Late-breaking news in the Activision/Infinity Ward saga threw off our usual Friday tempo, but other than that, it was your average news Friday. News Editor Dave Rudden went above and beyond the call of substitution this week by both hosting the podcast and covering the Friday editorial. Now here’s the other stuff:
07-09 — Wait, they [...]
The Xbox Live Marketplace, PlayStation Network, and Wii Shop Channel may all be doing big business, but they have much to learn about selling their wares digitally. Dave Rudden details a few ground rules that all online distribution services would be wise to follow.
EDITOR’S NOTE: GamePro EVP of Content and Friday editorial-creator John Davison [...]
Lawyers for dozens of Infinity Ward employees (past and present) seeking millions in damages and unpaid royalties from Activision filed an addendum to their complaint today, knocking down their original demand from $500 million to $216 million.
Kotaku reports that the addendum was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court today as a trail date of May [...]
Whoever first committed Mario to frosting may as well be sainted now that we’re all obsessed with video game-themed cakes. Join cake enthusiasts here at GamePro as we listen to former Kotaku Weekend Editor Flynn DeMarco tells us how the great video game cake craze first began and maybe tells us where it’s going.
Host: Dave [...]
Capcom has launched a viral site for Dead Rising 2 called TapeItOrDie.com, which has already revaled two meaty chunks of zombie information in two days. Read on to learn more about the game’s next combination weapon and Terror is Reality multiplayer mini game.
While the original Dead Rising wasn’t short on madcap weaponry and action (the [...]
Sometimes gossip is news and other times it’s just gossip. Rather than let some of this sit for today’s daily stale bread, we’ll bring you three fresh pieces for your consideration.
Pac-Man 3D Cartoon coming in 2012
Word comes by way of Namco Bandai’s Japanese website that a 26-episode 3D Pac-Man series kicks off sometime in [...]
Macy’s jumped on the Kinect bandwagon today, announcing in-store Kinect demo stations at 13 of their stores across the country. Macy’s shoppers can also register to win a Kinect unit between August 12 and September 10.
The Kinect demo stations open July 15, right around when Macy’s debuts their new fashion lines for the fall season. [...]
It’s the end of the week, which means we’re going to reward our readers with plenty of great gaming-related goodies. This week, we’re expanding the branches of our giving tree so that our Twitter, Facebook, and website-based fans will all get a chance to win age-appropriate prizes.
With every social group that matters getting showered with [...]
The morning was filled with a bevy of new game announcements, leaving us the rest of the day to ponder Back to the Future surveys and worry about jersey Lebron James will be donning next. A few other announcements poked through today, and they’ve been captured in the daily stale bread.
7/8–It’s a double rainbow day…
Deep [...]
Today is tense for many people between a controversial verdict in the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer and basketball player LeBron James planning a controversial move to Miami. Here’s a funny video to distract you.
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
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Officer convicted in Calif. train station [...]
