Weta Workship constructed a drivable Warthog from the Halo series, and now they are embarking on making more Halo vehicles. Microsoft has asked the New Zealand design studio to make Mongoose ATVs based upon their design in Halo: Reach.
Like this, except real.
These customized 420cc ATVs are available on a sweepstakes involving Mountain Dew and Doritos. To find out more about the Mongoose ATVs, visit the the Honor The Code web site.
Pink is a color with a lot of external expectations to it, especially for gender. The good folks at SCEA, however, have made perfectly clear who they are targeting with their new Candy Pink DualShock 3.
Clearly, girls are supposed to love it.
Source: Kotaku
While the cel-shading graphical technique can make games look more cartoonish, few have managed to look like a 2D animated feature brought into the 3D realm. Level 5 has worked with Studio Ghibli to accomplish this with Ni no Kuni, with breathtaking results.
There’s been a lot of action shown off in the various trailers for Vanquish, but only the basic framework of the story. With this new trailer, Sega cranks it up to 11 by giving the best sample of gameplay and narrative yet.
Inception has taken in $753 million, the latest feather in director Christopher Nolan’s cap. Some have said that the movie has video game like elements, and in fact Nolan says plans are being made to do a video game version.
“[What] we are looking at doing is developing a videogame based on the world of the film, which has all kinds of ideas that you can’t fit into a feature film,” said Nolan. “That’s something we’ve been talking about and are looking at doing long term, in a couple of years.”
Source: Variety
There’s been a war of words between the makers of UFC Undisputed and EA Sports MMA, with THQ executive VP Don Gold saying, “there is nothing in that game [EA Sports MMA] that would entice me or anyone I know that’s an MMA fan to buy it. EA took that as a challenge and compiled this trailer.
IMVU announced that it is moving away from virtual worlds to focus on social gaming. Hoping to tap into trends in social networking, they will offer 75 games to their community of more than 50 million registered users.
Viximo, Heyzap and OMGPOP have all partnered with IMVU to offer some of their games. IMVU has traditionally allowed users to create their own customizable virtual places and avatars and will now allow users to integrate those popular elements into various games.
It’s a broader pivot for us into social entertainment, said Cary Rosenzweig, CEO of IMVU. Online entertainment, especially gaming, has grown up.
Right now, the company is faring well with its virtual goods that it sells for customization, so they see this change as a logical next step. We look forward to the integration of our enormous catalog of virtual items into our games, Rosenzweig said.
Source: VentureBeat
Gameloft announced recently that it has sold 20 million paid games since the App Store opened in July 2008. This year alone, they have launched 42 titles that have reached the top five best selling games list on the App Store.
“The first half of 2010 marks a new step for us on the App Store,” declared Michel Guillemot, President of Gameloft. “The launch of the iPad and iPhone 4 has opened new horizons for developers and allowed us once again to transform our consumers gaming experience. 20 million paid downloads is proof that our games meet the expectations of our players and we will continue to satisfy them.”
Twitter announced that it has corrected a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw. This vulnerability allowed several XSS worms to spread around to users on Tuesday.
We ve identified and are patching a XSS attack; as always, please message @safety if you have info regarding such an exploit, read an update by Twitter, shortly before the situation was corrected.
The exploit stemmed from Twitter failing to deactivate JavaScript code elements in user input. This allowed for malicious tweets to be created that were activated when a user’s mouse hovered over it, sending the tweets to more users and in many cases linking to porn sites.
Source: Information Week
While the PS3 system software update v3.50 will have Blu-ray 3D Disc Playback, that’s not all it will have. New features will also include Facebook integration and a grief reporting function.
The Facebook integration will allow users to access Facebook and allow developers to make games that have more interaction with the social network. There will also be a grief reporting function where users can report any inappropriate messages from PSN users directly from the XMB.
Source: PlayStation.Blog
