CES is packed with a lot of things. Things like technology, porn stars, video games, celebrities and live shows, shot on sets I can accidentally walk through. More »
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That up there is what Angry Birds looks like on the iPhone and iPad and on Android devices (and Playstation 3 and PSP, too). Disembodied bird heads are flung via slingshot at structures of differing construction, which generally house pigs, which must be destroyed by crushing, falling, or direct bird impalement. It’s a puzzle game for kids.
Angry Birds is also the top-grossing iPhone app ever. I’m not sure why that is — I mean, it’s fun, but it’s not really…that fun….
Anyway, a Reddit user created an image showing what a BlackBerry version of Angry Birds might be like. I think it’s fair to say that that version wouldn’t sell quite so well. Although, it does capture the exact feel of the game quite well.
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A Pennsylvania man is charged with all kinds of gross crimes — like abuse of a corpse, intentional desecration of a venerated object and theft — after police say he swiped a Gameboy from the open casket of a friend’s son at a funeral.
State police arrested Jody Bennett, 37, after receiving an anonymous tip that he had stolen several objects from the casket of 17-year-old Bradley McCombs Jr. during a public visitation on Monday. McCombs was killed Christmas Day in a car accident.
The criminal complaint states that Bennett was confronted by McCombs’ uncle after the uncle spotted Bennett taking the objects from the casket, which included a vintage Gameboy, three games and a light accessory. Bennett reportedly returned the Gameboy but made off with the other stuff because the uncle was unaware of it.
Bennett is in jail and has been unable to post the $ 15,000 ordered during his arraignment Wednesday, according to a report in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The non-sentimental value of the objects he stole: $ 46.90, according to the criminal complaint.
Via GamesRadar.
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A worker at a Chinese manufacturing facility claims to have smuggled out a production model of Nintendo’s latest handheld. As proof, he offers these lovely photos. More »
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Project LovePlus, an upcoming Japanese dating simulation from Konami, will use the Nintendo 3DS’ camera to recognize its main user’s face and make sure the virtual girlfriend in the game doesn’t stray to any of his backstabbin’ friends. More »
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Well, that just about wraps it up from us for 2010, and all of us here at GamesIndustry.biz wish you a very happy Christmas, and a prosperous New Year.
The last 12 months has thrown up a host of challenges for the industry, and no doubt there will be more to come next year – but hopefully they’ll be balanced out by the opportunities to come in what is arguably the fastest-moving and most exciting business there is.
For us at GamesIndustry.biz it’s been a very big year. We started by launching the registration system, and we’ve been delighted to see the support we’ve received from all corners of the videogames industry as we’ve continued to grow our community at a steady pace.
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Activision has put a hefty $ 400 million price tag on the amount of damages it’s seeking from not only Jason West and Vince Zampella for breach of contract, but EA as well for supposedly luring the duo away from the company.
According to the Associated Press and an amended complaint filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court, Activision has added EA to its lawsuit against the ex-Infinity Ward founders, claiming EA of luring the duo away, and for courting the men as early as July 2009.
The complaint states Activision believes EA “intentionally interfered with contracts, engaged in unfair competition and aided and abetted breaches of fiduciary duty by the executives”.
In July last year, West and Zampella still had two years left on their contracts with Activision, and that EA, through talent agency Creative Artists, dispatched a private jet to carry them to a secret meeting at the home of CEO John Riccitiello during August 2009, according to Activision’s complaint.
As is well known by now, West and Zampella are also suing Activison to the tune of $ 36 million which they claim was part of unpaid bonuses being withheld by the firm. They went on to sign with EA and formed Respawn Entertainment, subsequently hiring 40 employees away from Activision.
In other news, Activision said today in a press release sales of Black Ops, the latest Call of Duty title by Treyarch, had exceeded $ 1 billion in global sales.
UPDATE: Joystiq has the court docs up if you would like to read over them.
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While Kinect will inevitably come to PC gaming one day in an official capacity (it’s of course already being used by hackers), there have been no games actually revealed making use of the peripheral. Until now! More »
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