“Well, you found me. Congratulations. Was it worth it? Because despite your violent behavior, the only thing you’ve managed to break so far … is my heart. Maybe you could settle for that and we’ll just call it a day? I guess we both know that isn’t going to happen.”

Continue reading These talking GlaDOS Curiosity Spheres probably want to kill you

These talking GlaDOS Curiosity Spheres probably want to kill you originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dire Wolf Digital and NetDevil have signed an agreement that will see the creation of a LEGO Universe trading-card game, due in 2011. (The Lego Universe MMO is set to launch on October 26.) What makes this deal interesting is the potential to create products outside of just the TCG.

The agreement gives Dire Wolf Digital “a license to produce physical TCG products as well as digital products for PC, Mac and mobile devices.” This could portend the TCG will come to digital spaces or it could simply refer to additional products outside of the card game — as soon as we know something, we’ll be sure to pass it along.

Head past the break for the full press release.

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Dire Wolf Digital is building a Lego Universe trading-card game originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Over on the official Aion message boards, NCsoft has announced a “Double Your Fun” weekend, during which all players will receive double experience points.. In addition, all inactive Aion accounts will be reactivated for the weekend in order to entice lapsed players. If you’ve had an inkling to revisit the world of Atreia, this looks like the weekend to do it. Find the double XP schedule for each server after the break.

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Syd Bolton, who runs the Personal Computer Museum in Brantford, Canada, really enjoys Dragon’s Lair in all its many, many incarnations. Bolton owns almost every version of Dragon’s Lair ever released, which is saying a lot considering that game has been ported more times over the last 30 years than a Carnival Cruise ship. However, he hasn’t got them all, telling Joystiq that he’s missing the mobile phone version from 2005 (because it wasn’t available in his area) and the Amstrad CPC versions from the mid-’80s.

The picture above contains 47 versions of the game and its sequels. Bolton mentions that the image doesn’t contain the whole collection, as a few copies are in storage. We’ve listed every copy of the game featured in the picture after the break.

Continue reading A daring Dragon’s Lair game collection

A daring Dragon’s Lair game collection originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Reporting its second quarter financials for 2010, the unassailable Gameloft appears to remain unassailed. The company reports sales of €33.6 million ($43.6 million) for the second quarter, a gain of nearly 15 percent over the same period last year, which saw sales of €29.3 million ($38 million). Taking the first half of 2010 as a whole, sales have reached the devilish amount of €6.66 million ($8.65 million), an 11 percent increase over the €60.1 million ($78.1 million) earned in the first half of 2009.

Gameloft pins the increase in sales on “increased market share in traditional Java and Brew phones as well as by the massive success enjoyed by Smartphones around the world.” More specifically, the company’s sales in the Apple App Store increased by a staggering 113 percent. With more smartphones (and devices like the iPad) on the way, and with digital distribution becoming more popular, Gameloft expects to sustain its growth through the end of 2010.

Gameloft Q2 sales up 15% (thanks, Apple!) originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rather than just copy SCEA’s smarmy spokesperson outright (like some companies have chosen to do), Sony Japan has settled upon a new mascot for its advertisements: a scallion. Or rather, several scallions, sharing a central … bulb thingy. Fine, you caught us. We just don’t know much about onions.

Continue reading Ads featuring new Japanese PS3 spokesperson leek onto internet

Ads featuring new Japanese PS3 spokesperson leek onto internet originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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*In this special comic drawn by Double Fine’s Scott Campbell in honor of the studio’s tenth anniversary. What did you think we meant?

… Oh, yeah, that would have been cool too. Anyway, the strip features not only existing Double Fine characters and mascots, but some that didn’t make the cut!

Double Fine: Ten years, two heads, one comic strip originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Felicia Day was one of the biggest gamer stars at this year’s Comic-Con — she premiered the trailer for her Syfy movie Red, sat on a panel about “Girls Gone Geek” and made two announcements to the packed room during The Guild panel on Saturday afternoon: First, the gang has put together its second music video, dubbed “Game On” (which you can watch online or on Xbox Live); and second, Microsoft (which posts The Guild videos in HD on Xbox Live every Tuesday) will be releasing Guild-related Avatar skins this fall, so you can dress up your Xbox Live Avatar as your favorite Guild member.

In between her busy schedule of panels and signings, I caught up with Day to chat about what she’s been playing, the new music video and about whether or not The Guild webseries, currently in its fourth season, has outgrown its gamer roots. Find our conversation posted after the break.

[Image credit: YGX]

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When Microsoft announced it was giving everyone present at its E3 press conference a gratis Xbox 360 Slim, we told you to expect to see our units up for grabs shortly thereafter. Sure, it’s been a little longer than we’d have liked, but we’re finally set to give these things away. We’re starting today with a simple, Twitter-flavored giveaway. It’s easy:

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Keep your eyes out for more chances to win of of our two remaining Slims in the coming weeks.

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Joyswag: Xbox 360 Slim, 250GB version originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sad news for fans of the animated series Metalocalypse, as Siliconera reports that Adult Swim “pulled the license” on Metalocalypse: Dethgame. Originally under development at Frozen Codebase, the beat-’em-up was set to appear on Xbox Live and PSN at the tail-end of 2009, courtesy of Konami. So much for that.

We’ve followed up with Konami to confirm, but it looks like Dethgame ain’t happening. Now, if you’ll excuse us, we have a Hatredcopter to board and a target to attack that has nothing to do with this news. Nope, nothing whatsoever.

Metalocalypse: Dethgame bangs its head no more originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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