Gadgets and Video Games

[Flickr: Ephemeron ] “Save your fork, there’ll be pie. The game is the fork and the pie is the DLC.” -Cliff Bleszinski After confessing to having a big appetite for Borderlands , the Gears of War developer used the pie analogy to explain to Joystiq how games without any sort of DLC “hooks” are becoming increasingly rare.

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Overheard@GDC: The Cliff Bleszinski Pie Analogy

Scr-scr-scratched through all of DJ Hero’s tracks? Activision has announced a new DLC mix pack featuring Renegade Edition headliners Eminem and Jay-Z. The collection is scheduled to drop on Xbox Live, PSN and Wii this month and includes: “Shake That” by Eminem mixed with “Show Me What You Got” by Jay-Z “Without Me” by Eminem mixed with “Encore” by Jay-Z “Can I Get A…” by Jay-Z mixed with “Lose Yourself” by Eminem The new tracks will be available on March 18 on Xbox Live for 640 ($8) and March 25 on PSN for $7.99. The tracks will not be sold separately for Xbox 360 or PS3. Each track, however, will be available for the Wii version on March 25 as a downloadable single for 300 Wii Points ($3); $9 for all three

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Eminem & Jay-Z all mixed up in new DJ Hero DLC pack

Click to enlarge It may not have “Tomb Raider” in the title, but Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light — scheduled to launch on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC this summer — will mark the leading lady’s return to a crumbling underworld and its unreasonably hostile caretakers. And while the game’s aesthetics are unmistakably consistent with previous games, its unique format draws inspiration from a wider range of sources, including last year’s polished XBLA hit, Shadow Complex . Like Shadow Complex , the game will launch for $15, offering approximately six hours of two-player co-operative action and puzzle-solving (though your pace may vary).

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Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light launching this summer for $15

If, for some reason, you didn’t purchase and love Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes on DS — or even if you did — you’ll have the opportunity to buy the puzzle RPG on two new systems this year, in glorious hand-drawn HD. Capybara Games has revealed a new PSN/XBLA version of Clash of Heroes , with totally redrawn graphics that eschew the 16-bit look of the DS original for more realistic proportions and a generally sharper look. In addition, new equippable artifacts are being added, and the existing ones tweaked, to improve balance in multiplayer. Even better, you’ll now be able to go back and replay segments of the game after completing them.

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Capy porting Clash of Heroes to PSN and XBLA

DRM-free download site GoG is offering up two classics this week: Sierra’s city-building sim, Caesar 3 , and Activision’s classic car combat game, Interstate ‘76 — both for $5.99. You’ll find that the former is already available to download , but you’ll have to wait until Thursday to get behind the wheel of I76 and play Sly Stallone make believe. Watch out for traffic — it’s murder . Source – Caesar 3 on GoG Source – Interstate ‘76 on GoG Caesar 3 added to GoG, Interstate ‘76 on Thursday originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:30:00 EST

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Caesar 3 added to GoG, Interstate ‘76 on Thursday

Thanks to a hush-hush covert op , we’ve extracted a handful of new Splinter Cell: Conviction screenshots to whet your appetite. Oh, okay. They were just given to us during the X10 event in San Fransisco — but we can dream, can’t we? With Splinter Cell: Conviction ( finally ) hitting stores this April, these images only serve to anger us at the game’s numerous delays. Also, these images are so crisp, we’re not even sure they are real

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We’ve exfiltrated these new Splinter Cell: Conviction screens from X10

Are all those Xbox 360 megatons getting a bit monotonous? Here, try something in PS3 flavor. Specifically, a brand new God of War 3 trailer from GameTrailers TV (after the break)

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God of War 3 trailer will boulder you over

Microsoft has just sent off a handful of screens for the upcoming Lionhead adventure, Fable III . Featured in the images is a gruff-looking anti-hero, who has clearly lost more than a few followers from a slew of evil decisions. The pirate-hat wearing character isn’t all bad, though; one image shows the gun-toting maniac playing with his son. We presume, that is. Unless of course kidnapping is a brand new Fable III feature.

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X10: Welcome back to Albion, Fable 3 screens emerge

Do you live in the UK and dream every night about the possibility of one day voting on a people’s choice game of the year award? Right, us neither, but if you’re into that kinda thing, UK retailer GAME is holding the second annual GAME British Academy Video Games Awards at the London Hilton on March 19 and you can vote for the awards show’s top “honour.” Sure, you can’t actually buy tickets and attend or anything crazy like that (the event is live-streamed online, in fairness), but you still have just over a month to put in your vote for one of the 10 games in the running — games that were chosen from a list comprising “the top selling games of the year sold in GAME stores.” At the very least, voters will automatically be entered into a contest to win a “Sony Home Entertainment Package,” so, if nothing else, there’s always the possibility of winning a Sony … something (or somethings ). Click through or glance a few inches up for the people’s choice award contestant list. Continue reading BAFTA people’s choice GOTY voting now open BAFTA people’s choice GOTY voting now open originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:00:00 EST.

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BAFTA people’s choice GOTY voting now open

Justin McElroy: The first details are out on the return of the Pok