http://www.engamer.com Gaming news that refuses to save and quit Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:59:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In other news, Microsoft is late to the party AGAIN. (I know it's a lame analogy. At least I didn't say "LAN party.") The HD DVD player for the XBox 360 is "officially" $50. Not recommended unless you have the shelf-space to buy one of every "limited edition", made in China ... http://www.engamer.com/news/the-war-is-over-blu-ray-wins-a-video-documentary/ Good rumors from the Destination Playstation conference. Per some sources at the retailer show, alongside the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue launch on April 15th will be a redesign of the Playstation Store. The new Playstation Store is rumored to look a lot like the SingStore (that's it in the picture) and ... http://www.engamer.com/ps3/playstation-store-getting-rebuilt-in-april/ http://www.engamer.com/news/yahtzee-goes-to-makes-up-his-own-gdc/ Ray Kurzweil, the famed futurist and author of a tall stack of smart books, just predicted that artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence by 2029. Who knows what game systems will be out then, but it would be awesome to have AI challenging even elite gamers to a tough fight. In-game ... http://www.engamer.com/upcoming/prediction-in-game-ai-will-play-better-than-you-by-2029/ Fighter Maker 2 low-blow montage. [via YesButNoButYes] http://www.engamer.com/trailers/the-harshest-most-hilarious-blow/ Blu-Ray wins. Toshiba officially announced they will discontinue production of new HD DVD hardware. The killing blow was probably Warner's well-timed (or poorly-timed, depending on which side of the battle you were cheering for) pre-CES announcement that it was dropping publication of the HD DVD format. A big studio switching formats ... http://www.engamer.com/xbox-360/hd-dvd-is-dead-toshiba-concedes-the-war-to-blu-ray/ Grab the Rock Band Special Edition bundle for $20 less than normal at Target this week. The Sunday sale flyer list both the PS3 and XBox 360 versions for just $149. On sort-of-sale are the the 40GB PS3, which comes with a $40 Target gift card, and a stack of popular ... http://www.engamer.com/xbox-360/rock-band-bundle-on-sale-at-target/ Three more Rock Band song downloads available this week. One song each from Weezer, Stone Temple Pilots, and Garbage. All are about $2 and available for XBox 360 on Tuesday or PS3 on Thursday. All three songs are included in the hidden list found by laconic this week that everyone thinks ... http://www.engamer.com/wii/rock-band-downloads-this-week-weezer-garbage-and-stone-temple-pilots/ The limited edition version of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 gives you ... hold on this is *so exciting* ... pro tip videos, frag dolls, and a keychain (WTF?). If you can't contain yourself either the box will ... http://www.engamer.com/xbox-360/a-big-10-for-limited-edition-rainbow-six-vegas-2/ Game developers at top studios are rumored to work 100 hour weeks leading up to launch. All that work is starting to show. Their fantasies about what to do if they ever leave work keep showing up in games. This God of War clip for the PSP is the latest ... http://www.engamer.com/psp/god-of-war-menage-a-trois-gameplay-vid-game-developers-need-to/ Between January 31st and today Super Smash Bros Brawl has sold 1.08 million copies in Japan. That's the fastest-selling Wii game ever in Japan. Over 5 weeks faster than Wii Fit, sold separately from the console there, made it to the platinum sales mark. We can hardly wait until March 9th, ... http://www.engamer.com/wii/super-smash-bros-brawl-goes-platinum-over-1-million-sold-in-japan/ Three new downloadable songs for Rock Band this week. This week is old school punk week, with all three bands contributing to the earliest sound of punk. All are the real things too, no covers this week. The Clash's "Complete Control" The Police's "Truth Hits Everybody" The Ramones' "Teenage Lobotomy" If you're a punk ... http://www.engamer.com/wii/the-new-rock-band-downloads-the-1st-week-of-february-the-clash-the-police-the-ramones/ The Australian copies of Medal of Honor Heroes 2 for Wii were missing support for 32-player battles as noted on the box, the game's site, advertisements, etc. Now EA has finally admitted their mistake and removed any mention of multiplayer from their website. Via IGN, they've also announced refunds to ... http://www.engamer.com/wii/lack-of-multiplayer-means-refunds-for-australian-medal-of-honor-heroes-2/ Netflix has made their choice too. They're officially choosing a high-definition format and dropping HD DVD in favor of Blu-Ray. This won't be the last nail in HD DVD's coffin, but it's a major one. It also means you should cancel your order for that XBox 360 HD DVD add-on. Microsoft ... http://www.engamer.com/xbox-360/the-long-slow-death-of-hd-dvd-dropped-by-netflix/ Activision made major bank in 2007. They published both Guitar Hero III and Call of Duty 4, the worldwide number one and two games in sales. Expect more of the same in 2008, with Activision being more than happy to stick to successful game franchises. Here's the 2008 major releases ... http://www.engamer.com/upcoming/activisions-rumored-2008-release-schedule-more-guitar-hero/ EA has started a new game division, named Blueprint. Plans are for Blueprint to launch both existing EA brands and new concepts from small developers into major social networks like Facebook. The division is already hooking up with mega-talent agency Creative Artists Agency for talent and funding. In stealth-mode since ... http://www.engamer.com/news/ea-starts-new-division-for-social-games-still-planning-world-domination/ The Writers' Strike is finally over. The Writers Guild just hours ago approved a settlement with the media companies. Now they can get back to making really bad movies out of our favorite video games. [image: 1010 Wins] http://www.engamer.com/news/writers-strike-is-over-yay-more-bad-video-game-movies/ http://www.engamer.com/news/oh-thank-god-now-i-can-finally-get-some-sleep/ We at Engamer seek to ask the tough questions, so I'll get right to it: Which aspect of the Mario Bros. would you most like in real life? The poll is posted after the jump. So far, giant gold coins are winning by a good margin, of course, but that's because ... http://www.engamer.com/retro/poll-if-you-could-be-mario/ Stuck in an office today? No console for me here either. At least I've just found the One Semester of Spanish Love Song. My highschool Spanish is almost gone, but I never could have done any better than this: http://www.engamer.com/trailers/when-you-cant-play-games-youtube/