IGN posted their full review of the game this morning, which spans seven pages and ends in them awarding the game a 10 out of 10. "Hang in one area of the city long enough and you'll see how traffic and pedestrian flow changes as the day progresses. When it rains, people bring out umbrellas or shield themselves with a newspaper and run for an awning. Cops chase petty thieves unaware that walking down the street is Niko Bellic, cold-blooded killer. There's a perfect balance of mumbling doomsayers to remind you that the reason this city never sleeps is because it's full of nut jobs. Read More...

Brett Favre announced at the end of his recent appearance on Letterman that he will be on the cover of Madden NFL '09, the franchise's 20th installment. Brett Favre is a 3 time MVP, a 7 time Pro Bowl selection and 2007's Sports Illustrated Sportsman Of The Year. Favre also lays claim to many NFL records, to include Career Passing Touchdowns (with 442) and Career Passing Yards (with 61,655). This is one of the NFL's greatest honors, but also one of the most cursed for active players as almost all the prior cover athletes have been injured or poor performances during the season they were on the cover. Michael Vick, Donovan McNabb, and Daunte Culpepper are among the few that had season ending injuries while featured on the cover of Madden. Read More...

Kotaku is reporting that the PAL version of GTA IV for the Xbox 360 may have been leaked: At around 11:50am Greenwich Mean Time, the PAL version of Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360 was ripped and leaked to various torrent sites by a [group] called iCON… YouTube clips have been popping up online of the game’s opening and early missions — but as of posting, many of the clips have been taken down. The retail release is a mere six days away. This isn’t the first GTA game leaked as San Andreas was as well. Read More...

GET READY TO CELEBRATE 4 DAYS OF PEACE, LOVE AND ROCKETS! If you're a local DFW gamer or stalker of the Dallas based Lan event, Quakecon, then boy do I have great news for you!! id finally announced registration dates for Quakecon - April 30th at 9pm EST (8PM DALLAS TIME) For those of you unfamiliar with Quakecon, it is one of the greatest BYOC's you can attend in America. Hosted by the video game developers, id, Quakecon has set the marker for BYOC lan events and tournaments. And best of all.... Read More...

More Good Stuff For MGO So it looks like my hopes for this are actually right for once. Here's another video that shows that the debacle with Konami and getting this whole thing set up should be worth it all. The video here is actual game play from a bunch of people in Japan. I had no audio when watching it, but from descriptions of it, I can see it being just a bunch of Japanese yelling and gun shots. So go ahead and watch the video and I'll continue below. Go ahead. Read More...

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Mario Theme Played with RC Car and Bottles This was just too awesome to not talk about. Once you watch it, you will be in total agreement. Or I will just be that jerk that said you would...please don't make me that jerk. :) Like the description says, a group of guys got together and actually set it up so they could drive an RC car and play the legendary theme using just wine bottles and metal things. It is really good up until it gets to the dual bottle section. Then it takes a little bit of listening to keep the theme going. Read More...

As of April 18th, 2008, Berthesda Software has announce that you are now able to pre-order the Collector's Edition of Fallout 3. This extreme package contains items the game Fallout 3, 5" Vault-Tec Vault Boy Bobblehead, hardcover book of The Art of Fallout 3, featuring never-before-seen concept art and commentary from Bethesda Game Studios artists, and The Making of Fallout 3 DVD. "We're very excited about this collector's edition and believe it truly offers gamers an amazing mix of unique items from the Fallout universe, combined with a great behind-the-scenes look at what goes into developing such an immense title," said Vlatko Andonov, president of Bethesda Softworks. Read More...

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Resident Evil O Wii Only In Japan So when I first heard of this game coming out, I got excited. Cause at the time, it was just announced that they were working on putting out the WiiMake of this good old GameCube game. If only they would have left it that way. The making it seem like it was coming out everywhere. Well things have changed and it is only slated to come out in Japan. That put a sad face on me. Read More...

Kids Who Don't Play Video Games Are At Risk Ok, so I know this is always a hot topic for all gamers and the community. Hence why I am posting about this. It's actually a good point in our court. It is a study that has been going on to show that not playing games can contribute to violent and negative behavior. I know right. Sounds a little out there, but these two researchers have spent years looking at the lesser headline grabber than the norm. Read More...

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Yoda & Vader In Soul Caliber IV Man so far today it has been a slow news day on actual updates and stories. Mainly just things like this and my last Narticle posting. Just really a quick little blurb or Video of something new and cool. Well this one is of the new "special" characters that are going to be added into the new Soul Calibur game. It's actually the first footage of the game play of the two characters. Everything else has just been the 3D rendered stuff of them. Read More...

Quake Live Not too much of an article, but more of a quick blurb on the new Beta that people can get involved in. It's a web-based game that was announced back in February of this year. The release on it is below so you can check that out. Oh, almost forgot, the best part about this sign up, it only requires one email address to sign up and not the 2 User names and a pre-order like other betas I have talked about. Check It Out IGA Worldwide Partners with id Software on Forthcoming QUAKE LIVE title IGA Selected Exclusive Provider of Advertiser Sponsorships; In-Game Brand Integration Opportunities within Revolutionary QUAKE LIVE Portal San Francisco, CA- February 19, 2008 -IGA Worldwide Inc., the leading independent in-game advertising network announced today from the 2008 Game Developer Conference that it has partnered with id Software to manage all advertising, sponsorship and creative branding opportunities within the forthcoming QUAKE LIVE web site and free-to-play version of the popular action series. Read More...

USA Today’s Marc Saltzman lays out the controversial aspects of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV.  GTA IV will be the subject of much scrutiny when it launches on April 29th. Saltzman writes: Not unlike previous GTA games, Grand Theft Auto IV will ruffle feathers among concerned parents, politicians and activists. You still can kill police, but it’s wiser to avoid these shootouts because if you’re arrested, you’ll lose all your money and weapons and fail the mission. Though they’ll try to jump out of the way, you also can drive into pedestrians. Read More...