Monthly Archives: October 2009

Halo Waypoint live with Dashboard preview program, includes Avatar Awards

It’s not quite Wonka’s chocolate factory, but the Xbox 360 Dashboard update preview participants are getting a taste of some delectable bonuses regardless. Earlier today, those lucky folks were granted their promised early access to the Halo Waypoint beta. Lo and behold, 11 Avatar Awards arrived alongside the addition (five for each gender’s Avatar, one read more »

Whipping out a new Lego Indiana Jones 2 trailer

LucasArts has released a new trailer for LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues. Fans of Raiders of the Lost Ark — everyone, basically — are in for a treat, as the trailer reenacts the film’s bar fight in Nepal, including some hot Nazi hand-burning action. Of course, as we’ve come to expect from the read more »

Joystiq is undecided about Wal-Mart’s Modern Warfare 2 ad

We just can’t quite figure out what to make of Wal-Mart’s new Modern Warfare 2 ad. Sure, it’s kind of funny, featuring two dudes ragging on one another. It gets across the idea that people can buy the game at Wal-Mart really fast, continuing the store’s “fastest way to play” campaign. It does not, however, read more »

Halo Waypoint live with Dashboard preview program, includes Avatar Awards

It’s not quite Wonka’s chocolate factory, but the Xbox 360 Dashboard update preview participants are getting a taste of some delectable bonuses regardless. Earlier today, those lucky folks were granted their promised early access to the Halo Waypoint beta. Lo and behold, 11 Avatar Awards arrived alongside the addition (five for each gender’s Avatar, one read more »

Joystiq is undecided about Wal-Mart’s Modern Warfare 2 ad

We just can’t quite figure out what to make of Wal-Mart’s new Modern Warfare 2 ad. Sure, it’s kind of funny, featuring two dudes ragging on one another. It gets across the idea that people can buy the game at Wal-Mart really fast, continuing the store’s “fastest way to play” campaign. It does not, however, read more »

The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom Artwork

Just in time for Halloween, we bring you some new images of this comical silent film world filled with mischief, time travel, and delicious pie.

Dog buys 5000 MS Points (no, really)

While most Xbox owners are patently aware of the dangers of late night, impulse Microsoft Point purchases, we imagine no one ever worried about their dog doing the same thing. And yet Greg Strope of Richmond, Virginia tells Fox News that his dog, Oscar, purchased 5000 Microsoft Points, adding up to a total of $62.50. read more »

Just Cause 2 trailer has fun with the grappling hook

In this new trailer for Just Cause 2, you can see a helicopter tow a speed boat into a factory. How badass is that? You can also see protagonist Rico Rodriguez attach an unsuspecting individual to an airbound plane as it’s taking off. It’s this kind of inventive grappling that really gives the game a read more »

Guitar Hero 5: November DLC

Sure, November may lack the phonetic building blocks which allow the word “Rock” to be tucked in there somehow, but that doesn’t mean it won’t bring any hard-rockin’ jams to Guitar Hero 5. We’ve got the full list of DLC that’s coming to the game next month posted after the jump, including selections from Lenny read more »

Reuters: RE5 sold 1.94M in US; Dead Space 2 in development for 2010

In a story about the scarier games (it’s almost Halloween, don’tchaknow?), Reuters mentioned two things we thought would be good for this website we got going here. First, there’s Capcom’s Resident Evil 5, which Reuters reports has managed to sell 1.94 million copies in the US, according to NPD Group figures. The second part of read more »