Topic: Gaming
Megan Fox red hot at Spike TV video games awards
December 16, 2008 by Daizy
I know the title really corny but I just couldn't resist. Last year she had this canary yellow dress on that looked hot because Megan is hot but this dress is much better :)
GTA IV wins game of the year at VGAs
December 15, 2008 by evl
I just got the game on friday but I see they have won the 2008 at this year's video game awards.
Check out the winners:
Best Shooter: Gears of War 2 (Epic Games)
Best Xbox 360 Game: Gears of War 2 (Epic Games)
Best Indie Game (voted by fans): World of Goo (2D Boy)
Big Name in a Game: Kiefer Sutherland (Call of Duty: World at War)
Gamer God Inductee: Will Wright
Best RPG: Fallout 3 (Bethesda)
Best Music Game: Rock Band 2 (Harmonix)
Best Soundtrack in a Game: Rock Band 2 (Harmonix)
Studio of the Year: Media Molecule (LittleBigPlanet)
Best PS3 Game: LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule)
Best Driving Game: Burnout Paradise (Criterion)
Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show: Lego Indiana Jones (Traveller's Tales)
Best Fighting Game: Soul Calibur 4 (Project Soul)
Best Multiplayer Game: Left 4 Dead (Valve)
Best PC Game: Left 4 Dead (Valve)
Best Portable Game: Professor Layton (Level 5)
Best Wii Game: Boom Blox (EA Casual)
Best Individual Sports Game: Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubi Montreal)
Best Female in a Game: Jenny McCarthy as Tanya in Red Alert 3 (EA Westwood)
Best Performance by a Human Male: Michael Hollick as Niko Bellic (Grand Theft Auto IV)
Best Performance by a Human Female: Debbie Mae West as Meryl Silverburgh (Metal Gear Solid 4)
Best Graphics: Metal Gear Solid 4 (Kojima Productions)
Best Original Score: Metal Gear Solid 4 (Kojima Productions)
Best Action Adventure Game: Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
Game of the Year: Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
GTA IV (4) will use DRM
December 2, 2008 by evl
Here is part of the FAQ on the installation process and it says
- Activation via Internet (1x per system, no limits, Fallback for systems without web access)
- Copy protection Securom: The original disc is required for playing (Execpt: Download version of GTA 4, for example from Direct 2 Drive)
- Requirements for playing (singleplayer): Games for Windows Live account for saving/achievements (1x free creation), original disc, Securom runs in the background
- Requirements for playing (multiplayer): Active internet connection, Games for Windows Live account, For uploading videos: Rockstar Social Club Account.
- If you don't have web access or don't want to connect your gaming PC to the Internet, Rockstar wants to offer a not yet specified system to activate GTA 4 via another PC with web access. Details are supposed to be available on launch.
- For the normal GTA 4 (PC) version with disc installation, activations are unlimited. But the original disc is required for playing.
- This does not apply for legally downloaded versions of GTA 4: Depending on the vendor the following is possible: Five parallel installations with the possibility to revive a "free
Youtube starts selling music and games
October 9, 2008 by evl
Today Youtube started selling Games and Music also reported on ReutersVisitors to YouTube.com can buy songs from music videos they watch on the site by clicking on buttons that take them either to Amazon.com Inc's (AMZN.O: Quote, Profile, Research) MP3 store or Apple Inc's (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) iTunes store.I think this might solve their long standing issue of not being able to profit from Youtube in a way. I think Google has been struggling to monetize Youtube correctly. Until now its probably been a bandwidth dinosaur with not much income. Not that they could complain though.