At the Game Developers Conference 2008 last week, Karl Magnus Troedsson, the senior producer on Battlefield: Bad Company was interviewed about the first-person shooter. The game’s due sometime in fiscal year 2009 on Xbox 360 and PS3.

Get the inside scoop on the differences between Battlefield: Bad Company’s and its Battlefield 2 predecessor! Amongst the differences are the complete destruction of the environments and there’s single player for the first time.

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Taking place June 19-22nd at the Grapevine Convention Center near Dallas, Texas, over $10,000 in cash and prizes will be up for grabs as gamers can compete on games from “All Consoles, All Genres, and All Eras”. That’s 5 classic games that will be unveiled every Wednesday, 4 current games you can vote on yourself by going to IronManofGaming.com, and 1 mystery game.

Watch the Iron-Man of Gaming 2008 announcement:

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Games publisher THQ is giving SpongeBob Squarepants the Drawn to Life engine that lets DS owners draw their own character to play with in the game’s story! The Nintendo DS game will be release in fall 2008.

Game description:
SpongeBob and Patrick stumble upon a magical pencil that brings whatever it draws to life. Unfortunately, the evil SpongeBob drawing ‘DoodleBob’ gets a magic pencil of his own which he uses to cause havoc all over Bikini Bottom. Players will draw their own unique hero that has the power to defeat DoodleBob’s rogue drawings and rescue SpongeBob and his friends.

Game features:
* Create your own character and populate the world with your creativity.
* Draw, customize and furnish your own Bikini Bottom home.
* Play against your friends in an exciting two-player VS. mode.
* Battle, erase and redraw enemies as you work your way through the game.
* Over 20 levels, each with their own specific objectives.

Via MTV

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Sony just announced that the European SingStore for SingStar PS3 will be updated on March 7th with 67 new tracks! A lot of the songs are from previous PS2 versions of SingStar. This after last month saw an update that added 18 tracks (also listed below). While SingStar PS3 was released in Europe and Australia last year December, Americans and Canadians are still waiting for the release in May 2008. There’s a lot to look forward to for karaoke fans as together these downloadable songs have doubled the SingStar Blu-ray disc’s songlist.

The full list of 67 new songs:
1. Aha: The Sun Always Shines On TV
2. Alice Cooper: Poison
3. Big Brovaz: Nu-Flow
4. Bill Joel: Uptown Girl
5. Blu Cantrell: Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!)
6. Blur: End of a Century
7. Britney Spears: Baby One More Time
8. Coldplay: Speed Of Sound
9. Crash Test Dummies: Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
10. David Bowie: Heroes Read more…

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Today Nintendo of Europe (and Australia) added new classic games to the popular Wii Shop Channel. The games went live at midnight CET. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at stores like Amazon UK (Card).

We’ve included videos of the games for nostalgia’s sake or so you can see if it’s for you.
This week’s new games are:

Factor 5’s SNES blaster Super Turrican (priced 800 Wii Points = €8 / £6 / AU$12): Super Turrican is the next generation installment of the famous Turrican Series. Once again it is up to the U.S.S. Freedom Forces to get into their Turrican Assault Suits and drive back the forces of “The Machine”. Similar to it’s predecessors, Super Turican features large levels that are crammed with secrets and can be explored freely and in any direction. To get rid of the numerous enemies, Turrican can use three upgradeable shots: A spreadshot, a powerful laser and a rebound that bounces off of walls.

Psychosis: (priced 600 Wii Points = €6 / £4.50 / AU$9): This is a side-scrolling shooter played in a world created from the mind of a twisted demon. Your soul has suddenly wandered into that evil world that exists in every person’s heart. The only way out is to blast your way past the grotesque creatures that block your path in five “causes” (stages). You must face the dangers of this psychedelic world by making full use of three shot types and the satellite option. With power-ups, you can change your shots to a wide-coverage beam, a satellite-generated laser and more. Each shot type can be powered up to three levels. You can also block enemy fire by rotating the satellites to a desired position. How you use these features will be the key to successfully escaping this strange and surreal world.

Via VCreviews

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Half life: Full Life Consequences 2 was released less than a day ago and is the animated sequel to Half-life: Full-Life Consequences, another fan fiction by squirrelking. The writings of this nine-year-old kid, who once played Half-Life, are narrated by Cannon590A and animated by Fark’s Djy1991 with Gary’s Mod to hilarious effect.

Please enjoy “Half-Life: Full-life Consequences 2: What Has Tobe Done”

Read squirrelking’s spelling nightmare fan fiction:
Read more…

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Mariah Carey’s latest music video titled Touch My Body (I’m not joking) features a guest appearance by Guitar Hero 3! It looks like her PC repairman is having a Beauty and the Geek moment.

Via Kotaku

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In One Piece: Unlimited Adventure, the motley Straw Hat Pirates find themselves stranded in a mysterious land after a massive island rises to the ocean surface from underneath their pirate ship. Players must assume the role of their favorite One Piece persona and explore this newly formed terrain to uncover the secrets and powers that lie within this isle. With the Wii remote and Nunchuck controller, players pull, turn and swing to battle nefarious villains using each character’s own unique set of moves including Luffy’s “Gum Gum Storm” and Nami’s “Cyclone Tempo”. Now with more One Piece playable characters than ever, gamers can journey through the exclusive new storyline in Adventure Mode using one of eight Straw Hat pirates or test their skills in Survival Mode and Vs. Mode to unlock more than 40 additional playable swashbucklers. Find a bountiful booty of items, unlock special moves and costumes all in the name of acquiring the ultimate treasure.

Join your favorite band of pirates in this exciting swashbuckling adventure for the Wii. Watch the One Piece: Unlimited Adventure video review:

To quote the video review: “The government says it’s bad to pirate and play games, but what about playing pirate games? In a bid to let players live out their inner buccaneer, Namco Bandai has teamed up with Shonen [show-nen] Jump for One Piece: Unlimited Adventure for the Wii. As the first full-fledged action/adventure based on the manga, does it make good on its promise of adventure on the high seas, or does it belong in Davy Jones’ locker?

Contrary to its namesake, One Piece: Unlimited Adventure is more of a spirited Easter egg hunt than anything else. If you can set your spyglass’ sights past the its simple, derivative nature, Unlimited Adventure isn’t such a bad game for fans. But if it’s a hearty adventure game worth the coin you’re after, you’d be best off saving your pieces of eight for bigger and brighter treasure.”

Story: 5.5
Design: 6.3
Gameplay: 7.5
Presentation: 6.1
Overall: 6.7

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Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced what new PlayStation Network downloadable games, expansions, demos and videos were released for PlayStation 3 today.

American Games (Content):
* Guitar Hero 3 - No Doubt track pack - $6.25
* PAIN - Add On Character - Scurv Dogg - $0.99
* Rock Band tracks - $1.99 each or $5.49 for all three:
-Nine Inch Nails – “March of the Pigs” (master)
-Nine Inch Nails – “The Collector” (master)
-Nine Inch Nails – “The Perfect Drug” (master)

American Trailers:
* MLB 08 The Show My MLB Music Video
* MLB 08 The Show Blog Video
* NBA 08 Amare Stoudemire Bio
* Condemned 2: Bloodshot Trailer 1
* Lost Planet Trailer 2

American Extras:
* PAIN: Scurv Dogg theme
* (4) Rocketmen: Axis of Evil wallpapers

European Trailers:
* Conflict: Denied Ops - Dev Diary #4
* Haze - Boss Speech

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Mario Kart Wii will allow the classic Battle Modes to be played online with up to 8 players! The above screenshot has revealed this. The online Race Modes allows for up to 12 players, but that would likely be a bit too hectic for the Battle Modes. Mario Kart Wii’s release date in Europe is April 11th and in America it’s April 15th, 2008.

While I’m already sold on the game (no doubt I’ll like one of the five Mario Kart Wii control methods), the only thing I need to know is if the online Battle Mode will include all old maps? Especially Block Fort is required.

In further news, Nintendo has revealed there will be no voice- or text chat during multiplayer. However, “you can create rooms for friends to join and even text chat while you’re waiting for other racers.” But even this before-and-after-playing communication seems limited to a selection of predetermined phrases.

Kind of silly they won’t allow a microphone peripheral on the Wii and support it, especially since they did add voice chat support to Pokemon Diamond and Pearl’s online battle mode. I’ll probably end up using Skype to “talk” to Astro while racing or battling him. — Via Wiifanboy

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