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STEAM ON MACS: The Internet Just Broke

Ultra secretive and super awesome gaming developer Valve just released a series of teaser images across the web to different gaming sites.

Let’s be honest, if these images don’t basically give away that the popular gaming platform Steam is coming to Apple computers, I’ll eat another McGangbang.

And as a proud Mac owner – HOLY SHIT I’M EXCITED.

Yes, I own Left 4 Dead, Portal, Team Fortress 2 and Half Life for my XBox…but I would SO QUICKLY repurchase them all for my MacBook, that people’s heads would spin.

Let the obvious answer be the true one, Valve -  you’ve got my money coming!

Source: Valve’s Mac Teasers Just Made Me Change My Pants – Steam – Gizmodo.

DEAD RISING 2 to Arrive In August!

Breaking news coming out of the X10 press event (a press event being held by Microsoft for forthcoming XBox 360 games) has given us the official release date for Dead Rising 2.

Dead Rising 2, the sequel to the massive zombie fighting game from Capcom which arguably sold some of the first XBox 360’s, will be hitting shelves on August 31st.

Get ready to wreck some zombies this fall!

X10: Dead Rising 2 in US Aug. 31; shambles to Japan and Europe later that week.

And Now The LEGO STAR WARS Trilogy Is Complete!

Ask anyone the 2 best things to come from the world of Star Wars over the past 10 years, and they’d probably answer the Lego Star Wars games and the Clone Wars television series. Both of them.

So it stands to reason that these two great tastes would taste great together.

Ergo, it isn’t a major surprise that Travelers Tale Games, who created all of the Lego games thus far, have announced a 3rd Lego Star Wars game for this Fall.

Titled Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, the game will take the super fun Lego Star Wars world and combine it with the beloved Cartoon Network CGI series.  Personally, I’ve loved all of the Lego Star Wars games thus far, along with Lego Batman, so I think this will be an absolute blast of a game.  Here’s hoping it isn’t just a rehash of the first two games in the series however – I mean, are there really any worlds/sequences that haven’t been covered?

We’ll find out when Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars hits the 360, Wii, PS3, DS and PSP this fall.

Source: Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars marching to multiple platforms this fall.

My Inner Child is BEAMING: SONIC 4 IS COMING!

After a decade of darkness, including a number of games that were hated by the gaming fanbase proper, it looks like it’s time to get excited for some proper Sonic the Hedgehog action.

Just announced for a Summer 2010 release from SEGA is Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1, the first in a series of downloadable 2d Sonic games, hearkening back to the original series (which explains why it continues the numbering standard from the Genesis days).

Set to be available for the PSN, XBox Live Arcade and WiiWare marketplaces, if you’re a gamer, you won’t have an excuse to not be excited.  Seriously, watch the teaser below and tell me you aren’t geeked.

I’m a 25 year old adult, and my inner 6 year old can’t wait to spin attack my way through this game. Make me proud, SEGA.

Source:  Project Needlemouse Is… Sonic 4, Episode I – Top – Kotaku.

Another Awesome Mashup: VINYL FANTASY 7!

I didn’t think that there would be a cross over between the hip hop heads and RPG nerds, but this amazing new mash up album has proved me very wrong.

Taking one part Final Fantasy VII soundtrack and another part of some of the greatest MCs going today, and you have this STUNNING mashup album – Vinyl Fantasy 7.

This album is using the Radiohead “Pay As You Like” format if you want a copy, and if you like the mix provided by the super talented Team Teamwork, give their Zelda meets hip hop album, the appropriately titled The Ocarina Of Rhyme a download as well.

Source: Vinyl Fantasy 7 is the freshest thing you’ll hear today.

God of War III Slurpees Deliver What Gamers Need More Of…Sugary Drinks!

Anyone who knows me personally knows that the cups in my house are, at least in majority, made up of the collectors style Slurpee cups.

What can I say, I love them.  Great designs, last long, and they add a touch of nerd to my decor.

So it’s with that said, that I admit that I watch for every series of Slurpee cups, to see what will be added to the mix.  I’m ashamed to say I was never able to find Domo cups, but this February, I’ll be damned if I won’t be adding these awesome God of War III Slurpee Cups to my collection!

Based on the amazing Playstation game series (and, more importantly, timed to the release of the Playstation 3 sequel), all 4 cups come with images of Kratos, as well as codes for downloadable in game content.

If that wasn’t enough, 7-Eleven has dug up a new flavor of slurpee, called “Kratos’ Fury”.  What does fury taste like? Blackberries and lime apparently.  Delicious, berry flavored fury. Can’t wait.

Source: God of War III Slurpee tastes like Kratos’ fury; it’s delicious.

What the Hellboy? A Slots Game?

This is the weirdest licensed thing I’ve ever seen: it’s Hellboy Slots!

A game with 5 reels and 20 lines, gambling acts nationwide will be assaulting the lever with their right hand of doom later this year.

But honestly – what’s next: Usagi Yojimbo Video Poker?

Source: YouTube – Hellboy Slots from Microgaming – Game Preview.

So, the Unreal Engine Can Run on iPhones Now.

If you’re not a hardcore geek, the above video and headline is really meaningless to you.  If you are, your head just exploded.  Same if you’re Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo.

Let me break it down to you…

Gears of War? BioShock? Batman: Arkham Asylum?

What do they have in common?  If you said “they’re all amazing games”, you’re half right.

They all run on an engine called “Unreal Engine 3″, a graphical engine made to make programming easier for developers, while at the same time, producing graphically stunning games.

And it can run on the most popular smartphone currently available.

Now, this doesn’t mean you’ll be seeing ports of all of these games to the iPhone, the available memory doesn’t allow it (yet). What it does mean, though, is games of a similar quality will soon be available for your freaking telephone.

Modern technology folks, it blows my mind.

Apparently we’ll be seeing the first instances of this tech on the iPhone in early 2010.  Sure, the gameplay will have to match the graphics…but it’s freaking on.

Original Post:  Behold, the End of the DS and PSP: Unreal Engine 3 Running on the iPhone 3GS – Unreal – Gizmodo.

A DUKE NUKEM Post Mortem

Spoken of in hushed tones and eventually loud gags, Duke Nukem Forever is possibly the most well known video game to never officially exist.

Since the announcement of it’s arrival in the mid 90s, to the final killing of the project by 3D Realms last year, Duke Nukem Forever is a shining example of what not to do while building a video game, and now, the beloved tech mag Wired has written the definitive piece on where and how everything went wrong.

It’s a tale of never accepting anything less than perfection…and how chasing that goal never leads to completing anything at all.  A very interesting read, I highly recommend you check it out.

Original Post:  Learn to Let Go: How Success Killed Duke Nukem | Magazine.

What Secrets Do The BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM 2 Trailer Hold?

Last weekend, the teaser trailer to the sequel for Batman: Arkham Asylum made it’s worldwide debut at Spike TV’s Video Game Awards.

It seemed a simple teaser, but as the above video from GameTrailers.com shows, there may be some very interesting hints toward what the Dark Knight’s next adventure will hold.

Can you say…Penguin?

Original Post:  Batman: Arkham Asylum Sequel Video Game, GT Pop-Block: Spike VGA Debut Trailer | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com.

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