http://www.gamestooge.com GameStooge: Videogaming Newsblog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:51:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For the first time, I really feel embarrassed for this actor. Really embarrassed. I know it's supposed to be 30 Rock-style self-conscious ad, but even the actor is thinking, "This is a ripoff." Let us know what you think. http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/03/18/playstation-3-move-90-second-tv-spot-airs/ This week, Videogame Roundtable goes with a two man team of Jonah Falcon and Filippo Paris, as they challenge gamers to decide which game is better: Heavy Rain or God of War III. They also discuss: Press X to Jason, the spoof that Filippo prefers to Heavy Rain Mass firings at IGN imminent Sony ... http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/03/18/vgrt-episode-4-heavy-rain-vs-god-of-war-iii/ Those of you suffering heavy glitching and freezing in Heavy Rain, a cure may be coming soon in the form of a patch. According to a post in the US forum: “The latest news is that the game patch has now completed development and is currently in the final stages of testing. While ... http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/03/18/heavy-rain-patch-incoming/ Ben reviews Heavy Rain, and he liked it a little better than Videogame Roundtable podcaster Filippo Paris did. Well, not much better. Actually, he thought it was mostly poo. Check it out. http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/03/18/zero-punctuation-reviews-heavy-rain/ Obsidian has posted a new developer ViDoc about Alpha Protocol, which can best be described as James Bond meets Mass Effect with a touch of Jason Bourne tossed in. You have a ton of story choices, weapon and skill customization, and an exciting shifting tale. Check ... http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/03/18/gdc-10-alpha-protocol-multitude-of-choices-video/ Electronic Arts has posted the first gameplay trailer of the reboot of Medal of Honor, and it'll be taking place in the real-world country of Afghanistan, and you will be playing a "Tier One operator". According to the official site: The Tier 1 Operator functions on a plane of existence above and ... http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/03/17/medal-of-honor-reboot-in-afghanistan/ Move over, original Xbox. The launch PlayStation 3 has surpassed you by a wide (heavy?) margin as the heaviest console ever, reports Escapist Magazine. Famitsu Weekly has officially named the PS3 - that is, the original PS3 that launched in 2006 - as the heaviest videogame console ever released, clocking in ... http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/03/17/playstation-3-heaviest-console-ever/ Check out the trailer released by Bethesda for Brink. The scary part is that the trailer isn't far off from the actual graphics and gameplay. Let us know what you think of the game by Splash Damage. Related articles: E3 '09 Best Game of Show: Brink PAX '09: Brink http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/03/17/gdc-10-brink-cinematic-trailer/ Electronic Arts has announced that Skate 3 will be hitting stores on May 11. According to the presser: In the all-new Skate.School, Coach Frank acts as a mentor and teaches newcomers the ropes by showing them all the ins-and-outs of skateboarding as they hone their skills on the sticks before hitting the ... http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/03/17/skate-3-lands-may-11/ Gamers who bought the Steam version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be delighted to learn that the next update will remove SecuROM from their version. After all, Steam is a DRM unto itself anyway. That update is in addition to a number of other fixes and changes included in the patch, ... http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/03/17/securom-removal-from-steam-version-of-battlefield-bad-company-2/ Joystiq is reporting that IGN is firing employees from every division of the media corporation. Joystiq managed to get a hold of an internal memo issued by company president Roy Bahat warning of layoffs to combat costs. An excerpt from the memo reads: "We're doing this to reduce costs. While we've been ... http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/03/17/ign-hit-with-massive-layoffs/ The official M.A.G. blog has announced that a new patch, version 1.04a, will be released today to tweak some of the issues, mostly involved with the Syr Daria Uplink map. The patch will do the following fixes: Gameplay Adjusted player boundaries to limit “spawn camping” exploits in Darien Network, Copper Hills Relay and ... http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/03/17/m-a-g-1-04a-patch-today/ You have to love the gamesmanship that goes on in the corporate world. A leak that reveals the release date of Gears of War 3 is announced on the day God of War III comes out. A more cynical person would think Microsoft made the leak to have the Xbox ... http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/03/17/killzone-3-releases-april-2011-too/ Those of you who haven't tried the free-to-play MMO Fallen Earth can now sample a stripped down PvP version of it on Facebook. In a press release, developer Icarus Studios states that Fallen Earth: Faction Wars allows players to choose a character based on one of the six vying factions and ... http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/03/17/fallen-earth-goes-facebook/ Paradox Interactive has announced in a press release that the 1.3 patch for Majesty 2, the roleplaying real-time-strategy game, has been issued. The fixes include: An added ‘randomize’ feature in all single and multiplayer missions which shuffles the locations of non-quest monster dens along with sites for the construction of temples and ... http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/03/17/majesty-2-patch-released/