were first being released. Yes the original Superman and the original Batman movies from the mid-late 1980’s are classics, but look down the line at some of the sequels. Look across the board to movies like The Punisher or Captain America. These were awful movies. Fast forward to a decade later and we have Spider-man and the X-men. Keep going another decade and we have Iron Man and The Dark Knight. The point is it only takes one or two good ideas to completely change people’s opinions on the subject and that’s exactly what video game based movies need. Sure there have been some plenty of attempts to this point, but for whatever reason (usually bad acting or taking too many creative liberties) none have turned out to be bett http://pwned.com/shownews/1161/The-Ultimate-Gaming-Wishlist/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1161/The-Ultimate-Gaming-Wishlist/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/RCcHKuTAN3M/ There has been a new game created for the Wii by some students at IT University of Copenhagen called "Dark Room Sex Game", where basically the whole the game is played by understanding the different moans and groans before an orgasm. Read Full Article http://pwned.com/shownews/1159/Wii-Sex--your-Wii-can-now-get-laid-more-than-you-do/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1159/Wii-Sex--your-Wii-can-now-get-laid-more-than-you-do/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/F7JN7ZBzTUE/ Rock Band DLC for 7/7/09 So with great tracks from Sponge Bob, iCarly, and The Naked Brothers rocking out the DLC for Rock Band, it makes me wonder how Harmonix is going to out rock that. Maybe some Hanna Montana. Maybe a little more Earth Wind and Fire. Somehow work in Flo Rida. But then then go and out and make it so my bank account will get sapped again with some awesomeness. They are slapping all those down with the addition of Green Day to the selection of music to download for the game. Not only Green Day, but Manson, Canibal Corpse, and Slayer to punt kick all those earlier mentioned artists in the Game Box. Granted, the artists listed, not Green Day, are only added to help promote the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, but it\'s no different then the Warped Tour nonsense of last week. Look below for the full list. Green Day - 21 Guns Green Day - East Jesus Nowher http://pwned.com/shownews/1158/Rocking-It-Green-With-Mayhem/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1158/Rocking-It-Green-With-Mayhem/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/c1xDyrM6bLw/ The July release lists for PS3 and PSP look to be a bit shorter from the surprisingly busy June, but there are a couple of titles I’m looking forward to. The Punisher: No Mercy for the PS3 hits the PlayStation Store on July 2nd at $9.99. The Unreal Engine person shooter from Zen Studios sounds [...] Read Full Article http://pwned.com/shownews/1157/Ones-to-Watch-on-PS3--PSP-for-July-2009/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1157/Ones-to-Watch-on-PS3--PSP-for-July-2009/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/Te9Y6dSAGx0/ Capcom Classics Coming to PSN Starting Tomorrow That\'s right I said it. Balderdash! There are and will be some more good games for the PSP coming in the not to distant future, like tomorrow and the coming summer months. At least all because of Capcom and the PSN. Which means yes, they will be coming as Downloadable content for the system, kind of in a way to get everyone ready for the new PSP Go!. From the PlayStation Blog directly, Capcom has announced their new line up of their games that they will be bringing. With the first being the Classic Collection filled with all of their great classic arcade games. An arcade in your pocket is what you will have there. 20 of their arcade games to be perfectly exact. Listed below. To go even further, and this is what I\'m more excited about, I\'ll be able to have the first three Resident Evil games on the go with me when I want. They are brin http://pwned.com/shownews/1155/Balderdash-On-Not-Having-Good-PSP-Games/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1155/Balderdash-On-Not-Having-Good-PSP-Games/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/a3qpQeh2CHA/ Starcraft II Beta Tech Tree Hey all you Starcraft fans out there! Or, if anything, people out there that want to play the game right now but obviously do not have access to the games Beta build. Do you want a look at what might be the branch of technology for the game early? Well then if you haven\'t gone below, and skipped my used car salesman words, then we have screen shots of just that. That being the Tech Tree for the three factions of Starcraft II. Now mind you, these are still early shots and things could change. The game is still not near Gold yet, so it is still as mutable as the Zerg themselves. But it does give you a form of glimpse at things to come. Also to help people start to gauge how things will progress, in a building sense, through the game. Also, take it with a grain of salt as these are also not official shots from Blizzard but pulled from another gaming source, li http://pwned.com/shownews/1154/Command-Center--Hatchery--or-Nexus-/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1154/Command-Center--Hatchery--or-Nexus-/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/5-GBJ0x2yuA/ Matt Murdock was born the son of former Heavyweight boxer “Battling Jack” Murdock. Growing up in Hell’s Kitchen, New York, Matt learned from his father the importance of education. His father wanted nothing more than for his son to get ahead in life using his brain rather than his fists. Matt’s nobility was no more evident than on the fateful day where he saved a blind man from being run over by a truck carrying radioactive material. The waste managed to fall from the truck, partly splashing into Matt’s eyes. Though it blinded him, Matt’s other senses were heightened to superhuman levels. Matt attended Columbia University where he studied law. In order to support his son, Jack returned to the ring. On one particular fight, Jack was told to take a dive. He refused and was subsequently killed. This sparked a thirst for revenge in Matt who used his abilities to bri http://pwned.com/shownews/1153/Marvel-Ultimate-Alliance-2---Ultimate-Character-Reveal--Daredevil-/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1153/Marvel-Ultimate-Alliance-2---Ultimate-Character-Reveal--Daredevil-/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/7t8bW-JwJMk/ So today is Release Tuesday and here\'s a rundown of what\'s coming out: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince It\'s odd that a movie-based game comes out this early before the actual movie (the movie comes out July 15th in the US/UK and the July 29th in IMAX, it should also be noted the movie has been in the can since May of 2008) The game which semi-follows the movie which semi-follows the book will be released for (here we go) the PS2, PS3, 360, Wii, PC/Mac, DS, and PSP. It\'s rated E10+. Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood The prequel to 2006\'s Western FPS Call of Juarez comes out this Release Tuesday and tells the story of the infamous McCall brothers. You can play as either Ray (featured in the original) or Thomas in most of the missions, which is nice as both have a certain set of skills the other doesn\'t, which adds to the replay value of the game (I did manage to beat the game http://pwned.com/shownews/1151/Release-Tuesday-6-30-09/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1151/Release-Tuesday-6-30-09/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/cThT-6bDi6E/ WoW Faction-Change Service in the Works When I first started playing World of Warcraft, I chose the Horde side of things. Big surprise with the Horde having undead huh? But, all of the real world people I knew who played loved the Alliance side of things for some reason. Which left me either having to worry about leveling two toons, forcing them to try Horde, or giving in and being bored with the Alliance. Didn\'t make it good for my continuation of the game. Things may be changing now. A post on the WoW Forum boards from one of the main Blizzard Posters states that being forced to one side with a toon could be so 2007 coming soon. Looks like they are in the works to bring a service that will let you jump ship and go to the other side. From the sounds of things, it won\'t be that exact toon, but an \"Evil Twin\" if you will that is on the other side. At least that is what I gather from http://pwned.com/shownews/1152/WoW-Turncoats-On-The-Way/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1152/WoW-Turncoats-On-The-Way/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/PczJsV5T2Oo/ It’s been close to a year and a half since Koei released the original Dynasty Warriors 6, which did, well very little to change the Dynasty Warriors formula. Thankfully the creation of the Empires spin-off games have added some much needed depth to the original games. Primarily Empires adds a fairly deep level of strategy as you take on the role of either a Ruler or an Officer. The two sides generally play the same as your overall objective is to capture enemy territories and control all of China. As an Officer though, you’ll have a little less freedom than playing as a Ruler. As an Officer you’ll told what battles to fight and given explicit objectives to complete. As you rise in rank, you’ll earn the ability to suggest different actions to your leader rather than having to go with the flow. Tactically, there are a number of things to choose from that can determine how successf http://pwned.com/shownews/1147/Dynasty-Warriors-6--Empires-Review/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1147/Dynasty-Warriors-6--Empires-Review/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/fwtievU6bh4/ What\'s to do when your company posts a $431 million loss? Leave! Which is exactly what Scott Guthrie did about a month ago. The former Executive Vice President of Publishing for THQ was officially hired on as Executive Vice President and General Manager for MTV Games. Also joining MTV Games as Senior Vice President of Sales is David Cox the former Senior Director, Sales, and Merchandising Executive at SCEA. “With our acquisition of Harmonix to our relationship with Jerry Bruckheimer Games, Inc., MTV Games has quickly risen to become one of the top five video gaming publishers. We\'re going after the best in music video gaming with Rock Band and the best in story telling with our Bruckheimer partnership, and now we have the best leaders and team in place to bring MTV Games to the next level and grow through the next evolution in video games,” says Van Toffler, the P http://pwned.com/shownews/1150/MTV-Games-Appoints-2-new-Execs/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1150/MTV-Games-Appoints-2-new-Execs/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/eTwd5IcJHls/ Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP got 4 new additions to the Music Store today.Avenged Sevenfold - AfterlifeDream Theater - Constant MotionMotley Crue - Dr. FeelgoodStone Temple Pilots - Sex Type ThingThe price is the standard $1.99 per song, and join the existing 10 songs that have been in the store since the games launch on June 9th.All the tracks (as usual by now) are the master recordings.While sales of Rock Band Unplugged haven\'t necessarily haven\'t really gone Triple Platinum, but it\'s nice to see Harmonix and MTV games support it.Ben Brody is on XBOX Live - Gamertag: y2k1996 http://pwned.com/shownews/1149/Rock-Band-Unplugged-gets-new-DLC/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1149/Rock-Band-Unplugged-gets-new-DLC/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/BEiAO-veC2o/ The full list of all 50 achievements (including 15 secret ones) has been posted over at http://www.xbox360achievements.org/print.php?gameID=1129. The game, due out later this summer, is also coming out for the PS3, the trophies can be assumed to be the exact same with the exception of the added platinum trophy that you get after acquiring all other trophies. Ben Brody is on XBOX Live - Gamertag: y2k1996 http://pwned.com/shownews/1148/Batman-Arkham-Asylum-XBOX-360-Achievements-Listed/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1148/Batman-Arkham-Asylum-XBOX-360-Achievements-Listed/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pwned-news/~3/BJWrtNor-Hc/ How did StarCraft become so popular when the game first came out? Well that\'s simple. It was because Blizzard made it easy for everyone to have LAN parties. Well that is not the case with StarCraft II according to incgamers.com as they interviewed VP of Game Design Rob Pardo of Blizzard. Pardo stated, \"We don\'t have any plans to support LAN.\" Then flat out said, \"we will not support it and only multiplayer available will be on Battle.net.\" Which in my humble opinion is a huge mistake. StarCraft was and still is a huge showcasing of how simple it is to have a LAN party for a game. Pardo didn\'t stop there, he also mention that there is a \"zero percent\" that we will see StarCraft II on any console. Having learned from their mistake from StarCraft 64. Pardo mention that the gameplay experience was different from PC to console and they do not want to take away from that experience http://pwned.com/shownews/1146/All-thing-Blizzard--No-support-for-LAN-/ http://pwned.com/shownews/1146/All-thing-Blizzard--No-support-for-LAN-/