Gadgets and Video Games

Mega64 gets back to its roots in the troupe’s latest video , enlisting the aid of John and Jane Q. Public to create another minute and a half of comedy based on The Beatles: Rock Band . You’re probably asking yourself how the trio can recreate the full British pop quartet. To answer that, we offer this: through the aid of a surprise guest, of course! Head past the break to see who.

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Mega64 pokes fun at The Beatles: Rock Band with a little help from a friend

By way of G4 and IGN comes this handful of Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening videos, found after the break. In the first, meet dwarven legionnaire Sigrun, tasked with returning to the old fortress of Kal’hirol . There’s talking Darkspawn, those merry band of adventurers known as the “Legion of the Dead,” and even a cameo from our old friend Oghren.

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Dragon Age Awakening videos: meet Sigrun, ogle B-roll

Folks who couldn’t bring themselves to buy Uncharted 2 until they played the demo, well, now’s their chance. This week’s PSN update adds a single-player demo for Joystiq’s Game of the Year for 2009 . For those who already have Nathan Drake’s latest adventure, the update also includes the $5 “PlayStation Heroes” pack, which allows you to reskin the Uncharted 2 crew with Resistance , inFamous and Killzone bodies.

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PSN Thursday: Were you waiting for the Uncharted 2 demo?

Click to see the full image. The update may not be big, but the savings are as the PlayStation Network is holding its “10 for ‘10 Game Sale” this week. Until next Wednesday, January 27, pick up games like Critter Crunch and Burn Zombie Burn for half off — wow, does this sound familiar . It’s not just PS3, as Savage Moon: The Hera Campaign and Crystal Defenders for PSP are also discounted. Check out the full PSN update after the break, along with the PSP comics update.

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PSN Thursday: 10 for ‘10 sale on select PSN games

It’s been a busy week over at WoW.com and in the WoW world. We’ve heard from our sources late last week that the internal friends and family alpha will be beginning for the next World of Warcraft expansion, Cataclysm . And while this has lots of people excited, chances are you probably will never get in — unless you know someone. There were also lots of other interesting stories this past week, from the WoW movie being pushed up thanks to Spider-Man’s demise, to security holes and care packages, to papercrafts that prove none of us have any real artistic talent

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The best of WoW.com: January 6-13, 2010

The ease of getting your game onto the iPhone is something of a double-edged sword for indie devs. On the one hand, it’s an amazing opportunity to get your pride and joy in front of millions. On the other, though, the amount of competition is pushing prices way lower than some devs are comfortable with. Or as Nathan Vella, co-founder of Toronto-based Critter Crunch / Clash of Heroes developer Capybara Games, so directly put it to Gamasutra “The push to 99 cents is the single most frustrating and terrible thing about App Store pricing.” Read the full piece if you’d like a better understanding of why indies are pricing they way they do. Though we understand their frustration, we’re surprised there’s not more hand wringing about all those free games littering the App Store, since we know so many people who refuse to pay cash for any game on the mobile platform

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Indie devs struggle to find the perfect iPhone price

This is Project Runway … and it looks like a Sims expansion pack. Releasing on March 2 , this initial footage of the cash-in doesn’t appear to have anything that’ll keep fans of the show on pins and needles

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First footage of Project Runway game

The final PSN update of 2009 is all about the sales, with PSN and Sega DLC getting price cuts. There will be no update next week due to the holiday. Also, for all you epic space-opera shooter fans, Wing Commander IV is available as a PSone Classic for $6 — the thing weighs in at 2.25GB. Check out the full PSN update after the break.

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PSN Tuesday: PSN and Sega sales

Nintendo’s Q1 release schedule is as packed with new information as all Nintendo release schedules are. In addition to the announcements we’ve already covered , Nintendo confirmed the March 14 date for Pok

Look, we know you’ve been waiting with bated breath for all those Hearts of Iron 3 content packs to arrive on Impulse, so we were glad to tell you that they’ve finally arrived. Sure, so did The Saboteur and X-COM , but we know you’re not concerned. We suppose it’s possible you’ll tire yourself out with the new Hears of Iron 3 content to the point that you’ll need a break, so we should probably point out that a mess of other games made it onto Stardock’s digital distribution platform this week. Being the good friends we are, we’ve dropped the whole list just after the break, just for you! Continue reading Impulse adds The Saboteur and more to online store Impulse adds The Saboteur and more to online store originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:30:00 EST

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Impulse adds The Saboteur and more to online store