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A chance to meet Uwe Boll
Uwe Boll, the infamous German filmmaker with smash hits, sorry, flops such as Alone in The Dark and Bloodrayne, will be available for photographs and signing in Van Nuys, California for two hours on Nov. 7, at the Spudic Movie Empire, where his film “Postal” will have a few screenings.
Swine flu spotted at PAX
Think the swine flu is all done with? Check this out — According to Joystiq, it seems that a number of PAX 2009 attendees have confirmed cases of the swine flu.
So folks, if you were in attendance and have flu like symptoms, you may want to head to your doctor. However, the CDC has said you only need to worry if you’re in a high risk group (sickly, elderly or very young) or if your symptoms get severe.
PAX 2009 officially sold out
Still looking to get secure a ticket to this year’s Penny Arcade Expo? Well, it looks like you’re out of luck as it was recently announced they tickets have officially sold out.
News comes to us from the official PAX twitter:
It’s official! PAX 2009 is completely sold out!
So there you have it, if you have a ticket to PAX, you’re good to go, if you don’t, you’re screwed. Have a nice day.
Modern Warfare 2 to feature duel wielding
It wasn’t until Halo 2 that the franchise saw the ability to duel wield appear so it would only make sense that Infinity Ward would do the same with Modern Warfare 2. That’s right, you will now be able to duel wield weapons in the highly anticipated title using the Akimbo perk.
The above screen shot was taken at the Games Crazy Con that recently went on in Las Vegas where Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling took the main stage to give us a live demo of the game. Sure, the screen shot is blurry but you can definitely make out duel wielded Desert Eagles if you look close enough.
Not to mention the below Tweet from Bowling’s Twitter:
Just walked off stage. Crowd was amazing, went insane chanting “pick it up!” when I stumbled over Dual-wield Deagles. lol – Akimbo confirmed
Modern Warfare 2 will hit store shelve for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on November 10th of this year.
via modernwarfare247
Halo Legend anime to debut early 2010
Comic-Con is in full swing and Microsoft is in attendance. The company recently took center stage to let everyone know that there will be a Halo themed anime minseries entitled Halo Legends.
Halo Legends will apparantly make its way onto DVD and digital platforms (Xbox Live?) in early 2010 courtesy of Warner Bros. The show will be produced by 5 Japanese anime studios which include Bones, Casio Entertainment, Studio4 C, Toei Animation and Production I.G.
Frank O’Conner, creative director of 343 Industries, let us know that Halo Legends will exist to give viewers a further insight into the Halo universe and along with giving it a new direction. A new direction? You mean to set us up for the impending release of Halo: Reach.
via Joystiq
Exclusive SF4 controllers coming to Comic-Con ‘09
MadCatz and Capcom have recently detailed their intentions to bring a limited number of exclusive Street Fight IV controller to this year’s Comic-Con.
Mad Catz Art Director, Roentgen D. Reyes, commented on the hardware’s artwork:
“When we set out creating the Limited Edition artwork we knew that we had to create an impactful design that was radically different from the previous imagery and color schemes. With that in mind we chose not to concentrate on a group of characters but instead produce something targeted to the fan community. After working through a number of designs, we focused on one of the strongest ‘fan-favorite’ characters in the game, Sagat. The character is renowned for his large scar which game legend tells us was caused by archrival Ryu. In my mind, playing Street Fighter® IV evokes the player’s competitive nature, with rivalry a key element of the experience.”
The exclusive Tournament Edition arcade sticks will go on sale for Comic-Con attendees for $179.99 while the exclusive SF4 controller, pictured after the break, will go on sale at the convention along with on the Mad Catz website for $49.99.
via Kotaku
LittleBigPlanet PSP playable at Comic-Con
Sony will be at Comic-Con showing off their new portable version of LittleBigPlanet for the PlayStation Portable. In addition to the game being fully playable, Sony has lined up two LBP Super Creators at their booth
As a special treat, LBP Super Creators gevurah22 (Azure Palace) and Darknessbear (LittleDeadSpace) will be at the PlayStation booth to chat with any aspiring LBP creators to give creator tips or just to walk folks through some of their favorite User Generated Levels.
Along with some fun with these famous creators, prizes will also be offered. The PSP version of LBP will be released this fall and will feature new levels and content. This year’s Comic-Con will be held at the San Diego Convention Center during July 23rd through 26th. But if you’re so fortunate enough to be there, I’m sure you already know that.
Read (PlayStation.Blog)
Gamers band together to protest German ban on videogames
It’s no surprise that Germany’s recent banning of games such as World of Warcraft and Counterstrike would cause an uproar in the gaming community — It seems that a group of German gamers have banded together to form a formal protest against the government’s recent decision.
Said group formed a march 400 strong who paraded through Karlsurhe to show their hatred towards the government’s “war on videogames”. But that’s not all, Destructoid reports that 3 more protests are planned to happen simultaneously on July 25th.
Furthermore, there is an online petition that has formed that hopes to reach 5,000 signatures because if it does, officials are required by law to rethink their banning of such games. Will this be enough? Let’s hope so because I mean honestly, how can you ban Counterstrike?
Want to help out? The online petition is located here.
BlizzCon 2009 Live Stream available for pre-order
Didn’t get a ticket to BlizzCon? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Luckily, Blizzard, RayV and DirecTV are offering over 16 hours of the event live for $39.95.
Below is what will be included during the live stream:
Exclusive interviews and commentary Main stage presentations including opening ceremony Tournament coverage and team highlights
Additionally, you will be given the exclusive BlizzCon 2009 WoW in-game pet; Grunty the Murloc Marine.
Read (RayV)
Germany bans public play of Counter-Strike
It seems Germany is at it again, this time setting their eyes upon Valve’s extremely popular Counter-Strike series. Legislation was recently passed that now makes it illegal to play Counter-Strike in public.
This has led to the cancelation of Germany’s Convention-X-Treme LAN event which is sure to discourage the mass of German gamers. Furthermore, Destructoid is reporting that World of Warcraft has also been banned from public play.
What’s next, Germany, Halo?
Halo 3 gets Double XP weekend for July 4th
It seems that Bungie has followed Treyarch and Epic’s examples with Double XP weekends for Gears of War 2 and CoD: WaW, respectively, and announced the same for Halo 3.
This event begins today and runs until 2AM Monday and will require the Heroic, Legendary and Mythic map packs to participate.
Common developers, now’s your chance, anymore Double XP weekends we need to hear about?
Read (Bungie)
Call of Duty: World at War getting Double XP weekend, too
Just like Epic, Treyarch has decided that they will hold a Double XP weekend for Call of Duty: World at War to celebrate the 4th of July. Just like Gears of War 2, this event will take place on July 3rd and run until July 6th.
Additionally, on July 3rd, Treyarch is gearing to launch a playlist update that will incoporate the recently released Map Pack 2 into the Core and Hardcore playlists.
For those of you who are waiting for a Double XP weekend to go prestige, now’s your chance.
Gears of War 2 Double XP weekend for July 4th
Epic has recently announced that they will be holding a Gears of War 2 Double XP weekend to celebrate July 4th. The actual event will take place on July 3rd and run through July 6th.
Not only will players recieve double XP for any ranked game they play this weekend but the winning team will be giving an extra 500 XP.
This is sure to appeal to some but I’m not too sure if it’s how I would like to spend my July 4th. I mean common, fireworks, beer, barbeque, what more could you ask for?
Blizzard giving away Blizzcon tickets through fansites
Now don’t get your hopes up too high because unfortunately we weren’t able to secure any Blizzcon tickets to give away to you guys, the readers. Fortunately, there is a slew of websites that were more fortunate than us and were able to get their hands on some Bilzzcon tickets to give away.
Below is a compiled list of all known fan sites holding Blizzcon ticket giveways, courtesy of Starcraft Wire:
StarcraftWire.net – Giveaway 1 – Giveaway 2 BlizzPlanet Diii.net – (coming soon) Diablo-Source StarCraft-Source inStarCraft StarCraft II Australia StarCraft 2 Source TankSpot World of Raids WoW Interface
So, you won’t be getting a Blizzcon ticket from us but at least you still have the opportunity to get your hands on one while Blizzard prepares to put some more up for sale.
You can read more about Blizzard’s annual convention, Blizzcon, here.
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Stride offers Steve Wiebe 10 grand in quarters to beat Donkey Kong record
It seems that Steve Wiebe and current Donkey Kong champ, Billy Mitchell, have been duking it out in an ongoing battle to claim the game’s world record.
Wiebe, being the underdog, has gained the support of Stride Gum who even went as far as saying that they will give the man $10,001 dollars in quarters if they beat Mitchell’s high score of 1,049,100. Gary Osifchin, marketing director over at Stride, was quoted to say:
“Steve Wiebe is an inspiration to gamers everywhere, and we believe he truly deserves the title of Donkey Kong world champion. This is exactly the kind of long lasting endeavor that we here at Stride appreciate, and we have full confidence that Wiebe will once again surpass the million points mark and avoid the kill screen for long enough in the process.”
Tune into G4 on June 2nd when Mr. Weibe will go for the gold live at this year’s E3.
Read (UGO)