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Intellisponse Survey Rumor Roundup

Posted Jun 16th 2008 10:00AM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Rumors

'OMG Megaton' is a phrase often uttered by fanboys everywhere. Rarely, however, is it done with any sort of sincerity. After yesterday's massive leak of Intellisponse Survey info, we think it's safe to use the phrase with complete and utter confidence: OMG MEGATON!!!!111LOLZ1! Seriously, there is so much information being disseminated that people are actually starting to mock up fake survey pages in an attempt to grab the spotlight. Here we have gathered up all the rumors -- they are just that, by the way: rumors -- that we've posted so far as well as some that Joystiq posted while we foolishly slept.

Of particular interest, note the video above, which reportedly comes from an as yet unreleased Silicon Knights game entitled Crucible: The Evil Within. Looks like Too Human set in a more traditional fantasy realm, which is an idea we fully support.

Guitar Hero: World Tour on stage debut

Posted May 29th 2008 11:00AM by Xav de Matos
Filed under: News, Videos

At Wall Street Journal's D6 All Things Digital event yesterday, Activision CEO Robert Kotick took the opprotunity to showoff Guitar Hero: World Tour. In the midst of introducing the upcoming game Kotick started to describe World Tour as, "the first time you'll have multiple instruments," before D6 co-host Kara Swisher quickly shot back "it's called Rock Band I think," which sent the crowd into a frenzy of laughter.

Whether Kotick meant it was the first time Guitar Hero would have the peripherals or if he was trying to pull a fast one on an audience he expected to have limited gaming knowledge is unknown. What we do know is the people playing the game for the demo, including skateboarder Tony Hawk, could not look more bored.

Come on people. You're rocking out! A little passion please.

No console Tony Hawk in '08. Alas, poor Tony!

Posted May 9th 2008 6:15AM by Terrence Stasse
Filed under: News

Oh Acti-Blizi-Viveni-vision, oh how you have changed. In your lean years you proudly rode your Tony Hawk cash cow. Then came franchise fatigue, skate, and your dark times. Abandoned you have, the money-maker of yesteryear. You have cast him now into the pit of portable gaming, possibly never to return. Cursed he now is, with a two year dev cycle and raised money-making expectations. Upon his return from exile in fiscal year 2010, how will his rivals have taken advantage of his absence? Will the evil kingdom of EA own the extreme sports mindshare by that time? The rest readers, is silence.

Activision: 08 brings Bond, Guitar Hero, Spider-Man

Posted Feb 8th 2008 6:00PM by Xav de Matos
Filed under: News

Activision's recent conference call had about as many surprises in it as a holiday gift from Grandma. After setting record sales in 2007, both confusing and otherwise, Activision revealed plans for new entries into the Guitar Hero, Spider-Man and Tony Hawk franchises in 2008 as well as their first attempt at the James Bond license, with an adaptation of the latest Bond film, Quantum of Solace, in the pipeline.

According to a report in Variety, gamers should mark their calendars for up to three Guitar Hero releases, two add-ons and Guitar Hero IV in the fall, two game adaptations of the Dreamworks film Kung Fu Panda and one for the upcoming Madagascar 2, and new sequels to Tony Hawk, Call of Duty, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Spider-Man and the aforementioned Bond game. In fact, we recommend you keep your 2007 calendars and simply change the 7's to 8's. It would just be easier.

[via Joystiq]

Skate vs. Tony Hawk: skate wins

Posted Feb 1st 2008 2:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News

In a recent earnings conference call, Electronic Arts revealed that the first entry in its new skate franchise successfully managed to topple Tony Hawk, which has essentially been the only name in skating games for several years now. According to EA, skate managed to outsell Tony Hawk almost two to one (we're assuming the call is referring to Proving Ground, the most recent Tony Hawk title). This figure doesn't take the Playstation 2 version of Proving Ground into account, which seems fair considering skate was only available on current generation consoles. Honestly, the fact that the first iteration of a brand new franchise could outsell Tony Hawk speaks volumes. Looks like it's time for an overhaul if Tony wants to get back on top.

Fanpoll: skate vs. Proving Ground

Posted Oct 16th 2007 6:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Fan stuff

It's been a long time since we took a Fanpoll around here, and it's high time we start doing it again. What better way to start than to pit the video game skateboarding champ versus its newest rival? With the release of skate, many skateboarding fans have found themselves grinding right past Tony Hawk's Project 8. Well, Tony's back with Proving Ground, which just released today. So, here's our question to you, which game is better, Proving Ground or skate? Give us your feedback in the poll after the break. We'd prefer if you only answer once you've actually tried both games, but there's not exactly much we can do to stop you.

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Shipping this week: big ball o' stuff edition

Posted Oct 15th 2007 2:00PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Shipping this week

We're not sure how the hell it happened, but it seems like nary a week has gone by lately without at least one game that we have to buy. This week is no exception, as we finally get to sink our teeth (thumbs?) into Beautiful Katamari. Through some bizarre rending of the spacetime continuum -- portals may have been involved -- we have avoided every previous entry in the series (all 48 of them), so we're looking forward to rolling things up in our giant ball of stuff. Fear not if you're sick of Katamari though, because there are other games available too. Behold "The List."

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Beautiful Katamari
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Shivering Isles Expansion
Avatar: The Burning Earth

See? Look at all them games! Anyone plan on picking one of these up? (Come on. We know you're all about some Avatar.)

WRUP: getting board edition

Posted Sep 14th 2007 9:30AM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: What are you playing?

And so it begins, the epic battle for video game skateboarding dominance. For the last several years, if you wanted to play a skateboarding title, you had but one choice: Tony Hawk. Now, EA enters the ring with its take on realistic skateboarding, aptly titled skate -- the game should finally be hitting shelves today. It just so happens that there is a demo out for Tony Hawk's Proving Ground as well. Now that you've got a chance, we suggest you give them both a go (you can always try out the skate demo if you're skittish about purchasing). The skateboard war has begun, and round one needs a winner.

Still, skateboarding isn't for everyone (we can barely even stand up on one of the things), so we have to ask, as usual, what will you be playing this weekend?

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Proving Ground demo makes it onto XBLM

Posted Sep 12th 2007 8:45AM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Xbox Live Marketplace

Available this morning on the Xbox Live Marketplace is a newly new Tony Hawk's Proving Ground demo. And yes, you're correct, this is the same demo that we were promised on Monday. But it's better getting it later than never and to be honest we're just push overs. Next time Activision we won't be so understanding.

The THPG demo is a hefty 1.04GB download and features skating fun in Philadelphia where you can try out the new video editor, customize your environment or just Nail a Grab. This is your first shot at comparing the reigning champion Tony Hawk with newcomer skate, so do yourself a service and crown your personal skating game victor. We'll be by your side with water bottle and bandages in hand.

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