DJ Hero 2 celebrity roster expands with RZA

September 2, 2010

Wu-Taaaang! Today the DJ Hero 2 team revealed that RZA — aka Bobby Digital, as you’ll learn in a moment — is a character in the game, which ships next month. Yeah, next month! “Life life and have fun, y’all.” Wisdom. Note to the hip-hop noobs: It’s pronounced “rizza,” not “ar-zee-ay.”

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Black Ops MP segment from Inside Xbox

September 2, 2010

Inside Xbox has posted a seven-minute look at the new multiplayer elements of Call of Duty: Black Ops. This is a good overview of what was revealed last night, including player customization, wager matches, theater mode, combat training, contracts and COD points as currency…this is really all you need to know in one very nice [...]

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Behind the scenes at the Black Ops MP event

September 2, 2010

The Black Ops multiplayer reveal event is in the books. I was there as promised and, despite some major technical issues, I liveblogged it, which you can still read if you like. It’s a miracle I was able to do it, actually — traffic from eager COD fans crashed my site four times before the [...]

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Black Ops – Wager Match

September 1, 2010

One of the things revealed tonight was the Wager Matches — four new gametypes where you bet in-game currency against other players as to who will finish in the top three. It’s your skills against theirs in four matches, which are explained in this video (which was also shown at the presentation): I know I’m [...]

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The COD: Black Ops MP event liveblog

September 1, 2010

Tonight at 6pm Pacific, there’s a big media event — the full reveal of multiplayer for COD: Black Ops, as promised by the trailer a few weeks ago. I will be there. Doors open at 6, theater opens at 6:30, presentation starts at 7. I am hoping — internet connections willing — to liveblog that [...]

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Going to PAX? Here’s where I’ll be

September 1, 2010

PAX — the Penny Arcade Expo — kicks off September 3, and I am happy to say I will be at this annual geek-gamer gathering. If you see me, say hi! If you see GoldenEye in the Nintendo area, walk up and play it! That’s why they’re bringing it to Seattle, so you can get [...]

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Shattered Dimensions launch trailer

September 1, 2010

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is less than a week away — it comes out Tuesday the 7th — so now’s a fine time for the official launch trailer to swing onto the web. See what I did there? Had a few questions about this, but to confirm — this is a single-player game. Not really sure [...]

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One of Swords Podcast 032: I Threw a Chair

September 1, 2010

I’m proud to welcome our friend Chris Baker from Marvel to talk about how he helps keep all the Marvel games (including next week’s Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions of course) to be worthy of the world’s greatest superheroes — but Hugh and I almost steal the show with a heated debate about the price and value [...]

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Dave Mustaine wants to kick your ass

August 31, 2010

That’s why he wrote “Sudden Death” for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock‘s epic final battle. I have had a chance to play it in a preview build of the game. My ass hurts.

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All 4 Shattered Dimensions Wizard covers

August 31, 2010

Look at what just arrived — Wizard #230, featuring four Spidey covers in honor of Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions! It’s more than just a pretty collection of faces; behind the cover you’ll find an eight-page feature by Casey Seijas, where he interviews Beenox’s Stephane Gravel about the comic-specific decisions that went into the game, as well [...]

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